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When: Tuesday, May 23 · 6 - 7:30pm EDT - Where: I AM Books 124 Salem Street Boston, MA 02113 United States The second largest Italian island and a keystone in Mediterranean history, Sardinia is known largely as the playground of the global jet-set, the Blue Zone phenomenon and bandits. Award-winning historian, journalist, travel writer Jeff Biggers...

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The Leopard – Il Gattopardo, in Italian – is a book published in 1958 and written by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa (1896-1957). The author didn’t live to see his work printed and made public as it came out a year after his death and in its full edition in 1969. The book gained immediate success and was awarded the Strega prize in 1959. Against the b...

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One morning in July, a girl is dragged away from her homeland, reduced to slavery, and sold by human traffickers. From the wild plateaus of the Caucasus to the Black Sea, from Constantinople to Venice, from Florence to Vinci. When she arrives in Italy, everything has been taken from her – her body, her dreams, her future, her land, and her ancient...

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Our bookshelves are filling up with Italian vacation inspiration. This year, author Katie Parla debuted the “Food of the Italian Islands” cookbook that will tempt you to book a trip to Sardinia and Sicily, and Maria Pasquale released “The Eternal City” on Rome’s culinary traditions. Then the godfather of European travel, Rick Steves, published his...

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Wednesday, April 19, 2023. From 6:00 pm To 7:30 pm. Istituto Italiano di Cultura - 686 Park Ave, New York, NY. Entrance: Free. Book now here. Event in Italian. Author Giulia Silvia Ghia in conversation with Fabio Finotti, IIC-NY Director, presents her book "Vademecum per i mecenati della cultura." The talk wants to answer some interesting questions...

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Josephine Pasquarello discusses her families arrival to Philadelphia in the late 1800’s and her book “Life’s Journey”. Josephine is the tenth child of an immigrant Italian woman who is the heroine of this book. She is a wife, mother, and grandmother, living in the suburbs of Philadelphia. She graduated from West Philly Catholic Girls’ High School i...

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Readers of the Boston.com Book Club had their minds on vacation this month as we read Elin Hilderbrand’s “Hotel Nantucket” and asked the writers among you to share your own vacation stories. In the latest novel by the “queen of beach reads,” protagonist Lizbet takes on the general manager of a Nantucket Hotel burdened with construction problems and...

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When: Saturday, April 22 · 6 - 9pm PDT - Where: The Italian American Museum of Los Angeles 644 North Main Street Los Angeles, CA 90012 The Italian American Museum of Los Angeles (IAMLA) presents a conversation with Adriana Trigiani, moderated by Cara Mia DiMassa. Adriana’s latest novel, The Good Left Undone, was an instant New York Times best-selle...

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In ‘Leap of Faith,' author Emanuele George Scalco takes readers on a journey through the struggles and triumphs of an Italian immigrant in 1950s America. With vivid descriptions and relatable characters, the memoir paints a powerful picture of the American Dream and the sacrifices made to achieve it. The author takes readers on a journey through th...

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Fans of beloved children's writer and illustrator Tomie dePaola will be able to get stamps honoring the "Strega Nona" author in just a few weeks. The U.S. Postal Service said the stamps will be released on May 5. dePaola, a longtime New Hampshire resident whose books sold nearly 25 million copies, died in 2020 at 85 years old. The Forever stamp sho...

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