Celebrating Italian Language Week 2020

19-25 Oct 2020 from 9.00 am - 5.00 pm

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Wai-te-ata Press in collaboration with the Istituto Italiano di Cultura in Sydney, Australia are celebrating the 20^th anniversary of Italian Language Week (19-25 October 2020).

This year’s theme is Italian Between Word and Image: Graffiti, Illustrations, Comic Books.

three thumbnail pages of an Italian language comic by Martina Di Luzio and Lucia Gabbi — Visit an exhibition of 20 Italian comics at Wai-te-ata Press, RB006

a late eleventh-century fresco known as 'Iscrizione di San Clemente' in the Church of St Clement, Rome — Get a copy of a zine reproducing the first cartoon in Italy

An exhibition of work from 20 award-winning young comic artists, plus a zine reproducing the first cartoon in Italy and the first written example of the Italian language are on display at Wai-te-ata Press, Level 0, Kelburn Library.

Join us for this landmark festival of language and culture!

Celebrating Italian Language Week 2020

Wai-te-ata Press in collaboration with the Istituto Italiano di Cultura in Sydney, Australia are celebrating the 20th anniversary of Italian Language Week (19-25 October 2020).

Wai-te-ata Press in collaboration with the Istituto Italiano di Cultura in Sydney, Australia are celebrating the 20^th anniversary of Italian Language Week (19-25 October 2020).