“Gonzague, le loup végétarien” is out in Italy
Daniel Laverdure’s “Gonzague, le loup végétarien” is out today with Sonda for the Italian market with the title of “Sebastiano, il lupo un po’ strano“. This wonderful book is really entertaining but, at the same time, it is perfect to learn an important message: we should always be ourselves, no matter what.
The Italian version of Emilia Dziubak’s “A Year in the Forest” is longlisted for a prize
The Italian version of Emilia Dziubak’s “A Year in the Forest” (“Un anno nella foresta“, published by Fabbri Editori) has been longlisted for the Soligatto Prize. This prize is granted by children who live in or near Pieve di Soligo (Treviso, Veneto) and the winner will be revealed this May.
Congratulations, Emilia!
(Italiano) Il nuovo libro di Lorenzo Mazzoni uscirà a maggio con Miraggi edizioni
siamo felici di annunciare che il nuovo libro di Lorenzo Mazzoni uscirà a maggio per Miraggi edizioni.
Congratulazioni a Lorenzo!
(Italiano) Nuovo record per Il Collegio con il nostro Andrea Maggi 2.399.000 spettatori pari al 10.4% di share.
Nuovo record per Il Collegio con il nostro Andrea Maggi il 5 marzo. La trasmissione è andata benissimo anche ieri, con 2.399.000 spettatori pari al 10.4% di share.
(Italiano) Ascolti record per Il Collegio con il nostro Andrea Maggi il 26 febbraio. 10% di share
Ascolti record per Il Collegio con il nostro Andrea Maggi il 26 febbraio. 10% di share. Potete riguardare la puntata a questo link
https://www.raiplay.it/video/2019/02/Il-Collegio-2f48e794-a66a-46ff-9863-452b82a97558.html
BolognaRagazzi Award: one of our books received an honourable mention
A few days ago, the winners of the BolognaRagazziAward, a prestigious award held by the Bologna Children’s Book Fair, were revealed. One of the books of one of our clients received an honourable mention in the category Opera Prima: A Shadow, by Chae Seung-yeon.
Congratulations, Chae Seung-yeon!
(Italiano) ancora ottimo share per il Collegio con il nostro Andrea Maggi
La seconda puntata del Collegio con il nostro Andrea Maggi ha avuto un ottimo share:
Il Collegio ieri sera ha attratto ha interessato 1.896.000 spettatori pari al 7.8% di share, battendo Le Iene.
potete riguardarla qui
https://www.raiplay.it/video/2019/02/Il-Collegio-2f48e794-a66a-46ff-9863-452b82a97558.html
(Italiano) il nostro Andrea Maggi oggi a TG2 Costume e società e stasera di nuovo su RaiDue con Il Collegio
il nostro Andrea Maggi oggi su Tg2 Costume e Società.
Guardate qui dal minuto 4.30
https://www.raiplay.it/…/TG-2-Costume-e-Societa-e2cc03da-36…
(Italiano) ottimo share per Il Collegio con il nostro Andrea Maggi
La prima puntata del Collegio con il nostro Andrea Maggi ha avuto un ottimo share:
(ANSA) – ROMA, 13 FEB – Il Collegio – che ieri in una serata molto competitiva e dominato dalla fiction di Rai1 «Io sono Mia» ha attratto 1,6 milioni di spettatori con uno share medio del 6.7% – conferma la propria capacità di attrazione nei confronti dei ragazzi e dei teenager, proponendosi come programma più giovane di tutta l’offerta generalista di prime time (con un’età di media 43 anni). La Rai sottolinea l’exploit nella classe di età 8-14 con uno share complessivo del 30.8% che sale addirittura al 39.5% tra le ragazze. Dati questi che hanno laureato «Il Collegio» come prima scelta della serata da parte del target. I risultati sono stati più che soddisfacenti anche sul target 15-19 con uno share medio del 17.2%. Per quanto riguarda l’aspetto social, si sono registrate oltre 82.000 interazioni e nel corso della serata, «Il Collegio» ha raggiunto la prima posizione nelle tendenze su Twitter in Italia.
potete riguardarla qui
(Italiano) Il nostro Andrea Maggi da stasera in onda su RaiDue con Il Collegio. Oggi in TV per la promozione.
Il nostro Andrea Maggi_prof. da stasera è in onda ogni settimana su RaiDue con IlCollegio. Oggi è impegnato nella promozione del programma su Rai Due, tenete d’occhio i programmi mattutini e a ora di pranzo e avrete delle belle sorprese!
“Mom, Let Me Tell You… What Dinosaurs Do” is out in Italy
Emilia Dziubak‘s “Mom, Let Me Tell You… What Dinosaurs Do” is out with Macro Junior for the Italian market with the title of “Mamma ti racconto… cosa fanno i dinosauri“. This amazing book is perfect for all those young readers who love learning while having fun!
This is the third book of this Polish series that Macro Junior has published so far, the other two being: “Cosa fanno le formiche” (Mom, Let Me Tell You What Ants Do) and “Cosa fanno le rane” (Mom, Let Me Tell You What Frogs Do).
Mi primer libro de fisica quantica won a prize at British Book Design And Production Award
The English version of Mi primer libro de fisica quantica, which is going to be published in Italy by Erickson soon, was awarded the BRITISH BOOK DESIGN AND PRODUCTION AWARD 2018 in the category EDUCATIONAL.
Crossing the Lines announced as Best Crime Novel
Sulari Gentill’s last novel “Crossing the Lines” (Pantera Press) has been announced as the Best Crime Novel at the 2018 Ned Kelly Awards.
The Ned Kelly Awards are run by the Australian Crime Writers Association, and are the oldest and most prestigious prizes honouring crime fiction and true crime writing in Australia.
As many know, Sulari is also the author of eight books in the award-winning Rowland Sinclair mystery series set in the 1930s. “Crossing the Lines” is a stand alone literary crime thriller which explores the blurred lines between the real and the imagined through the story of two crime authors – each writing the other’s story.
The Italian version of Back to School, Mallory is out today with Edizioni Leima
Laurie Friedman’s “Back to School, Mallory”, illustrated by Tamara Schmitz and second book of a series originally published by Lerner Books, is out today with Edizioni Leima for the Italian market, with the title of “Mallory torna a scuola“.
The first book of the series, “Mallory on the move”, has been in the Italian bookshops since November 2017 thanks to Edizioni Leima, with the title of “Mallory cambia casa“.
(Italiano) Andrea Maggi su Il Gazzettino di Pordenone
Il nostro Andrea Maggi è uno degli scrittori di gialli nominati nell’articolo “Friuli tinto di giallo”, scritto da Walter Tomada e pubblicato su Il Gazzettino di Pordenone. Complimenti, Andrea!
(Italiano) Splendida giornata per un funerale su Il Fatto Quotidiano
L’ultimo libro del nostro Matteo Poletti, “Splendida giornata per un funerale“, è uno dei dieci titoli di cui Fabrizio d’Esposito ha parlato nel suo articolo “Cadaveri e giallo tabacco: Guida ragionata ai nuovi thriller nazionali”, pubblicato ieri su Il Fatto Quotidiano. Complimenti, Matteo!
