A few steps from Piazza Libertà and the Circolo della Stampa, at 12 Corso Vittorio Emanuele II, in Avellino, opens a new Ubik bookstore: the assortment is very varied, aimed at meeting different interests, ages and passions.
Inside there are sections devoted to essays, to the great classics, to contemporary fiction, and to volumes that intercept a slice of younger audiences. There are therefore shelves dedicated to manga, to the world of BookTok, to romance; moreover, there is a room dedicated to children’s literature, designed for girls and boys.
This new store also hosts an area bar, which will welcome events, presentations, meetings with authors, cultural aperitifs and reading-focused appointments, in an atmosphere convivial, that encourages discussion and sharing.
Leading the new bookstore (to date the largest bookstore in the Campanian city), Vincenzo di Lorenzo, Lorenzo Ridente, Beniamino Spagnuolo and Lucia Saldutti, who, on Ubik’s choice, explain: “Entering the Ubik world gives us the freedom and the autonomy we desire as booksellers, both in the choices of assortment and in the creativity and planning of activities, with the possibility of counting at the same time on the advantages and experience of belonging to a network of almost 200 bookstores.”
Among the store’s objectives is to build over time an ever-closer relationship with the territory, schools and cultural associations.