Programme

View the full programme of Italy Guest of Honour 2024 at the Frankfurter Buchmesse.

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        Sessions

        14/10/2024
        18:00 — 19:00
        Goethe University Frankfurt, Theodor-W.-Adorno-Platz 1, Frankfurt
        #ItalyinFrankfurt

        Discussion about the roots of Christianity

        15/10/2024
        11:00 — 12:00
        Frankfurt Pavilion, Agora

        Opening Press Conference of Frankfurter Buchmesse 2024

        15/10/2024
        12:30 — 13:30
        Info counter in front of the Guest of Honour Pavilion, Forum, Level 2

        Press Tour of the Italy Guest of Honour Pavilion

        15/10/2024
        17:00 — 18:30
        Congress Center Messe Frankfurt (CMF), Harmonie Hall

        Opening Ceremony of Frankfurter Buchmesse 2024, including Opening of Italy Guest of Honour Pavilion

        15/10/2024
        20:30 — 22:00
        Alte Oper, Operaplatz 1, 60313 Frankfurt
        #ItalyinFrankfurt

        Puccini in Opera with the Orchestra of Arena di Verona Foundation

        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.
        16/10/2024
        09:00 — 11:30
        Zentrum Wort | Hall 4.1
        #professionalprogramme
        #fiction
        #non-fiction

        Dall’italiano al mondo – From Italian to the rest of the world

        With
        Annalena Benini, Juergen Boos (Frankfurter Buchmesse), Emanuele Di Giorgi, Annette Kopetzki (Traduttrice), Vincenzo Latronico, Monica Malatesta, Beatrice Masini, Michael Reynolds, Ana Rodado, Susanne Schüssler (Verlag Klaus Wagenbach), Linus Guggenberger, Lorenza Honorati, Francesca Novajra, Laura Pugno, Audrey Scarbel
        Curated by
        The Turin International Book Fair
        16/10/2024
        10:00 — 10:50
        Arena | Italian Pavilion (Forum 1)
        #literaryprogramme
        #art
        #fiction

        The Beauty of Words

        Inauguration of the Italian Pavilion
        With
        Susanna Tamaro, Stefano Zecchi
        Moderated by
        Luigi Mascheroni (Journalist)
        16/10/2024
        10:30 — 11:20
        Collective Stand
        #professionalprogramme

        Inauguration of the Italian Collective Stand

        Ribbon-cutting ceremony with
        Alessandro Giuli (Minister of Culture), Claudia Roth (Minister of State for Culture and Media in the German Government)
        With
        Juergen Boos (Frankfurter Buchmesse), Innocenzo Cipolletta (AIE – The Italian Publishers Association), Ferdinando Fiore (ITA - Italian Trade Agency), Armando Varricchio (Embassy of Italy in Germany)
        16/10/2024
        11:00 — 11:50
        Arena | Italian Pavilion (Forum 1)
        #literaryprogramme
        #science
        #spirituality

        Living in the Time of the Apocalypse

        With
        Luigi Maria Epicoco, Carlo Rovelli
        Moderated by
        Nico Spuntoni (Journalist)
        16/10/2024 — 20/10/2024
        11:00 — 19:00
        AusstellungsHalle 1a, Schulstraße 1a, 60594 Frankfurt
        #ItalyinFrankfurt

        Photography exhibition by CRAF - Centro di Ricerca e Archiviazione della Fotografia

        16/10/2024 — 20/10/2024
        11:00 — 19:00
        Italian Pavilion | Italian Pavilion (Forum 1)
        #ItalyinFrankfurt

        Exhibition “Under an Ancient Sky. Pompeii and Piranesi between Past and Present”

        curated by
        Prof. Massimo Osanna, Prof.ssa Maria Luisa Catoni, Dott. Luigi Gallo
        with the technical-scientific coordination of the
        General Directorate of Museums
        16/10/2024
        11:30 — 12:20
        Caffè Letterario | Italian Pavilion (Forum 1)
        #literaryprogramme
        #Italy-Germany

        Thinking of Moving to Berlin?

        With
        Andrea Bajani, Mario Desiati
        Moderated by
        Maria Carolina Foi (Università degli Studi di Trieste)
        16/10/2024
        11:30 — 12:20
        Room 1 | Italian Collective Stand Hall 5.0 (A22)
        #professionalprogramme
        #Italy-Germany

        36 Years On. The Italian Book Market Today

        With
        Innocenzo Cipolletta (AIE – The Italian Publishers Association), Giovanni Hoepli (Hoepli Editore), Stefano Mauri (GeMS Gruppo Editoriale Mauri Spagnol), Susanne Schüssler (Verlag Klaus Wagenbach)
        Moderated by
        Karen Krüger (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung)
        16/10/2024
        12:00 — 12:50
        Arena | Italian Pavilion (Forum 1)
        #timewitnesses
        #art

        Between Notes and Words

        With
        Frida Bollani Magoni
        Moderated by
        Adriano Monti Buzzetti (Centro per il libro e la lettura)
        16/10/2024
        12:00 — 12:30
        Guest of Honour Pavilion – Forum 1

        Free guided tours of the exhibition “From illustration to comics. Pencils in talented young hands"

        16/10/2024
        12:30 — 13:20
        Caffè Letterario | Italian Pavilion (Forum 1)
        #literaryprogramme
        #fiction

        In Search of Lost Pleasure

        With
        Giuseppe Culicchia, Giordano Bruno Guerri
        Moderated by
        Luciano Lanna (Centro per il libro e la lettura)
        16/10/2024
        12:30 — 13:20
        Room 1 | Italian Collective Stand Hall 5.0 (A22)
        #professionalprogramme

