The Selection Ceremony for the finalists of the Premio Campiello Junior award will be held on Friday 16 December 2022 at 11 a.m., and live-streamed on the Pirelli Foundation‘s Facebook page and on the social media channels of the Premio Campiello.

During the ceremony, the finalist books will be announced, three for each of the two categories of the award: 7-10 years and 11-14 years. The selection will be made by a Jury of Writers chaired by Roberto Piumini with Chiara Lagani, actress  and playwright, Martino Negri , lecturer of didactics of literature and of literature for children at the University of Milano-Bicocca, Michela Possamai, lecturer at the IUSVE University of Venice, and former member of the Campiello Giovani jury, and David Tolin, bookseller and president of ALIR.

The speakers at the meeting, which will be moderated by Giancarlo Leone, will include Antonio Calabrò, director of the Pirelli Foundation and Enrico Carraro, president of the Fondazione Il Campiello.

After the selection of the finalists, it will be the turn of the Readers’ Jury: 240 young people from across Italy and from abroad will have the task of reading the finalists’ books and saying which one they like best, in order to decide the two winners, who will be proclaimed in May 2023, with the prize awarded in September 2023.

To follow the live stream, please click here.

For further information on Premio Campiello Junior events, please go to www.fondazionepirelli.org  and www.premiocampiello.org.