Tracce di Inchiostro - Giallo e Nero di Puglia

First edition: three evenings of crime and noir

The debut of Tracce di Inchiostro - Giallo e Nero di Puglia brought the Cloister of the former Convento delle Scuole Pie in Brindisi to life from July 11 to 13, 2025, with free evening meetings at 8:30 PM. Organized by the Fondazione Nuovo Teatro Verdi with the Municipality of Brindisi, the festival brought twelve Italian crime writers to the city, moderated by Barbara Perna and Regina Cesta with the support of local bookstores.

Each evening followed a theme: Friday the 11th focused on private anxieties and suspended atmospheres, Saturday the 12th on obsessions, trauma, and imperfect justice, and Sunday the 13th on women, crimes, and Mediterranean roots. A journey that confirmed the vitality of noir as a key to interpreting the present and inaugurated an event destined to return.

Friday, July 11 - «Private anxieties and suspended atmospheres»: Orso Tosco, Giorgia Lepore, Paola Darò, Francesca Mautino. Saturday, July 12 - «Obsessions, trauma, and imperfect justice»: François Morlupi, Jacopo De Michelis, Letizia Vicidomini, Marco Lugli. Sunday, July 13 - «Women, crimes, and Mediterranean roots»: Gabriella Genisi, Fausto Vitaliano, Daniele Bresciani, Ilaria Ferramosca. All meetings at 8:30 PM, free admission, moderated by Barbara Perna and Regina Cesta.

Twelve Italian crime and noir authors over three themed evenings, in the setting of the Cloister of the Scuole Pie, with free admission.