On 11 June a videoconference was held to present the new portal New Italian Books for the promotion of Italian publishing abroad, initiative organized by the Istituto dell’Enciclopedia Italiana Treccani with the support of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and the Ministry for Cultural Heritage and Activities and for Tourism, in collaboration with the Italian Association of Publishers (AIE). The digital press conference illustrated the functions and aims of the new platform.
Speakers included Marina Sereni, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Massimo Bray, Publishing Director of the Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana (Institute of Italian Encyclopedia), 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.
A forum on the international projection of Italian publishing followed, moderated by Cristina Faloci, with the participation of Helena Janeczek, winner of the Premio Strega (Strega Award) 2018, and Federico Andornino, publisher at Weidenfeld & Nicolson (London).
The event was also enhanced 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) and on the AIE (Italian Publishers Association) website (www.aie.it).
To review the speech of the Vice Minister Marina Sereni and the videoconference and for more information click here.