The Italian version of The Girl Who Owned a City is out
“The Girl Who Owned a City”, published by Lerner Books, is out with Pavesio Editore (La Corte) for the Italian market with the title of “Questa è la mia città“.
(Italiano) la nostra Franca Di Muzio finalista al “Racconto più brutto” – finale il 6 settembre al Monk di Roma
La nostra 
Franca Di Muzio, dopo aver vinto vari premi con i suoi racconti, stavolta è in finale a Il racconto più brutto, il primo concorso letterario che premia il brutto vanaglorioso.
Franca Di Muzio – Earworm
Veronica. Nica, per gli amici. Te ne sono rimasti pochi; l’unico che la capisce, Lindo. che pare la conosca da sempre, e canta. Non studio non lavoro non guardo la tivù.
Il prossimo 6 settembre al Monk di Roma, la finalissima per il Racconto Più Brutto:
Vi aspettiamo dunque il 6 settembre al Monk non solo per conoscere per intero queste otto perle di brutto vanaglorioso accompagnate dal cantautore Ivan Talarico, non solo per ascoltare gli acuti giudizi sui racconti dei nostri illustri critici letterari Claudio Morici, Christian Raimo e Sardone, non solo per assistere dal vivo all’attesissima reunion musicale dei Bangla Boys, ma soprattutto per VOTARE i racconti in gara, sarà infatti il pubblico presente al Monk a esprimere le sue preferenze e a decretare la classifica finale e il vincitore!! Altro che amici della domenica, non esiste niente di più autentico né imparziale degli AMICI DEL BRUTTO!!!!!
Arv og miljø (Wills and Testaments) by Vigdis Hjorth sold in Italy to Fazi
our agency has sold the Italian rights to Arv og miljø (Wills and Testaments) by Vigdis Hjorth to Fazi Editore.
The Italian version of Lavoie’s Autopsie d’une femme plate is out
Marie-Renée Lavoie’s “Autopsie d’une femme plate” is out with Sperling & Kupfer for the Italian market with the title of “Come sopravvivere al tuo ex“.
The Italian version of Ketone Therapy is out
Dr. Bruce Fife’s “Ketone Therapy” is out with My Life for the Italian Market with the title of “La Dieta della Lunga Vita: Detox chetogenico e studi scientifici su salute e metabolismo per vivere sani oltre 100 anni“.
The Italian version of Homöopathische Symbolapotheke is out
Christina Baumann and Roswitha Stark’s “Homöopathische Symbolapotheke” is out with Armenia Edizioni for the Italian market with the title of “Simboli omeopatici: 101 rimedi vibrazionali per un utilizzo immediato ovunque”.
Two Polish books are out with Macro
Two books of the Polish publishing house Nasza Ksiegarnia, one of our clients, are out for the Italian market with Macro: “Mamma ti racconto… cosa fanno le rane” and “Mamma ti racconto… cosa fanno le formiche”, both written by Marcin Brykczynski and illustrated by Katarzyna Bajerowicz.
Matteo Poletti’s new book is out today with Sperling & Kupfer
Matteo Poletti’s new book “Splendida giornata per un funerale” (A Wonderful Day for a Funeral) is out today with the Italian publishing house Sperling & Kupfer.
A Wonderful Day for a Funeral
Matteo Poletti
Nemo is thirty years old and, to support himself, he works in his family’s funeral home as the one responsible for stretchers. As a matter of fact, he does his job so unenthusiastically and inattentively that more often than not he just causes problems, for the desperation of those uncles and cousins who work with him. He used to be a photography lover, but he abandoned his passion after putting some of his pictures on display – even though the public reacted reasonably well to the exhibit. That’s when he became unsociable, emotionless and indifferent and that’s when his uncontrollable and apprehensive family started to worry about him. One day, his job takes him to Novalesa, a small town located somewhere nearby Turin, to take care of the funeral of Aurora Vannelli Conticini, an old lady that he actually knew. Nemo, who lived in Novalesa for a while to attend a private highschool, is forced to think about his adolescence and to see his former teachers and
classmates again. Among them, there used to be Carlo, his best friend during those years, who disappeared when he was 17. Nobody has seen him since then. During Aurora’s funeral, Nemo gets to speak with her sister, Malvina, a slightly mad woman with a passion for spiritualism who, moved by guilt, is always talking about the past. Malvina thinks that her sister didn’t die a natural death, and foresees the same fate for herself. Her prophecy turns into reality when, a week later, she dies after a suspect fall caused by ice. Nemo, who saw a picture of Carlo in Aurora and Malvina’s house (picture that mysteriously disappeared shortly after), is convinced that Carlo’s disappearance ten years before and these two deaths are linked. It is to find out what happened to Carlo that he abandons his apathy and goes back to Novalesa. While looking for him, Nemo gets to evaluate and rethink about his past, his choices, his fears, his abandoned passions and his tired way of existing instead of actually living. Everything is still the same in that narrow-minded, suffocating place – full of prejudices, rules and rigidity – where conformists think of themselves as rulers, today just like ten years ago, although in fact their being moralists is just an act. However, Nemo’s investigation succeeds in upsetting that small community: regrets and remorse are unearthed and everyone is forced to deal with their past, their undisclosed desires and their lost opportunities. But, above all, the investigation allows Nemo to find his true self, to abandon the sloth he has been friend with for so long and to make peace with his creative muse.
Matteo Poletti was born in Susa in 1979. He graduated in History of Cinema at the DAMS course of Turin. He worked for some online magazines that are about cinema and he published an essay about Blake Edwards called “Il tocco della pantera” (2010, ed. Il Principe Costante). In 2006, he had his debut as a writer with some short, thriller stories that won a few literary contests. One of those stories, “Il cane di velluto”, got published in the series Gialli Mondadori.
In 2008, he was the winner of the literary contest “L’indizio Nascosto” with his thriller “Lo sguardo di Carola”, which got published the following year with “Terza Pagina Edizioni”.
In 2015, he won the Bukowski National Prize with his novel “Jam Session”, which got published in 2016 with “Giovane Holden Edizioni”. In 2016, one of his short stories won the contest “Parole Resistenti” held in Atessa (Chieti).
He is co-author of the blog “Restart”. He lives and works in Valsusa.
The book can be also bought on ibs.
Lorenzo Mazzoni is going to be a guest at Turin’s book fair
Our Lorenzo Mazzoni has been invited to Turin’s Salone Internazionale del Libro to give a talk during the lecture “Te la do io, la periferia!”.
When? 11th May 2018, at 21:30.
Where? Turin, via Bari 22.
Roy Jacobsen shortlisted to The International Dublin Literary Award for his novel The Unseen
We are delighted to congratulate Roy Jacobsen on being shortlisted to The International Dublin Literary Award for his novel The Unseen. The Unseen was shortlisted from a long list of 150 novels submitted by libraries in 37 countries. The announcement of the winner will take place in Dublin on June 13th.
The International Dublin Literary Award is one of the most prestigious of the international literary prizes and it is a great honor to be part of the list!
More information can be found here: https://www.cappelendammagency.no/agency/news/article.action?contentId=144281
Full details of the award are available here: www.dublinliteraryaward.ie
You can also read this praising article from the Irish Times here: https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/two-irish-writers-shortlisted-for-dublin-literary-award-1.3450142
Three presentations for Casiraghi’s Indian Summer
Our Mauro Casiraghi is presenting his book Estate Indiana (Indian Summer, published by Alberto Gaffi) three times in the next few weeks:
Wednesday 11th April at 18pm in Bologna, at the Ubik bookshop. Vanni Schiavoni and Alberto Bertoni will be there as well.
