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Music and words: a marriage that has given birth to one of the world’s most cherished forms of artistic expression – lyric opera.

Music is literature of the heart, it is stenography of the emotions, say poets. Music and literature have come together since the beginning of our tradition: from classical poems to medieval ballads to the grand opera season, Italy has been the cradle of the world’s music culture.

“Imaginary Life” was chosen as the title of the 36th Turin International Book Fair, another important milestone on the Italy Guest of Honour 2024 journey with “Destination Frankfurt”.

Three major exhibitions promoted by the Italian Embassy in Berlin confirm an interest in Italian music, art and culture in Germany, with a multimedia show on Puccini, a personal Modigliani exhibit and one dedicated to Max Lieberman's Italy.

Thanks to the new version of the platform for launching Italian books abroad, engaging in dialogue with the German-speaking world is now even easier.

From rediscovered literary classics to graphic novels.

According to data from the Italian Publishers Association (AIE), more than one in three translation rights sold abroad concern children’s and young people's books. We spoke with Elena Pasoli from Bologna’s Children’s Book Fair about the characteristics of the Italian children’s publishing.

A preview of Frankfurt in Bologna. The Bologna Children’s Book Fair 2024 enthusiastically projects us towards the Frankfurt Book Fair 2024, the Fair's 76th edition, which will see Italy as Guest of Honour.

The domestic market is expanding in terms of copies sold and their sales value. One in three translation rights sold worldwide relate to this sector.