For the first time, the province of Chiriquí will be the stage of the fifth meeting of literature, a cultural celebration organized by the Ministry of Culture that will bring together more than 55 national writers, including winners of the Ricardo Miró National Literature Competition, for a week that will offer free and open activities to all public.

From June 24 to June 29, the city of David will have an intense program with more than 30 literary activities among them: storytelling workshops, lectures, recitals, storyteller's, exhibitions and concheatoriums that seek to bring literature, art and creativity closer to the whole community.

The guests include: Manuel Montilla, Ela Urriola, Marco Ponce, Danae Brugiati, Damaris Serrano, Liliana Pinedo, Bladimir Víquez, Edilberto González, Mónica Miguel, Rafael Candanedo, Mes Pasquual, Dimitros Gianareas, Carlos Atencio, Gladys Rios and other important exponents of national literature.

The meeting will be held in a number of cultural and educational spaces, including UNACHI, the Government Auditorium, the Chamber of Commerce, the Ministry of Culture, libraries, educational centers, the Boquete District and the Corridments of Cerro Caña and Soloy with an agenda designed for all ages and public.

DIRECTORATE PROGRAMMING

Tuesday, 24 June

• Tale workshop: "Small Bodies, Great Stories" - Ministry of Culture, David - 9: 00 a.m.
• Exhibition: "Panama: memory and future" - Manuel Montilla - Nawa Café Art Gallery - 6: 00 p.m.

Wednesday, 25 June

• Lecture: "Dirty Realism in the Solitude of a poet" at the work of Javier Medina Bernal - UNACHI - 9: 00 a.m.
• Workshop "Write Your Tale" - Ministry of Culture, David - 9: 00 a.m.
• Conference: Panamanian Fancy Authors - CONSA - 11: 00
• Recital: "Homeland are so many things" - UNACHI - 3: 00 p.m.

Inauguration of the meeting: Government Auditorium - 5: 00 p.m.

• Conversatory: "From Roots and Wings" - Auditorio de la Gobernación - 5: 30 p.m.
• Recital: "Cross of words" - Winner of the Miro - 6: 30 p.m.
• Recital: "Panama in the Voice of Her Poets" - 7: 30 p.m.

Thursday, 26 June

• Conversatory: "Consuelo Tomas: epitome de la Reina" - UNACHI Library - 10: 00 a.m.
• Creative writing workshop: "Word of water and earth" - CBG Cerro Caña - 10: 00 a.m.
• Workshop: "To speak to convince" - Rafael Candanedo - UNACHI Library - 1: 00 p.m.

Activities at the Government Auditorium - 5: 00 -8: 00pm

• Stories: Songs about the amazing - 5: 00pm
• Lecture: Appreciation and literary review 6: 00
• Recital: "Between mangroves, mountains and forests" - 7: 00 p.m.

Friday, 27 June

• Lecture: "The New Generation of Panamanian Writers" International Boquete Academy - 9: 00 a.m.
• Conversatory: "Mestication, Women and Myths" - UNACHI - 10: 00 a.m. pm
• Conversatory: Dias Lidio Pitty- Life and work - Boquete Library -2: 00

Saturday, 28 June

• Stories: "A Journey to Imagination" - SOS Highlands, David - 10: 00 a.m.
• Workshop: Learning understanding - Soloy - 9: 00 a.m.
• Conference: "The 18 roses of Ela Urriola" - Ministry of Culture - 5: 00 p.m.
• Conversatory.: Ting- territories talking with Ela Urriol- MiCultura

Sunday, June 29

• Conversatory: "Realities and challenges of literary work in Chiriquí" - Chamber of Commerce, David - 10: 00 a.m.

That meeting aims to highlight not only Panamanian literary talent but also to bring literature closer to new generations and communities and to promote an open and enriching dialogue about our identity, roots and future.

For more information and details about the program, contact the regional headquarters of the Ministry of Culture in David or follow official social networks of the Ministry of Culture.