Italy guest of honour at Paris Book Festival

Rome: Italy has been named guest of honour at the Paris Book Festival in the French capital from April 21 to 23, a presentation at the Italian Institute of Culture there heard Tuesday.

Around fifty Italian authors are expected in the French capital twinned with Rome as part of the Parisian event scheduled from 21 to 23 April at the Grand Palais Ephemère in Paris.

The festival’s poster, presented Tuesday at the Italian Cultural Institute in Paris, shows a boy and a girl riding a red Vespa, with the Eiffel Tower in the background.