Sadly, various book events, book expos and book fairs are being cancelled due to the spreading of the Coronavirus Tucson Festival of Books in Arizona has canceled and plans to return in 2021. Virginia Festival of the Book has been canceled, and will not rescheduled this year. SOKY Book Fest has been canceled. The event is rescheduled for March 26 & 27, 2021. L.A. … Continued
I bambini di Svevia, Romina Casagrande “Casagrande writes about the “bambini delle rondini” or the children of the swallows, who traveled by foot from South Tyrol to Swabia, or southwestern Germany, every year to find work in the countryside for three centuries until World War II. The novel follows Edna and Jacob who escaped being sold by their families to work in Swabia, a … Continued
Sadly, various book events, book expos and book fairs are being cancelled due to the spreading of the Coronavirus Bologna Children’s Book Fair: the fair announced on March 11th, 2020 the cancellation of this year edition. The new edition will take place in Bologna on April 12 to 15 2021, Bologna Children’s Book Fair The London Book Fair: the fair was supposed to take … Continued
BolognaFiere announced the decision to cancel the 57th Bologna Children’s Book Fair – BCBF, which was previously only postponed to May 2020, due to the spreading of the Coronavirus. The difficult decision provides “an important contribution to overcoming this current situation of emergency […] that involves not only our country but, unfortunately, has an international dimension“ as stated by Antonio Bruzzone, General Manager … Continued
In occasion of the national women day in Italy (March 8th) the Fondazione Bracco in collaboration with Edizioni Panini, published on Topolino – Mickey Mouse (N. 3354), an Italian weekly magazine for young readers, a series of stories centered on the work of Italian women scientists. The story titled Paperina e la selezione scientifica pays tribute to scientists Luisa Torsi (Professor of Chemistry at the European Material Research Society, … Continued
Joanna Clapps Herman is an Italian American writer, editor and poet. In November of 2019, she released When I Am Italian: quando sono italiana which explores the question: can a person born outside of Italy be considered Italian? Herman, born to second-generation Italian American parents, was raised with Italian customs and traditions. Her Italian upbringing was the inspiration to many of her publications. Edvige Giunta, coeditor … Continued
The Italbooks team had the opportunity to go to C2E2, the largest pop culture convention in the Midwest, where they were able to engage in an exploratory mission on comics in preparation for the 2020 Comic Con in San Diego. At C2E2 they not only visited the amazing stands of American and International Comic Books, but they also met Italian friends – International School … Continued
“Aiutamoci l’un con l’altro. Insieme ce la facciamo,” is the response from the Italian Ministero della Salute. This translates to “helping each other, and together we can get through it.” The Italian Ministero della Salute then describes the correct precautions in order to protect yourself from the virus. There is currently no vaccine to prevent Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19), so the proper sanitation practices are … Continued
Italian publisher Edizioni E/O has just announced the release date for the Italian edition of the eagerly anticipated new novel from Elena Ferrante. This new novel will be released on November 7th, and is set in the author’s beloved Naples, specifically in the Rione Alto neighborhood. Although the time frame is unclear at this point, the plot focuses on intense family ties, fraught relationships … Continued
