The Night of Readers

When an Entire City Becomes a Page to Read

For four days at the beginning of June, Udine transforms into a large open-air book: it's La Notte dei Lettori, the widespread literary festival promoted by the Municipality of Udine as part of the "Città che Legge" (City that Reads) project. Squares, bookshops, libraries, museums, cloisters, and gardens become "stations" of the festival, visited by writers, scientists, philosophers, journalists, and artists.

Over 60 Events and a Hundred Guests

The program brings together more than 60 events and over a hundred guests spread across dozens of venues throughout the city. Meetings with authors, lectio magistralis, readings, concert-shows, philosophical workshops, guided tours, and a Kids & Young section dedicated to the little ones make up a mosaic that fosters dialogue between literature, current affairs, science, and the environment. Each edition revolves around a guiding theme that runs through the entire program.

A Festival in the Heart of Udine

The artistic direction curates a calendar capable of bringing leading figures of Italian culture to the city, in evocative spaces such as the former Church of San Francesco and the Teatro Nuovo Giovanni da Udine. The strength of the event lies precisely in its widespread nature: the festival is not concentrated in a single location but invites visitors to explore Udine from one venue to another, discovering its glimpses and monuments.

A Growing Tradition

Born in 2014, in just a few years La Notte dei Lettori has become a reference point for readers throughout Friuli Venezia Giulia, attracting an ever-increasing audience. An event that celebrates reading as a gesture of community and the city of Udine as a place where ideas circulate and meet.