Ivana Ares Seijo, library director<\/p>\n
Can Llaurador library in Tei\u00e0 has created a literary tour based on the young adult series Retrum, by<\/p>\n
Francesc Miralles. The books deal with the adventures of Christian, a teenager living in Tei\u00e0, when he meets a group of Gothic youngsters who want to communicate with the dead. All the activities in the tour are closely linked to the books and their main elements: the cemetery, the night, the train, clothing, and music.<\/p>\n
Structure<\/strong><\/p>\n After searching the story for the locations where the action takes place, we realized we could not focus solely on the cemeteries. The literary route should be seen as a tour that takes advantage of the visit to Tei\u00e0\u2019s cemetery to get to know Tei\u00e0\u2019s other landmarks. Luckily, the protagonist of the story walks around the bars, the restaurants, the school and the cultural centres in the area.<\/p>\n The route was marked with QR codes located at the 8 points along the way to Tei\u00e0 which relate to the books. We chose QR codes because they provided us with an affordable way to link the physical and literary setting.<\/p>\n The tour covers five sections: Sponsors and colaborators<\/p>\n Last but not least, we needed funding. It was time to start looking for sponsors and collaborators for the activities we had in mind: a talk with the author, a concert and a photography award. We were conscious that we needed to find a different sponsor for each activity and at the time, we just had the books, the tour, and a bunch of ideas. So, when we wrote to possible sponsors we incorporated excerpts from the books related to their business. Our first contact was Cementiris de Barcelona. The director of Quality and Communication, Marta Aladren, www.cbsa.cat, visited Tei\u00e0\u2019s cemetery and promised to sponsor the two activities we planned to do in the library. She also offered a free night tour of Monj\u00fcic cemetery.<\/p>\n The section on European cemeteries was a big challenge: we wanted to offer the library users a chance to travel in Europe, like the characters in the stories. InterRail was the answer. We contacted Joan Franco Coll, head of InterRail Management and Marketing Department, www.interrail.eu\/interrail-passes, who provided two 15-day Global Passes for the winner of the photography contest.<\/p>\n Saint George\u2019s festival 2015<\/p>\n We decided to hold all events during Saint George\u2019s festival, since the night is one of the recurring themes in the story. The cemetery, a night view: exhibition and night session<\/p>\n Arenys de Mar Photographic Association contributed to the event with the exhibition The cemetery, a night view. They also offered an evening long exposure photography workshop. After an introductory rundown at the library, the participants met at Tei\u00e0\u2019s cemetery for the photography session. The photographs submitted are now part of the library\u2019s photographic collection.<\/p>\n Teia\u2019s cemetery photography contest<\/p>\n The purpose of the contest was twofold: to target a young audience, the 18-25 year olds, and to improve the library photographic collection, which proved to be too small at the time of editing the leaflet. We also thought it would be a good idea if the award linked Tei\u00e0 to the rest of Europe. Thus, we were very happy to present the winner with two InterRail Global passes, second class, for a 15-day period, courtesy of InterRail.<\/p>\n The library staff was in charge of the contest rules and the jury selection. Our aim was to engage residents in Tei\u00e0 with an interest in the arts. The members of the jury were: Joan Casellas, action art performer; Josep Duran, photographer; Jos\u00e9 Mar\u00eda Alguersuari, photo journalist for La Vanguardia; and Pep Mas, amateur photographer.<\/p>\n You can see the winner photo and the seven runners up at http:\/\/rutaretrum.blogspot.com.es\/search\/label\/Concurs%20de%20fotografia<\/p>\n WHAT WE HAVE ACHIEVED<\/p>\n \u2022 the route was presented at the 14th Catalan Seminar on Information and Communication www.cobdc.net\/14JCID\/wp-content\/uploads\/comunicacions\/ruta-literaria-retrum.pdf \u2022 a book club with the writer in one of the cemeteries included in the Retrum tour, with the collaboration of Barcelona Cemeteries and the Barcelona Libraries Consortium LINKS<\/p>\n \u2022 Literary tour
\n-Tei\u00e0
\n-the cemeteries in El Maresme
\n-Barcelona\u2019s cemeteries
\n-Sant Cugat del Vall\u00e9s
\n-European cemeteries<\/p>\n
\nThe talk with the author and the Gothic make-up workshop were held in the library. Participants had been asked to dress in black, like the characters in the books. Later, we gathered in front of the cemetery to attend Nikosia\u2019s concert. Miralles\u2019s band played the soundtrack of Retrum and other sinister songs. He was acompanied by the singer\/song-writer Hypatia P\u00e9triz, the violinist Marc Amat, and Jordi Lligadas as sound-technician. After the concert we enjoyed a night walk of the cemetery.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 and at the 3rd Badalona Libraries Seminar. http:\/\/serveiseducatius.xtec.cat\/se-badalona\/intranet\/index.php?module=pagines&type=user&func=display&pageid=237
\n\u2022 in 2016 Francesc Miralles joined the project \u201cDe cap\u00e7alera\u201d http:\/\/biblioteques.gencat.cat\/ca\/detalls\/Article\/Tandems-deCapcalera
\n\u2022 Retrum is now compulsory reading for students of 3rd year ESO at Tei\u00e0\u2019s Secondary School
\n\u2022 students of 3rd year ESO met writer Francesc Miralles at Tei\u00e0\u2019s cemetery
\n\u2022 guided tour with Francesc Miralles
\n\u2022 150 participants
\nWHAT WE ARE WORKING ON<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 an augmented reality map of the literary tour<\/p>\n
\nwww.teia.cat\/arees\/cultura\/biblioteca-de-can-llaurador\/retrum
\n\u2022 Video
\nwww.youtube.com\/watch?v=iu-Wkq2V8TU
\n\u2022 Retrum
\nwww.retrum.cat
\n\u2022 Songs
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