        Translations. Bridging Cultures and Connecting Nations

        With
        Nicola Genga (Centro per il libro e la lettura), Stefano Melloni (SEPS - Segretariato Europeo per le Pubblicazioni Scientifiche), Laura Pugno (Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation)
        Moderated by
        Bruno Giancarli (AIE - The Italian Publishers Association)
        16/10/2024
        13:00 — 13:50
        Arena | Italian Pavilion (Forum 1)
        #literaryprogramme
        #art

        “Face Value. 60 Italian Writers of the Twentieth Century”

        Inauguration of the exhibition
        Conceived by
        The Italian Literary Agency
        Curated by
        Alberto Saibene (Curatore della mostra)
        Exhibition design by
        Francesco Dondina
        In collaboration with
        AIE
        With the support of
        Italy Guest of Honour 2024 at the Frankfurt Book Fair
        With
        Cristiana Chiumenti (Project coordinator), Alberto Saibene (Curatore della mostra), Marco Vigevani (The Italian Literary Agency)
        16/10/2024
        13:30 — 14:20
        Room 1 | Italian Collective Stand Hall 5.0 (A22)
        #professionalprogramme
        #fiction

        Italian Books: Fiction

        With
        Gianluca Foglia (Giangiacomo Feltrinelli Editore), Antonio Sellerio (Sellerio Editore)
        Moderated by
        Piero Salabè (Carl Hanser Verlag)
        16/10/2024
        13:30 — 14:20
        Room 2 | Italian Collective Stand Hall 5.0 (B44)
        #professionalprogramme

        Community of readers. Policies for the dissemination and promotion of books

        Regione Lombardia
        Welcome from
        Massimo Darchini (Consul General of Italy)
        With
        Francesca Caruso (Regione Lombardia/Four Motors for Europe), Tom Erben (German Publishers and Booksellers Association), Edgar Garcia (ICEC - Catalan Institute of Cultural Enterprises)
        Conclusions by
        Mauro Mazza (Extraordinary Commissioner of the Government for the Frankfurter Buchmesse 2024)
        Moderated by
        Paolo Verri (Fondazione Arnoldo e Alberto Mondadori)
        Video contribution by
        Sergio Dogliani (Idea Store)
        16/10/2024
        13:30 — 14:20
        Caffè Letterario | Italian Pavilion (Forum 1)
        #literaryprogramme
        #art

        “From Illustration to Comics. Pencils in Talented Young Hands”

        Inauguration of the exhibition
        Curated by
        Drosselmeier Academy
        Organised by
        Bologna Children’s Book Fair
        In collaboration with
        AIE
        With the support of
        Italy Guest of Honour 2024 at the Frankfurt Book Fair
        With
        Ivan Canu (Illustrator), Grazia Gotti (Drosselmeier Academy/Giannino Stoppani Children's Bookshop), Elena Pasoli (Bologna Children's Book Fair), Silvana Sola (Drosselmeier Academy/Giannino Stoppani Children's Bookshop)
        16/10/2024
        14:00 — 14:50
        Arena | Italian Pavilion (Forum 1)
        #timewitnesses
        #Italy-Germany

        Between Naples and Europe: Celebrating the 800th Anniversary of Università di Napoli Federico II

        With
        Matteo Lorito, Enrico Schleiff
        Moderated by
        Christiane Liermann Traniello (Villa Vigoni)
        16/10/2024
        14:30 — 15:20
        Caffè Letterario | Italian Pavilion (Forum 1)
        #literaryprogramme
        #illustration

        Two Hearts So Many Stories

        With
        Teresa Radice, Stefano Turconi
        Moderated by
        Paola Colombo (Cosmo/Westdeutscher Runfunk)
        16/10/2024
        14:30 — 15:20
        Room 1 | Italian Collective Stand Hall 5.0 (A22)
        #professionalprogramme
        #history
        #non-fiction
        #science
        #spirituality

        Italian Books: Non-fiction

        With
        Andrea Angiolini (Società editrice il Mulino), Giovanni Carletti (Editori Laterza), Roberto Revello (Mimesis Edizioni)
        Moderated by
        Susanne Simor (Verlag C.H. Beck)
        16/10/2024
        15:00 — 15:50
        Arena | Italian Pavilion (Forum 1)
        #timewitnesses
        #art

        The Great Piazza of Books and Ideas

        With
        Giovanni Agosti, Stefano Boeri
        Moderated by
        Luigi Mascheroni (Journalist)
        16/10/2024
        15:30 — 16:20
        Caffè Letterario | Italian Pavilion (Forum 1)
        #literaryprogramme
        #fiction

        My Home is Where I Write

        With
        Olga Campofreda, Igiaba Scego
        Moderated by
        Shelly Kupferberg (Deutschlandfunk Kultur, RBB Kultur)
        16/10/2024
        15:30 — 16:20
        Room 1 | Italian Collective Stand Hall 5.0 (A22)
        #professionalprogramme
        #Italy-Germany

        Travels in Italy. Travels in Germany. Exchanges between the two publishers

        With
        Isabella Amico Di Meane (Translator), Alessandra Ballesi-Hansen (NonsoloVerlag), Annette Kopetzki (Traduttrice), Marina Pugliano (Translator)
        Moderated by
        Viktoria von Schirach (Agenzia Scouting Schirach)
        In collaboration with
        Associazione Italiana Traduttori e Interpreti, StradeLab
        16/10/2024
        15:30 — 16:20
        Room 2 | Italian Collective Stand Hall 5.0 (B44)
        #professionalprogramme
        #art

        Promoting the artistic-cultural heritage of Lazio through publishing: a global challenge

        Regione Lazio
        With
        Alberto Gremese (Gremese international), Roberto Marcucci (L'Erma di Bretschneider)
        16/10/2024
        16:00 — 16:50
        Arena | Italian Pavilion (Forum 1)
        #literaryprogramme
        #history

