The Women Writers Route (WWR) proudly participated as a partner in Frontiers – The Content Industry Summit 2026, organized by WWR member ICCI Hub in Turin on 17–18 April 2026. The summit served as an important platform for cultural cooperation, innovation, and international networking within Europe’s creative and heritage sectors.
As part of the programme, WWR participated in the coordination meeting of Cultural Routes in the Piedmont region, presenting the network’s expanding role in cultural tourism, education, and the promotion of women’s literary heritage.
A special roundtable dedicated to the Women Writers Route brought together key representatives of the network and partner institutions. The panel featured Valeria Ferrero (Fondazione Bellisario), Mateja Jančar (WWR Manager, Slovenia), and Dr. Andreja Rihter (WWR President, Slovenia), moderated by Federica Matteoli, ICCI Hub’s coordinator for WWR. They were joined by Aleksandra Kujawa Eberharter from the Adam Mickiewicz Museum of Literature in Poland and Vera Kojić from the Regional Government of Vojvodina, Serbia, further emphasizing the route’s broad international cooperation and growing European reach.
A major highlight of the summit was the event dedicated to Italian writer Lalla Romano, one of the authors included in the Women Writers Route. The roundtable was opened by the Mayor of Demonte, Lalla Romano’s birthplace, who welcomed participants and emphasized the importance of preserving Romano’s literary and cultural legacy within both local and European contexts. Federica Matteoli then presented the development of the emerging Lalla Romano route, outlining its thematic structure and future cultural significance. Literary scholars and experts explored Romano’s life, work, and her important intellectual collaboration with fellow WWR author Natalia Ginzburg, both of whom represent significant voices within the route’s literary landscape.
Within the framework of the summit, a working meeting of WWR members was also held, attended by representatives from Italy, Poland, Portugal, Serbia, and Slovenia. Participants discussed future strategic priorities, including the possibility of launching an international literary competition, strengthening cross-border collaboration, and introducing national coordinators to improve the effectiveness, visibility, and local implementation of WWR activities.
WWR’s successful participation at Frontiers 2026 reinforced its position as a dynamic European cultural network and highlighted the importance of international partnerships in preserving, promoting, and innovatively presenting women writers’ literary heritage across Europe.
