The International Travel Literature Festival returns to the Ex Manifattura Tabacchi in Cagliari , now in its ninth edition, scheduled for October 23-25, 2025. It is an opportunity to meet writers, artists, and personalities from the world of culture and communications, and to reflect on our present through the lens of travel, understood as a human experience and a dialogue with others.


Organized in collaboration with Arkadia and Opificio Innova, and supported by the Sardinia Region and the Fondazione di Sardegna, the festival was preceded by school meetings and workshops organized not only in Sardinia but also in Sicily, Abruzzo, and Tuscany. This clearly demonstrates the event's mission to foster culture as a shared and participatory experience.


Among the guests, Marco Travaglio, journalist, writer, and director of Il Fatto Quotidiano, stands out . On Friday, October 24, at 5:30 pm, he will open the evening with a monologue entitled “The Whys of Ukraine and Gaza,” offering a much-needed look at global current affairs and its contradictions.


The other days feature a rich program : Thursday, October 23, begins at 5:30 pm with the presentation of the Salvador Allende Study Center Notebook with Federica Cannas and Franz di Maggio, followed by Saverio Simonelli with "Infinity Is Not Enough," and at 6:45 pm Nadia Terranova with her novel "What I Know About You," which was among the top five nominees for the Strega Prize. This is followed by Natasha Stefanenko who will narrate "From the Marche with Love," and the closing performance is "The Most Beautiful Playlist in the World" with Riccardo Rossi and Leonardo Colombati.


Saturday the 25th begins at 5:00 PM with "Passavamo sulla terra leggeri," a tribute to Sergio Atzeni, featuring Andrea Frailis, Rossana Copez, Carola Farci, and Giovanni Manca. This will be followed by actress Aurora Ruffino with her performance of "Volevo salvare i colori," Angelica Grivel Serra with "L'anello debole," and, at 7:45 PM, Irene Maiorino with a monologue from Elena Ferrante's "My Brilliant Friend." The evening will close with Ernesto Bassignano's musical reading of "Mi pare ieri."


A festival that seeks to be less of a spectacle and more of a place for discussion: literature, journalism, and music come together to explore diverse stories and voices, in a time that often moves too quickly. In Cagliari, we slow down, listen, and share, focusing on that dimension of travel that also needs to pause.

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