        On the Edge of the Abyss. Artists, Writers and intellectuals on the Eve of the Second World War

        With
        Marina Valensise, Uwe Wittstock
        Moderated by
        Christiane Liermann Traniello (Villa Vigoni)
        16/10/2024
        16:00 — 16:30
        Guest of Honour Pavilion – Forum 1

        Free guided tours of the exhibition “From illustration to comics. Pencils in talented young hands"

        16/10/2024
        16:30 — 17:20
        Caffè Letterario | Italian Pavilion (Forum 1)
        #literaryprogramme
        #fiction

        Experiencing Books to the Full

        With
        Antonio Franchini, Chiara Valerio
        Moderated by
        Anna Vollmer (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung)
        16/10/2024
        16:30 — 17:20
        Room 1 | Italian Collective Stand Hall 5.0 (A22)
        #professionalprogramme

        Promoting Literature: A Comparative Exploration of Italian and European Strategies

        With
        Laura Ballestra (AIB - Associazione Italiana Biblioteche), Renata Gorgani (Il Castoro), Adriano Monti Buzzetti (Centro per il libro e la lettura), Miha Kovač (Ljubljana Reading Manifesto)
        Moderated by
        Giovanni Solimine (Fondazione Maria e Goffredo Bellonci)
        In collaboration with
        Centro per il libro e la lettura, AIB - Associazione Italiana Biblioteche
        16/10/2024
        17:00 — 17:50
        Arena | Italian Pavilion (Forum 1)
        #timewitnesses
        #art

        The Culture That Unites. From Manuzio to the ebook

        With
        Massimo Bray, Umberto Vattani (Ambassador, President of Venice International University)
        Moderated by
        Luciano Lanna (Centro per il libro e la lettura), Alessandro De Pedys
        16/10/2024
        17:00 — 17:50
        Room Venice International University - Manuzio and the book revolution | Italian Pavilion (Forum 1)
        #literaryprogramme

        Reading in the Dark®

        Welcome address from
        Cristina Mussinelli (Fondazione LIA – Libri Italiani Accessibili), Umberto Vattani (Ambassador, President of Venice International University)
        With
        Viola Ardone, Giuseppe Culicchia, Alessandro Magno (Giangiacomo Feltrinelli Editore), Clara Ori
        Moderated by
        Elisa Molinari (Fondazione LIA – Libri Italiani Accessibili)
        Curated by
        Fondazione LIA (Libri Italiani Accessibili)
        With the support of
        Italy Guest of Honour 2024 at the Frankfurt Book Fair
        16/10/2024
        17:30 — 18:20
        Caffè Letterario | Italian Pavilion (Forum 1)
        #literaryprogramme
        #fiction

        In this World of Ogres

        With
        Ginevra Lamberti, Alice Urciuolo
        Moderated by
        Maike Albath (Deutschlandfunk Kultur, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Die Zeit)
        16/10/2024
        20:00 — 21:30
        Alte Oper, Operaplatz 1, 60313 Frankfurt
        #ItalyinFrankfurt

        Concert: Taranta of Love and Italian Dances

        With Maestro Ambrogio Sparagna, the Orchestra Popolare Italiana and the Corpo di Ballo Popolare of the Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome
        17/10/2024
        10:00 — 10:50
        Arena | Italian Pavilion (Forum 1)
        #literaryprogramme

        Reading Nurtures Growth

        With
        Davide Calì, Beatrice Masini, Patrizia Rinaldi
        Moderated by
        Marlene Zöhrer (Centro KiJuLit, kinderund Jugendmedien.de)
        17/10/2024
        10:30 — 11:20
        Caffè Letterario | Italian Pavilion (Forum 1)
        #literaryprogramme
        #fiction

        In Search of the Great European (and Italian) Novel

        With
        Maike Albath (Deutschlandfunk Kultur, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Die Zeit), Vincenzo Latronico
        Moderated by
        Maria Carolina Foi (Università degli Studi di Trieste)
        17/10/2024
        10:30 — 11:20
        Room 1 | Italian Collective Stand Hall 5.0 (A22)
        #professionalprogramme
        #science

        Artificial Intelligence: new rules, challenges and opportunities for Innovation

        Welcome address from
        Innocenzo Cipolletta (AIE – The Italian Publishers Association), Ricardo Franco Levi (FEP - Federation of European Publishers)
        With
        Elisabeth Crossick (RELX), Quentin Deschandelliers (FEP - Federation of European Publishers)
        Moderated by
        Maria Pallante (AAP - Association of American Publishers)
        In collaboration with
        FEP - Federation of European Publishers
        17/10/2024
        10:30 — 11:20
        Room 2 | Italian Collective Stand Hall 5.0 (B44)
        #professionalprogramme

        Publishing in Lazio: successful small and medium enterprises tell their stories

        Regione Lazio
        With
        Raffaello Avanzini (Newton Compton), Emanuele Di Giorgi (Tunuè), Simona Telese (Frasi4kids), Tiziana Triana (Fandango Libri)
        17/10/2024
        11:00 — 11:50
        Arena | Italian Pavilion (Forum 1)
        #timewitnesses
        #art

        When Words Transform into Image

        With
        Pupi Avati, Simona Ercolani
        Moderated by
        Gianvito Casadonte (Journalist)
        17/10/2024
        11:00 — 11:30
        Guest of Honour Pavilion – Forum 1

        Free guided tours of the exhibition “From illustration to comics. Pencils in talented young hands"

        17/10/2024
        11:30 — 12:20
        Caffè Letterario | Italian Pavilion (Forum 1)
        #literaryprogramme
        #fiction

        Literature that Heals and Endures

        With
        Francesca Melandri, Fabio Stassi
        Moderated by
        Lothar Müller (Süddeutsche Zeitung)
        17/10/2024
        11:30 — 12:20
        Room 1 | Italian Collective Stand Hall 5.0 (A22)
        #professionalprogramme

