For those who enjoy literature, Pier Mauá will host from today (09) until May 15th, in warehouses 3, 4 and 5, the fourth edition of the LER festival, which is part of the cultural agenda of the Marvelous City and offers the public the opportunity to participate in a salon with the presence of several renowned writers and new prominent authors on the Rio scene. The objective of the event is to stimulate a passion for reading, attract young students to the literary scene in a comprehensive and democratic way, in addition to offering participants a multicultural program.
LER 2022 has 30 spaces with continuous activities; more than 500 writers, authors and artists; dozens of publishers and bookstores with thousands of books. The program is packed and the public will have access to workshops, conversations, soirées, storytelling, poetic interventions, plays, exhibitions, tributes and chats with renowned authors, including names such as Valter Hugo Mãe, Eduardo Bueno, José Eduardo Agualusa, Thalita Rebouças, Luciana Savaget, Thiago Lacerda, Lenine, Vagner Fernandes, Tatiana Salem Levy, Maitê Proença, MV Bill, Xico Sá, Isabela Freitas, Elayne Baeta, Camila Pitanga, Vinicius Terra, Chris Fuscaldo, among others.
This edition is bigger and longer and the organization expects to attract around 200 thousand people, most of them students and teachers.
Lasting five days and taking place simultaneously with the Reader's Festival, between May 9th and 13th, from 2pm to 9pm, the Educator's LER Meeting reinforces the pillar of the book as an instrument of transformation. It is a space designed for teachers, principals, reading mediators and other professionals in the field of Education. The program features different authors and professionals from diverse and multidisciplinary areas such as Luciana Savaget, Carla Faour, Rodrigo França, Jonathan Raymundo, Alexandre Cherman and Mona Vilardo.
The event will have several spaces for the public to fully enjoy this festival, which has helped to further diversify the reach of literature. They are: Café do Livro SESC, Palco da Palavra, Voz & Vez, Jardim Literário, Ler em Movimento, Teatro FUNARJ, Circo Poético, Sarau Literário Sesc, Academia Carioca de Letras, Labirinto dos Livros, Espaço Imaginário Carioca, Encontro LER do Educador .
You can see the full schedule at the link: https://www.instagram.com/lersalaocarioca/ It is https://www.lersalaocarioca.com.br/
About LER
The first edition took place in November 2016 and received 84 thousand people. The second, in 2018, reopened the Parque Estadual Library, closed since 2016. The third edition took place in November 2019 and welcomed more than 51 thousand students from public and private schools, 1,100 writers, authors, illustrators and guest artists, 750 activities on 30 stages and spaces and 125 small publishers, artisan publishers and bookstores. In total, more than 185 thousand people attended the event.
Service:
LER, Carioca Book Exhibition
Date: May 9 to 15, 2022
Schedules: 09 to 13 – from 9am to 9pm | 14th and 15th – from 11am to 9pm
Local: Pier Mauá – Armazéns 3, 4 and 5 (VLT station Parada dos Navios)
To participate, simply purchase your ticket on the website: https://www.lersalaocarioca.com.br/inscricoes/
