FLIRP 2026: Ribeirão Pires Literary Fair Honors Dalila Teles Veras

Ribeirão Pires becomes the “capital” of literature this weekend with the 5th FLIRP — Ribeirão Pires Literary Fair. The event runs this Saturday (26), 10 AM to 7 PM, and Sunday (27), 10 AM to 6 PM, at Mirante Santo Antônio (Rua Bela Vista, 105, Jardim Mirante), with free admission.

Honoring Dalila Teles Veras

This year’s edition, themed “Do desenho à palavra” (“From drawing to word”), honors writer, poet, publisher and cultural activist Dalila Teles Veras, who is also taking part in the program. Organized by the City of Ribeirão Pires through its Culture Department, and curated by Carlos Lopes Galego, the fair brings together more than 100 guests and around 80 book launches over the two days.

Created in 2022 in honor of Oswald de Andrade — who lived in Ribeirão Pires between 1949 and 1954 — FLIRP drew roughly 18,000 visitors in its first edition, and has since honored figures such as Clarice Lispector and Ariano Suassuna.

Saturday (26) schedule

• 11 AM: Ferréz — talk on “Literature, from writing to life”
• 12:30 PM: special session with honoree Dalila Teles Veras
• 1:30 PM: Insurrectas, with Isabela Dantas, Claudia Jordão and Thina Curtis
• 3 PM: Eduardo Lacerda and Ricardo Escudeiro discuss the publishing market
• 4:30 PM: Daniel Munduruku on literature and Indigenous ancestry

Sunday (27) schedule

• 11 AM: Caixa de Quadrinhos — “Comics and building readers”
• 1 PM: Tom Cardoso and Gonçalo Junior — “Biographies, Memory and Literature,” moderated by Marcos Massolini
• 3 PM: Tarso de Melo and Fabiano Calixto discuss poetry, moderated by Julio Mendonça

Publishers, comics and Indigenous literature

Participants include publishers and bookstores such as Canal dos Livros, Editora Clóe, Noir, Essencial, O Artífice, Forja, Patuá, C.I. Editorial, UK’A Editorial, Alpharrabio Livraria, Sebo e Editora, and Livraria Império e Sebo. The Espaço Edson Bueno de Camargo is dedicated to 40 independent authors, and literary societies from Ribeirão Pires and Greater ABC are also part of the program.

Indigenous literature gets its own space with UK’A Editorial, which publishes authors such as Daniel Munduruku, Márcia Wayna Kambeba and Auritha Tabajara. Comics and fanzines are also featured, with Caixa de Quadrinhos, Editora Noir and Fanzinada, which brings together 30 authors.

How to get there

The fair offers free shuttle service on both days, departing from Avenida Capitão José Gallo, in front of the CPTM train station, at 10 AM, noon, 2 PM, 4 PM and 6 PM, heading to Mirante Santo Antônio, with return trips also available.