In his essay “What is this Sicily?” dated 1945, Sebastiano Aglianò wrote pages full of love for his land, but also “Leopard-like” critiques which he used to push Sicily to abandon old and harmful habits. However, he was misunderstood and sent away with disdain. Reading his words reveals the huge debt of gratitude we...

The cultured and refined writer of Noto left us verses of great value but she remains unknown to the general public

Readers in Sicily hold several negative records and in the last five years 2,300 bookstores have closed their doors in Italy. However, Istat data reveal how new generations still want to read. Where does the crisis come from? What can we do to reverse the trend? In Sicily only one in four people read....