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Three days of books and childhood in Minori

Every year, at the end of spring, the village of Minori, on the Amalfi Coast in the Province of Salerno, becomes one of the most heartwarming stops of ..incostieraamalfitana.it - Mediterranean Book Festival, the traveling literary event that has been crossing the Amalfi Coast towns for twenty years. Here, the event takes on a very specific character: it is the section dedicated to children and teenagers, built around the project «...minori di chi?», a play on words between the town's name and the Italian word for children.

The goal stated by the organizers is simple and generous: to bring children closer to the pleasure of listening, reading, playing, discovering, engaging, and helping. The program alternates meetings with authors, manual workshops, outdoor play, and award ceremonies, all with free admission.

A widespread festival along the Amalfi Coast

Directed by Alfonso Bottone, the Mediterranean Book Festival does not end in a single weekend. In 2026, for its twentieth edition, the festival kicked off on May 15th in Salerno at the Imagine's Book bookstore, and on May 16th in Maiori with the opening evening at Palazzo Mezzacapo; from there, it continued from town to town along the entire coast until the grand finale on July 17th in Cetara, in Piazza San Francesco. Minori is one of the most iconic stops on this journey, organized in collaboration with the Municipality of Minori and the Pro Loco.

The program of the twentieth edition

In Minori, the 20th edition took place from Thursday, May 28th to Saturday, May 30th, 2026, with four events spread over three days.

• Thursday, May 28th, 10:00 AM — at the «Roberto Rossellini» Comprehensive Institute: «Fairy tales at school», a meeting for students with authors Annalisa Siano («Le avventure di Siora e il ladro di cervelli») and Antonella Alari Esposito («Colibrì e i fantastici quattro»), followed by the unveiling of a ceramic panel created from the drawings of class IV D, winner of the 2025 «Favolando» competition, with master ceramist Vittorio Ruocco.
• Friday, May 29th, 6:00 PM — in the Town Hall: «Walt Disney... a world of fantasy», quizzes and games about cartoons and comics hosted by the Papersera Association with Alfonso Torino, with copies of Topolino (Mickey Mouse) as prizes; followed by the award ceremony for the «Verde Poesia!» poetry and photography competition and «poetic guerrilla» on the promenade, led by Maria Concetta Dragonetto and Felicia Ascolese of the Impronte Poetiche association.
• Saturday, May 30th, 5:00 PM — at the «Leo Lieto» sports field: «The Beauty of Simple Things», an afternoon of wooden games and activities using recycled materials led by Raffaele Ferraioli.
• Saturday, May 30th, 7:00 PM — at the «Angela Maria Lembo» Library: presentation of the book «Antonio il piccolo Superman contro la SMA» by Annamaria Bovio, the story of a child fighting spinal muscular atrophy.

Awards of the Minori stop

The festival is not just about reading: it is also about recognition. In 2026, one of the MarediCosta Special Awards for the twentieth anniversary went to the actress and RAI curator Matilde Tursi, creator of the theatrical-educational project «In viaggio con Matilde». Annamaria Bovio was awarded the Otowell...with You for Solidarity Award, presented by Pasquale Caiazza, with the support of the Inner Wheel Club Costiera Amalfitana. The national awards of the festival — CostadAmalfiLibri for fiction, CostadAmalfiPoesia, MarediCosta for publishing and communication — are dedicated to the stops in the other coastal towns.

The atmosphere and locations

The strength of the Minori stop lies in its human scale: everything takes place within a few minutes' walk, between the school, the town hall, the library, and the promenade. Even poetry leaves the books: the «poetic guerrilla» consists of spreading verses along the seaside walk, handing them to passersby.

Minori, the green heart of the Coast

Nestled between Maiori and Ravello, overlooking a secluded beach, Minori is one of the most discreet villages on the Amalfi Coast, in Campania. It preserves the imperial-era Roman Maritime Villa and the Basilica of Santa Trofimena, and is known throughout the Province of Salerno for its confectionery tradition. Participating in the Mediterranean Book Festival means discovering the daily side of the coast: a town that, for three days, puts its children at the center of the stage.