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Literary Café: Readings and good talks is a cultural initiative of Quinta dos Girassóis, in partnership with three public universities, two Brazilian (State University of Rio Grande do Norte and the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte), and one Portuguese (University of Coimbra, through the collaboration of the North|South Library of the Centre for Social Studies). It aims to promote reading and informed debate on topics of public interest.

Beyond the bridge with literature, these meetings make a social analysis of political contexts of experiences of the world through the creative gesture of writing and reading. In other words, they translate biopolitical and subjective processes of appropriation of collective experiences creatively reflected by the authors in the literature, poetry and essays presented.

For the year 2022 the chosen theme is "War and Peace", with the presentation of one work per quarter - from April to June and from September to November - always on a Saturday evening (18:30-20h) and in mixed mode: in person at the Lagar salon at Quinta dos Girassóis and online. The streaming is the responsibility of the Post-Graduate Programme in Social Sciences of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, and the recordings will be available online for those who wish to view them.

The collaboration of the North|South Library in the Literary Café follows previous cultural projects, such as the Café com livros and Readings in Cultural and Linguistic Diversity, carried out by the library with the aim of promoting books and reading. The Library has received a lot of participation in these projects, especially in the Readings in Cultural and Linguistic Diversity, relevant for the students of the Language and Literature programmes. In this sense, the Literary Café constitutes another space for meeting, reflection and debate including the readers of the Library, in areas that are of great interest to all CES students and teaching staff.