Jack London and Italo Svevo in the shopping basket: the boom in books bought in supermarkets Publisher Rusconi strikes a deal with major retailers and tops the bestseller lists by Sara Scarafia 26 October 2026
Franco Arminio. When Italy lost its small villages ‘Terracarne’ is back – the work with which the writer established that ‘sentimental science’ known as ‘paesology’. It all began with the earthquake in Irpinia by Serenella Iovino 26 October 2026
From the outskirts to the corridors of power “La strada” by Augusto Rubei, a coming-of-age novel for those who made it and those who didn’t by Francesco Bei 26 October 2026
Art Basel Paris closes early due to protests, but business remains resilient Street protests in France have shortened the duration of the major contemporary art fair. But business continues. Who’s buying? The wealthy members of Gen Z by Brunella Torresin 25 October 2026
Chandra Candiani: “Living without hurting is the revolution” A Buddhist, environmentalist and recluse, one of the most beloved female poets returns with a new collection. In a world ablaze, verses to help you rediscover yourself and the silence that allows you to ask: “How am I?” by Sara Scarafia 25 October 2026
“My mother, Carla Lonzi, who always loved me, even when she ran away” Battista Lena speaks – husband of Francesca Archibugi, who has made a documentary about the feminist pioneer by Annalisa Cuzzocrea 25 October 2026
A hand of tarot cards in the great game of the world From finance to natural resources, from big tech to hybrid warfare: Maurizio Molinari’s maps by Gianni Riotta 25 October 2026
Twenty of these Schiappe: it’s a celebration for the special 300-million-copy milestone of the “Diario” Plenty of events to celebrate the new, important chapter in the humour series written and illustrated by Jeff Kinney, which has always been a bestseller worldwide. Here are all the events by Ilaria Zaffino 24 October 2026
I met Thomas Pynchon or perhaps it was AI He has sold twenty million books, has not been seen in public for decades and has never given a book launch or a reading at the theatre by Gabriele Romagnoli 24 October 2026
Eva Langret, director of the Frieze art fair: “London remains the centre of the contemporary art world” The curator takes stock of the edition that has just concluded. And explains why art remains a key to understanding the reality in which we live by Lara Crinò 23 October 2026
Opera as a means of cultural and personal growth. And it’s good for all of us Performances blend tradition and innovation alongside educational initiatives and activities designed to engage younger audiences. Because theatre helps society to grow 23 October 2026
The Sicilian town of Monreale is the Italian Book Capital for 2027 The town near Palermo won with a project that combines local identity with national and international outreach, a focus on younger generations and multilingualism by Ilaria Zaffino 23 October 2026
Ryu Murakami, the Japanese writer behind ‘Tokyo Decadence’, has died He was 74. His works explored the excesses and anxieties of contemporary society by Raffaella De Santis 23 October 2026
Deborah Levy: “We are all panic attacks; I’ve written a play to tell that story” The South African-born writer’s play *50 Minutes* is being staged for the first time in Italy, at the Teatro della Cometa in Rome. Here, alongside director Tine Milz, she explains why theatre may not be able to change the world, but it can change the way we view ourselves and others in these dark t… by Lara Crinò 23 October 2026
A Journey in Search of Lost Empathy Mario Calabresi’s new book: eight voices, eight stories to help us look at the world with confidence once more by - 23 October 2026
The maestro and Kamila an asymmetrical story of a mad desire Leonetta Bentivoglio reconstructs, in the form of a novel, the passionate relationship between the Czech composer Leoš Janáček and his muse in the early 20th century by Maurizio Crosetti 23 October 2026
Janice Hadlow and ‘The Other Bennet Sister’: ‘I’m rewriting Austen and give to the invisible ones” The author has dedicated a novel – which has also been adapted into a TV series – to Mary from *Pride and Prejudice*. Giving her, today, a chance to shine by Sara Scarafia 23 October 2026
Imperial bust, possibly of Augustus, sparks auction record for Roman art The marble sculpture was sold by Sotheby’s in New York for over 30 million euros. It depicts an emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty by Ilaria Zaffino 22 October 2026
One hundred years of ‘Fiesta’, the novel of the lost generation On 22 October 1926, Ernest Hemingway’s first book was published. A group of young British and American expats in Paris travelled to Spain to watch the bullfights. Yet these twenty-somethings, full of dreams, had only just left the abyss of the Great War behind them. A century later, writers and sch… by Sara Scarafia 22 October 2026
Rebecca Yarros, the ‘Queen of Dragons’ with 22 million copies sold In three years she has become a phenomenon. Every new romantasy novel is a major event. And to think that nobody wanted to publish her stories by Sara Scarafia 22 October 2026