Elena Ferrante, the notoriously private Italian author, has been shortlisted for the Man Booker International prize for Fiction for her book The Story of the Lost Child! The novel is the fourth and final installment of the popular “Neopolitan Novels” series. The world-famous Ferrante, who writes under a pseudonym, has had her works translated into English, French, Spanish, and Dutch, among many other languages. Congratulations to … Continued
Celebrating its 45 year anniversary in April 2016, The London Book Fair is the global marketplace for rights negotiation and the sale and distribution of content across print, audio, TV, film and digital channels. Staged annually, LBF sees more than 25,000 publishing professionals arrive in London for the week of the show to learn, network and kick off their year of business. For more … Continued
Spring has arrived, and with it, America’s greatest past time. If you’re already waiting for fall and football, consider picking up a copy of SPAGHETTI FOOTBALL! 10 years of passions, deeds and impossible dreams, with Lamar Hunt, Bob Kap, Robert Carey and Bruno Beneck. “With Spaghetti Football”– intended affectionately, not disparagingly – I tell the story of the stadium named for Lombardi, built … Continued
Cartiere del Garda, part of the Lecta Group, is specialized in the production of woodfree coated papers for high quality printing: GardaMatt Art, GardaMatt Ultra, GardaGloss Art, GardaCover Hi-Fi and GardaPat 13. About the company: The Cartiere del Garda adventure began in distant 1956 in Riva del Garda (TN), when its founders decided to launch an entrepreneurial … Continued
On Saturday, March 5, Edilingua will be hosting a “Window into Italian” or “Una finestra sull’italiano” in Rome! This is the second annual event. In the inaugural year, Edilingua saw a great success around the conference dedicated to the teaching of Italian as a foreign or second language. The event will be broken into two parts: Morning: General session, featuring prominent teachers of Italian … Continued
Representatives of Publishers Weekly and the Combined Book Exhibit recently signed an agreement to promote “cooperation and understanding” between the U.S. and Cuban publishing industries. The agreement supports a continuing American exhibition presence at the Havana Book Fair, and will hopefully result in the Cuban publishers coming to BookExpo America 2016, held in Chicago this May. The pact also emphasizes the importance of continuing to … Continued
The 28th edition of the International Book Forum will take place from May 12-14 in Turin! The International Book Forum is the International Rights Area of the Turin International Book Fair created to facilitate contacts, meetings and business networking among international publishers, literary agents, cinema/TV producers and new media companies from all over the world, wishing to: buy and exchange copyrights or to explore … Continued
The Bologna Children’s Book Fair is the most important international event dedicated to the children’s publishing and multimedia industry. In Bologna, about 1,200 exhibitors–including authors, illustrators, literary agents, and more–from 98 countries and 25,000 international professional trade representatives in will meet 2016. At the fair, the Illustrators Exhibition offers a broad picture of the most innovative trends in children’s illustration at a world level. Renowned illustrators … Continued
Books translated from Italian are some of the most popular translations available on the U.S. market. In fact, in 2014, Italian translations ranked third behind France and Germany. In recent years, this trend has only increased: As such, we are pleased to announce that publication has been scheduled for IF VENICE DIES by Salvatore Settis for September 13, 2016. Published by New … Continued
Club Italiano Dante Alighieri can grant scholarships directly to some deserving students. Applications for such scholarships should be accompanied by a Curriculum Vitae with list of qualifications and a letter of reference from a teacher of Italian who should also give an assessment of the student’s knowledge of the language. For more information on these scholarships, check out https://www.clidante.it/scholarship-for-italian-courses-in-rome_scholarships_in-rome.php