Friday 11th May at 18pm in Piacenza, at the Fahrenheit bookshop.
Friday 18th May at 18pm in Trieste, at the Minerva bookshop.
new edition of The Family by Ed Sanders with Feltrinelli
new edition of The Family by Ed Sanders out now with Feltrinelli
out with Bompiani, The Unseen by Roy Jacobsen
out now with Bompiani The Unseen by the Norwegian writer Roy Jacobsen
Um postal de Detroit out in Italy with Nutrimenti
Out now the Italian translation of Um postal de Detroit by João Ricardo Pedro, sold to Nutrimenti on behalf of Dom Quixote and Ilustrata.
Paolo Zardi’s novel XXI Century, English excerpt available
An excerpt from Paolo Zardi’s novel XXI Century, published by our client NEO EDIZIONI, has just been published in English on LUNCH TICKET, an online review published by the Antioch University MFA in Los Angeles.
You can find it at this link
Darien Levani won the Glauco Felici Award 2017 with his thriller Toringrad, ed. Spartaco
At the end of the Festival Tolfa Gialli & Noir, Darien Levani was declared the winner of the prestigious Glauco Felici Award 2017 thanks to his thriller Toringrad, published in 2016 by Edizioni Spartaco, a client of our agency. Congratulations, Darien!
Drini, an Albanian former student of History, after having accumulated a fair amount in the world of cocaine distribution, at 29 he settles in Turin where he runs a very swish bar. He chooses to call it Toringrad. But when his brother-in-law, Petrit, is arrested shortly before Christmas, family affairs require his presence to complete the delivery of a white lady‘s cargo. It will be a difficult and risky journey, with raids in the world of Italian subproletariat made up of prostitution, slot machines, drug addiction. The journey will lead him to Milan. But he has also to find the traitor. Suspects fall on the buyer, Envèr. If he was, he will have to pay with his life. But the truth has never been given, as Drini will have to find out at his own expense. Toringradis a rough and direct novel as its protagonist, shiny and cool drug dealer but with an ethics. He will remain loyal to himself and his destiny.
The Italian version of Mallory on the move is out today with Edizioni Leima
Laurie Friedman’s “Mallory on the Move”, illustrated by Tamara Schmitz and first book of a series originally published by Lerner Books, is out today with Edizioni Leima for the Italian market, with the title of “Mallory cambia casa“.
Our Marilena Renda, with her book Regali ai fantasmi is shortlisted for the Biblioteche di Roma Award
Our Marilena Renda, with her book Regali ai fantasmi (ed. Mesogea), is one of the five finalists shortlisted for the prestigious Biblioteche di Roma Award. The winner is going to be revealed during the award ceremony, that is to take place the 7th of December in Rome. For more information, click here. Congratulations, Marilena!
The Italian version of A Year in the Forest is out today with Fabbri Editore
Emilia Dziubak’s “A Year in the Forest”, originally published by Nasza Ksiegarnia, is out today with Fabbri Editori for the Italian market, with the title of “Un anno nella foresta“.
Wild boar, wolves, pheasants, a bear cub, ants, a woodpecker, foxes, a badger, grass snakes, frogs, an elk and many other creatures live in the forest. How do they play and rest? Who sleeps in the day, and who sleeps at night? Who likes whom? What are their favourite treats? Look for answers across the pages of this remarkable book.
A Year in the Forest contains fourteen double-page spreads, twelve of which correspond to each month of the year. Each month shows the same snapshot of the forest and features the same cast of characters in a variety of weather conditions, at different times of the day and night, and in various situations. Two additional spreads contain an introduction to all the characters and an interactive game.
It’s perfectly possible to browse through A Year in the Forest for hours on end. This remarkable book stimulates the imagination and develops skills of perception and logical thinking. It also builds storytelling skills and the ability to identify cause and effect. Above all, it guarantees great fun.
Sex, drugs and kicks in the teeth by Renzo Stefanel is being reprinted for 3rd time
Sex, drugs and kicks in the teeth, published by Giunti and written by our Renzo Stefanel, is being reprinted for the 3rd time.
If you haven’t bought your copy yet, this may be the perfect moment. You can find it online on Amazon and Ibs, as well as in bookshops.
And, if you can’t get enough of rock legends, its sequel Even more sex, drugs and kicks in the teeth may be exactly what you are looking for. If you are curious, read an excerpt in Italian here.
Mauro Casiraghi’s Estate Indiana is published today
Estate Indiana, by our Mauro Casiraghi and published by Alberto Gaffi Editore, is out today. An Italian excerpt can be found here and you can buy the book online both on ibs and amazon.it.
INDIAN SUMMER
A snowstorm is about to hit a remote lake in North America. An Italian-Canadian young man is waiting for it, standing completely still by the window of his cottage. Peter Orlandi, that’s his name, came to live here in absolute solitude after his mother’s suicide. A suicide he witnessed without trying to stop her. The stillness of body and spirit seems to him like the right kind of weapon agaist the dangerous softness of the present world.
Yet nothing stays still for very long, and nobody can be alone forever.
All it takes is a brave postwoman who, in spite of the terrible snowstorm, delivers to him a telegram from Italy; all it takes is a half-sister, the obscure object of incestuous desire, who begs him to go back home; all it takes is the news that his father is terminally ill to break his stillness and make him return to his old family home. Thus Peter enters his father’s bedroom to suffocate him with a pillow, fully accepting the double role of victim and slayer. He is ready to make come true the omen that followed him during his voyage home: the sacrifice that turns a man into a handful of dust and allows the rest of his family to keep on living.
Second presentation of Casiraghi’s Estate indiana, Udine
Thursday 9th November, at 18 pm, our Mauro Casiraghi is presenting his new novel, Estate Indiana (ed. Alberto Gaffi) for the second time. The presentation is taking place in Udine, at the Tarantola bookshop, and the editor, Alessandro Lutman (a poet), Nicola Skert (a writer) and Roberto Mete are going to discuss with the author.
When he was a boy, Peter felt for his sister Celeste something that brothers are not supposed to feel. It was to escape these feelings that he moved to the solitary banks of Dawn Lake, Canada. Everything changed when his father was involved in an accident and Peter was forced to cross those boundaries that had kept him away for so long. Estate indiana is an ‘on the road’ novel set in the one place known for his still, almost unreal time: the Indian summer.
First presentation of Casiraghi’s Estate indiana, Rome
Saturday 4th November, at 18 pm, our Mauro Casiraghi is presenting his new novel, Estate indiana (ed. Alberto Gaffi), for the very first time. The presentation is taking place in Monterotondo (Rome), at the Ubik bookshop and Dario De Cristofaro, an editor, and Anna Mittone, an Italian writer, are going to discuss with the author.
When he was a boy, Peter felt for his sister Celeste something that brothers are not supposed to feel. It was to escape these feelings that he moved to the solitary banks of Dawn Lake, Canada. Everything changed when his father was involved in an accident and Peter was forced to cross those boundaries that had kept him away for so long. Estate indiana is an ‘on the road’ novel set in the one place known for his still, almost unreal time: the Indian summer.