        Small and Medium-Sized Publishers in Italy and Europe

        With
        Lorenzo Armando (Lexis / AIE), Daniel Beskos (Mairisch Verlag / Kurt Wolff Stiftung), Nicolas Filicic (Les Belles Lettres), Jordi Nadal (Plataforma Editorial)
        Moderated by
        Annamaria Malato (Più libri più liberi)
        In collaboration with
        Più libri più liberi - Fiera nazionale della Piccola e media editoria (Italian Independent Publishers Book Fair)
        17/10/2024
        12:00 — 12:50
        Arena | Italian Pavilion (Forum 1)
        #literaryprogramme
        #history
        #non-fiction

        The Culture That Unites. Nation and Country, Right and Left. The Rationale for Dialogue

        With
        Alessandro Campi, Andrea Romano
        Moderated by
        Tommaso Ricci (Journalist)
        17/10/2024
        12:30 — 13:20
        Caffè Letterario | Italian Pavilion (Forum 1)
        #literaryprogramme
        #fiction

        Living on the Edge of the Line

        With
        Mauro Covacich, Paolo Rumiz
        Moderated by
        Tilman Spreckelsen (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung)
        17/10/2024
        12:30 — 13:20
        Room 1 | Italian Collective Stand Hall 5.0 (A22)
        #professionalprogramme

        Italian Publishing Goes abroad: More than Rights

        With
        Sandro Ferri (Edizioni E/O), Andrea Ferro (Casalini Libri), Roberto Gilodi (Reiser Literary Agency / ADALI), Fiammetta Giorgi (Mondadori Libri)
        Moderated by
        Porter Anderson (Publishing Perspectives)
        In collaboration with
        ADALI
        17/10/2024
        13:30 — 14:20
        Room 1 | Italian Collective Stand Hall 5.0 (A22)
        #professionalprogramme
        #comics
        #illustration

        Italian Books: Publishing for Children and Young Adults

        With a welcome address from
        Elena Pasoli (Bologna Children's Book Fair)
        With
        Paolo Canton (Topipittori), Carlo Gallucci (Gallucci Editore), Edmund Jacoby (Jacoby & Stuart), Gaia Stock (Edizioni EL)
        Moderated by
        Martina Russo (Rivista Andersen)
        17/10/2024
        14:00 — 14:50
        Arena | Italian Pavilion (Forum 1)
        #literaryprogramme

        Discourse on Methodology

        With
        Viola Ardone, Gianrico Carofiglio, Mauro Covacich
        Led by
        Loretta Cavaricci (Journalist)
        17/10/2024
        14:00 — 14:50
        Room Venice International University - Manuzio and the book revolution | Italian Pavilion (Forum 1)
        #literaryprogramme

        Reading in the Dark®

        With
        Pierdomenico Baccalario, Giulia Caminito, Paolo Rumiz, Clara Ori
        Moderated by
        Elisa Molinari (Fondazione LIA – Libri Italiani Accessibili)
        Curated by
        Fondazione LIA (Libri Italiani Accessibili)
        With the support of
        Italy Guest of Honour 2024 at the Frankfurt Book Fair
        17/10/2024
        14:30 — 15:20
        Room 2 | Italian Collective Stand Hall 5.0 (B44)
        #professionalprogramme

        The BEIC, a new generation library for Milan, Lombardy and Italy

        With
        Stefano Parise (Comune di Milano), Tommaso Sacchi (Comune di Milano), Andrea Zanderigo (Studio Baukuh)
        17/10/2024
        14:30 — 15:20
        Caffè Letterario | Italian Pavilion (Forum 1)
        #literaryprogramme
        #comics

        Comics and Animation: Intersecting Worlds of Paper and YouTube

        With
        Luca Enoch, Pera Toons
        Moderated by
        Tilman Spreckelsen (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung)
        17/10/2024
        14:30 — 15:20
        Room 1 | Italian Collective Stand Hall 5.0 (A22)
        #professionalprogramme
        #illustration

        Italian Books: Art and Design

        With
        Pietro Corraini (Corraini Edizioni), Roberto Koch (Contrasto Books), Chiara Savino (Sole 24 Ore - Cultura)
        Moderated by
        Moritz Kirschner (Verlag Antje Kunstmann)
        17/10/2024
        15:00 — 15:50
        Arena | Italian Pavilion (Forum 1)
        #literaryprogramme

        Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow. Era of Words and the Words of Our Era

        With
        Claudio Magris
        17/10/2024
        15:30 — 16:20
        Caffè Letterario | Italian Pavilion (Forum 1)
        #literaryprogramme
        #fiction

        The Typewriter of Time

        With
        Viola Ardone, Donatella Di Pietrantonio, Gian Marco Griffi
        Moderated by
        Shelly Kupferberg (Deutschlandfunk Kultur, RBB Kultur)
        17/10/2024
        15:30 — 16:20
        Room 1 | Italian Collective Stand Hall 5.0 (A22)
        #professionalprogramme
        #non-fiction

        Italian Books: Sports

        With
        Vittorio Anastasia (Ediciclo Editore), Giovanni Di Giorgi (Lab DFG - Premio Invictus), Isabella Ferretti (66thand2nd)
        Moderated by
        Karin Plötz (LitCam)
        17/10/2024
        15:30 — 16:20
        Room 2 | Italian Collective Stand Hall 5.0 (B44)
        #professionalprogramme
        #history

        The Future of Memory. Fondazione Mondadori Under the Test of Artificial Intelligence

