Miu Miu Literary Club returns

Miu Miu is bringing back its Literary Club in Milan on April 22 to 24, turning Design Week into a three-day program of readings and talks. (wwd.com) The 2026 edition is titled “Politics of Desire” and will be held at the Circolo Filologico Milanese, with Miuccia Prada directing the event. It is the club’s fourth edition overall and its third staged during Milan Design Week. (wwd.com) This year’s program uses the work of Annie Ernaux and Ama Ata Aidoo to anchor discussions about sexuality, consent, female empowerment and desire. Fuorisalone, the citywide platform tied to Design Week, lists the event in the Brera Design District program. (fuorisalone.it) The format shows how luxury brands are using Milan’s furniture and design week as a wider cultural stage, not only a product showcase. Miu Miu has built this series into a recurring salon-style event that links books, feminism and brand identity. (wwd.com; 2x4.org) The club has expanded quickly in two years. The 2025 edition, “A Woman’s Education,” ran on April 9 and 10 and examined girlhood, love and sex education through Simone de Beauvoir and Fumiko Enchi. (wwd.com) The 2026 program also broadens the speaker list beyond fashion. Italian news agency ANSA reported participants include Lea Melandri, Jennifer Guerra, Francesca Marciano, Wayétu Moore, Gloria Wekker and Rosi Braidotti. (ansa.it) Miu Miu has been pushing this strategy across several arts projects, including films, runway installations and branded cultural programming. The Literary Club gives that approach a fixed annual slot in Milan, with literature as the entry point. (2x4.org; wwd.com) When the doors open on April 22, the brand will be asking Design Week visitors to sit down for authors and essays instead of chairs and lamps. That is now part of Miu Miu’s Milan calendar too. (wwd.com; fuorisalone.it)