Português 
14 November 2026 • 18h00
Lagos Book Club, with José Garrido
14 November | 6pm
Venue: Biblioteca Municipal de Lagos (Municipal Library)
Organised by: Lagos Municipality
Duration: 2h
Age rating: 18+ (limited to 25 participants)
All activities at the Municipal Library are free, but registration is required at least 48 hours in advance by phone (282 767 816), through the library's Facebook page or by email (biblioteca@cm-lagos.pt). Each activity needs a minimum number of participants and may be cancelled if it is not reached.
Theme for 2026: “A pleasurable penance: rescuing the language. What has been written in Portugal since the millennium bug.”
There are many reasons why we are drifting away from the language, and from the use and enjoyment of (good) Portuguese. A natural openness to other cultures and wider language skills have come with translations, in texts and subtitles, that are increasingly careless because they are increasingly automated. We propose a delightful immersion in a selection of works written in Portuguese, in Portugal, and published since the start of the new millennium.
Book being read: “Eliete, a Vida Normal”, by Dulce Maria Cardoso.
Being in the middle of life is like being in the middle of a suspension bridge: any breeze makes it sway. Eliete is halfway through her life and, as if that were not enough, a storm is coming. Yet this is still a time that will be remembered as already terribly strange, even though nobody notices, because everything seems normal.
Free parking: the Centro Cultural de Lagos and the Municipal Library offer free parking at the Frente Ribeirinha car park (Avenida dos Descobrimentos) to their audiences. Show the stamp from the Cultural Centre box office or the library entrance at the car park reception. Valid from one hour before to one hour after each event.
Venue: Biblioteca Municipal de Lagos (Municipal Library)
Organised by: Lagos Municipality
Duration: 2h
Age rating: 18+ (limited to 25 participants)
All activities at the Municipal Library are free, but registration is required at least 48 hours in advance by phone (282 767 816), through the library's Facebook page or by email (biblioteca@cm-lagos.pt). Each activity needs a minimum number of participants and may be cancelled if it is not reached.
Theme for 2026: “A pleasurable penance: rescuing the language. What has been written in Portugal since the millennium bug.”
There are many reasons why we are drifting away from the language, and from the use and enjoyment of (good) Portuguese. A natural openness to other cultures and wider language skills have come with translations, in texts and subtitles, that are increasingly careless because they are increasingly automated. We propose a delightful immersion in a selection of works written in Portuguese, in Portugal, and published since the start of the new millennium.
Book being read: “Eliete, a Vida Normal”, by Dulce Maria Cardoso.
Being in the middle of life is like being in the middle of a suspension bridge: any breeze makes it sway. Eliete is halfway through her life and, as if that were not enough, a storm is coming. Yet this is still a time that will be remembered as already terribly strange, even though nobody notices, because everything seems normal.
Free parking: the Centro Cultural de Lagos and the Municipal Library offer free parking at the Frente Ribeirinha car park (Avenida dos Descobrimentos) to their audiences. Show the stamp from the Cultural Centre box office or the library entrance at the car park reception. Valid from one hour before to one hour after each event.
