Posted in Valvona and Crolla Events on Sunday, 02 November 2025
Through storytelling, poetry and prose, four widely published Italian Scottish women writers will describe their diverse journeys of navigating, rooting and belonging. This performance is inspired by the innovative research by Professor Manuela D’Amore of Catania University, highlighting what is distinctive about Scottish Italian literature within the context of the wider Italian diaspora. Chaired by Makar Dr Peter Mackay (Scotland's National Poet, University of St Andrews) and featuring dance from Italian Folk Connections.
Featured Writers:
Professor Manuela D’Amore, author of Literary Voices of the Italian Diaspora in Britain: Time, Transnational Identities and Hybridity.
Cavaliere Mary Contini OBE, Director Valvona & Crolla; one of Scotland’s best-known Italian cooks; author, broadcaster and journalist. Her books include Dear Francesca, Dear Olivia, Dear Alfonso and Valvona & Crolla, A Year at an Italian Table.
Hilda De Felice, creator of two plays, Loving The Enemy, and The Badly-behaved Poets’ Society; an after-life encounter between Rabbie Burns and the Italian poet Giovanni Pascoli.
Ann-Marie di Mambro, playwright and television screenwriter; author of Tally’s Blood, an option on the SQA English curriculum, and Brothers of Thunder.
Dr. Anne Pia, poet, essayist, food writer. Her work includes award-winning Language of My Choosing, Keeping Away the Spiders, Magnaccioni: My Food My Italy and The Sweetness of Demons, translations and responses to Baudelaire’s Les Fleurs du Mal.
There are three chances to attend this wonderful event. Book your ticket at the links below:
The Glasgow Art Club & Gallery, 85 Bath Street, Glasgow, Monday 24 November, 6pm-7:30pm - £10.46 per ticket book
here
Scottish Storytelling Centre, Edinburgh, Tuesday 25th November, 12:30pm - Free ticket book
here
Italian Institute of Culture in Edinburgh, Italy House, 20-22 East London St, Edinburgh, Tuesday 25th November 5:30pm - Free ticket book
here