Books, Authors, Comics & Poets

Best Books and Films to Learn About the Medici Family of Florence

Reading a Novel in Italian: 10 Strategies for Language Learners

2025 Spring Matta Italian Group Book Club “Il treno dei bambini” di Viola Ardone

Paio di Scarpette Rosse: Joyce Lussu’s Poem Remembering Buchenwald

Unlock Italian Mysteries This Halloween: Spooky Book Club Adventures

2024 Fall Matta Italian Book Club: La Libreria dei Gatti Neri” di Piergiorgio Pulixi

2024 Spring Matta Italian Book Club: Brodetto Galeotto di Christina Assouad

Fumetti to Fine Art: The Graphic Novels of Ernesto Anderle

Discovering la Giostra del Saracino ad Arezzo con Zio Paperone

Italy’s Remarkable Women: Melissa Muldoon’s Novels — Literary Gifts

“She Seduced Me: A Love Affair with Rome” by Mark Tedesco

An Italian “beach read!” Learn Italian with novels by Grazia Cioce

2023 Fall Matta Italian Book Club: Quatro Metà di Martino Coli

Mia suocera è un mostro di Valentina Vanzini

A letter from Artemisia Gentileschi to the author.

Visiting Gardone and Villa Vittoriale home of Gabriele D’Annunzio

2023 Spring Matta Italian Book Club: Io non ho paura di Niccolò Ammaniti

Matta Book Club Meets Felicia Kingsley!

Recensione “Una grande storia d’amore” di Susanna Tamaro

Chat with Serena Capilli: Teacher and Author of Due Amiche

Gold and Silver Awards for Artemisia and Sofonisba — Melissa Muldoon’s novels set in Italy

“The Secret Life of Sofonisba Anguissola” novel by Melissa Muldoon reviewed by readers

The Divine Proportions of Luca Pacioli: A Renaissance Novel by W.A.W Parker

Laura e Petrarca: Immortalizing Unrequited Love Through Art

“Come hai detto che ti chiami?” A book and podcast to learn Italian by Alessandra Pasqui

Naples and Ferrante: The Roots of a Literary Phenomenon

Dante & Beatrice: The Poem That Changed the World

Umberto Eco: Un omaggio al grande italiano, autore de Il nome della rosa

The Past Told by Children: The History of Arezzo!

Promessi Sposi in Dieci Minuti: A Quick Dive into an Italian Literary Classic

Escape the Black Death with Boccaccio in Fiesole

Mastering the Subjunctive with Daniela Mancini Author of “Il Congiuntivo”