Recent Posts Tagged With 'literature'

• The Silent Duchess by Dacia Maraini

  Posted on Monday June 8th, 2009 at 13:08 in books, literature, history

  Winner of the Premio Campiello (Italy's equivalent of the National Book Award) I'm always excited to get my hands on translated Italian novels. I stumbled across this book while surfing an on-line book store. So I ordered it and just finished readi...

• Interview with Diane Hales - Author of La Bella Lingua

  Posted on Friday June 5th, 2009 at 19:00 in Culture, books, literature, history, language, tradition

  Welcome, I’m so glad to have this opportunity to chat with you. Can you share with my readers the essence of your book and why you penned it?Twenty-some years ago I started studying Italian simply to be able to speak with Italians on our travels. ...

• F. Marion Crawford - Italian American Author

  Posted on Friday March 27th, 2009 at 09:16 in books, literature, artists, people, history

  Every once in a while we discover a new author who fast becomes one of our favourites. Recently, I discovered such an author. Like any new discovery, I’m suddenly very excited about it. I’m always searching for all things Italian to blog about...

• The Feast of the Seven Fishes

  Posted on Tuesday December 16th, 2008 at 10:01 in Culture, holidays, literature, tradition

  Written by Robert TinnellArt by Ed Piskor and Alex SaviukRecipes by Shannon TinnellClick here to view The Feast of the Seven Fishes Promotional TrailerAnyone of Italian heritage will be familiar with the delectable seafood meals regularly enjoyed eve...

• Interview with Author Robert Tinnell

  Posted on Tuesday December 16th, 2008 at 09:49 in Culture, holidays, literature, tradition

  It's with great pleasure that I'd like to share with you a new favourite author of mine. Robert Tinnell wrote The Feast of the Seven Fishes, a graphic novel and a romantic comedy about an Italian family's celebration of Christmas Eve. The novel inc...

• Omerta by Mario Puzo

  Posted on Saturday December 6th, 2008 at 08:41 in Culture, literature, people

  Omerta is the final novel in a trilogy about the Mafia. It was written during the last three years of Mario Puzo's life. The first novel in the trilogy was The Godfather in which Puzo introduced us to the Corleone family. The second novel, The Las...

• The Ruby Ring

  Posted on Saturday November 15th, 2008 at 15:54 in literature

  I am currently reading The Ruby Ring by Diane Haeger and am very much enjoying it. It is a love story between Raphael Sanzio, famous painter, and the woman he used as a model, Margherita Luti. The novel has me totally entranced. I'm enjoying the v...

• Featured Author

  Posted on Friday October 17th, 2008 at 11:04 in literature, arts, bloodstone castle

  I'm so honored to announce that during the week of October 19th to 25th, I'm the Featured Author at The Historical Novel Review. I big hearty thanks to Lisa Yarde for preparing and promoting the interview. I'll be giving away a copy of my latest nov...