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A reading with award-winning writer Adele Annesi this Sunday evening, August 28, at 8 p.m. Adele will read from her forthcoming novel What She Takes Away, from Bordighera Press (2023), about ambitious young fabric designer Gia Falcini and the estranged father from whom she seeks payback. At the story’s heart are the warp and weft of family life and...

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The Adventures of Pinocchio first came out in serial form in 1881 in the Giornale dei bambini (“Children’s Magazine”) and was later published as a book in 1883. It was written by Carlo Collodi (1826 – 1890) – whose real name was Carlo Lorenzini as Collodi comes from the name of the hamlet in which his mother was born – who was an Italian author and...

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With its sun-drenched olive groves, sparkling waters and vivid bursts of colour, the Italian Riviera has cast its spell on tourists, painters and authors since the 19th century. Lying in the northwestern corner of Italy, the Riviera stretches along the Ligurian sea and has inspired the likes of the painter Monet and the writers Percy Bysshe Shelley...

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New Dominion Bookshop will host a book reading and signing with author and UVA professor Kiki Petrosino on Friday, Sept. 9, at 7 p.m. Petrosino will be reading from her new memoir, Bright, which will be released from Sarabande in early August. This in-person event will be free to attend and open to the public. Bright: A Memoir, the first full-lengt...

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Leonardo da Vinci may be best remembered as an artist, with his enigmatic “Mona Lisa” and his fresco “The Last Supper” ranking among the world’s most famous paintings. But, going by the numbers, art may be the least of his contributions to the world: He has only 22 paintings on display around the world and a few hundred other personal drawings. 

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Even before the humanist movement of the Italian Renaissance, Italy has espoused a spirituality that is very much informed by the senses. One need only visit Italy to glean that Italian culture is consumed with beauty. A few of these lessons are expertly brought to life in Andrew Cotto’s two novels, Cucina Tipica: An Italian Adventure and Cucina Ro...

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Venice is a fascinating city with an equally fascinating history. In these historical fiction books that take place in Venice, you’ll learn about Venice’s history from convents to courtesans and the city’s historic workshops and traditional arts. These are my favorite novels about Venice.  Two of the things for which Venice is famous are gondolas a...

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The University of Chicago Press is excited to share that The Works of Giuseppe Verdi series has been awarded a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). The NEH grant recipients for the final round of funding in 2022 were announced on August 16, and as part of this, the Verdi series will receive $251,257 in support from the NEH. T...

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At 97, she is the testimonial of the new campaign of the publishing house "Rubbettino" to raise awareness of reading. She is "Aunt Gina" and lives in Cervicati, a town of not even 1,000 inhabitants in the province of Cosenza, in Calabria. Gina Lanzillotta spends her days immersed in the pages of her books. She attended school for only a few years,...

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Maybe you’ve got FOMO because you are not in Italy. Right now. Like everyone else. Maybe you are in the foetal position because you are not even going (this year , sob). This is the book for you! ‘A peculiar attribute of the landscape surrounding Arniano is the ever-changing light. Early in the morning, there is an extraordinary mist that sits in t...

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