The 25th edition of Il Libro Possibile, the cultural festival founded in Puglia in 2002, closed last night in Vieste with its final major guests and a closing concert by Ditonellapiaga, having hosted a lineup of over 300 national and international guests.
The 2026 edition was an "anthological" one, opening in March in London, continuing in the squares of Polignano a Mare, and finally arriving in Vieste, with Charlie Chaplin's 'Speech to Humanity' as its guiding thread, chosen as the central theme as "a collective invitation to recognise oneself in the other, to defend freedom and to restore to words their power of dialogue," the organisers explained. A choral speech, ideally signed by the hundreds of authors who took part in Il Libro Possibile 2026, which became, stage by stage, a concrete appeal for Peace.
"The 'Speech to Humanity' was not merely the theme of this edition," artistic director Rosella Santoro emphasised, "but became an authentic and powerful manifesto signed by hundreds of authors who participated in this edition, capable of invoking peace from our squares to the wounded heart of the Mediterranean, of Europe and of the world."
Yesterday, closing the event, were Michele Mari, the newly crowned winner of the 80th Premio Strega; Nicola Gratteri, Prosecutor of the Republic of Naples; former Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte; and sociologist Alessandro Orsini. Finally, Ditonellapiaga performed — an eclectic and "irreverent" voice, as she describes herself, of the Italian pop scene — who was the protagonist of the talk 'Ditonellapiaga, a Voice Outside the Box' and then of an acoustic live set.
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