Librissimi - Toronto Italian Book Festival 2018
Columbus Centre - 901 Lawrence Avenue West
Saturday May 5th 2018 - 10 am to 6 pm
Opening Cocktails - Friday May 4th 6:30 pm
FREE ADMISSION
We are proud to present in this first edition of the Festival, an impressive line-up of writers, from the seasoned and well-know trailblazers to the younger authors adding their generation’s point of view. Thanks to our Programming Partners we can welcome writers from around the corner and from far away. Be sure to check them all out. Click on their names to view their biography.
| Name | Panel | Stage | Presenting | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mattia Bello | Storis Nostris – Friulian Story Time | Children’s Stage | ||
| Mariella Bertelli | High on the Mountain, Deep in the Sea. Tales of Magic and Wonder from Italy | Children’s Stage | ||
| Joseph Cafiso | Moderator Romanzo – Telling Italian stories in Canada | Main Stage | ||
| Ken Cancellara | Independent Authors Space | |||
| Licia Canton | Independent Authors Space | The Pink House and Other Stories | Longbridge Books | |
| Domenico Capilongo | Poetry | Main Stage | Send | Guernica Editions |
| Domenic Cusmano | Moderator The Making of an Anthology: People, Places, Passages | Main | ||
| Gabriele Dadati | In Conversation with | Main Stage | L’ultima notte di Canova | Baldini + Castoldi |
| Rocco de Giacomo | Poetry Panel | Main Stage | Brace Yourselves | Quattro |
| Rina Del Nin Cralli | Poetry Panel | Main Stage | From Friuli | Longbridge |
| Bruna Di Giuseppe Bertoni | Nonna and other stories | Children’s Stage | I Call My Grandmother Nonna | Self |
| Ron Edding | Graphic Novel – the making of Bella | Children’s Stage | Bella and the Facer Street Gang | Grey Borders |
| Gina Fabiano | Italian Circle Time | Children’s Stage | ||
| Silvia Falsaperla | Tribute to Venera Fazio | Main Stage | ||
| Nino Fama | Independent Authors Stage | Il sogno di Toloma | Luigi Pellegrini | |
| Terri Favro | Graphic Novel – the making of Bella | Children’s Stage | Bella and the Facer Street Gang | Grey Borders |
| Luca Fiorentini | Moderator In Conversation with Gabriele Dadati | Main | ||
| Sara Galli | Commedia dell’ Arte and Mime Show | Children’s Stage | ||
| Paolo Granata | Storia del libro | Main Stage | ||
| Marc Labriola | Romanzo: Telling Italian Stories in Canada | Main Stage | Dying Behaviour of Cats | Quattro |
| Luca Marchetti | Accademia dei ragazzi | Children’s Stage | Poesia e piccolo recita degli allievi | |
| Robert Marrone | Romanzo: Telling Italian Stories in Canada | Main Stage | The New Vine | Guernica Editions |
| Rosanna Micelotta Battigelli | Moderator Venera Fazio Tribute | Main Stage | ||
| Caroline Morgan Di Giovanni | AICW anthology presentation | Main Stage | ||
| Antonio Nicaso | Presenting Fiumi d’oro | Main Stage | Presenting Fiumi d’oro: How ‘drangheta invests its cocaine money in legitimate economy. | Mondadori |
| Gianna Patriarca | Romanzo: Telling Italian Stories in Canada | Main Stage | All My Fallen Angelas | Inanna Publications |
| Delia Petrucci De Santis | The Making of an Anthology: People, Places, Passages
Tribute to Venera Fazio | Main Stage | People, Places, Passages | Longbridge Books |
| Enrica Piccado | Moderator History of Books | Main | ||
| Antonio Ricci | History of books | Main Stage | ||
| Alessandro Ruggera | Moderator Italian As Spoken in Canada | Main Stage | ||
| Daniela Sanzone | Independent Authors Space | La guerra secondo Michele | Pagine | |
| Barbara Turchetta | Italian as Spoken in Canada | Main Stage | ||
| Gina Valle | Horizons Exhibit | Mezzanine | The Best of All Wolrds | At One Press |
| Massimo Vedovelli | Italian as Spoken in Canada | Main Stage |
