Sandro Veronesi on tennis and sport
It’s Wimbledon time. In between matches, why not giving your attention to some interesting sport literature? Sandro Veronesi, one of the most respected Italian…
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Augustus was an ‘old reptile’. Interview to May Beard, that makes ancient Rome funny and entertaining
The title couldn’t be more clear: SPQR, the book on ancient Rome by Mary Beard, professor of Classics at the University of Cambridge, is…
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Elena Ferrante & co: 7 Italian female writers you should know and read
Italy has an old and rich literary heritage acknlowledged all over the world. However, Italian literature is not all about Dante, Alessandro Manzoni and…
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Banned in Venice but welcome in London
The Mayor of Venice, Luigi Brugnaro, has banned one of her children book as ‘dangerous’. Manuela Salvi, writer of more than 25 books, is…
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When Italy went upside down. Nadia Terranova and her book about the 70s
After ‘Bruno, il bambino che imparò a volare‘ (which was awarded both the Naples and the Laura Orvieto Prizes) it’s time for writer Nadia…
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Reading aloud (twenty years after)
Born in Turin in 1965, Giuseppe Culicchia began his career as a translator and independent journalist. In 1995 he became famous with his first novel…
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For the love of books
Before being the director of Europa Editions UK - an independent literature-in-translation specialist based in New York, London and Rome - Daniela Petracco was…
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