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AICW Salotto Letterario
Salotto Letterarios are organized to celebrate the great work done in the Italian-Canadian literary community.

Association of Italian-Canadian Writers
Associazione Scrittori/Scrittrici Italo-Canadesi
Association des Ecrivain(e)s Italo Canadien(ne)s

Founded in 1986, the Association of Italian Canadian Writers (AICW) is a national non-profit organization run by volunteers. The Association brings together a community of writers, critics and academics who promote the writing and artistic expression of Italian Canadians at home and abroad.

The Association supports the awareness and understanding of the Italian Canadian experience and helps to implement an understanding of our heritage by organizing literary events, creative writing contests, workshops, book launchings, and a biennial national conference.

The AICW publishes a quarterly newsletter in English, French and Italian. Full members are writers who have published at least one book or the equivalent in drama, music (musical score), visual art, filmmaking (screenplay). Associate members are those who wish to support the work of Italian Canadian artists and keep abreast of the community’s evolution in the arts. Full and part-time students are welcome as associate members, as well as organizations and institutions.

For more information, please visit www.aicw.ca / Vi invitiamo a visitare il sito web www.aicw.ca

Association of Italian-Canadian Writers
Associazione Scrittori/Scrittrici Italo-Canadesi
Association des Ecrivain(e)s Italo Canadien(ne)s

L’Associazione Scrittori/Srittrici Italo-Canadesi è stata fondata nel 1986 ed è una associazione nazionale senza scopo di lucro, gestita interamente da volontari. L’Associazione rappresenta una comunità di scrittori, critici, accademici, artisti e altri sostenitori impegnati a diffondere la letteratura e l’espressione artistica degli italo-canadesi.

L’Associazione promuove consapevolezza e comprensione dell’esperienza migratoria italo-canadese e si adopera per favorire la valorizzazione e la conoscenza del retaggio culturale italiano. Organizziamo salotti letterari, concorsi letterari, seminari, lanci di libri ed una conferenza biennale a livello nazionale.

L’Associazione pubblica un bollettino trimestrale in italiano, inglese e francese. I Soci ordinari hanno pubblicato almeno un libro o opere equivalenti in uno dei seguenti campi: teatro, musica (temi musicali), arti visive, copioni cinematografici. I Soci sostenitori desiderano dare il loro appoggio agli scrittori italo-canadesi e coltivano interessi letterari o artistici. Accogliamo anche studenti e chiunque abbia interesse per la letteratura e l’espressione artistica degli italo-canadesi .

Vi invitiamo a visitare il nostro sito web www.aicw.ca

Salotto Letterario

November 2007
• Licia Canton
• Gerardo Colacci
• Sonia Di Placido
• Nino Fama
• Silvia Fiorito-Smith
• Egidio Marchese

October 2006
• Bruna Bertoni
• Josie Di Sciascio-Andrews
• Frank Giorno
• John Madott
• Vince Pietropaolo
• Sheila Wright
 
April 2006
• Ernesto Carbonelli & Darlene Madott
• Isabella Colalillo Katz
• Antonio D’Alfonso
• Rosanna Lo Presti
• Jim Zucchero

September 2005
• Ernesto Carbonelli
• Caroline Morgan Di Giovanni
• Len Gasparini
• Darlene Madott
• Marino Toppan

April 2005
• John Calabro
• Liliana Conti
• Pier Giorgio DiCicco
• Bruna Di Giuseppe

January 2005
• Frank Belluardo
• Delia De Santis
• Venera Fazio
• Gianna Patriarca
 
Thank you to our sponsor Centro Scuola.

 

Upcoming Book
The Italian community in North America is one of the largest and most established.  The stories told in my second manuscript shed light on the bicultural lives that symbolize home and exile for many of us.  The stories showcased in this collection examine how two cultures, two value systems, have affected us as we balanced the tightrope between the ‘old’ world our parents understood and the ‘new’ world we inherited. Literature invites us to know and see differently, to cultivate a capacity for compassion, open-mindedness and empathy.  By writing our stories, we negotiate a new identity, deciding what we want to accept and what we want to reject.  The future and the creation of a different life for ourselves invite critical reflection.