Main Stage – Columbus Centre Lower Gallery
| TIME | PRESENTATION | PRESENTERS | DESCRIPTION |
| 10 am | Dal libro allo schermo – Adapting movies to the screen |
Moderator: Cristiano de Florentiis |
Panel discussion with two Italian-Canadian writers whose books have recently been adapted for the screen. With experts contributing an industry perspective, offering a historical film context discussing the technical issues of screenwriting. Co-presented with ICFF – Italian Contemporary Film Festival |
| 11:30 am | Labour and the Italian Candian Community | Marino Toppan
Orlando Buonastella Moderator: |
Presentation of the book Voice of Labour which bears witness and chronicles the labour issues and history in the Italian Canadian community and beyond. |
| 12:15 pm | La vita quotidiana nel ghetto di Ferrara nel settecento | Prof. Elio Costa
Daniele Bartolini |
Realtà storica e rappresentazione letteraria in un manoscritto anonimo dalla prima metà del Settecento, in dialetto ferrarese che illustra le condizioni di vita quotidiana nel ghetto ebraico di Ferrara e le strategie di sopravvivenza di fronte alle restrizioni imposte dalle autorità ecclesiastiche del tempo. Con illustrazioni, e con la lettura-recitazione di alcuni brani dal testo. Il manoscritto sarà esposto per tutta la durata del festival. Presentato da Associazione Amarcord Emilianoromagnoli e Dopolavoro Teatrale. |
| 1:30 pm | Lunch Pause | ||
| 2 pm | Accenti Magazine Awards | Winners to be announced
Moderator: Domenic Cusmano |
Winners of Accenti’s photo and writing contests announced. There will be an exhibit of winning photo available throughout the day and during the presentations there will be readings of excerpts of winning stories. |
| 2:20 pm | The Italian Piazza: Book presentation and slide show | Vincenzo Pietropaolo
Moderator: Domenic Cusmano |
Presentation of “Where Angels Come to Earth: An Evocation of the Italian Piazza” on Italy’s squares and their role in history and civic life. Longbridge Books. |
| 3 pm | Spring Showcase | Students from Accademia dei ragazzi
Moderators: Luca Buiani, Luca Marchetti |
Gli allievi dell’ Accademia dei Ragazzi presenteranno i lavori che hanno preparato in classe durante l’anno. |
| 3:45 pm | In conversazione con Simona Novacco | Simona Novacco | Presentazione dell’ultima opera di Simona Novacco, scrittrice italiana. Guerra bambina e’ un libro che unisce l’essenzialità della poesia e la forza delle immagini in un tentativo di descrivere la guerra ai più piccoli e dare voce a tutti quei bambini che la guerra sono costretti a viverla ogni giorno, ma resistono mentre tutti gli uomini crollano sotto il peso delle loro colpe. Questo volume è il libro vincitore del Premio Books for Peace 2018 sezione Poesia, tema violenza. Presentato dall’Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Toronto |
| 4:45 pm | Diaspora Dialogues | Gina Valle | Presenting the Diaspora Dialogues series held at Columbus Centre |
| 5 pm | Tramandare: dal racconto orale alla trascrizione manuale ai social media | • Bruna Bertoni • Gianna Patriarca • Daniela Sanzone |
Capturing lives lived and passing them on to future generations can happen in many forms and many shapes. This panel explores the work of 3 authors and the different means they have used to tell the story of someone’s life. |
| 6 pm | New Releases in Italian Canadian Fiction and Non Fiction | • Angelo Bolotta (Daring to Dream) • Rosanna Micelotta Battigelli (La Brigantessa) • Mike Pilla (Goodbye Irpinia) Moderator: Licia Canton |
Authors will read excerpts of their latest works and discuss common themes guided by the moderator. Presented by Guernica Editions, Inanna Publications, Bibliotheka |
| 7 pm | New Releases in Italian Canadian Poetry | • Pino Coluccio (Class Clown) • Luciano Iacobelli (Dolor Midnight) • Giovanna Riccio (Plastic’s Republic) Moderator: Josie Di Sciascio Andrews |
Authors will read excerpts of their latest works and discuss common themes guided by the moderator.
