The Association of independent bookstores for children was born in Parma in 2006, when Silvia Barbagallo – in the wake of the French experience of Librairies Sorcières – rallied the booksellers of independent bookstores for children. The desire to put together the stories of individuals to exchange and spread the most beautiful children’s books has

An historian has unearthed the first unseen Sherlock Holmes story in more than 80 years that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote to help save a town bridge. Walter Elliot, 80, found the 1,300-word tale starring the famous detective in a collection of short stories written for a local bazaar. The wooden bridge in the Scottish

IndieBound is a big US portal dedicated to books and independent bookstores that sell them. Developed in collaboration between the members of the independent libraries of the American Booksellers Association, IndieBound wants to support the power of the local shopping: independent bookstores have always occupied a special place in American communities as places where you

n Merano there is a special place: the archive of the artist’s book for children Ó.P.L.A (Oasi Per Libri Artistici – Artistic Books Oasis). Project coordinated by Barbara Nestico and with the expert advice of Marcia Corraini, the archive comes from the desire to bring together the work of many artists (painters, sculptors, designers…) that

In the middle of the fifteenth century, the lord of Ferrara, Borso d’Este, wanted a sumptuous Bible decorated with splendid miniatures to be made. He worked on it for six years, from 1455 to 1461, a team of artists, among the most famous of the time, as Taddeo Crivelli and Franco dei Russi, illuminators that

Fiori di tarlo (worm flowers) – Small holes visible on the surface of the paper or in the binding resulting from the wormhole; the insect can also produce tiny granules in proximity of the holes. Fioriture (Blooms) – Alterations of the appearance of the page surface of a book or of the blanket, caused by

It takes courage to publish poetry today. But on Thursday, April 24th in Parma two publishers have shown that someone still has that courage. In the Borri Room of the Palazzo Giordani were presented two anthologies to the numerous audience: Lo stesso dolore e altre poesie nel tempo (1949-1966) [The same pain and other poems