On Sunday, May 10, the Teatro Caio Melisso in Spoleto hosts an unprecedented meeting with the twelve finalists of the Strega Prize. Organized by the Umbria Green Festival, the event will feature authors such as Attanasio, Cavazzoni, and Pitzorno, who will dialogue with Loredana Lipperini about their books and the current state of narrative.
The logistics of a literary festival in the digital age 📱
To manage this event, the festival team has implemented an online registration system with QR codes for access. Tickets are assigned on a first-come, first-served basis through the official website, avoiding physical queues. The live streaming broadcast will allow the debate to be followed in real time, using low-latency platforms. A hybrid audience of 300 in-person attendees and an undetermined number of remote viewers is expected.
Twelve writers, one microphone, and no escape 🎤
The event promises to be an exercise in high literary tension: twelve authors sitting in a row, taking turns to talk about their novels while Loredana Lipperini tries to maintain order. Some will bring notebooks with notes, others will speak from memory, and one will surely mention Kafka. Most likely, the debate will drift toward the crisis in the publishing sector, and someone will end up recommending a Netflix series.