Salone Internazionale del Libro di Torino

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Press conference. Salone del libro 2010 (Italian version)

Guest Country 2010: India

India has always had a leading role in the collective imagination of Italians, to the point of appearing as a refuge and place of radical difference for those who feel dissatisfied with Western models of life and thought. A pool of age-old spirituality, myths and legends, a crucible of civilisations and languages, India is today asserting itself as the second industrial power in Asia, even if it sees the accentuation of its harrowing contradictions between poverty and new wealth, tradition and modernity.

Mission

The Salone Internazionale del Libro di Torino

1,400 exhibitors, 12,500 teachers, and 13,089 publishers, booksellers, librarians, agents, illustrators and translators came together at the 2008 Salone. The Salone dedicates special sections to trade professionals.

News

Research on the Economic Dimension of the International Book Fair

On the occasion of the 23rd edition of the International Book Fair, the Fondazione per il Libro, la Musica e la Cultura commissioned Fondazione Fitzcarraldo to conduct research on the Economic Dimension of the International Book Fair.

IBF-International Book Forum

More and more IBF, the Fair’s business soul

Now in its ninth edition, the International Book Forum is a strategic appointment in the diary of Italian and foreign publishers, literary agents, film, television and new media producers from all around the world. The business area of the International Book Fair, held in the spaces of the Lingotto Conference Centre, starts out again from the more than 6,000 meetings and 700 professionals at the last edition from about thirty countries.

Theme

Memory, leitmotiv of the 2010 edition

The theme of memory, which will mark the 2010 edition of the Book Fair, is central to the evolution of human societies, since when they acquired awareness of themselves, became organised and looked out on history.

The Prize

Launch of the International Book Fair Prize

2010 sees the launch of the new Turin Book Fair International Prize. This is a recognition reserved for eminent personalities in contemporary international culture, considered in their field as authentic masters, living ferments of thought.