Presented by Biblioasis, Quattro Books and Guernica Editions |
| TIME | AUTHOR | TITLE | PUBLISHER |
| 11:30 am | Ken Cancellara | Finding Marco | Self-published |
| 12:15 pm | Licia Canton | The Pink House and Other Stories | Longbridge Books |
| 1:00 pm | Carlo Consiglio | Quanno tramonta ‘o sole | Self-published |
| 1:45 pm | Daniela Sanzone | La Guerra secondo Michele | Pagine |
| 2:30 pm | Nino Famà | Il sogno di Toloma | Luigi Pellegrini Editore |
| TIME | PRESENTATION | PRESENTERS | MODERATORS | DESCRIPTION |
| 10 am | Dal libro allo schermo – Adapting movies to the screen | Antonio Nicaso
Ken Cancellara Alessandra Piccione Carlo Coen |
Cristiano de Florentiis | Co-presented with ICFF Panel discussion with two Italian-Canadian writers whose books have recently been adapted for the screen. With experts contributing an industry perspective, offering a historical film context discussing the technical issues of screenwriting |
| 11:30 am | Toppan – Voice of labour | Marino Toppan
Orlando Buonastella |
Michela Di Marco | Presentation of the book Voice of Labour which bears witness and chronicles the labour issues and history in the Italian Canadian community and beyond |
| 12:15 pm
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Manoscritto Ferrarese | Prof. Elio Costa
Daniele Bartolini |
Co presented with Amarcord and Dopolavoro Sociale. Linguistics, history and journalling intersect in this presentation of an original manuscript from the 1700s written by a Ferrarese from the local jewish community. An account of daily life in a long lost dialect. The presentation is enriched by slides and a dramatized reading |
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| 1:30 pm | Lunch pause | |||
| 2 pm | Accenti Awards presentation | To be announced | Domenic Cusmano | Presenting the winner of the Winner announcement. Spend a few minutes speaking with each winner to tell us about their work and read a short passage (7 minutes each) |
| 2:20 pm | The Italian Piazza: Book presentation and slide show | Vincenzo Pietropaolo | Domenic Cusmano | Presentation of “Where Angels Come to Earth: An Evocation of the Italian Piazza” on Italy’s squares and their role in history and civic life. Longbridge Books. |
| 3 pm | Spring Showcase | Students from Accademia dei ragazzi | Luca Buiani
Luca Marchetti |
The students from Accademia dei Ragazzi Italian school will present their work |
| 3:45 pm
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In conversazione con Simona Novacco | Simona Novacco | Autore ospite dall’ Italia Presentazione dell’ultima opera di Simona Novacco: Guerra bambina. Un libro che unisce l’essenzialità della poesia e la forza delle immagini per in un tentativo di descrivere la guerra a piu’ piccoli e per dare voce a tutti quei bambini che la guerra sono costretti a viverla ogni giorno, ma resistono mentre tutti gli uomini crollano sotto il peso delle loro colpe. Questo volume è il libro vincitore del Premio Books for Peace 2018 sezione Poesia, tema violenza. |
| 5 pm | Tramandare: dal racconto orale alla trascrizione manuale ai social media. | Bruna Bertoni
Gianna Patriarca Daniela Sanzone |
Capturing lives lived and passing them on to future generations can happen in many forms and many shapes. This panell explores the work of 3 authors and the different means they have used to tell the storyof someone’s life | |
| 6 pm | New Releases in Italian Canadian Fiction and Non Fiction | Angelo Bolotta (Daring to Dream)
Rosanna Micelotta Battigelli Mike Pilla |
Licia Canton | Presented by Guernica Editions, Inanna Publications, Bibliotheka |
| 7 pm
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New Releases in Italian Canadian Poetry | Pino Coluccio (Class Clown) Luciano Iacobelli (Dolor Midnight) Giovanna Riccio (Plastic’s Republic) |
Josie Di Sciascio Andrews | Latest poetry work presented by Bilbioasis, Quattro Books and Guernica Editions, |
Children’s Stage- Upstairs Library
| TIME | EVENT | WRITER/PERFORMER | DESCRIPTION | AGE GROUP |
| 11 am | Italian Poetry Reading | Centro Scuola e Cultura Italiana students | The students enrolled in Italian classes will recite a selection of Italian poetry | 8 years and up |
| 11:45 am | I Call My Grandmother Nonna | Bruna di Giuseppe Bertoni | Bruna Di Giuseppe Bertoni, a social worker by trade and a writer and painter at heart, will read from her children’s book, I Call My Grandmother Nonna | 4 to 7 |
| 12:30 pm | Italian Circle Time | Toronto Public LIbrary | Gina Fabiano, from the Toronto Public Library – Downsview Branch, will read all-time children’s favourites. | 4 to 7 |
| 1:15 pm | “Storis nostris”
Story Time in Friulian Language |
Mattia Bello | Did you know that Italian is not the only language native to Italy? Join Mattia Bello, a teacher and Friulian language instructor, as he tells stories in the language of the region of Friuli | 7 to 10 |
| 2pm | The Bella Graphic
Novels: Adventures Growing Up Italian- Canadian |
Terri Favro
Ron Edding |
Terri is the writer, Ron is the artist. Together they’ve created a unique graphic novel about Bella, an Italian Canadian girl in St. Catharines. Join them as they talk about their work and follow up with a hands-on workshop on drawing comic book faces and emotions — kids and parents welcome! | 12 and up |
| 3pm | Commedia dell’arte and Mime Show | Children from Accademia dei ragazzi | The junior class leads a presentation on some of the regional masks from Italy’s Commedia dell’ Arte, while the senior class presents the ancient art of the pantomime through their own poetic text and mime show. | 6 and up |
| 4 pm | High on the Mountain, Deep in the Sea. Tales of Magic and Wonder from Italy | Mariella Bertelli | From Venetian shores to the coast of the Tyrrhenian Sea, professional storyteller Mariella Bertelli brings us enchanting stories of folk heroines and heroes, where spells and magic change fates and fortunes. | All ages |
EXHIBITION – Mezzanine
| TIME | PRESENTER | DESCRIPTION | PUBLISHER |
| All day | Diversity Matters by Gina Valle | Horizons – An exhibit of illustrations and excerpts capturing the spirit of the multilingual children’s book The Best Of All Worlds | At One Press – A Division of Diversity Matters |
