Benitachell Becomes A Literary Hub This August

This August, El Poble Nou de Benitachell will go a cradle of literature. Until August 22, nan municipality is hosting nan very first ‘Literatura a la fresca’ literate festival. The relation Clásicas y Modernas — an organisation promoting gender equality successful culture, represented locally by Marina Gilabert and Pepita García — together pinch nan Town Council, done nan Departments of Culture and Equality, person organised a programme offering activities for each audiences: literate evenings, nan outdoor accumulation Elles: constelalació poètica on nan town’s streets, and literate games for nan youngest visitors.

The main event, which will adjacent nan show successful style, will beryllium nan literate evening connected Friday August 22. Starting astatine 8pm astatine nan Social Centre, nan evening will unfold successful respective parts. First, nan spotlight will beryllium connected section writers successful Voices of Our Town. Authors Empar Ferrer, Gabriel Gilabert, Toni Pascuali and Josep Colomer will publication extracts from their works, galore of which are group successful El Poble Nou de Benitatxell.

The evening will proceed pinch nan 3rd convention of nan reference nine for Return to nan City of nan Sea by María Beneyto, named 2025 Writer of nan Year by nan Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. (The room hosted nan first 2 sessions connected 1st and 14th August.) Finally, nan show will reason pinch nan talk Closing nan María Beneyto Year, featuring Carme Manuel, president of nan Maria Beneyto Commission, and Rosa María Rodríguez Magda, philosopher, writer, and custodian of portion of Beneyto’s work.

This year, nan Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua has paid tribute to nan literate profession of María Beneyto (Valencia, 1920–2011) arsenic portion of its ongoing programme to retrieve and recognise Valencian women writers of nan post-war period. The inaugural follows erstwhile dedications to Carmelina Sánchez-Cutillas (2020–2021) and Maria Ibars (2024).

The show intends to “bring nan organization together” by involving section associations successful reference nan texts featured successful nan literate evenings. As good arsenic promoting organization tone and section associations, nan organisers purpose to showcase historical and charming spots successful nan aged quarter.

Both Clásicas y Modernas and Councillors Jorge Pascual (Culture) and Isa Garrido (Equality) promote everyone to return portion successful nan programme and dream to proceed this vibrant literate show successful early editions.