Festa literária de Santa Maria em casa - atuação no contexto de pandemia

In this work, we reflect on the potential that literary festivals can assume in cultural mediation and in the formation of readers, based on the specific context of the Literary Festival of Santa Maria (FLISM), extension project of the Federal University of Santa Maria, RS, which reinvented its format in 2020 as an action to combat the Covid-19 pandemic. We conducted a descriptive, quantitative and qualitative research. For the quantitative analysis, we rely on the accountability report of the second edition of the event and on data made available by the digital platforms of the third edition. For the qualitative, we used an online form to reflect on the reception of the participants, supported by Candido (2004), Zilberman (2013), Cosson (2016), among others. We conclude that the event can collaborate with the literary analysis of its participants and promote well-being. Thus, it is essential to ensure the permanence of literary festivals to democratize and signify literature in non-institutional spaces. Keywords: University  extension. Literary Festival. Cultural Mediation in the context of pandemic. Formation of Readers.