Events

Press conference to present the motto and logo chosen for the Italian participation as Guest of Honour at the 76th edition.

The two countries strengthen their friendship in the handover ceremony as Guest of Honour at the Frankfurt Book Fair.

Panel on literary promotion strategies hosted at Italy’s fair dedicated to independent publishing “Più libri, più liberi”.

Italy Guest of Honour took part in the debate “Promozione della letteratura italiana e della lettura” (“Promotion of Italian Literature and Reading”), with a speech by Commissioner Mauro Mazza.

Exploring Italy's Cultural Tapestry at Europe's Premier Book Fairs.

“2024 is the year of Italy in Germany”: literary events take the stage ahead of the Italian appearance at the Frankfurt International Book Fair.

Stopover in Germany: Italian Institute of Culture in Berlin prepares to present Italian cultural heritage

Stopover in Bologna. 2024 Italy Guest of Honour and AIE present market data and Italian children’s publishing abroad.

Culture that unites... two shores of the Mediterranean. Italy was Guest of Honour at the Tunis International Book Fair

ILfest is Munich’s Italian Book and Literature Festival for all lovers of Italian language and literature.

Italy is preparing for the Frankfurt Book Fair by participating in the most important Italian book fair.

The Italian cultural and literary programme as Guest of Honour 2024 will be presented in Frankfurt on 28 May.

A grand concert by the Nuova Orchestra Scarlatti from Naples directed by Maestro Beatrice Venezi, an acclaimed interpreter of the Puccini repertoire, will be held in the Konzerthaus in Dortmund. The exceptional guest star is the tenor, Vittorio Grigolo, whose wonderful voice launched him on a brilliant international career at just 20 years old.

La Scala Philharmonic Orchestra and its music director Riccardo Chailly will arrive at Berlin Philharmonic Hall as part of the Berlin Musikfest, the most important event on the German music scene, with a tribute to the great music of the twentieth century.

At the opening of the Book Fair, the prestigious Alte Oper theatre in Frankfurt will host an extraordinary event. In celebration of Giacomo Puccini’s centenary and Italy's appearance as Guest of Honour at the Book Fair after 36 years, the orchestra of the Arena di Verona will perform a tribute to the great composer together with some of the finest Italian voices.

With Maestro Ambrogio Sparagna, the Orchestra Popolare Italiana and the Corpo di Ballo Popolare of the Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome

Work in three acts, booklet by Francesco Maria Piave, after a play by Victor Hugo (1851).

Grand finale of the Italian presence in Frankfurt at the 2024 edition of the Buchmesse with passion, romance and emotion.