(29 luglio 2016) Is this the end of print publishing? What are the challenges of the print publishing world? These and other questions will be answered during the conference “The Future of Publishing in the Second Millennium”, organized by the Italian Institute of Culture in Melbourne, in partnership with Bloomsbury Press. At the conference, scheduled for thursday August 4 from 6.30 to 8 PM will be attended by Alessandro Gallenzi (Alma Classics, London) and Michael Heyward (Text Publishing, Melbourne). Alessandro Gallenzi is the founder of Hesperus Press, Alma Books and Alma Classics, and the successor of John Calder at the helm of Calder Publications. As well as being a literary publisher with fifteen years of experience, he is a translator, a poet, a playwright and a novelist. His collection of poetry Modern Bestiary – Ars Poetastrica was published in 2005 to critical acclaim. His satirical novel, Bestseller, was published in 2010, followed by InterRail in 2012 and The Tower in 2014. His verse translation of Alexander Pope’s The Rape of the Lock won the Premio Biblioteca di Monselice special award in 2010. He lives in Richmond UK with his wife and two children. (Red)
