Vito di Battista, with his novel Il buon uso della distanza (Gallucci, 2023), wins the Iannas Literary Award – City of Quartu Sant’Elena for published fiction.The award, conceived and directed by Massimo Granchi and Danilo Mallò, has reached its third edition this year. The award ceremony took place on October 13 in Quartu Sant’Elena, in […]
Emmanuel Exitu wins the XLIII edition of the Giovanni Comisso Literary Prize – Fiction section. With his novel Di cosa è fatta la speranza, published by Bompiani and inspired by the life of Cicely Saunders, Exitu triumphed during the award ceremony on October 5 at the Teatro Comunale Mario Del Monaco in Treviso, surpassing the […]
The 24th, 25th, and 26th of September 2024 will see the second edition of Le notti del Pratello, the evening literary festival that takes place in the Pratello district of Bologna in the evening. This year, many notable names will participate in the events over these three days at the beginning of autumn. Le notti […]
The Otago Literary Agency is among the five Italian agencies (and eight international ones) selected to participate in the upcoming edition of the Book Adaptation Rights Market, scheduled from August 30 to September 1, 2024, as part of the Venice Production Bridge of the 81st International Film Festival organized by La Biennale di Venezia. This […]
The Bologna Children’s Book Fair is ready to kick off its annual edition, an unmissable event for all enthusiasts of children’s literature. This year, the fair will take place from March 6 to 9, 2023 and promises to be an experience full of novelties and opportunities. With over 1,500 exhibitors from around the world, the […]
After the novels by Sandro Veronesi, Luca Ricci, Edoardo Nesi, and SIC – Scrittura Industriale Collettiva, it is now the time for Nina sull’argine by Veronica Galletta, the fifth release in the series “The Great Writers of Tuscany,” available from September 15, 2023, in newsstands attached to the daily «Il Tirreno» and with other publications […]
The 18th, 19th, and 20th of September 2023 are the dates of The Nights of Pratello, the evening literary festival that takes place in the Pratello district of Bologna in the evening. Many names will participate in the meetings over the three days, focusing on the writings of Simone Azzu, Majid Bita, Anna Curcio, […]
As part of the Cinemambiente festival in Turin, every year since 2015, a “lifetime achievement” award called Le Ghiande is given to an author who has «made ecology in a broad sense an essential element of their work», or has «expressed in their artistic journey a deep and original relationship with the environment, landscape, […]
At the top of the Norwegian best-seller list is Hvis det skulle komme et menneske (“If Someone Were to Drop By”) by Thomas Korsgaard, published by Bonnier. Hvis det skulle komme et menneske is the translation of the first volume of Korsgaard’s Danish trilogy, released in his home country under the title Man skulle nok have været […]
