“Burning passion” to feel like a professional publisher, said the Italian Filippo Bernandini, who posed as an agent and publisher to the authors in order to obtain manuscripts of their new books before they were published. In his testimony, disclosed by The Bookseller website, Bernandini did not intend to reveal the contents of the books, but to “keep them to himself”. Writers such as Margaret Atwood (pictured), Sally Rooney and Ian McEwan fell into his trap. Bernandini pleaded guilty to wire fraud in January in a New York court, admitting to stealing more than 1,000 manuscripts.

Greek presence in Bologna

Through twenty events, seven film screenings, two exhibitions and a mission that included 14 Greek authors, translators and illustrators and more than 120 publishers, the Ministry of Culture organized the Greek Representation, which received the title of an honorary market in the International Children’s Book. Bologna Fair. The Greek pavilion featured over 1,000 titles of books, as well as exhibitions of Greek literary comics organized by Comicdom CON Athens and Greek children’s book illustrators curated by the illustradays team.

Libraries of the future

After establishing the “Biblioteca nel metro” (Library in the Metro), Milan is launching another innovation: the installation of lockers and safes in different parts of the city, so that technology merges with culture to create new forms of use and learning. “Smart Lockers” allow patrons to pick up reserved books at any time outside of library hours. They also offer the option to rent CDs, DVDs, audio books and magazines. The new “smart lockers” have already been installed at the Gallarat Library at the Bonola Shopping Center and at the Accursio Library. In addition, seven return boxes in other parts of the city are activated.