Two meetings with Marilena Renda
Two presentations of Marilena Renda’s new novel this October
Our Marilena Renda, whose book Regali ai fantasmi has been longlisted for the Biblioteche di Roma Award, is presenting her novel in two occasions.
The first meeting is taking place on the 3rd of October at 5pm at the Bibliocaffè Letterario, Rome.
The second meeting is taking place in Catania, during the SabirFest, on the 6th of October at 6pm at palazzo Platamone.
Matilde editrice publishing house’s Sguardi differenti won two prizes
The Italian publishing house Matilda (formerly known as Mammeonline and client of our agency), won two awards during the eleventh edition of the National ‘Mariateresa Di Lascia’ Prize. Their book ‘Sguardi Differenti’ (Different Looks) was awarded with the Best Essay Prize and with the Unifg Prize – on whom these words can be read: “thought for women who look for new words to talk about a future that will not forget them”.
These words seem perfect for the book ‘Sguardi Differenti’, in that it is a collection of different female voices who talk about sexism, gender and the problems linked to being parents with simple words, but, at the same time, in a very scientific and deep way.
Fascial Release for Structural Balance got published in Italy
The book Fascial Release for Structural Balance, edited by North Atlantic Books (our client) and written by James Earls and Thomas Myers, got published in Italy last July. The Italian version, called Fascial release per il riequilibrio funzionale, has been published by Edi.Ermes.
This thoroughly revised edition of the authoritative reference Fascial Release for Structural Balance brings the book up to date with all of the most current research on the role of fascia and myofascia in the body, and how treatment affects it. This edition takes advantage of more sophisticated testing to explore in greater detail the relationship between anatomical structure and function, making it an even more essential guide. Offering a detailed introduction to structural anatomy and fascial release therapy, including postural analysis, complete technique descriptions, and the art of proper assessment of a patient through “bodyreading,” the book features 150 color photographs that clearly demonstrate each technique. The authors, both respected bodywork professionals, give any bodywork practitioner using manual therapy—including physiotherapists, osteopaths, chiropractors, myofascial and trigger point therapists, and massage therapists—the information they need to deliver effective treatments and create long-lasting, systemic change in clients’ shape and structure.
Fascia, the soft tissue surrounding muscles, bones, and organs, plays a crucial role in supporting the body. By learning to intelligently manipulate it, a bodyworker or therapist can help with many chronic conditions that their clients suffer from, providing immediate pain relief as well as reducing the strains that may contribute to the patient’s ongoing aches and pains, leading to rapid, effective, and lasting pain relief. James Earls and Thomas Meyers argue that approaching the fascia requires “a different eye, a different touch, and tissue-specific techniques.”
Renzo Stefanel’s new book came out
Ancora sesso, droga e calci in bocca, published by Giunti and written by our Renzo Stefanel, is out at last.
This dazzling book, a sequel of Sesso, droga e calci in bocca (published by Giunti in 2016), is in fact a collection of peculiar stories: those of some of the most famous and discussed rock stars. In this book, the lives of Elvis, Bob Dylan, Ozzy Osbourne and many others are told with no censorship whatsoever.
Read an excerpt in Italian here.
Carlo Vanin took part in ‘Gli stonati’
Carlo Vanin, an author of our agency, took part in a very interesting project for Neo Edizioni: a book in favour of the legalization of cannabis in Italy.
This book, which is a collection of short stories written by many Italian authors, is surprising and moving at the same time. All the authors involved agreed to donate the money earned with their rights for this book to an Italian NGO fighting for freedom in scientific research: Associazione Luca Coscioni.
Callegari, Dominedò and De Togni as guests at the Sugarcon Festival
Three authors of our agency – Carlo Callegari, Francesco Dominedò and Ilaria De Togni – are taking part in the Sugarcon Festival, which takes place from 09/21/2017 to 09/24/2017.
09/21/2017 Carlo Callegari and Francesco Dominedò are going to be in Padua for the first preview of a trailer of the movie La banda dei tre – based on Callegari’s book, with the direction of Dominedò.
09/22/2017 Ilaria De Togni is going to be in Padua to take part in a conference called “Videogames, la nuova frontiera della narrativa. Il caso Telltale Games”.
Our Marilena Renda is one of the nominees for the Biblioteche di Roma Award
Our Marilena Renda, with her book “Regali ai fantasmi”, is on the shortlist for the prestigious Biblioteche di Roma Award.
Congratulations, Marilena. Good luck!
A book with a selection of Gandhi’s scripts has come out
The Italian publishing house Edizioni Enea has recently published a book, called La via verso Dio, that collects a selection of Mahatma Gandhi’s scripts.
Bruce Fife’s new book has recently come out
Doctor Bruce Fife’s new book has been published by the Italian publishing house Macro.
(Italiano) Servizio sul film “La banda dei tre” stasera h 23.05 su Rai Movie
Il servizio realizzato sul set del film “La banda dei tre” del nostro Carlo Callegari, con il nostro Francesco Dominedò come regista, andrà in onda stasera (17 maggio) alle 23.05 su Rai Movie e in replica intorno alle 2 su Rai 1.
Anna Mioni from our agency debating on translation at Turin International Bookfair
Anna Mioni from our agency is debating on translation of books about rock music at Turin International Bookfair
(Italiano) Matteo Poletti tra i finalisti del “Premio letterario Michele Benetazzo”
Il racconto del nostro Matteo Poletti è tra i venti finalisti del “Premio letterario Michele Benetazzo”. Congratulazioni, Matteo. In bocca al lupo!
Bruce Fife’s new book came out today
Doctor Bruce Fife‘s new book has been published by the Italian publishing house Macro.
Marilena Renda’s new book came out today
One of our Italian authors, Marilena Renda, has just published a book with the Italian publishing house Mesogea.
REGALI AI FANTASMI (Presents to ghosts)
An intriguing story, told in a very poetic and resonant prose, about two orphaned sisters from Sicily. They lost their parents in a plane accident and Lena, who moved to Northern Italy as a teacher, goes back to Palermo in order to take care of her younger sister Vittoria who is deaf and lives with their aunt. Lena goes to a school to learn sign language, and Vittoria is the main character of their little world, with her antics and her unconscious grace. Palermo is an eerie city teeming with strange characters, where the two sisters used to live in an enchanted atmosphere when they were children, but now it looks more like something unreal.
In school Lena makes some friends, young unemployed people like her. When Giacomo, the teacher, decides to stage a play, he choses Vittoria as the leading actress. And it is with Vittoria that Dario, Lena’s friend and leading actor, falls in love. Again, Lena is in the backdrop.
Roy Jacobsen shortlisted to the Man Booker International Prize
We are thrilled to announce that Roy Jacobsen, who we represent in Italy on behalf of Cappelen Damm Agency, has been shortlisted to the prestigious Man Booker International Prize for his novel The Unseen – Congratulations to this wonderful author!
The Unseen will be published in Italy by Bompiani in the first months of 2018.