        Introduction by
        Luca Formenton (Fondazione Arnoldo e Alberto Mondadori)
        With
        Angela Ida De Benedictis (Paul Sacher Stiftung), Louise Dutertre (Imec), Pierluigi Ledda (Archivio Storico Ricordi), Nathalie Léger (Imec), Michele Patella (Audio Innova)
        Moderated by
        Paolo Verri (Fondazione Arnoldo e Alberto Mondadori)
        Curated by
        Fondazione Arnoldo e Alberto Mondadori
        17/10/2024
        16:00 — 16:50
        Arena | Italian Pavilion (Forum 1)
        #literaryprogramme
        #fiction

        Classics Beyond the Confines of Time

        With
        Alessandro D’Avenia
        Moderated by
        Thomas Geiger (Literarisches Colloquium Berlin)
        17/10/2024
        16:00 — 16:30
        Guest of Honour Pavilion – Forum 1

        Free guided tours of the exhibition “From illustration to comics. Pencils in talented young hands"

        17/10/2024
        16:30 — 17:20
        Caffè Letterario | Italian Pavilion (Forum 1)
        #literaryprogramme
        #fiction

        That Kind of Violence

        With
        Silvia Avallone, Giulia Caminito
        Moderated by
        Karen Krüger (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung)
        17/10/2024
        16:30 — 17:20
        Room 1 | Italian Collective Stand Hall 5.0 (A22)
        #professionalprogramme

        Booksellers of the Future: Ideas and Projects for the Training of European Booksellers

        Welcome address from
        Paolo Ambrosini (Associazione Librai Italiani - Confcommercio)
        With
        Aldo Addis (Scuola librai italiani), Luis Gonzalez (Fundacion Germán Sánchez Ruipére), Judith Hoffmann (Mediacampus Frankfurt), Caroline Meneghetti (L'École de la Librairie)
        Moderated by
        Lorenzo Dall’Omo (EIBF)
        Curated by
        Associazione Librai Italiani - Confcommercio
        17/10/2024
        16:30 — 17:20
        Room 2 | Italian Collective Stand Hall 5.0 (B44)
        #professionalprogramme

        Public financing and publishing. Autonomous Province of Bolzano South Tyrol: a law to support publishing projects linked to the territory

        Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano Alto Adige-Südtirol
        With
        Luca Bizzarri (Ufficio Educazione permanente, biblioteche e audiovisivi, Cultura italiana)
        17/10/2024
        17:00 — 17:50
        Arena | Italian Pavilion (Forum 1)
        #timewitnesses
        #non-fiction

        Duties of Culture

        With
        Francesco Borgonovo, Giacomo Marramao, Marco Tarchi
        Moderated by
        Tommaso Ricci (Journalist)
        17/10/2024
        17:30 — 18:20
        Caffè Letterario | Italian Pavilion (Forum 1)
        #literaryprogramme
        #fiction
        #non-fiction

        Between Ethics and Happiness

        With
        Gianrico Carofiglio, Emanuele Coccia
        Moderated by
        Cinzia Sciuto (MicroMega)
        17/10/2024
        17:30 — 18:20
        Room 2 | Italian Collective Stand Hall 5.0 (B44)
        #professionalprogramme

        The publishing cluster in Piemonte: an Italian success story

        Regione Piemonte
        With
        Guido Bolatto (Camera di Commercio di Torino), Carlo Emanuele Bona (Unione Industriali Torino), Erika Manis (Ceipiemonte), Stefano Nigro (Ceipiemonte), Giovanni Pischedda (Camera di Commercio di Torino), Gabriella Serratrice (Regione Piemonte)
        17/10/2024
        17:30 — 18:20
        Room 1 | Italian Collective Stand Hall 5.0 (A22)
        #literaryprogramme
        #Italy-Germany

        How does literary talent change?

        With
        Maike Albath (Deutschlandfunk Kultur, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Die Zeit), Antonio Franchini
        17/10/2024
        18:00 — 21:30
        Arena | Italian Pavilion (Forum 1)
        #literaryprogramme
        #PremioENIT24

        Award Ceremony for the 30th ENIT Award. The journalism award for Destination Italy

        17/10/2024
        19:30 — 20:30
        Literaturhaus, Schöne Aussicht 2, 60311 Frankfurt

        Theatrical reading of “Tempo curvo a Krems” by Claudio Magris

        With
        Claudio Magris
        Organised by
        ITKAM (Italian Chamber of Commerce for Germany), Region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, PromoTurismo FVG
        18/10/2024
        10:00 — 10:50
        Arena | Italian Pavilion (Forum 1)
        #literaryprogramme

        Adventures, Mysteries and Spells: the Secret Formula behind Children's Bestsellers

        With
        Pierdomenico Baccalario, Elisabetta Dami, Elisabetta Gnone
        Moderated by
        Marlene Zöhrer (Centro KiJuLit, kinderund Jugendmedien.de)
        18/10/2024
        10:30 — 11:20
        Caffè Letterario | Italian Pavilion (Forum 1)
        #literaryprogramme
        #fiction

        The Scent of Flowers and Kisses

        With
        Cristina Caboni, Kira Shell
        Moderated by
        Paola Colombo (Cosmo/Westdeutscher Runfunk)
        18/10/2024
        10:30 — 11:20
        Room 1 | Italian Collective Stand Hall 5.0 (A22)
        #professionalprogramme

        Accessible Publishing

        With
        Andrea Angiolini (Società editrice il Mulino), Irene Enriques (Zanichelli), Alessandro Magno (Giangiacomo Feltrinelli Editore)
        Moderated by
        Cristina Mussinelli (Fondazione LIA – Libri Italiani Accessibili)
        Curated by
        Fondazione LIA (Libri Italiani Accessibili)
        18/10/2024
        10:30 — 11:20
        Room 2 | Italian Collective Stand Hall 5.0 (B44)
        #professionalprogramme
        #illustration

