Festival of Italian and Irish Literature in Ireland

The Italian Institute of Culture is happy to organise the second edition of the Festival of Italian and Irish Literature in Ireland – FIILI – in collaboration with Irish PEN/PEN na hÉireann and Trinity College Dublin and with the support of Literature Ireland, Trinity Centre for Literary and Cultural Translation, Embassy of Switzerland in Ireland and Society of Italian Studies. Partners: International Books, NewItalianBooks, Discover Irish Children’s Books and The Company Books.

The second edition will focus on the theme ‘Wor(l)ds of Change’ and will include a rich series of conversations with Italian and Irish authors.

This year, the Festival will last three days. The first (Friday, September 27) and the last (Sunday, September 29) will be dedicated to translation and children’s literature, while Saturday, September 28 will feature thematic panels with the writers. Simultaneous translation Italian-English-Italian will be available the 28th September.

Confirmed attending guest writers:
• Domenico Starnone
• Sinéad Gleeson
• Igiaba Scego
• Andrea Fazioli (Switzerland)
• Éanna Ní Lamhna
• Laura Imai Messina
• Rónán Hession
• Stephen Sexton
• Dario Levantino
• Enrico Terrinoni
• Franca Mancinelli
• Viviana Fiorentino
• Andrea Carter
• Fabio Deotto
• Celia de Fréine
• Sarah Webb

Panelists and Translators: Lucy Rand, Gaia Baldassarri, Brian Robert Moore, Lynsey Reed (Literature Ireland), Paolo Grossi (Newitalianbooks)

Moderators: James Hadley (TCLCT), Stefania Glockner Graziano (Association Notre Italie), Neil Hegarty (Irish PEN/PEN na hÉireann), Anna Gasperini (U. Galway)

Curators: Catherine Dunne (Irish PEN/PEN na hÉireann), Enrica Ferrara (TCD), Marco Gioacchini (IIC)

The encounters will take place:
• 27th September: at the Italian Institute of Culture, 11 Fitzwilliam Square East
• 28th September: at Trinity Long Room Hub – Trinity College Dublin, Nassau St.
• 29th September: at the Italian Institute of Culture, 11 Fitzwilliam Square East