The first fair dedicated to small and medium sized publishers, Più libri più liberi (also known as Rome Book Fair) conveys its message directly through its name: more books for more freedom. In 2017 the fair moved to the new congress center in Rome, La Nuvola, designed by the famous architect Massimiliano Fuksas: the exhibition space is bigger and the location renews the fair … Continued
The countdown has started! ACTFL (American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages) Annual Convention and World Languages Expo 2024 is opening in Philadelphia this 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: … Continued
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
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
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
Opening today at the San Diego Convention Center, the ALA (American Library Association) Conference and Expo is the biggest library event of the year in the United States. ALA – American Library Association, founded in 1876, is the largest library and oldest library association in the world. The Italian Trade Agency is exhibiting at the ALA for the first time with a 600 sq.ft. … Continued
The guest of honor at Warsaw International Book Fair this week is Italy, and Italy’s publishers have a 200-square-meter pavilion planned. The guest of honor country at Warsaw this year—following Norway in 2022 and Ukraine in 2023—is Italy. And once more, the Association of Italian Publishers (Associazione Italiana Editori, AIE) is stepping up, in what has to be one of the most demanding years … Continued
The five-day Salone Internazionale del Libro di Torino closed on May 13 after hosting some 4,300 professional meetings. As of Monday’s (May 13) closing events, the five-day public-facing Salone Internazionale del Libro di Torino reports that it drew 222,000 people to its sprawling exhibition space of 800 booths in 51 halls. In line with the current vogue of book fairs boasting huge numbers, the show’s activity level, … Continued
Torino’s professional program included a report on the Italian publishing industry’s statistics and positive signals from the Rights Center. During the 36th edition of the Salone Internazionale del Libro di Torino—which ran through Monday—several key points about the Italian book market were featured in informational programming from the Association of Italian Publishers (Associazione Italiana Editori, AIE). Particularly in Frankfurter Buchmesse‘s (October 16 to 20) … Continued
Along with today’s (May 9th) official opening of the 36th edition of the Salone Internazionale del Libro di Torino, yesterday marked the opening of the Rights Center and the professional program for members of the publishing industry. The potential advantages of this deepening professional-program trend at these book fairs include: Market cultivation (participants meet and network with each other) Heightened visibility to business and … Continued
