Violanta von Salis is co-director of “Zurich reads” on
There is a change at the top of the literature festival “Zürich reads”: The founder Violanta von Salis is in her position as co-director of the festival, as they announced on Monday.
the essentials in brief
- Violanta von Salis wants to turn to new projects, it says in the message.
She founded the book and literature festival “Zurich Reads” eleven years ago on behalf of the Zurich Booksellers and Publishers Association (ZBVV). For the past four years she has managed it together with Martin Walker, Managing Director of the ZBVV. This will now continue to lead the festival.
The eleventh edition, which took place from October 27th to 31st, was the last that Salis was jointly responsible for. Over the five days of the festival, 200 authors performed in a wide variety of locations in Zurich. Literature was read, discussed and staged in bookstores, with publishers, on theaters and boat trips, on tours, in the tram and in the city gardening, as those responsible write.
The next edition of Zurich Reads will take place from October 26th to 30th, 2022.