It is quite the achievement, being shortlisted along with authors like Dorthe Nors and Amos Oz. Roy Jacobsens down to earth and ultimately touching novel has really impressed readers in many countries – and there are more to come…
As Eileen Battersby of the Irish Times said it:
‘…as blunt as it is subtle and is easily among the best books I have ever read.(…) There is a unique universality about The Unseen. Jacobsen’s prose is beautiful, clean, poised and plain-speaking, but there are interludes of Shakespearean grandeur in the dazzling descriptions of storms. The family seems to accept these vicious tempests as necessary rituals. (…) Yes, there is a terrific story but it is the writing that will cause most readers to read this book at one sitting.‘
Fingers crossed for the win!
Our author Matteo Poletti’s new novel will be published by Sperling & Kupfer
Our author Matteo Poletti‘s new novel will be published by Sperling & Kupfer. Congrats Matteo!
The Italian version of The Owner’s Manual for Driving Your Adolescent Brain is out with De Agostini
The Italian version of The Owner’s Manual for Driving Your Adolescent Brain is out with De Agostini as Usa il cervello: se sai come guidarlo (ci) arrivi prima
Sex, drugs and kicks in the teeth by Renzo Stefanel is being reprinted for 2nd time
Sex, drugs and kicks in the teeth by Renzo Stefanel is being reprinted for the 2nd time in a new 1100 copies batch
http://www.giunti.it/libri/musica/sesso-droga-calci-in-bocca/
(Italiano) un racconto del nostro Matteo Poletti secondo classificato al premio “PAROLE SUL MARE”
Il racconto Il bosco di pietra del nostro Matteo Poletti si è classificato secondo al premio “PAROLE SUL MARE” organizzato dall’ARCI di Cogoleto
Il sogno di Keribe, fantasy novel by Ilaria de Togni, is out today
Il sogno di Keribe, fantasy novel by Ilaria de Togni, is out today for Gargoyle
THE DREAM OF KERIBE (fantasy, new adult, paranormal romance – Gargoyle Books, autumn 2016)
Erinke awakens inside the Orlog, at the same time a sea that no one can cross, and a powerful and obscure deity. Erinke is considered a mistake of Nature that can unleash the wrath of the gods and is destined to a future of prosecution and escape, like her peers; she is forced to quickly learn how to survive in a world oppressed by fear and devoured by injustice. The result is an extraordinary heroine, whose inner strength and proactivity, along with lucky encounters and unexpected alliances, keeo her alive until her ability to cope with hardships exceeds expectations, to the extent that she understand she is able not only to change her fate, but that of her people as well. Meanwhile, in the West, the awakened Selah is enlisting followers to declare war on humans and bring back his race to the glory it once had. As soon as he hears of the recent reawakening of four new souls, after 500 years in which the breeding ability of the Borders had been declared inactive, he instructs many hunters to find them for him. Among them is Brant, that will convince Erinke to follow him, out of loyalty to an ideal of reunification that, unbeknownst to her, will send Keribe on the brink of a disastrous war between worlds. In the difficult path they will have to face together, the love soon to be born will change everything, even the harsh laws of a world that is, beautiful and scary at the same time, and will hinder their union until the end. A great love story, the depiction of a world and an adventure novel.
You can follow Keribe’s world on the dedicated website and on the Facebook and start exploring it from this booktrailer
our Francesco Verso speaker at Eurocon Barcelona
During the next Eurocon in Barcelona, the yearly European SF convention, Francesco Verso will take part in three panels:
The Beatles’ Christmas by our author Renzo Stefanel out for Giunti – foreign rights available
THE BEATLES’ CHRISTMAS (Giunti editore, 2017, by Renzo Stefanel co-author: Franco Zanetti)
offers a strange and curious glance at the history of the Fab Four, picking a dozen joyful, dramatic or funny true stories, set in the heart of winter, Christmas, New Year and surroundings, from the Fifties to the end of the Sixties.
The Beatles who work like slaves at the Cavern and are expelled from Germany because they do not comply with work permits; their audition with Decca on 1st January 1962 (they are rejected!); they become famous and for two Christmases in a row they organize a “Beatles Christmas Show” in which they sing, play and act; in Christmas 1967 are filming a TV movie that will be a major failure, “Magical Mystery Tour”. The book is complete with a rich appendix with lists of Christmas songs performed by the Fab Four or dedicated to them, the Beatles records in the Christmas charts from 1963 to 1969 and the description of the “Christmas Records “that the Beatles prepared every year for their fan club, with the translation of the original cover letters.
(Italiano) in libreria Le ali in tasca di Elena Girardin: biografia di 10 donne che hanno fatto la storia del Veneto
in libreria per La Meridiana editrice il nuovo libro di Elena Girardin, Le ali in tasca
un assaggio da sfogliare qui
In queste pagine ripercorriamo le biografie di dieci donne che hanno fatto la storia del Veneto passando da personaggi quali Caterina Cornaro e Tina Merlin.
Figure diverse per epoca, astrazione sociale e fama,dando prova di come tutte abbiano trovato una forma di riscatto attraverso la cultura, in particolare la scrittura.
(Italiano) Dal 29 settembre 2016, in uscita in tutte le librerie “Il muggito di Sarajevo” di Lorenzo Mazzoni
Dal 29 settembre 2016, in uscita in tutte le librerie “Il muggito di Sarajevo” di Lorenzo Mazzoni (Edizioni Spartaco).
Nata per essere assediata. È così che si sente Amira, diciotto anni e un grande sogno da realizzare nella città di Sarajevo del ’93, lacerata dalle rappresaglie tra serbi e bosniaci. Il cuore della suonatrice di cigar box guitar batte all’unisono con i colpi di mortaio e le raffiche di mitra, ma Amira canta la sopravvivenza, la speranza. Della band Senza Strumenti fanno parte anche il colonnello Mustafa Setka, mago del basso, e il gigantesco ballerino di kolo, Masne, alle percussioni. I due, per tutto il giorno, seguono Jack, meglio conosciuto come Mozambik l’irlandese, fidanzato di Amira, spacciatore. All’occorrenza, Jack si offre come guida agli inviati di guerra che affollano l’Holiday Inn semidistrutto. Così conosce Carlo e Oscar, due fotoreporter italiani che inseguono uno scoop davvero straordinario: tra macerie e bombe, intendono trovare una vacca indiana che si dice abbia poteri da chiromante. Sarà per caso la Zebù gir che il vecchio Ivan nasconde nella corte interna del suo negozio di tabacchi, adattato a fumeria d’oppio dopo l’inizio del conflitto? Del resto, non è la sola ospite che il commerciante cela a sguardi e orecchie indiscrete. In uno sgabuzzino è segregato, infatti, un serbo fuori di testa che, dopo una scorpacciata di funghi allucinogeni, si è ritrovato al di là delle linee nemiche. Lo scopo di Ivan è rispedirlo al mittente in cambio di un riscatto, da chiedere a un oscuro cecchino dei servizi segreti serbi, che trova la concentrazione solo canticchiando le hit di Barbra Streisand. Niente a che vedere con i Nirvana di Kurt Cobain, che Amira ha scoperto grazie a un lontano cugino olandese, di origine bosniaca, diviso tra rock e fede religiosa da quando ha abbracciato l’Islam in prigione.
Dopo il romanzo Quando le chitarre facevano l’amore, Lorenzo Mazzoni regala ai suoi lettori un’altra carrellata di personaggi unici, protagonisti di una storia cruda, toccante, avventurosa, grottesca, dall’ipnotico ritmo grunge.
