April 17-22
Amaro Pargo
Visits to the borough’s primary schools with tales of the famous Adeje pirate Amaro Pargo
April 18-22
‘Navagando entre costuras’
Exhibition of history through costumes, in the Convento de San Franciscano. Clothes from the 17th and 18th centuries, military uniforms, pirates and corsairs.
11am – 1pm April 18-21, 10am – 10pm April 22
April 18
6pm: ADEJE AUDITORIUM
Book presentation: ‘Los origins del municipalismo en Adeje’ and presentation of the new municipal archive webpage.
April 19
6pm: ADEJE AUDITORIUM
Literary round-table: ‘El Pirata Malodor’
With author Ernesto Rodríguez Abad.
April 20
6pm: ADEJE AUDITORIUM
Ricardo Müller poetry evening
Paying homage to Bernardino Oliva
April 21
10am – 12 noon PLAZA DE ESPAÑA
Primary Schools visit to the Book Fair
Children’s show: “EL TIEMPO LO CUENTA TODO” Silvia Torrents and Óscar Tiraida and DINOSORPRESA
11am – 1pm PLAZA DE ESPAÑA
Secondary schools IES Adeje and El Galeón at the Book Fair
‘Piratas y Corsarios en Canarias’, a talk on legends, adventures, and mysteries, with José Gregorio González and Fernando Hernández.
5PM
Opening of fair
6pm: ADEJE AUDITORIUM
‘Leyenda y tormenta’ (for 4 years +)
6pm PLAZA DE ESPAÑA
Theatrical book presentation: EL BUEN CORSARIO AMARO PARGO with Alfredo López Pérez
6.30pm. • CONVENTO FRANCISCANO DE ADEJE
Book presentation “Memorias Guanches”, by José Farrujia De La Rosa, with contributions from film director Teodoro Ríos, paleontologist Francisco García Talavera and actors Ana Niebla and Roberto Melo.
8pm • CONVENTO FRANCISCANO DE ADEJE
‘Amaro Pargo, Mito y Realidad’, with Daniel Garcia Pulido and Manuel De Paz.
9pm • PLAZA DE ESPAÑA
Theatrical route and wine tasting ‘Tesoras de Adeje’, organised by Alfredo López Pérez, with a talk and tasting of historic wines with the Museo de Malvasía
April 22
10am: Fair opening
11am: PLAZA DE ESPAÑA
Children’s activities, face-painting
11:30am PLAZA DE ESPAÑA
Book presentation: ‘La Pandilla del ave Fénix’, by José Alberto González Tejera.
12 noon PLAZA DE ESPAÑA
Children’s show ‘Dino Explorer’
Fantastic fun, one-off chance to see an 8 metre T-Rex in the Plaza de España in Adeje!
5pm – 6pm PLAZA DE ESPAÑA
Meet up with foreign authors, Tenerife-based non-Spanish authors, will be here to meet and greet
6.30pm CONVENTO FRANCISCANO DE ADEJE
Book presentation: ‘Matrimonios de La Parroquia de la Villa de Adeje (1565-1925)’, by Nelson Díaz Frías
7.45pm CONVENTO FRANCISCANO DE ADEJE
Book presentation ‘Antonio Gutiérrez: ‘Entre la gloria y el desconocimiento’ by Matías Caronovich Gavioli
8pm CONVENTO FRANCISCANO DE ADEJE
Lecture: Milicias en el Sur de Tenerife, by Amós Farrujia Coello.
9pm PLAZA DE ESPAÑA
Historical recreation, ‘Batalla de 1746, defendiendo Adeje de los ingleses”
(Defending Adeje from the English) with the Asociación Gesta 25 de julio, Milicias de Taganana. Grupo de la Escuela Municipal de Folklore de Adeje y A.C. Imoque
