21 May-20 June 2003. A cycle of readings by contemporary authors and Italian actors, accompanied by live music, at the Roman forum. All readings are at 21.00 and are free. Russian author Boris Akunin reads with Alan Warner of Le Soprano fame on 30 May; Don De Lillo, author of Underworld, on 3 June; Tracey Chevalier (Girl with the Pearl Earring) and Daniel Pennac on 5 June; American Susan Sontag on 9 June; Alice Sebold and Irina Denezkina on 11 June; Italian author Dacia Maraini on 13 June, Haniuf Kureishi and Paco Ignacio Taibo II on 17 June, and Paul Auster on 20 June.