Our dearest friend and reader, Roberto Di Vito, as well as being a very good photographer and I thank him for the photos, as in this case, he sent us; he wanted to tell us about a very interesting event that takes place in Rome from 12 to 14 May 2023: ARF Comics Festival. Kermesse now in its ninth edition for all those who love, read, draw comics. Three days of exhibitions, meetings and workshops.
Word to Roberto Di Vito:
ARF! it is the celebration of those who love, read, write, draw and breathe comics. Three days of Stories, Signs & Drawings, a total immersion in Comics through an incredible variety of exhibitions, unmissable meeting-events, international guests, lectio magistralis with the great masters.
And again: a Self area entirely dedicated to independent publishing, an Artist Alley to meet the excellence of the international scene, Job ARF!, the successful format for the meeting between publishing houses and aspiring professionals and, for the little ones , a Kids Area full of creative workshops held by leading names in children’s publishing. 12, 13, 14 May 2023. Rome. Slaughterhouse / City of the Other Economy • Testaccio
Fiore Nanni is an Italian blogger, TV presenter and writer. In 2011, while attending the IED, she was chosen to host Camilla Store, a television program produced by Magnolia and DeA Kids and broadcast on Super!. From 2013 to 2016 he worked with the De Agostini publishing house, publishing various titles related to the Camilla Store brand such as The style of your dreams (2013), The right style for every occasion (2015), Your fashion collection (2015), Draw with Fiore (2015), Stylist with Fiore (2016), Draw with Fiore vol.2 (2016), Fiore’s diary (2016). After definitively abandoning her career as a presenter to become a full-time writer, on May 22, 2018 she published her first children’s novel for Rizzoli, Jack Bennet and the key to all things. On September 24, 2019, her second book was released, followed by her first, Jack Bennet and the traveler with a thousand faces. On September 23, 2021, she married the screenwriter Michele Monteleone.
Cinzia Tani is an Italian writer, TV presenter and radio presenter. You made your debut as a writer in 1987, with the publication of your first book Sognando California, with which you won the Scanno Prize. In the same year she became a collaborator of Rai,[2] as correspondent of the Mixer program hosted by Giovanni Minoli. Since 1991 she has been the author and presenter of television programs, including Who is on stage, L’occhio sul cinema, Il caffè. In 1997 she was presenter and author, together with Giordano Bruno Guerri, of Italia mia benché. Since 2008 she has been the author of the comic Special Unit, for the types of Eura Editoriale. You have alternated conducting television and radio programmes, such as Rewind – Private visions and Fantasticamente (broadcast on RadioRai), with writing and dissemination. You have collaborated in the drafting of many episodes of the television program Delitti, a documentary on episodes of crime news that took place in Italy after the Second World War onwards. You currently host the program Il caffè di Rai Uno with Guido Barlozzetti on Rai Uno on Saturdays from 6.00 to 7.00. In 2004 you were knighted on the initiative of the President of the Italian Republic Carlo Azeglio Ciampi
By Roberto DiVito
