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‘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

Top Ten Bestsellers in Italy, week of August 26 – Sept. 1, 2024

# Title Author Publisher Price/Euro 1 L’eta’ fragile / A Delicate Age Donatella Di Pietrantonio Einaudi 18.00 2 Il canto dei cuori ribelli / Honor Thrity Umrigar Libreria Pienogiorno 18.90 3 Come l’arancio amaro / Like a Bitter Orange Milena Palminteri Bompiani 20.00 4 La portalettere / The Letter Carrier Francesca Giannone Nord 19.00 5 Domani, domani / Tomorrow, Tomorrow Francesca Giannone Nord 19.00 … Continued

Top Ten Bestsellers in Italy, week of July 22 – 28, 2024

# Title Author Publisher Price/Euro 1 L’eta’ fragile / A Delicate Age Donatella Di Pietrantonio Einaudi 18.00 2 Domani, domani / Tomorrow, Tomorrow Francesca Giannone Nord 19.00 3 Come l’arancio amaro / Like a Bitter Orange Milena Palminteri Bompiani 20.00 4 La portalettere / The Letter Carrier Francesca Giannone Nord 19.00 5 Il Castagno dei cento cavalli /  The Hundred Horse Chestnut Tree Cristina … Continued

Top Ten Bestsellers in Italy, week of July 15 – 21, 2024

# Title Author Publisher Price/Euro 1 L’eta’ fragile / A Delicate Age Donatella Di Pietrantonio Einaudi 18.00 2 Domani, domani / Tomorrow, Tomorrow Francesca Giannone Nord 19.00 3 Come l’arancio amaro / Like a Bitter Orange Milena Palminteri Bompiani 20.00 4 Il Castagno dei cento cavalli/ The Hundred Horse Chestnut Tree Cristina Cassar Scalia Einaudi 18.50 5 La regina dei sentieri/ Queen of the … Continued

Top Ten Bestsellers in Italy, week of July 8 – 14, 2024

# Title Author Publisher Price/Euro 1 L’eta’ fragile / A Delicate Age Donatella Di Pietrantonio Einaudi 18.00 2 Domani, domani / Tomorrow, Tomorrow Francesca Giannone Nord 19.00 3 Il Castagno dei cento cavalli / The Hundred Horse Chestnut Tree Cristina Cassar Scalia Einaudi 18.50 4 Sulla pietra/On the Slab  Fred Vargas Einaudi 20.00 5 Quando inizia la felicita’. Di domande, nascite e rinascite/ When … 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