With Matteo Guidi and Francesca De Carolis. Cooking in Maximum Security was compiled by Matteo Guidi, working with people detained in the high surveillance sections of Italian prisons, through a continuous exchange of letters between 2009 and 2013. This book explains the methods and strategies prisoners use to cook in their cells with few available resources. Making kitchen tools before one can even begin to gather ingredients is a priority in this cookbook. In additi

Ivano Atzori in conversation with Chiara Capodici Ivano Atzori, a multifaceted artist, announces the publication of his new book, PRESENTE CONTINUO,spanning over 350 pages of photographs and texts, the book serves as a tool to explore Atzori's cross-disciplinary identity. PRESENTE CONTINUO traces Atzori’s artistic and personal journey, offering a reflection on how art can interpret the present, sparking questions and suggestions. The book gathers the voices and intimate viewpoints of th

With Matteo de Mayda and Daria Scolamacchia. Brilla Sempre (Keep Shining) is a tribute by Matteo de Mayda to the places where his mother worked as a cleaner. The book opens with these words: “My mother passed away on March 28, 2023, after eighteen years of illness. Her name was Serenella. On her identity card she was listed as a ‘cleaner,’ because she always cleaned apartment blocks, staircases, courtyards, and parking lots in Treviso.” Thes

See you in Piazza Vittorio for the legendary market fair that livens up the square every third Sunday of the month! At 11 am, we will participate ito the talk LUCI SULLE LIBRERIE INDIPENDENTI. UNA MAPPA DI ROMA PER BIBLIOMANTI (Spotlight on Independent Bookstores: A Map of Rome for Bibliophiles): A debate based on Claudia Morgagni's book, Librerie indipendenti della città di Roma (Independent Bookstores in the City of Rome), together with Stefano Ciav

Listening to Erika talk about her adventures as a beekeeper is always a fascinating experience, even more so, needless to say, when we can listen to her during a tasting of the different honeys collected from May to August in Rome and the Lazio countryside, where the Stadtbienenhonig hives are home to bees that are given maximum freedom to explore the territory and create their own living spaces. Stadtbienenhonig (city bee honey) started in 2007 on