        The Excellence of the Italian Supply Chain in Premium Book Design and Printing

        With
        Emanuele Bandecchi (Rotolito S.p.A.), Sandro Berra (Grafiche Antiga), Emanuele Bona (Federazione Italiana Carta e Grafica), Alessandro Nardelli (Cartiere del Garda-Lecta Group SA), Michele Lanzinger (ICOM Italia), Erik Spiekermann (Graphic designer)
        Moderated by
        Michela Pìbiri (PRINTlovers)
        Curated by
        Federazione Italiana Carta e Grafica
        18/10/2024
        11:30 — 12:20
        Caffè Letterario | Italian Pavilion (Forum 1)
        #literaryprogramme
        #fiction

        What Women are Telling Us. The Feminine Side of Art and Literature

        With
        Annalena Benini, Karen Krüger (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung)
        18/10/2024
        11:30 — 12:20
        Room 1 | Italian Collective Stand Hall 5.0 (A22)
        #professionalprogramme

        Books in the piazza. Meeting and Engaging with Writers at Literary Festivals

        With
        Ruggero Cappuccio (Fondazione Campania dei Festival), Antonella Ferrara (TaoBuk Taormina Book Festival), Piergaetano Marchetti (BookCity Milano), Luca Formenton (BookCity Milano), Oliviero Toscani (Milanesiana), Gian Mario Villalta (Pordenonelegge)
        Moderated by
        Cristina Giordano (Cosmo/Westdeutscher Runfunk)
        18/10/2024
        11:30 — 12:20
        Room 2 | Italian Collective Stand Hall 5.0 (B44)
        #professionalprogramme

        Crossing Boundaries: Redefining Publishing Frontiers

        Regione Friuli Venezia Giulia
        With
        Elisa Copetti (Bottega Errante Edizioni), Dario De Cristoforo (Italo Svevo), Alberto Gaffi (Italo Svevo), Erika Hornbogner (Wieser e Drava Verlag), Mitja Ličen (GOGA), Ivan Sršen (Sandorf)
        Moderated by
        Diego Marani
        18/10/2024
        12:00 — 12:50
        Arena | Italian Pavilion (Forum 1)
        #literaryprogramme
        #history

        Let me tell you a story

        With
        Alessandro Barbero, Aldo Cazzullo
        Moderated by
        Christoph Cornelissen (Goethe-Universität Frankfurt)
        18/10/2024
        12:30 — 13:20
        Caffè Letterario | Italian Pavilion (Forum 1)
        #literaryprogramme
        #fiction

        Brooklyn, Bavaria, Italy: A World to Narrate

        With
        Claudia Durastanti, Helena Janeczek
        Moderated by
        Markus Messling (Käte Hamburger Kolleg CUE)
        18/10/2024
        12:30 — 13:20
        Room 1 | Italian Collective Stand Hall 5.0 (A22)
        #professionalprogramme

        Accompanying Publishers Abroad

        With
        Antonella Fabbrini (IT Publishing), Paolo Grossi (New Italian Books), Matteo Masini (ITA - Italian Trade Agency)
        Moderated by
        Samuele Cafasso (AIE - The Italian Publishers Association)
        18/10/2024
        13:30 — 14:20
        Caffè Letterario | Italian Pavilion (Forum 1)
        #literaryprogramme
        #poetry

        A beautiful madness, the highest alert

        With
        Laura Accerboni, Marko Miladinović
        Moderated by
        Magda Mandelli
        Curated by
        Fondazione svizzera per la cultura Pro Helvetia
        18/10/2024
        14:00 — 14:50
        Arena | Italian Pavilion (Forum 1)
        #literaryprogramme

        Giving voice to stories

        A literary voyage of discovery through audiobooks
        Moderated by
        Loretta Cavaricci (Journalist)
        with
        Valentina Mari (Narrator), Paolo Cresta (Narrator)
        Introduction by
        Juan Baixeras (Audible Country manager Italy & Spain)
        Presented by
        Audible
        18/10/2024
        14:00 — 14:50
        Room Venice International University - Manuzio and the book revolution | Italian Pavilion (Forum 1)
        #literaryprogramme

        Reading in the Dark®

        With
        Paolo Nori, Marco Balzano, Clara Ori
        Moderated by
        Elisa Molinari (Fondazione LIA – Libri Italiani Accessibili)
        Curated by
        Fondazione LIA (Libri Italiani Accessibili)
        With the support of
        Italy Guest of Honour 2024 at the Frankfurt Book Fair
        18/10/2024
        14:00 — 14:50
        Arena | Italian Pavilion (Forum 1)
        #literaryprogramme

        Giving stories a voice

        A literary voyage of discovery through audiobooks
        Moderated by
        Loretta Cavaricci (Journalist)
        with
        Valentina Mari (Narrator), Paolo Cresta (Narrator)
        Introduction by
        Juan Baixeras (Audible Country manager Italy & Spain)
        Presented by
        Audible
        18/10/2024
        14:30 — 15:20
        Caffè Letterario | Italian Pavilion (Forum 1)
        #literaryprogramme
        #fiction

        Having it All and Other Small Miracles

        With
        Marco Missiroli, Valeria Parrella
        Moderated by
        Thomas Geiger (Literarisches Colloquium Berlin)
        18/10/2024
        14:30 — 15:20
        Room 1 | Italian Collective Stand Hall 5.0 (A22)
        #professionalprogramme
        #comics

        Italian Books: Comics

        With
        Giovanni Ferrara (Coconino Press), Caterina Marietti (Bao Publishing), Stefania Simonini (Panini Comics)
        Moderated by
        Dirk Rehm (Reprodukt)
        18/10/2024
        15:00 — 15:50
        Arena | Italian Pavilion (Forum 1)
        #literaryprogramme

