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Italy @ ACTFL 2017: Sant’Anna Institute

Visit the Sant’Anna Institute at the Italian Pavilion of ACTFL 2017! Where can high school and university students dive into the authenticity of Southern Italian culture? At Sant’Anna Institute in Sorrento, Italy, where else? Visit Booth #438 to discover more about how Sant’Anna’s programs (for credit) are integrated into the host community through tandem projects, internships, service learning activities, volunteering, field-trips, and more! For … Continued

ITALY @ ACTFL 2017: Scuola di Italiano Dante Alighieri Campus L’Infinito Recanati

Visit Campus L’Infinito at the Italian Pavilion of ACTFL 2017! Scuola Dante Alighieri Campus L’Infinito is an Italian Language and culutre school located in Recanati, Marche region. It’s the only Italian school created with the support of ELI Edizioni, a leading Italian publishing house specialized in language learning. For more information, please click here. info@campusinfinito.it / www.campusinfinito.it  

ITALY @ ACTFL: Accademia Italiana

Visit Accademia Italiana at the Italian Pavilion of ACTFL 2017! A lucky teacher will be offered a full scholarship to attend a Glottodidactic Course in enchanting Salerno on the breathtaking Amalfi coast! Since 1997, Accademia Italiana offers Italian short term, semester and internship programs for credits to US University all year round; courses are combined with Culture and Art excursions, and training programs for … Continued

ITALY @ ACTFL 2017!

Noember 17 – 19, 2017 Music City Center – Nashville TN The ACTFL Annual Convention and World Languages Expo is an international event bringing together more than 6,000 language educators from all languages, levels, and assignments. Our goal is to provide a comprehensive professional development experience that will have an impact on language educators at all levels of teaching and in turn impact their … Continued

“In the Darkness of the Night” – An Illustrated Journey from Night to Morning

Bruni Munari’s Nella notte buia (In the Darkness of the Night) is now available in a new english edition. Published by Princeton Architectural Press, the 60 page, slim hardcover takes readers on a journey from night to morning. The book’s design incorporates a variety of paper stocks, cut-outs, and careful selection of color that add to the mood of each stage that begins with the … Continued

200 Children’s Books Illustrating the Pope’s Words

On Sunday October 1st, Bologna welcomed Pope Francis on a pastoral visit to the city. For this unique occasion, the Bologna Children’s Book Fair-BolognaFiere and the Church of Bologna organized a large exhibition of illustrated books for children and young people. The exhibition comprises 200 picturebooks selected from the Bologna Children’s Book Fair dealing with nine different issues that concern us today. Some of them … Continued

International Bestsellers of the Summer

My Brilliant Friend by Italian author, Elena Ferrante jumped to the second spot for “top-selling” fiction titles in Germany. Ferrante was also a favorite in Sweden , taking the first and third spots on the fiction bestseller list with The Story of the Lost Child and Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay. In Italy, Paolo Cognetti’s Strega Prize winning novel was the country’s … Continued

10 Italian Novels you Should add to your Summer Reading List

Summer isn’t over yet! Are you looking for more books to add to your remainder-of-summer reading list? The following is a selection of 10 great Italian contemporary novels to read: – The Neapolitan Novels by Elena Ferrante – I’m Not Scared by Niccolò Ammaniti –Timeskipper by Stefano Benni –Don’t Move by Margaret Mazzantini –One More Day by Fabio Volo – I Kill by Giorgio Faletti … Continued

VIP Reception @ Glass Curtain Gallery for Bologna Illustrators Exhibition

On occasion of the Bologna Illustrators Exhibition a VIP reception was held on August 2nd in which publishers, illustrators, and professors of the Chicago area gathered to view the exhibit but to also network. The following are a few snapshots from the event: If you are interested in viewing the exhibit there is still time. The Blogna Illustrators Exhibition will remain at the Glass … Continued

Save the Date: 2017 Bologna Illustrators Exhibition – FAMILY DAY!

Date: July 22, 2017 Time: 12:00pm – 3:00pm Location: Glass Curtain Gallery – Columbia College Chicago 1104 S. Wabash Ave. Chicago, IL 60605   Activites include: -“Columbia Student Picture Books” -“Word Play Drawings” -“Create Your Own Picture Book”   For more information, please click here.

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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