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Top 10 best sellers in Italy the week of October 11-17, 2015

Anna by Niccolò Ammaniti (Einaudi) Ognuno potrebbe by Michele Serra (Feltrinelli) My Way by Alan Friedman (Rizzoli La ragazza del treno by Paula Hawkins (Piemme) Le vichinghe volanti by Andrea Camilleri (Sellerio) L’amante giapponese by Isabel Allende (Feltrinelli) Non luogo a procedure by Claudio Magris (Garzanti) L’elenco telefonico degli accolli by Zerocalcare (Bao Publishing) L’eco lontana delle onde del Nord by Corina Bomann (Giunti) … Continued

Top 10 best sellers in Italy the week of August 30 – September 3, 2015

Quello che non uccide by David Lagercrantz (Marsilio) La ragazza del treno by Paula Hawkins (Piemme) La targa by Andrea Camilleri (Rizzoli) Scarafaggi by Jo Nesbø (Einaudi) Città di carta by John Green (Rizzoli) Prometto di sbagliare by Pedro Chagas Freitas (Garzanti) After by Anna Todd (Sperling & Kupfer) L’anima gemella by Elena Ferrante (E/O) After. Un cuore in mille pezzi by Anna Todd (Sperling … Continued

Top 10 best sellers in Italy the week of July 19-26, 2015

La ragazza del treno by Paula Hawkins (Piemme) Grey by E. L. James (Mondadori) La ferocia by Nicola Lagioia (Einaudi) Era di maggio by Antonio Manzini (Sellerio) Tempi glaciali by Fred Vargas (Einaudi) Anime di vetro by Maurizio De Giovanni (Einaudi) L’angelo di Marchmont Hall by Lucinda Riley (Giunti) L’anima gemella by Elena Ferrante (E/O) La giostra degli scambi by Andrea Camilleri (Sellerio) After. … Continued

Top 10 best sellers in Italy the week of July 5-11, 2015

Grey by E. L. James (Mondadori) Anime di vetro by Maurizio De Giovanni (Einaudi) Tempi glaciali by Fred Vargas (Einaudi) After by Anna Todd (Sperling & Kupfer) La ragazza del treno by Paula Hawkins (Piemme) Turisti in giallo by Various Authors (Sellerio) Laudato si’ by Pope Francis (San Paolo) La ferocia by Nicola Lagioia (Einaudi) Laudato si’ by Pope Francis (Paoline) La giostra degli … Continued

A Conversation with Giorgio Fontana at BookExpo America 2015 (video)

CutiePieMarzia Reveals a Darker Side

Italian YouTube sensation Marzia Bisognin, better known as CutiePieMarzia to her 5.4 million subscribers, usually makes videos on beauty, style, haul, and DIY—expected topics for a 22-year-old with a sweet disposition who calls her fans marzipans. But delve deeper on her Youtube channel and you’ll also find videos on Creepy Stories and Animation, revealing an interest in horror and the seeds for her first … Continued

From railroads to cultural inroads: Mudec Museum of Cultures

Housed on the site of the old Ansaldo factory in the Tortona area in Milan, the newly opened Mudec Museum of Cultures is a meeting place for cultures and communities. Its permanent collection includes municipal collections of ethnographic pieces and Wunderkrammer. Current exhibitions include AFRICA – The land of spirits and WORLDS IN MILAN. Cultures and expos, 1874 – 1940, while upcoming exhibitions range … Continued

Globe trotting author Giorgio Fontana visits the States!

Hot off the heels of his success at the Turin International Book Fair, Italian author Giorgio Fontana makes a whirlwind trip to the U.S. to discuss his novel Morte di un uomo felice (Death of a Happy Man), winner of the 2014 Premio Campiello. On Wednesday, May 27, Fontana will have a conversation with Armando Maggi (University of Chicago) at the Italian Cultural Institute … Continued

Feed the Planet with Colors

On Thursday, May 21, 2015, Massimo Caiazzo, color consultant, designer, professor of chromatology and president of International Association of Color Consultants/Designers, will lecture at the Italian Cultural Institute in Washington on the issue “Feed the Planet with Color”, linked to the Expo 2015’s themes. The event is organized by the Italian Embassy and the Italian Cultural Institute of Washington (www.italyinus.org). For more information, please click … Continued

Join us for a Conversation with author Giorgio Fontana!

Thursday, May 28th at 2:30pm East Side Stage at BookExpo America Italian Author Giorgio Fontana will discuss his literary journey from his debut novel “Buoni propositi per l’anno nuovo (Good Intentions for the New Year) (Mondadori 2007) to the breakthrough in his literary career with the publication of the novels Per legge superiore (For Higher Law) (Sellerio 2011) awarded with the Racalmare-Leonardo Sciascia, loStraniero … Continued