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  • Saturday 12 settembre 4 pm As part of the Festival del Libro e del Viaggio I will be interviewed by Sebastiana Gangemi on the topic "Ithaka and Ulysses between Myth and Realitity. The talk will be based on my "Itaca", published seven years ago, which thanks to the recent renewed interest for the "Odissey" is back on the road. Is the present-day Ithaka the real island of Ulysses? How is Ithaka described by Homer? Are there places on the island which match the descriptions in the "Odyssey"? Are there archeological remains which justify the identification with the island described in the poem? Which mysteries still need to be solved? We will discuss these and other topics in the course of the event. ...

  • An amazing format! Books on places and landscape presented in the course and at the end of simple hikes in the countryside of Pistoia, with a communal meal topping the experience off at the end. Nature & writing. ...

  • 26/9/25 - Interview with RSI on the occasion of the celebrations for the centenary of Gore Vidal's birth....

  • 11/10/25 - Official launch of Otto passi sul Reno at the On the Road bookshop in Florence. For an event to remember I've chosen the independent bookshop of my heart, packed with an enthusiastic public, and the ever brilliant Martina Castagnoli....

  • The second year of the "Leggere il viaggio" Book Club begins at the On the Road bookstore in Florence. Among the authors we have already read together: Annemarie Schwarzenbach, George Gissing, Nicolas Bouvier, Tiziano Terzani, Patrick Leigh Fermor, Freya Stark......

  • 28/11/25 - The "Love my Way" association in Florence has played host to the first presentation in Italy of the anthology "Distorsioni. Poesia italiana queer dell'ultracontemporaneità", edited by Alessandro Brusa and Sonia Caporossi. Proud to have been the first to introduce this important work to the public. We have mostly read, ours and other poets' texts....

  • An evening dedicated to poetry listening. The complete reading of my collection "Anno naturale" at sunset, in the garden of the "Itaca" cultural centre....