the festival brings together contemporary authors and readers, and includes debates, workshops, a poetry slam and some of the biggest and most well-loved literary names in world literature - it aims to be a ‘literary festival of the peripheries', which has previously taken place in mangueira. 

the event is completely free, and is part of a platform to improve access to different forms of cultural capital - the festival brings some of the leading national and international writers and thinkers together to create and debate the city's favelas.

the objective is using dialogue, the arts, and a sprinkling of creativity to unite different areas of rio and empower the disenfranchised - all cultural events taking place across rio de janeiro city and state are published by the state secretary of culture on this page.