        Literature and civic engagement

        With
        Alessandro Baricco
        18/10/2024
        15:30 — 16:20
        Caffè Letterario | Italian Pavilion (Forum 1)
        #literaryprogramme
        #illustration

        The Grammar of Illustrated Fantasy

        With
        Beatrice Alemagna, Olimpia Zagnoli
        Moderated by
        Stefan Trinks (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung)
        18/10/2024
        15:30 — 16:20
        Room 2 | Italian Collective Stand Hall 5.0 (B44)
        #professionalprogramme
        #anniversaries
        #history

        Recounting Marco Polo’s extraordinary journey

        Regione Veneto
        With
        Giovanni Montanaro (writer and lawyer)
        18/10/2024
        16:00 — 16:50
        Arena | Italian Pavilion (Forum 1)
        #literaryprogramme
        #fiction

        The Importance of Being “Strega”

        With
        Donatella Di Pietrantonio, Stefano Petrocchi
        Moderated by
        Cristina Giordano (Cosmo/Westdeutscher Runfunk)
        18/10/2024
        16:30 — 17:20
        Caffè Letterario | Italian Pavilion (Forum 1)
        #literaryprogramme
        #fiction

        More in Translation

        With
        Marco Balzano, Paolo Nori
        Moderated by
        Maike Albath (Deutschlandfunk Kultur, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Die Zeit)
        18/10/2024
        16:30 — 17:20
        Room 1 | Italian Collective Stand Hall 5.0 (A22)
        #professionalprogramme

        Accademia della Crusca and Accademia dell'Arcadia, from History into the Future

        With
        Maurizio Campanelli (Accademia dell’Arcadia), Rosario Coluccia (Accademia della Crusca), Bernhard Huss (Italienzentrum di Berlino)
        Moderated by
        Harro Stammerjohann (Accademia della Crusca)
        Curated by
        Accademia della Crusca, Accademia dell’Arcadia
        18/10/2024
        17:00 — 17:50
        Arena | Italian Pavilion (Forum 1)
        #literaryprogramme
        #science

        The Science of the Future: in Search of the Perfect Balance between Freedom and Responsibility

        With
        Guido Barbujani, Massimo Sandal
        Moderated by
        Stefan Klein (Saggista)
        18/10/2024
        17:30 — 18:20
        Caffè Letterario | Italian Pavilion (Forum 1)
        #literaryprogramme
        #poetry

        Poems of love and humanity

        With
        Vivian Lamarque, Asmus Trautsch (Philosopher and poet)
        18/10/2024
        17:30 — 18:20
        Room 1 | Italian Collective Stand Hall 5.0 (A22)
        #literaryprogramme
        #Italy-Germany

        The return of the ghosts

        With
        Donatella Di Pietrantonio, Helena Janeczek, Katja Lange-Müller, Birgit Schönau
        18/10/2024
        18:00 — 20:00
        DFF – Deutsches Filminstitut & Filmmuseum, Schaumainkai 41, 60596 Frankfurt

        First theatre showing of Alessandro Melazzini’s docufilm “Italo Svevo. Scrivere nascosto a Trieste”

        18/10/2024
        19:30 — 21:30
        Teatro Oper Untermainanlage 11, 60311 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
        #ItalyinFrankfurt

        Events Opera: Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi, directed by Hendrik Müller and conducted by Giuseppe Mentuccia

        Work in three acts, booklet by Francesco Maria Piave, after a play by Victor Hugo (1851).
        19/10/2024
        10:00 — 10:50
        Arena | Italian Pavilion (Forum 1)
        #literaryprogramme

        The Flying Carpet of Fantasy

        With
        Chiara Carminati, Davide Morosinotto, Marta Palazzesi
        Moderated by
        Anna Vollmer (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung)
        19/10/2024
        10:30 — 11:20
        Caffè Letterario | Italian Pavilion (Forum 1)
        #literaryprogramme
        #fiction

        Seaside Towns and Ancient Villages

        With
        Vins Gallico, Sacha Naspini
        Moderated by
        Giulio Galoppo (Cosmo/Westdeutscher Runfunk)
        19/10/2024
        11:00 — 11:50
        Arena | Italian Pavilion (Forum 1)
        #literaryprogramme
        #history

        The Culture That Unites. Russia and Europe

        With
        Luca Beatrice, Luciano Mecacci
        Moderated by
        Pierfranco Bruni (Poet and Writer)
        19/10/2024
        11:30 — 12:20
        Caffè Letterario | Italian Pavilion (Forum 1)
        #literaryprogramme
        #fiction

        The Author in the Mirror

        With
        Daniele Mencarelli, Annette Kopetzki (Traduttrice)
        19/10/2024
        12:00 — 12:50
        Arena | Italian Pavilion (Forum 1)
        #timewitnesses
        #history

        Return Journey: Root Tourism

        With
        Riccardo Giumelli, Luigi Maria Vignali
        Moderated by
        To be confirmed
        19/10/2024
        12:30 — 13:20
        Caffè Letterario | Italian Pavilion (Forum 1)
        #literaryprogramme
        #fiction
        #science

        Of Uncertain Genesis

        With
        Erri De Luca, Guido Tonelli
        Moderated by
        Stefan Klein (Saggista)
        19/10/2024
        14:00 — 14:50
        Arena | Italian Pavilion (Forum 1)
        #literaryprogramme

        Discourse on Methodology

        With
        Elisabetta Dami, Felicia Kingsley, Nicola Lagioia, Daniele Mencarelli
        Led by
        Loretta Cavaricci (Journalist)
        19/10/2024
        14:00 — 14:50
        Room Venice International University - Manuzio and the book revolution | Italian Pavilion (Forum 1)
        #literaryprogramme