Ilaria de Togni’s fantasy book out this autumn
Il sogno di Keribe (The dream of Keribe), a fantasy new adult novel by our author Ilaria de Togni, will be published this autumn by Gargoyle books.
You can follow Keribe’s world on the dedicated website and on the Facebook and start exploring it from this booktrailer
new books out by our authors Berselli, Mazzoni, Del Popolo Riolo
This month of May three new novels are out from our authors:
Kamasutra Kevin by Alessandro Berselli, Pendragon
Un tango per Victor by Lorenzo Mazzoni, Edicola Edicciones
Non ci sono dei oltre il tempo by Davide del Popolo Riolo, Kipple ebook e cartaceo
winner of Kipple Prize 2015
(Italiano) I nostri autori al Salone del Libro di Torino
Ecco gli appuntamenti con i nostri autori al Salone del Libro di Torino:
venerdì 13 maggio
Francesco Verso dalle 18 alle 20 terrà un workshop sulla scrittura di genere a “Storie lunghe come coltelli“, presso la Biblioteca Comunale, via Traforo 62, Bussoleno (TO).
sabato 14 maggio
14.30 – 17.30 stand delle Edizioni Pendragon
Alessandro Berselli sarà presente allo stand per accompagnare l’uscita del suo Kamasutra Kevin
17 – 19 Museo della Fantascienza, via Reiss Romoli 49 bis, Torino
Francesco Verso presenterà sia l’editore Future Fiction che il suo ultimo romanzo Bloodbusters.
22 – 23 Cortile palazzo municipale, via Palazzo di Città, 39, Susa (TO)
Per il Salone OFF durante l’incontro “Notti che non accadono mai”, Francesco Verso presenterà il suo ultimo romanzo Bloodbusters.
domenica 15 maggio
10.00 – 12.00 STAND M110-N109 pad. 2 Edicola Ediciones
Lorenzo Mazzoni: Firmacopie de Un tango per Victor (Edicola Ediciones)
http://www.salonelibro.it/it/espositori/elenco-espositori-2016.html?id=22&view=elem&cid=10313
16.30 Salone Off – Libreria Trebisonda, Via Sant’Anselmo, 22
Lorenzo Mazzoni presenta Un tango per Victor (Edicola Ediciones). Intervengono l’editore Paolo Primavera e Paolo Agrati.
http://www.trebisondalibri.com/?event=il-salottinoff-dal-12-al-15-maggio-2016
(Italiano) La nostra Elena Girardin nell’antologia Io sono il Nordest di Apogeo editore
La nostra Elena Girardin presente con un suo racconto nell’antologia Io sono il Nordest di Apogeo editore.
Sex, drugs and kicks in the teeth – Rock’n’roll scandal stories by Renzo Stefanel for Giunti editore is topping the music books charts
Sesso, droga, calci in bocca. Storie del rock maledetto (Sex, drugs and kicks in the teeth – Rock’n’roll scandal stories) by Renzo Stefanel, out now on paper and e-book for Giunti editore is topping the music books charts.
Contact us for foreign rights.
Sex, drugs and kicks in the teeth – Rock’n’roll scandal stories by Renzo Stefanel out now for Giunti editore
SEX & DRUGS & KICKS IN THE TEETH (Giunti editore, 2015) by Renzo Stefanel, rock critic and author. In the sixty-plus years of its history, rock music stole to blues the reputation of “devil’s music”, with an endless series of murky stories, and lives devoted to recklessness, excess and madness. This book is a selection of 40 terrifying and disturbing stories, brilliantly told by the author: Keith Moon and Iggy Pop’s crazy deeds; Hank Williams’ and Sid Vicious’ desperate death; Syd Barrett, Peter Green and Brian Wilson losing their mind; the sagas of depravation by the Led Zeppelin; AJ Weberman, the man who wanted to free Dylan from himself; and Charles Manson, who was an ambitious singer before becoming a ruthless murderer.
Sesso, droga, calci in bocca. Storie del rock maledetto (Sex, drugs and kicks in the teeth – Rock’n’roll scandal stories) by Renzo Stefanel is out now on paper and e-book for Giunti editore.
New novels out in 2016 for Mauro Casiraghi and Marilena Renda
Mauro Casiraghi’s Un chilo di cenere will be published in 2016 by Gaffi editore and Regali per i fantasmi by Marilena Renda will be published by GEM – Mesogea editore
Francesco Verso’s Il sangue e l’impero out now for Urania Mondadori
Francesco Verso’s Il sangue e l’impero out now for Urania Mondadori, print and ebook
Alessandro Berselli wins the Young Readers prize at Umbria Libri
Alessandro Berselli wins the Young Readers – Memorial Gaia Di Manici Proietti at Umbria Libri with his Non fare la cosa giusta
João Ricardo Pedro at the Fiera delle Parole festival in Padova
João Ricardo Pedro will present his O teu rosto serà o ultimo (Nutrimenti) at the festival Fiera delle Parole, in Padova, our hometown.
Two authors from the agency longlisted in the new Sinbad prize for independent publishing
Davide Del Popolo Riolo’s new book wins Kipple Prize 2015
Davide Del Popolo Riolo‘s new book Non ci sono dei wins Kipple Prize 2015 and will be soon published by Kipple in Italy
Bloodbusters by Francesco Verso wins the Urania Mondadori 2014 science fiction prize
The novel Bloodbusters by our author Francesco Verso (already published in English with Livid) wins the Urania Mondadori 2014 prize and will be published in november in thousands of copies in Italian newskiosks.
Full English text available for review, please contact us
(Italiano) GIOVEDÌ 17 h 21:00 la nostra Marilena Renda a Pordenonelegge
GIOVEDÌ 17 h 21:00 la nostra Marilena Renda a pordenonelegge:
Con Marco Bini, Alberto Casadei, Clery Celeste, Matteo Fantuzzi, Isabella Leardini, Giulio Milani, Marilena Renda, Domenico Cipriano
Marie-Renée Lavoie’s novel out now for Sperling & Kupfer
Volevo essere Lady Oscar by Marie-Renée Lavoie is out now published by Sperling & Kupfer
(italian version of La petite et le vieux, Les Éditions XYZ inc.)
(Italiano) Appuntamenti con gli autori di AC² Literary Agency al Salone del Libro di Torino
ecco le presenze dei nostri autori al Salone del Libro di Torino:
Venerdì 15 maggio, ore 16.00 all’Incubatore padiglione 1 il nostro Francesco Verso presenterà
Ufo e altri oggetti non identificati di Giorgio Manganelli
Francesco Verso
Venerdì 15 maggio dalle 14 alle 16 allo stand Spartaco G56-H55 pad. 2
Lorenzo Mazzoni firma le copie di Quando le chitarre facevano l’amore
Venerdì 15 maggio Ore 18,30
Libreria Trebisonda, Via S. Anselmo 22
Lorenzo Mazzoni presenta Quando le chitarre facevano l’amore (Spartaco edizioni). Con l’autore, Enrico Remmert.
Una rocambolesca caccia all’uomo che coinvolgerà settori deviati della CIA, agenti del Mossad, cacciatori di nazisti e veterani psicopatici. Il libro è ambientato nell’agosto del 1968 prevalentemente negli Stati Uniti d’America con incursioni fra Città del Guatemala, Singapore, Saigon.
