Blog
This blog meets the need to go beyond my professional activity as an editor, translator and proofreader to express myself creatively in both English and Italian. I have conceived it as a series of short reflections on topics that I am passionate about – books, language, publishing, the mountains, nature, rights, migration, minors – and that I have been engaged in over the years on both a professional and a personal level.
“This is Happiness” by Niall Williams
"This is Happiness" by Irish author Niall Williams is a hymn to storytelling and the simple joy of being alive. Set in the fictional remote rural village of Faha in County Clare, this coming-of-age novel tells the story of Noel Crowe, a 17-year-old seminary school...
Diana Athill reflects on life as an editor in “Stet”
I stumbled across "Stet. An editor’s life" (Granta, 2000) in a list of recommended reading for editors published on the Reedsy Blog, an invaluable resource for authors and editorial professionals alike. Alongside the inevitable style guides and a number of useful...
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
This novel by the late Northern Irish author Brian Moore is a masterpiece of character depiction centred on the crisis of faith experienced by middle-aged Catholic spinster Judith Hearne as she struggles with the harsh reality of her life in Belfast, marked by...