The Local Italy https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed 'I only promote reading' writer tells sabotage trial Erri de Luca, the Italian writer on trial for inciting criminal damage to a controversial high-speed rail link through the Alps, told a court Wednesday he was only capable of inciting people to read or write. https://www.thelocal.it/20150520/i-only-promote-reading-writer-tells-sabotage-trial Wed, 20 May 2015 18:47:59 +0200 i-only-promote-reading-writer-tells-sabotage-trial How to live in Italy without speaking Italian Jay Desind, a writer from the US, talks to The Local about moving to Padua and living life without speaking Italian. https://www.thelocal.it/20150414/how-to-live-in-italy-without-speaking-italian Tue, 14 Apr 2015 13:08:59 +0200 how-to-live-in-italy-without-speaking-italian Writer on trial pleads freedom of expression An Italian writer sent to trial for saying an environmentally controversial train link should be "sabotaged" plans to make freedom of expression the centre of his defence. https://www.thelocal.it/20150127/italian-writer-on-trial-pleads-freedom-of-expression Tue, 27 Jan 2015 14:12:00 +0100 italian-writer-on-trial-pleads-freedom-of-expression 'It's much harder to make friends in the north' Italy's rich history inspired Hillary Corby to tap into her writing skills. Now a crime novellist, she is living in in the northern Italian coastal town of Imperia, Liguria. She talks to The Local about the differences between northern and southern Italy and how the country's cities and coastline help her to write books. https://www.thelocal.it/20130927/its-much-harder-to-make-friends-in-the-north Fri, 27 Sep 2013 19:22:00 +0200 its-much-harder-to-make-friends-in-the-north 'Some things need a special donation to work' John P Brady left the grey skies of Ireland for the warmer climes of Sicily. But while the island is a paradise for some, for others it's a place to leave. He talks to The Local about living in one of the most colourful, yet chaotic, parts of Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20130920/some-things-need-a-special-donation-to-work Fri, 20 Sep 2013 17:08:00 +0200 some-things-need-a-special-donation-to-work Writer's €4 million works found in Italy Manuscripts written by the late Italian writer Giovanni Verga, worth €4 million, have been recovered by police in Rome and the northern town of Pavia, Italian media reported on Friday. https://www.thelocal.it/20130719/writers-4-million-works-found-in-italy Fri, 19 Jul 2013 14:15:00 +0200 writers-4-million-works-found-in-italy