2025-01-30 18:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York)
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We love to describe Sergio through the words of a dear friend and colleague, with whom he shared a studio in Brooklyn for years, and who :
Here’s what she writes:
This is Sergio: surprising, unconventional, funny, affectionate, generous, and fascinated by small and irregular things. […] Each book stands on its own, but the characters inhabit a similar universe. His illustrations are instantly recognizable for their candy-colored plateaus and hills, whitish cliffs, floating pink clouds, stick-like trees, and faceted stones; for the unearthly plants; and for the perfectly tiled geometric floors in empty rooms.
Bianca and the Butterfly is published by Harper Collins
In Italy, Sergio Ruzzier’s books are published by Topipittori and La grande illusion

IL MALE CHE NON C'È con Giulia Caminito
2024-12-11 18:00 - 19:00 (Europe/Rome) | sullaluna New York, 41 Carmine Street, New York, NY, 10014, United States
with Iuri Moscardi and Clara Ramazzotti
Once again, Giulia Caminito chooses the path of the novel to tell her own story and that of her generation, one that has not endured wars or material deprivation but has instead inherited the loneliness of the Internet and precariousness. Her essential writing in this book opens up to a surprising dreamlike atmosphere, making hypochondria a memorable protagonist—the seductive and mocking Catastrofe—and setting the scene in the urban jungle where all our most painful experiences unfold. The Illness That Isn’t is a book about the power of imagination and childhood, a novel of a descent into hell and the climb back toward the bright origin that we can all, if we wish, return to, just as the pigeons know how to do.
EVENTO IN ITALIANO

MARINA CATUCCI: MANIFESTO AMERICANO
2024-11-23 18:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York)
Il socialismo e le nuove forme di lotta politica negli Stati Uniti
in conversation with
FEDERICO LEONI and LUCIANO TIRINNANZI
“In my work as a correspondent from the U.S., what I do is try to “explain America to Italy,” that is, to observe and attempt to understand what is, on the surface, one of the most recognizable places in the world, because it has been represented in hundreds of films, heard in thousands of songs, and “worn” every time we buy a pair of blue jeans or a baseball cap. It enters our lives every time we eat a hamburger or buy Coca-Cola at the supermarket. We think we know everything about the U.S., and each of us has a very clear idea of what they are, or what we can expect from Americans. More often than not, that’s not the case. Since I’ve been living here, one thing has become increasingly clear to me: that socialism, for Americans, is primarily a new idea, increasingly less tainted by the brand of infamy.”
MARINA CATUCCI Correspondent from the United States for Il Manifesto, documentarist, she collaborates with various Italian radio and television stations. Elettorale Americana is the podcast she curates on U.S. politics, released every Friday.
FEDERICO LEONI U.S. Correspondent Sky Tg24 He has been covering the U.S. presidential elections since 2008. Il suo ultimo libro America contro. Gli Stati Uniti e la crisi della democrazia (2024)
LUCIANO TIRINNANZI Professional journalist, he has been writing for the weekly Panorama for many years and was the editor-in-chief of the geopolitical magazines LookOut News and Babilon Magazine. Author of numerous essays, he is the director of the publishing house Paesi Edizioni.

PAOLO PECERE: Il senso della natura. Sette sentieri per la Terra
2024-11-18 19:00 - 20:00 (Europe/Rome)
in conversation with MICHELE COMETA
Looking into the eyes of an orangutan, an octopus, a whale shark. Setting out to understand a desert, a forest, or a mountain range while crossing the traditions of human thought. Moving from New York to the Galápagos, from Iceland to Borneo, from Rwanda to Tibet, to immerse oneself in our home, the planet we must steward.
A planet whose future must be written: in recent years, the destructive impact of human civilization on nature has been recognized, made evident by climate catastrophes, extinctions of entire animal species, desertification, and the disappearance of landscapes. Yet, this awareness has not brought about any real change in our ways of living, in the solutions adopted by industrial societies to avoid catastrophe. At the same time, we are witnessing the spread of a passionate love and deep nostalgia for the untamed nature, a refuge from the deafening dissonance of the world. It is undoubtedly a genuine sentiment, but completely inadequate to protect the Earth.
From this paradoxical split, aware that scientific truth alone does not seem enough to shake us, begins the journey of Paolo Pecere.
PAOLO PECERE is a historian of philosophy and a writer of fiction and literary non-fiction.
He is associate professor at the University of Roma Tre.
His last scholarly book is Soul, Mind and Brain from Descartes to Cognitive Science (Springer 2020).
His first novel La vita lontana was published in 2018 and he is the author of Risorgere (2019) and Il dio che danza (2021).
MICHELE COMETA is Professor of Comparative Literature and Visual Culture at the University of Palermo. His research focuses on German cultural history and aesthetics (especially in the age of Goethe), literary theory, and visual culture. At the Italian Academy he will work on the challenge that paleolithic “arts” and the old and new theories on the origin of human symbolic behaviour issue to contemporary visual culture.

BEATRICE ALEMAGNA: PEPPER & ME
2024-11-14 19:00 - 20:30 (Europe/Rome)
A must-attend event at SULLALUNA bookstore & bistrot,tha new Italian store just opened in Greenwich Village! Join us for an intimate gathering with the talented BEATRICE ALEMAGNA – one of the most beloved and internationally acclaimed Italian illustrators – as she presents her latest work “Pepper & me”. Joining her will be Jill Davis, Editorial Director of Hippo Park Books, to share the behind-the-scenes story of how this enchanting book came to life.Don’t miss this special opportunity to meet both the artist and editor and get your book signed! Admission free Reserve your spot, your signed book and the special cocktail here!

"As Edward imagined" with Matthew Burgess and Marc Majewski
2024-09-18 07:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | sullaluna New York, 41 Carmine Street, New York, NY, 10014, United States
From an acclaimed author and illustrator team, we are happy to present a definitive picture book biography about a true original and creative genius: Edward Gorey.
Discover the unique childhood and life of the enigmatic and eccentric Edward Gorey whose artwork and books had a profound impact on creators such as Neil Gaiman, Lemony Snicket, and Tim Burton.

Sydney Smith
2024-09-16 19:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | sullaluna New York, 41 Carmine Street, New York, NY, 10014, United States
We are thrilled to announce the arrival of Sydney Smith in NYC.
In dialogue with Sydney will be one of the greatest experts in illustration and children’s literature: Leonard S. Marcus, whose friendship and support we are infinitely proud of.
Sydney has just won the Hans Christian Andersen Award 2024, the highest international recognition given to an author and illustrator of children’s books for his significant and lasting contribution to children’s literature.
