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SPLF festival in Livorno was a wonderful experience

maxorover 5 Agosto 2024 166 Views

The SPLF festival in Livorno was a wonderful experience that I will not forget. I loved the inter-collaboration that happened between music and spoken word, between languages English, Irish and Italian, between authors and academics and audience and performers.
Magic happened that was tangible to everyone who was lucky enough to be there.
The venue was perfect and the staff in Ex-Cinema Aurora could not have been more accommodating and welcoming.
Catherine and Max were the perfect organisers and looked after the participants every need.
Of all the festivals I have played at over the world- this festival stands out as one of the best.
GRMA Catherine and Max. It was really special.’

About maxorover

Max O’Rover is the pen name of Massimiliano ‘Max’ Roveri. He started writing about Ireland in 2008, after nearly a decade of fascination with the country. He now lives in Dublin, not far from Cooldrinagh — Samuel Beckett’s birthplace — and within reach of Barrytown, real or imagined. Max has worked with Irish author Catherine Dunne since 2016 and co-directs the San Patrizio Livorno Festival. After a long Italian-language phase, he now writes primarily in English, in fiction, theatre, and essays. He is the author of The Butterfly Saviour, praised by John Banville; Three Lives, currently in progress; and She-Wolf Blood, which he hopes will make him rich. For the stage, he has written multilingual plays including Not-Beckett, which will premiere at SPLF25 and has earned praise from both Patrick Bixby and Federico Platania. When not writing, planting seeds, or cooking, Max plays Skyrim or Fallout 4 with his wife Maria Grazia, who is also his life support system.