Francesca Genti con la sua casa editrice SARTORIA UTOPIA sarà presente per tutta la durata della fiera allo STAND G33 pad. 2
De Bello Alieno by Davide del Popolo Riolo wins Vegetti prize for best science fiction book
DE BELLO ALIENO (Delos 2014, winner of 2013 Odissea Award 800 copies sold so far, rave reviews, good chart placement). Steampunk and sci-fi novel set in 1st century Rome
Set in an ancient Rome that is very different from the one we know: the Eternal City is connected to other Italian cities by a railway network, to the other Mediterranean ports by steam ships, and the legions are armed with cannons and rifles. Basically it is the beginning of an industrial revolution like in 18th century England. All this progress has developed thanks to Caesar, who, sent into exile by Sulla, fled to Alexandria where he met the scientist Heron and became an able and astute scientist and entrepreneur himself.
These events are the setting for the story but are not narrated directly because in the year in which the story is set, 49 BC, they have already for the most part become the norm: they are mentioned in passing by the characters and above all they are written about in the excerpts, some authentic some not, from Plutarch’s “Life of Caesar” which open each chapter.
Each of the novel’s characters is a real person from ancient Roman history and even though placed in a Rome that is very different from the actual ancient Rome they behave as the historical originals would have done. The main characters are therefore Caesar, Pompey, Cato, Cicero, Brutus, Mark Antony, and Catullus who often say things recorded in the history books though in a different context.
There are two narrative threads: on the one hand we follow the intrigues of Roman society with Cato attempting to destroy Caesar’s res novae, and on the other the war that breaks out when Wellsian tripods land on the slopes of Vesuvius. The events are not narrated directly but are extrapolated from letters sent between the characters, excerpts from their diaries and their personal notes, newspaper articles, political leaflets, meeting minutes and so on. This allows us to see the events from the differing points of view of the various characters expressed in their own “language” (for example Cicero writes in a very different style to Catullus) and I feel it also gives a certain rhythm to the story despite requiring a little extra work on the part of the reader.
Alessandro Berselli’s latest book in the shortlist at “Subiaco Città del Libro” prize
Anche le scimmie cadono dagli alberi (Monkeys fall from trees, too, published by Piemme edizioni), Alessandro Berselli‘s latest novel, is in the 3 books shortlisted at “Subiaco Città del Libro” prize.
João Ricardo Pedro, “O teu rosto será o ultimo” out in Italian as “Il tuo volto sarà l’ultimo”
Nutrimenti edizioni has just published the Italian translation of O teu rosto será o ultimo by the Portuguese writer João Ricardo Pedro, con Il tuo volto sarà l’ultimo, the first foreign books sold to Italy by our agency (on behalf of STA asociados – Ilustrata, for Leya publishers)
Lo scopriremo solo scrivendo by Franca Di Muzio out today for Panda Edizioni
Lo scopriremo solo scrivendo by our Franca Di Muzio out today for Panda Edizioni
Lo scopriremo solo scrivendo – L’odissea occupazionale di un’operaia della parola
Pagg. 204
Cm 15×21
ISBN 9788899091248
5 authors from the Agency on Chicago Quarterly Review no. 20 – The Italian Issue
Chicago Quarterly Review turns to Italy and its writers during a time of great unrest, both socially and politically. Guest edited by Michela Martini, this is a diverse, vibrant collection of poetry and prose translations from the 1960s to the present, featuring five writers from our Agency: Mauro Casiraghi, Franca Di Muzio, Fabio Donalisio, Nicola Skert, Francesco Verso. Buy it on Amazon
(Italiano) Marilena Renda a LibriCome Domenica 15 marzo ore 11 Officina 2, Auditorium di Roma
La nostra Marilena Renda a LibriCome Domenica 15 marzo ore 11 Officina 2, Auditorium di Roma
presenta Arrenditi Dorothy, L’Orma editore
con Teresa Ciabatti, Andrea Cortellessa, Carola Susani
Forty by Annachiara Capuzzo out for Panda Edizioni
Forty by Annachiara Capuzzo is out now on paper and ebook for Panda Edizioni
Forty – Storie di maternità sostenibile
Pagg. 142 Cm 15×21 ISBN 9788899091224
A funny book about motherhood and family life.
Davide Del Popolo Riolo’s De bello alieno shortlisted as best science fiction novel for Premio Italia 2015.
Davide Del Popolo Riolo’s De bello alieno, winner of ODISSEA Prize 2014, is shortlisted as best science fiction novel for Premio Italia 2015.
Marilena Renda’s short stories out for L’orma editore
Arrenditi Dorothy!, short stories by Marilena Renda, out in late February for L’orma editore
(Italiano) Il nostro Alessandro Berselli al Nebbia Gialla festival sabato 31 gennaio
Il nostro Alessandro Berselli al Nebbia Gialla festival sabato 31 gennaio, Suzzara (MN)
aperitivo con l’autore h 19.45
<http://hotmag.me/nebbiagialla/2015/01/13/nebbiagialla-2015-ecco-il-programma-del-festival/>
Stefano Guglielmin’s collected poems out in the US for Chelsea Editions
Stefano Guglielmin‘s collected poems, Maybe it’s raining, out in the USA for Chelsea Editions.
(Italiano) Prime anticipazioni sul libro del nostro Alvise Trisciuzzi che uscirà per Neri Pozza
Su Il libraio, intervista a Giuseppe Russo, direttore editoriale di Neri Pozza, che presenta la nuova collana noir della casa editrice.
La collana è aperta anche ai giallisti italiani. Primi nomi in arrivo?
“Sì, è aperta anche ad autori italiani e poiché teniamo in modo particolare al primo nome che pubblicheremo, mi limiterò a citare qui soltanto lui. Si chiama Alvise Trisciuzzi e ha scritto La morte del Lambrusco. È un romanzo ambientato nella Bassa tra gli anni eroici della Resistenza e quelli del miracolo economico, gli anni Sessanta. Il Lambrusco è un personaggio, il matto del paese che affoga nel vino le molteplici disillusioni della sua esistenza. Trisciuzzi scrive benissimo e illumina la vita di un piccolo borgo dell’ Italia che fu senza concedere nulla al gergo tipico dei gialli ambientati in provincia. Contiene tutto il repertorio dei luoghi del tempo, l’osteria, la caserma dei carabinieri, il comune, la chiesa, ma con un tocco irresistibile alla Simenon, se il paragone è concesso. Un giallo d’atmosfera, in cui la vicenda di un eccentrico, e di compaesani altrettanto bizzarri, muove al sorriso e al piacere di riassaporare la vita semplice di un tempo, fatta di dispute innocenti e di accesi furori”.
