The presentation, which took place on May 18, was part of the sixth annual book festival. The festival program was organized by the Municipality, three local cultural organizations, as well as the city’s four bookstores. The presentation was one of three scheduled for the weeklong book fair. A half-page article in the city’s daily Topiki reprinted a press release by the publishers that announced the publication of the new book. The event was also covered by the other city daily paper, Olympio Vima.

Katerini is a city of 70,000 in the province of Macedonia. It is the main center in an important farming region. Books from Athens publishing house Diethnes Vima, which published Che Guevara Talks To Young People, have been sold at farm protest actions here and in the neighboring region of Thessaly this winter. In March, at a 1,000-strong farm event in Killeler, an hour’s drive from here, a team of volunteers from Athens and Katerini sold 17 books of which seven were Che Guevara Talks to Young People. Distribution teams from Athens have visited the province three times this winter and spring. Two bookstores in Katerini carried the Che book. As a result of the presentation the other two have also opened accounts.

Natasha Terlexis, one of the Greek-language editors and president of Diethnes Vima, was the featured speaker. She was followed by the local musical group Sol y Sal, which played Cuban songs. Terlexis presented Che as he was and as he comes across from his speeches in the pages of the book—a revolutionary who thought, acted, and evolved as an integral part of the broader revolutionary leadership of the Cuban Revolution.

The discussion at the end concentrated on Cuba today and the future of the revolution. "Since its fundamental institutions are deeply rooted and alive—the revolution will live," commented an older meeting participant from the audience.

A book table was staffed by a volunteer from Katerini. A total of 17 copies of the book’s Greek edition were sold along with one copy of the Spanish edition and one copy each of The Second Declaration of Havana, Imperialism’s March Toward Fascism and War, and U.S. Imperialism Has Lost the Cold War—all in their Greek edition.

Diethnes Vima’s titles are to be displayed throughout the fair.  
 
 
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