Ponte de Versos, a traditional poetry event in Rio de Janeiro, holds its last edition of the year with Cristina Fürst, Georgia Annes and Rose Araujo, on the 13th (Tuesday), at Blooks Botafogo.
Celebrating 23 years, Ponte de Versos is another initiative of the editor and author Thereza Christina Rocque da Motta, founder of Ibis Libris and renowned poet in Brazil and abroad.
To end the celebrations for the 22nd anniversary of the founding of Ibis Libris Editora, the 13th December Bridge of Verses will take place on the 13th (Tuesday), at Blooks Botafogo, where prominent names will be presented in the Main Course of Brazilian literature, such as such as Cristina Fürst, Georgia Annes and Rose Araujo, who together with the translator and editor Thereza Christina Rocque da Motta, read authorial poetry, appreciating national literature and encouraging new authors.
Sweets will take place shortly after, with poetry readings by everyone present, ending with Saideira, when everyone reads another favorite short poem or one of their own.
Lílian Maial, Ricardo Ruiz and Rosália Milsztajn, in February, Celi Luz and Karla Sabah, in March, Alice Monteiro and Paulo Sabino, in April, Claudia Roquette-Pinto and Léo Ferreira, in May, have already been to Ponte de Versos this year . . October . In November, Luiz Otávio Oliani and Renato de Alvarenga arrived. The event ended 23 years ago in July.
Ibis Libris Editora organizes, every month, “Ponte de Versos”, a traditional literary event in Rio de Janeiro, which this year is part of its 22nd anniversary celebration. Occurring every two weeks since 1999, in the former Ponte de Tábuas Bookstore, in Jardim Botânico, passing from Barteliê, to Ipanema and the DaConde Bookstore, in Leblon, bringing together young and established poets, “Ponte de Versos” has always been important to poetics. activity. From Rio.
The event is divided into “Main Courses”, where guest poets read for 10 minutes each. Then, “Sweetness” is opened to the public, in which those present can recite a poem, and finally “Saideira”, with the reading of a short poem each. A “Dedication Poem” can also be read, in which each participant can choose a poem and dedicate the reading to any person present at random. That person will then choose another poem and another person to dedicate their reading to, and so on, until the last person dedicates the reading of a poem to the person who started the game. Always poems and people fit these random choices. It is the opposite of the “occult poet”, which was done at Christmas, where each poet was chosen to write a poem for another poet without his knowledge. Thereza Christina Motta invented this joke, creating the “Proclaimed Poet”. At the last Bridge of Verses, “Dedicated Poem” was performed among all those present, even those who were not poets. Coincidences between the themes of poems and dedicated people always surprise readers.
“Ponte de Versos” will take place on 13/12 (Tuesday), from 18:00 to 21:00, at Blooks Botafogo, in Praia de Botafogo, 316 (Espaço Itaú de Cinema). Free for all ages and free entry.
This event, being the last of the year, will be recorded for the YouTube channel, tvspiritualidarte.
Bring your poetry to Dessert and Saideira!
The main course of the Ponte de Verso
Cristina Furst Born in Niterói, she is a writer and public servant. Graduated in Law at the Universidade Santa Úrsula, in 1986, attended the 5th class of the School of Magistrates of the State of Rio de Janeiro. Graduated in Civil Procedure and Specialized in Public Policy at IUPERJ, she was a Legal Advisor in the Municipal Secretariat for Social Development in the Marcello Alencar Government and, in the City Council of Rio de Janeiro, she was the Chief Technical-Legislative Advisor. Advisor, Director of Commissions, Technical Consultant of the General Secretariat of the Board of Directors and is currently Chief Consultant of Legislative Consulting and Advisory. She publishes her texts on the blog “So that my essence does not abandon my being” on cristinafurst.com.br and on Pen, lens and brusha collective of visual artists, photographers and writers, since September 2019. He debuted in literature with The festive omnipotence of nothingness, in 2021, the first of the female label Maat, from Ibis Libris. “Reading Cristina means thinking about life without thinking, it’s knowing yourself without repeating yourself, it’s deconstructing reality without avoiding it. It communicates directly with today’s world, not sparing us from the ills of life, but revealing a wisdom that only the soul is able to produce”, says Claudia Lisboa, who signs the front of the book.
Georgia Annes was born in Rio de Janeiro. Bachelor with full degree in Psychology from Faculdade de Humanidades Pedro II, completed in 1990. Completed his training in Reichian Therapy, in 2016, from the Vida Viva Organization. In 2020, during the pandemic, he took the “Voz ao Sonho” course, with Allan Dias Castro. Participated in 10 poetry anthologies. She received 3rd place in the Caderno Poético de Collarina competition in 2021 and 5th place in the AC Literary Competition promoted by ArteCult in 2022. Member of the International Academy of Women of Letters, she received the award “I am a poetic woman ” in 2021 and is a Febacla academic. He participated with his poetry book in Flip 2022, at Casa Script, Girl!, in November, in Paraty. The girl and her balloons is his first book, the second of the Maat label, from Ibis Libris. In addition to encouragement, Allan Dias Castro wrote on the cover of his book: “Among losses and longing held in an open chest, balloons take the shape of a heart. Broken, whole, big, full of itself. Always alive”.