        Reading in the Dark®

        With
        Erin Doom, Erri De Luca, Clara Ori
        Moderated by
        Elisa Molinari (Fondazione LIA – Libri Italiani Accessibili)
        Curated by
        Fondazione LIA (Libri Italiani Accessibili)
        With the support of
        Italy Guest of Honour 2024 at the Frankfurt Book Fair
        19/10/2024
        14:30 — 15:20
        Caffè Letterario | Italian Pavilion (Forum 1)
        #literaryprogramme
        #illustration

        Everything is illustrated

        With
        Lorenzo Mattotti, Alessandro Sanna
        Moderated by
        Stefan Trinks (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung)
        19/10/2024
        15:30 — 16:20
        Caffè Letterario | Italian Pavilion (Forum 1)
        #literaryprogramme
        #fiction

        Every story is a place

        With
        Paolo Cognetti, Nicola Lagioia
        Moderated by
        Andreas Platthaus (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung)
        19/10/2024
        15:30 — 16:20
        Italian Collective Stand  Hall 5.0 (B44)
        #professionalprogramme

        Puglia and its museums. A sentimental journey

        Regione Puglia
        With
        Ferdinando Bossis (Casa editrice Sfera), Mimma Gattulli (Regione Puglia)
        19/10/2024
        16:00 — 17:00
        Arena | Italian Pavilion (Forum 1)
        #literaryprogramme
        #fiction

        Every Shade of Crime Fiction

        With
        Maurizio de Giovanni, Antonio Manzini
        Moderated by
        Alf Mayer (Cultur Mag)
        19/10/2024
        16:30 — 17:20
        Caffè Letterario | Italian Pavilion (Forum 1)
        #literaryprogramme
        #fiction

        You write Romance, You Read Bestsellers

        With
        Erin Doom, Felicia Kingsley
        Moderated by
        Thomas Sachsenmaier (BookToker)
        19/10/2024
        17:00 — 17:50
        Arena | Italian Pavilion (Forum 1)
        #literaryprogramme
        #fiction

        Homage to Andrea Camilleri

        Prologue by
        Antonio Sellerio (Sellerio Editore)
        Readings by
        Massimo Venturiello
        19/10/2024
        17:30 — 18:20
        Caffè Letterario | Italian Pavilion (Forum 1)
        #literaryprogramme
        #poetry

        Poems of Sea and Hills

        With
        Giuseppe Conte, Davide Rondoni
        Moderated by
        Pierfranco Bruni (Poet and Writer)
        19/10/2024
        17:30 — 18:20
        Room 2 | Italian Collective Stand Hall 5.0 (B44)
        #professionalprogramme

        Friuli Venezia Giulia: a place of words and stories

        Regione Friuli Venezia Giulia
        With
        Dario De Cristoforo (Italo Svevo), Antonella Fiaschi (FVG Writers' Association), Alberto Gaffi (Italo Svevo), Diego Marani, Mariaelena Porzio (FVG Writers’ Association)
        19/10/2024
        20:00 — 22:45
        Festival Hall Ludwig-Erhard-Anlage 1, 60327 Frankfurt am Main
        #ItalyinFrankfurt

        ©Messe Frankfurt GmbH / Sutera Events Grand finale at the Festhalle: Il Volo – Live in concert 2024

        Grand finale of the Italian presence in Frankfurt at the 2024 edition of the Buchmesse with passion, romance and emotion.
        20/10/2024
        10:00 — 10:50
        Arena | Italian Pavilion (Forum 1)
        #timewitnesses

        Neighbours in Culture and Context

        With
        Mario Anzil (Regione Friuli Venezia Giulia), Rodolfo Ziberna (Comune di Gorizia)
        20/10/2024
        10:30 — 11:20
        Caffè Letterario | Italian Pavilion (Forum 1)
        #literaryprogramme
        #art
        #fiction

        Genius, Passions and Mysteries of Art and Music

        With
        Rita Charbonnier, Luigi De Pascalis, Carlo Vecce
        Moderated by
        Giulio Galoppo (Cosmo/Westdeutscher Runfunk)
        20/10/2024
        10:30 — 11:20
        Room 2 | Italian Collective Stand Hall 5.0 (B44)
        #professionalprogramme

        Calvino unpublished: Italian politics in 1976

        National Library of Rome
        With
        Stefano Campagnolo (BNCR), Eleonora Cardinale (BNCR)
        20/10/2024
        11:00 — 11:50
        Arena | Italian Pavilion (Forum 1)
        #literaryprogramme
        #fiction
        #history

        The Power of Queens and Lions

        With
        Stefania Auci, Alessandra Necci
        Moderated by
        Anna Vollmer (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung)
        20/10/2024
        11:30 — 12:20
        Caffè Letterario | Italian Pavilion (Forum 1)
        #literaryprogramme
        #fiction
        #Italy-Germany

        Hunger, Modesty and Other Boundless Emotions

        With
        Maddalena Fingerle, Anna Giurickovic Dato
        Moderated by
        Andreas Pfeifer (ORF Berlin)
        20/10/2024
        12:00 — 12:50
        Arena | Italian Pavilion (Forum 1)
        #timewitnesses
        #spirituality

        The Culture That Unites. Religion and Roots

        With
        Rav Scialom Bahbout, Monsignor Francesco Moraglia
        Moderated by
        Nico Spuntoni (Journalist)
        20/10/2024
        12:30 — 13:20
        Caffè Letterario | Italian Pavilion (Forum 1)
        #literaryprogramme
        #comics
        #illustration

        Women and the World: Life and Adventure (Re)Drawn Through the Lens of Comics

        With
        Milo Manara
        Moderated by
        Andreas Platthaus (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung)
        20/10/2024
        16:00 — 16:50
        Arena | Italian Pavilion (Forum 1)

        Handover Ceremony with the Philippines

        With
        Alessandro Sanna