To “revive” the book industry, Tixis is launching a “Book FairAs arranged to consolidate Sant Jordi on July 23, 2021, still marked by covid. The date and features of the event are yet to be confirmed.
“total predisposition” to “mitigate the condition”
Currently, ‘gremi’ does not have an estimate. damage and damagesneither the volume of damaged books nor Economic losses. Tixis promised to “collect all information from affected publishers and booksellers” over the next few days.alleviate the situation“.
However, the Head of Department did not explain in detail how and what the measures would translate into. “Whether it will be direct economic aid to the industry or the other way around, I still can’t say,” he suggested, although he said he had already discussed the matter with the United States. Department of Culture and Barcelona City Council. In this sense, he affirmed that ‘conselleria’ shows.total predisposition“To help the industry.
Deputy Mayor of Barcelona for Culture, Education, Science and Society, Jordi Marti.
Figures as in the 2019 edition
Despite the rain, hail and strong winds, Tixis assured TV3 in an interview that if the weather had not been so negative, “we would now be talking about the best Sant Jordi in our history”. That would mean the numbers harvested in 2019 would be better. Despite the misfortunes of the time, Santiago Posteguillo and Empar Moliner were best-selling authors.
In fact, the union president assured that a ‘dyad’ was experienced with “spectacular in every way” and pre-pandemic numbers until storms hit Barcelona and caused damage and injuries in the city centre.
Waiting for the insurers
In addition to the help of the management, Pixis staged the role of the director. insurers. We need to see if they cover the damages at the stops or only the damages that occur in the bookstores,” he said.
As to whether the Barcelona City Council could find an alternative place to celebrate the book and rose festival like other towns, the head of Cambra del Llibre elaborated: “It was very difficult, practically impossible”, not to mention the large number of stalls and people gathering in Sant Jordi in the city. he did.
Source: Informacion
