The Italian Book Club of Philadelphia

Want to explore new voices in Italian contemporary narrative, but you don't know the language?
There’s an entire world of literature out there.
Explore it with Rosanna Calabrò

Free and open to AIS MEMBERS    
​Books and Discussion will be in English on selected Thursday at 4:00 pm ET (ONLINE)

Fall 2024 Program

  • September, 19 at 4:00 pm The Unbreakable Heart of Oliva Denaro (Viola Denaro) by Viola Ardone, translated by Clarissa Botsford pp. 352

  • October, 17 at 4:00 pm: Ferocity (Ferocia) by Nicola Lagioia, translated by Antony Shugaar, Europa EdiEons (2017), pp. 464

  • November, 14 at 4:00 pm: A Life Apart (La vita accanto), by Mariapia Veladiano, translated by CrisEna ViE, MacLehose Press (2013), pp. 166

  • December, 12 at 4:00pm: Don’t tell me you are afraid (Non dirmi che hai paura) by Giuseppe Catozzella, translated by Anne Milano Appel, Penguin Random House (2016), pp. 25​

“The America-Italy Society of Philadelphia promotes friendship and cultural understanding between the Republic of Italy and the United States of America”