Spending time at home, after a long week of work, often means to relax while enjoying a good novel. In this difficult time of quarantine that hit many countries in the world, the Italbooks team appreciates and supports the initiative and the effort of many Italian publishing companies to offer to all those Italians in quarantine, suffering the consequences of the vicious Coronavirus spreading, … Continued
The musicians from the Italian theater La Scala are getting ready for new amazing concerts in the near future. They are sending to the public a video of hope in which they show their individual rehearsal from the living room of their homes You can have a glimpse here Le prove, of their effort in keeping up with hope and dreams during … Continued
The Italian publisher Edizioni NPE, specialized in comic books, offers the possibility to download for free the book Asso, by Roberto Recchioni. It’s the publisher’s way of supporting all Italians during this difficult lock down. For more reading, please visit the publisher’s free books in the section” NPE e di doni della quarantena – until April 3 To download free comics please visit: … Continued
The CEO of the Association of American Publishers (AAP), Maria Pallante, declared the continuous effort of publishers “To communicate valuable discoveries, analyses, and data as quickly as possible including by making their copyrighted articles pertaining to the virus freely available for public use during this crisis, in both text and machine-readable formats. Many publishers – both commercial companies and nonprofit societies – have been … Continued
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