(Italiano) Anima latina: storia e cronistoria, esce il nuovo libro del nostro Renzo Stefanel su Lucio Battisti
renzo stefanel
anima latina: storia e cronistoria
disponibile su Amazon in versione e-book e su carta
“Un libro semplicemente clamoroso.” (Michele Neri, critico e ricercatore musicale, esperto battistiano)
Quanto sono durate effettivamente le sessions di registrazione di Anima latina? È davvero possibile che la sua lavorazione sia durata sei mesi? Qual è veramente il misterioso effetto per chitarra utilizzato da Lucio? Chi suona effettivamente la batteria nel disco? È vero che Ares Tavolazzi degli Area e Toni Esposito sono presenti nell’album, pur non accreditati? E chi è il misterioso Gneo Pompeo? Domande che da sempre dividono i fans e gli studiosi di Lucio Battisti. Questo saggio, con un approccio nuovo, mette la parola fine a ogni questione tramite nuove interviste ai protagonisti, documenti inoppugnabili e riscontri oggettivi, capaci di farsi strada attraverso la nebbia dei ricordi e di dissolverla. In più, contiene la trascrizione di tre articoli e un’intervista usciti all’epoca e finora mai riportati in volume, oltre a un intervento del cantautore Alessandro Grazian che evidenzia il lascito di Anima latina sulle giovani generazioni. Un libro che ogni battistiano deve avere. Senza se e senza ma.
Quarant’anni fa, l’ultimo venerdì di novembre, usciva il nono album di Lucio Battisti, un disco destinato a spiazzare i suoi abituali fans, con il quale si avvicinava al pubblico e alla scena del progressive italiani, vissuti a modo suo e contaminati con suggestioni latinoamericane, brasiliane in primis. Anima latina, da cui non vennero tratti singoli, a sottolinearne l’unità del discorso, fu un disco ambiziossimo: un concept in cui convergevano il gusto di Battisti per le strutture musicali inusuali e le sperimentazioni d’avanguardia dell’epoca e i testi di Mogol raggiungevano il massimo dell’impegno socioculturale, scavando nei mutamenti del rapporto uomo donna e celebrando il libero amore. Un disco che rimase 64 settimane in classifica, pur non avendo un 45 giri che lo trainasse, che ha anticipato le ulteriori sperimentazioni degli anni 80 ed esercita una duratura profonda influenza sulla musica italiana di oggi. Un disco su cui sono fiorite leggende fin da subito, su cui sono già stati scritti due libri esclusivamente dedicati ad esso (unico caso nella produzione battistiana) e i cui misteri non sono ancora stati chiariti del tutto. Fino ad oggi. Renzo Stefanel offre una ricostruzione cronologica degli eventi che hanno portato alla creazione del disco, condotta con piglio investigativo, attraverso colpi di scena, testimonianze inedite, documenti inoppugnabili. E svela tutti i misteri del disco. Anche quelli insospettati. Un must per ogni battistiano doc.
Renzo Stefanel vive a Padova. Scrive di musica, spettacoli e libri su “Il Gazzettino” dal 1997, su www.rockit.it dal 2001, su www.xtm.it dal 2004. Nello stesso anno ha collaborato come coautore a quattro puntate di Eventi pop su Rai 2. Ha pubblicato Ma c’è qualcosa che non scordo. Lucio Battisti. Gli anni con Mogol (Arcana, 2007), Anima latina (No Reply, 2009) e Storia di un minuto. Il primo disco di PFM (Aereostella, 2012, in coppia con Antonio Oleari). Su www.rockit.it cura la rubrica bimensile di libri “Bookit” e il blog dedicato alle pietre miliari della musica italiana “Retroterra”.
Francesco Verso selected for Planet Europa anthology
The short story “Midsummer Future” by our Francesco Verso will be included in the science fiction collection “Planet Europa” edited by Gloria McMillan from University of Arizona. The collection will include the best European authors, and will be printed in the USA in 2015.
Francesco Verso’s book rights are available at our agency, ask for review copies if interested.
(Italiano) Ripartono i corsi di scrittura e coaching di AC² a Padova
Con la nuova stagione riproponiamo i nostri corsi. Tutte le informazioni dettagliate alla pagina Facebook dell’Associazione Culturale AC2 e alla pagina dei corsi su questo sito. Per ulteriori informazioni scrivete a questo indirizzo mail.
CORSI ATTIVI PER IL 2014/2015:
Autunno caldo: Seminario di scrittura erotica e furto con destrezza, 15 e 16 novembre
Vivere per raccontarla – scrittura creativa e coaching con Castiglione e Memo
Corsi di Life & Business Coaching a cura di Maieutiké
SERVIZIO ATTIVO IN PERMANENZA:
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6 of our authors presenting their books at the SugarCon – Sugarpulp Festival in Padova 25th-28th September
Numerose le presentazioni dei nostri autori al festival SugarCon di Sugarpulp a Padova:
VENERDÌ 26 SETTEMBRE 2014
SOTTOPASSO DELLA STUA
| ORE 17 | NOIR E TERRITORIO con Enrico Astolfi e Lorenzo Mazzoni. Modera Carlo Vanin.
| ORE 18 | DONNE IN NERO con Barbara Codogno ed Elena Girardin. Modera Francesca Visentin.
SABATO 27 SETTEMBRE 2014
SOTTOPASSO DELLA STUA
| ORE 16 | GENERAZIONE SUGARPULP con Fabio Chiesa e Carlo Vanin. Modera Simone Marzini.
| ORE 17 | NUOVE FORME NARRATIVE con Francesco Dominedò, l’attore Matteo Branciamore e Carlo Callegari. Modera Giacomo Brunoro.
Davide Del Popolo Riolo’s De bello alieno is 5th in the chart of the most sold science fiction books
Davide Del Popolo Riolo’s De bello alieno, winner of ODISSEA Prize 2014, is 5th in the chart of the most sold science fiction books on IBS.IT.
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New books published by our authors Elena Girardin and Carlo Vanin
Le Petit Omar, Panda edizioni 2014
Pagg. 150
ISBN 9788896753972
Omar is fourteen. He arrives in Italy from Senegal with his mother to join his father, who has been working for a long while in the Northeast and works in a Lanerossi yarn factory in a smalltown near Vicenza. Omar is happy because he sees a new world in front of him. But the land that welcomed him also shows her tough side.
The boy will have to make difficult choices in order to assimilate and gain the respect of his peers. He will get into graffiti art, the only form of escape that can make him feel happy and free. His family will be overwhelmed by personal and work problems, and not even his puppy love for a girl who is also an immigrant, like him, will save him from the tragedy ahead.
A story that embodies several true stories, condensed into a single one, to enable the reader to get in the shoes of those who, like Omar, are displaced in a world that does not understand where the only way of salvation can sometimes only be escape.
La Notte della Mediarchia – Il Commissario Elio Gamba (Panda edizioni, 2014 ISBN 9788896753941)
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In an alternate present ruled by the regime of Mass-Mediarchy, the industrial area of Marghera (Venice) has exploded exhaling in the air a putrid fog that has condemned the Italian north-east to an eternal night.
Elio Gamba is a superintendent of the New Company of Police. He is violent and incomprehensible, and addicted, as most of the population, to the state drug: AEIOU tablets.
Carla Chinellato is a detective inspector who has just been transferred to Gamba’s police station. She does her all not to lose her sanity in a world that has lost every sense of logic. Marzia Gamba is the deceased wife of the Commissioner, but in this story not even death serves to soothe the pain.
Cristiano Gamba, aka Musashi, is Elio’son, born on the same day of the explosion of Marghera. His body has been black ever since.
Sun-Eye is blind and wants to see again.
There are things that bite in here.