We have been spending quite a lot of time in Piacenza, a city in Emilia-Romagna. The local football team is called ‘Piace’ which means pleasing, as in ‘mi piace’ – ‘I like’. In Roman times it was called Placentia. Piacenza, a garrison town, not that dissimilar to Colchester, cannot be counted as a tourist...
Read MoreSaturday 27 May, Piacenza Italy
Rosso Tiziano Art Gallery, Piacenza Launch of Il Tempo del Disgelo by Ilaria Locati. Readings by Ilaria Locati, Sara Elena Rossetti and Arturo Croci. Music by guitarist, Matteo Ugazio. Ilaria Locati Artist. She graduated from the Brera Academy in Milan with a degree in sculpture. She has participated in many one-person and group shows in Italy and...
Read MoreApril sunshine and chilly evenings…
Here in Italy we will be celebrating Liberation Day on 25th April which also happens to be my late parents’ 75th wedding anniversary. They got married in London three years before Italy was liberated in 1945. After a busy March we are having a short Easter break in Castelletto, Italy. Nightingales are singing outside our bedroom. I have seen a dead...
Read MoreMarch has been very busy…
We have had five events this March. On Wednesday 1st March I gave a talk to various years in the lovely library at St Helena’s School, Colchester as part of World Book Week. The girls and boys were very attentive and it was great to find so many young people interested in creative writing and in getting themselves published. Thanks to Luigi Callegari,...
Read MoreFebruary news!
NEW SALES & MARKETING AND DISTRIBUTION ARRANGEMENTS The big news is that Patrician Press books are now handled by: Inpress Ltd. Churchill House 12 Mosley Street Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 1DE Tel +44 (0) 191 230 8104 Email enquiries@inpressbooks.co.uk Website www.inpressbooks.co.uk The Patrician Press books are distributed by: NBN International in...
Read MoreEurope – A Patrician Press Anthology
Patrician Press will be producing an anthology on the theme of Europe in autumn 2018. The collection will include poems, short stories and essays. The contributions can include parables, fables or fairy tales. The theme could be on Europe in general or on the advantages and disadvantages of the European Union. Writers could play ‘devil’s...
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