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Italian Trade Agency at the upcoming ACTFL Conference & Expo 2024 in Philadelphia

ACTFL (American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages) Annual Convention and World Languages Expo 2024 is opening in Philadelphia on Friday, November 22nd. Stop by the Italian Trade Agency booth #625 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. ACTFL runs from November 22 through November 24. At the Italian pavilion, the following Italian companies will be exhibiting at ACTFL this year: Accademia Italiana Salerno – … Continued

Top Ten Bestsellers in Italy, week of Oct. 28 – Nov. 3, 2024

# Title Author Publisher Price/Euro 1 La casa dei silenzi/ The House of Silence Donato Carrisi Longanesi 23.00 2 Il passato e’ un morto senza cadavere / The Past is a Dead Man without a Corpse Antonio Manzini Sellerio Editore Palermo 17.00 3 Il Dio dei nostri padri. Il grande romanzo della Bibbia / The God of Our Fathers: The Great Story of the … Continued

Top Ten Bestsellers in Italy, week of Oct. 21 – 27, 2024

# Title Author Publisher Price/Euro 1 Il passato e’ un morto senza cadavere / The Past is a Dead Man without a Corpse Antonio Manzini Sellerio Editore Palermo 17.00 2 Game of Chaos. Redenzione/Game of Chaos: Redemption Hazel Riley Sperling & Kupfer 17.90 3 Il Dio dei nostri padri. Il grande romanzo della Bibbia / The God of Our Fathers: The Great Story of … Continued

Top Ten Bestsellers in Italy, week of Oct. 14 – 20, 2024

# Title Author Publisher Price/Euro 1 Il Dio dei nostri padri. Il grande romanzo della Bibbia / The God of Our Fathers: The Great Story of the Bible Aldo Cazzullo HarperCollins Italia 19.50 2 M. L’ora del destino/ M: The Hour of Destiny Antonio Scurati Bompiani 24.00 3 Dimmi di te/ Tell Me About Yourself Chiara Gamberale Einaudi 18.00 4 La vegetariana / The … Continued

‘From Italy to the World’: A Translators’ Conference at Frankfurt

Promoting Italian literature, as a conference confirms for translators at Frankfurter Buchmesse, is ‘a little magic, a lot of hard work.’ Praise for Italy’s Expanded Translation Support Program At Frankfurter Buchmesse, Wednesday’s (October 16) Italian translators conference was held in person for the first time, buoyed by Italy’s stance as Frankfurt’s 2024 guest of honor market. Organized by the Salone Internazionale del Libro di … Continued

Italy: Guest of Honor at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2024

In releasing its programming plans for Frankfurter Buchmesse (October 16 to 20), the Guest of Honor Italy organizers open stressing numbers. This is the second time Italy has been the show’s guest of honor in 36 years, as Publishing Perspectives readers know. This time, that entail some 50 literary events, 11 debates on current affairs, 19 “witnesses of time” cultural-observation sessions; 21 professional program events; and nine … Continued

Top Ten Bestsellers in Italy, week of Sept. 30-Oct. 6, 2024

# Title Author Publisher Price/Euro 1 Il Dio dei nostri padri. Il grande romanzo della Bibbia / The God of Our Fathers: The Great Story of the Bible Aldo Cazzullo HarperCollins Italia 19.50 2 La citta’ e le sue mura incerte / The City and Its Uncertain Walls Haruki Murakami Einaudi 23.00 3 Dimmi di te/ Tell Me About Yourself Chiara Gamberale Einaudi 18.00 … Continued

Top Ten Bestsellers in Italy, week of Sept. 23-29, 2024

# Title Author Publisher Price/Euro 1 Il Dio dei nostri padri. Il grande romanzo della Bibbia / The God of Our Fathers: The Great Story of the Bible Aldo Cazzullo HarperCollins Italia 19.50 2 Dimmi di te/ Tell Me About Yourself Chiara Gamberale Einaudi 18.00 3 La donna del pozzo/ The Woman of the Well Piergiorgio Pulixi Feltrinelli 18.00 4 La maestra del vetro/ … Continued

Top Ten Bestsellers in Italy, week of Sept. 16-22, 2024

# Title Author Publisher Price/Euro 1 Una conquista fuori menu’/ A Conquest Off the Menu Felicia Kingsley Newton Compton Editori 9.90 2 E voleremo sopra la paura. Noi e Cesare nella mano / We Will Fly Over the Fear Valentina Mastroianni De Agostini 16.90 3 La maestra del vetro/ The Glassmaker Tracy Chevalier Neri Pozza 20.00 4 Grazie, Occidente! Tutto il bene che abbiamo … Continued

Top Ten Bestsellers in Italy, week of Sept. 9-15, 2024

# Title Author Publisher Price/Euro 1 Una conquista fuori menu’/ A Conquest Off the Menu Felicia Kingsley Newton Compton Editori 9.90 2 Nexus. Breve storia delle reti di informazione dall’età’ della pietra all’IA / Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI Yuval Noah Harari Bompiani 26.00 3 L’eta’ fragile/ A Delicate Age Donatella Di Pietrantonio Einaudi 18.00 4 … Continued

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  • The Bologna Children’s Books Fair will turn digital

    April 8

    The organizers (Ente Fiera) of the Bologna Children’s Book Fair announced on April 9th the cancellation of the 58th physical edition of the Expo, including the Licensing Trade Fair and the first Bologna BookPlus, expected for April 14 to 17 (2021) in order to stop the spreading of the Coronavirus. But the show must go on. In fact, according to Publishing Perspectives, the exhibition … Continued

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