Nicola Lagioia, Italy’s most critically acclaimed contemporary novelist, won the 2015 Strega Prize, Italy’s most prestigious literary award, with Ferocity. His novels have also won the Volponi, Straniero, and Viareggio literary awards. In 2010, he was named one of Italy’s best writers under 40. He is a jury member of the Venice Film Festival and the program director of the 2017 Turin Book Fair. Lagioia is a contributor to Italy’s most prominent culture pages. He was born in Bari, and lives in Rome. Ferocity is his English-language debut.
Wordfest 2017 on
Sun, 15 October 2017; 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM MDT
Sidewalk Citizen Bakery, 618 Confluence Way SW, Calgary, Alberta T2G 0G1
Cost: $55
The Vancouver Writers Fest on
Tuesday, October 17; 8:00pm – 12:00am
Performance Works, 1218 Cartwright St., Vancouver
Cost: $26
IFOA – International Festival of Authors on
October 22 2017 – 4:00 PM
Join Nicola Lagioia, Rachel Manley, Eduard Márquez, Jean E. Pendziwol and Mary Walsh as they read from their latest works.
October 22 2017 – 6:00 PM
Encounter Italian author Nicola Lagioia, David Machado from Portugal, Immanuel Mifsud from Malta and French novelist Sylvain Prudhomme, and discover today’s European literature’s rising generation.
October 24 2017 – 6:00 PM
For an hour and a half you will be transported to three continents and nine countries with readings by our visiting international authors.
All three events will take place at:
Brigantine Room, Harbourfront Centre
235 Queens Quay West, Toronto M5J 2G8
Cost: $18/$15 for IFOA Supporters, Free for students and youth