Rose Araujo was born in Londrina (PR), lived in Rio de Janeiro and now lives in Niterói. He graduated in Industrial Design, developed numerous graphic projects, especially in the field of photography, design and music. He also coordinates the Espaço da Artes CasAmarelinha, in Niterói, promoting culture in its various expressions. He participated in life, interviews and literary anthologies, idealized and coordinated poetic evenings, inviting relevant names from the national scene. In 2022 it was launched When life, poetry (Editorial Casa: Inside, 2022) which marked his literary debut. For Ricardo Alfaya, who signs the text of the ear, his book “constitutes a song of praise and affirmation of life”. Writings that dare and dare, marks that dance on paper. Concise poetry, which also uses neologisms, as in the title “Pandesias”, where even the scary term “pandemic” ends up being contaminated by poetry”. Rose presented her debut book at the 36th São Paulo International Book Biennale in July and at the 20th FLIP (Paraty International Literary Festival) in November at Casa de Cultura de Paraty, by Editorial Casa .
About Ibis Libris Editora
Ibis Libris is a publisher of first prose and poetry, fiction and non-fiction, books for children and young adults, and culture in general. It was founded on August 18, 2000 and today has more than 500 titles published, mostly fiction. Its founder, Thereza Christina Rocque da Motta, is a poet, editor and translator. He has published 25 books, including “Capitu” (2014), “Breve Annunciation” (2013) and “As Liras de Marília” (2013). In December, he launches the 4th edition of his first book “Joio & trigo”, with a foreword by Álvaro Alves de Faria, a book of photographs and documents from 40 years of his literary career. He is a member of the Pen Clube do Brasil and the Brazilian Academy of Poetry. He founded Ibis Libris in 2000 and created the Bisbilibisbalabás stamp in 2002. In 2021, he created the women-only Maat stamp. This year, it celebrates the 22nd anniversary of Ibis Libris Editora.
According to Thereza Rocque da Motta, “Ibis Libris was created to give voice to authors who wish to turn their dreams into books and, in doing so, to share with them their dreams, like mine, of having the book theirs and, later, a publisher for it. I turn dreams into reality. Today I am proud to be able to present all this 22-year effort to prove that the strength of women is and will always be present.”
Instagram: @ibislibris @tcrmotta
About Theresa Christina Rocque da Motta
Thereza Christina Rocque da Motta is a poet, editor and translator. He is a member of the Pen Clube do Brasil and the Brazilian Academy of Poetry. He founded Ibis Libris in 2000 and created the BisBilibisbalabás label in 2002. In 2021, he created the Maat label for female authors. This year, Ibis Libris celebrates its 22nd anniversary in August. She has been coordinating ‘Ponte de Versos’ since 2000. In July, on the 23rd anniversary of Ponte de Versos, Thereza Christina participated in the 23rd International Poetry Festival in Medellín, where she was the only Brazilian poet invited to read 15 poems. In September, she was the only Brazilian invited to participate in the 3rd International Poetry Festival in Santiago de Chile. In October, the special 4th edition of the 40th anniversary of “Joio & trigo” was launched in PS, with illustrations and a photo book, as well as a foreword to this publication by Álvaro Alves de Faria and an afterword by the Author. It also contributed to the inclusion, this year, of “Spring Day for the Book” in the official calendar of the city of Rio de Janeiro. Instagram: @tcrmotta / @ibislibris
About the Jabuti Prize 2022
Ibis Libris Editora entered, for the first time, more than 10 titles in this year’s Jabuti Prize, competing in 16 categories. The participation in Jabuti joins the celebration of the publisher’s 22nd anniversary.
There are 12 titles. In the Humanities, with “Writing Auxiliary Expressions: A Handbook for Consultation and Practice,” by Darcy Attanasio and Jucimara Tarricone, in Juvenile, with “Sheherazade: New Legends of 1001 Nights and Three Already Known,” by Thereza Christina Rocque da Motta, in Short Stories, “Ímpar”, by Gilberto Gouma and “A Table of Normal Size”, by Eliakim Ferreira Oliveira, in Biography and Graphic Design, “A Heart in Olive Green”, by Vilma Belfort, “The House of João Fernandes Vieira: O restaurador de Pernambuco, by Cláudio Aguiar and “Andar a pé”, by Rogério Daflon, in addition to Capa, in Children, with “O Menino dos Olhos de Lua” and “O bico da Laura”, both by Lilian Maial, in Romance, “Noise from the Waterfall”, by Dirce de Assis Cavalcanti and, in Poetry, with “Corpos de Troia”, by Alberto Lins Caldas and “Pandemia: 27 Brazilian Poems”, by Álvaro Alves de Faria, a set of weights .
About the 2022 Candango Prize for Literature
“Barulho de Cachoeira”, by Dirce Cavalcanti and “Ímpar”, by Gilberto Gouma, were the finalists for the Candangos First Prize, from Brasília, she with a novel and he with a graphic project. https://premiocandangoliteratura.com.br / Thereza Christina Rocque da Motta Ibis Libris Publisher Rua Pereira Nunes, 395 cover 1701 Vila Isabel 20541-022 Rio de Janeiro – RJ Tel.: 21-3546-1007 / 96580-0499
