Belém Palace is Book Festival for the first time – TSF Online

The Festival of the Book of Bethlehem is the realization of a challenge in May to APEL by the President, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, in order to conduct an event in the gardens of the Palace of Belém, around books and reading .

feat launched and completed challenge. Today opens doors to Book Festival, an initiative that brings together only authors of Portuguese language. The Secretary-General of APEL, Bruno Pacheco, explains that this was the criterion for the inclusion of publishers.

Bruno pacheco says the party joins only Portuguese authors.

Promoted by the Presidency of the Republic and the Portuguese Association of Publishers and Booksellers in the Books Festival will open the palace gardens Bethlehem to the public. The visit is free but as the discounted prices of books, the decision is up to the publishers.

the Secretary-general Apel speaks of the price of books.

Belem Book Festival , which will run until Sunday, with the participation of 40 publishers and more than a hundred authors. In addition to selling books, only Portuguese-speaking authors, there will be a cultural program with autograph sessions, music, movies and activities for children.

Tomorrow, there is a performance by singer Cristina Branco, the Court of the animals and, at the weekend, the display in the same space, the film “Visit or memories and confessions” by Manoel de Oliveira.