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Are you in love with Italy and its culture?
Would you like to take a break from your daily life and take a dip into the amazing Italian atmosphere?
The Italian Book Club in English will return in 2020!  f you dream of Italy and are passionate about its culture, come and join the Italian Book Club.

Later in the year we will read and discuss – in English – 3 books located in Italy and written by Italian authors.
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The Italian Book Club is “a taste of Italy” under all points of view: from the story and the location to characters and to the culture including – of course - the food, so at every meeting you will have the chance to try a traditional recipe  inspired by the book. 

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2020 Italian 
Book Club:

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23 May 2018 - The Mountain  Luca D’Andrea
25 July 2018 - Can you hear me?  Elena Varvello
26 September 2018 - Bramard’s Case  Davide Longo

Viviana Zanetti
Viviana holds a Law LL.B. (Hons) and a Ph.D. in Constitutional Law from the University of Ferrara, where she worked for seven years before moving - in 2013 - to New Zealand. She lives in Christchurch and works as Community Development Co-ordinator at the Phillipstown Community Hub. She runs the Italian Book Club. In the spare time, Viviana works on her web site Leaving Italy, Living New Zealand collecting stories, tips and interviews to Italian who have moved to New Zealand. ​
How much? 
$40 for the full programme; $17 for singular bookings.

Payment can be made online into the Dante Scuola account:  117800-0054463-11. Please give your surname and "Book Club" as payment information.
Payment can also be made by cheque, made out to the Dante Scuola and send to the Treasurer, Mr Lindsay Serra, 21 Cairnbrae Drive, Prebbleton 7604. Please send an email to dantechch@gmail.com giving us your name, a contact phone number, and the reference "Book Club".
Where?
​All meetings starts at 6.30, last one hour and a half and are held at St Ninians, 5 Puriri St, off Riccarton Rd.
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2017 Italian Book Club:
​​​​29 March - Welcome Night
26 April - The Almond Picker, S. Agnello Hornby
31 May - Romanzo Criminale, Giancarlo De Cataldo
28 June - I will have Vengeance, Maurizio De Giovanni
26 July - Death in August, Marco Vichi 
30 August - The Art of Killing Well, Marco Malvaldi
27 September  - A voice in the night, Andrea Camilleri 
25 October - For all the Gold in the World, Massimo Carlotto
22 November - A Pimp's Notes, Giorgio Faletti
​Note - change of meeting from 29 November.

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2017 Italian Book Club:
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​29 March - Welcome Night
31 May - Accabadora, Michela Murgia
26 July - Questione di razza, Guido Barbujani
27 September - Mille anni che sto qui, Mariolina Venezia​
22 November - Il pensatore solitario, Ermanno Cavazzoni
Note - change of meeting from 29 November.


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2016 Italian Book Club:
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​23 March - Welcome Night
27 April - ​Game of Mirrors, Andrea Camilleri
25 May - The Deliverance of Evil, Roberto Costantini
22 June - By its Cover, Donna Leon
27 July - A Fine Line, Gianrico Carofiglio
24 August - Black Run, Antonio Manzini
28 September - ​The Dark Valley, Valerio Varesi
26 October - ​Game for Five, Marco Malvaldi
23 November - The Girl with the Crystal Eyes, Barbara Baraldi


The books for 2016 (English)

The books for 2017 (English)

The books for 2017 (Italian)


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