A new digital platform is born to serve the internationalisation of Italian book publishing: it will be presented on Thursday 11th June at 11.30 am. newitalianbooks.it, an initiative promoted by the Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana Treccani with the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, the Centro per il libro e la lettura (Ministry for Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism), in cooperation with the Associazione Italiana Editori (AIE).
Here below, the streaming on thursday 11 June at 11.30Functions and aims of the new platform will be illustrated in a digital press conference. Speakers will include Marina Sereni, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation; Massimo Bray, Editorial Director of the Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana; Lorenzo Angeloni, Director General for the promotion of the Country System (Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation); Romano Montroni, President of Cepell; Ricardo Franco Levi, President of AIE.
To follow, a forum on the international projection of Italian publishing, moderated by Cristina Faloci, with the participation of Helena Janeczek, winner of the Premio Strega 2018, and Federico Andornino, editor at Weidenfeld & Nicolson (London).
The event will also be promoted through the network of 83 Italian Cultural Institutes of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, on the Cepell Facebook page www.facebook.com/cepell andon the AIE www.aie.it
For further information:
redazione@newitalianbooks.it
