AICW : The Association of Italian Canadian Writers


ASSOCIATION OF ITALIAN CANADIAN WRITERS
ASSOCIATION DES ÉCRIVAIN(E)S ITALO-CANADIEN(NE)S
ASSOCIAZIONE SCRITTORI/SCRITTRICI ITALO-CANADESI

​​AICW Launches New Volume – Writing Our Way Home
 
Writing Our Way Home, creative and critical works, will be launched on Thursday, May 2, 2013 at 6:30 pm. Elena Lamberti – Italian author, literary critic and literature professor at the University of Bologna – will speak with volume editors Licia Canton and Caroline Morgan Di Giovanni.
 
 
AICW Books and Biscotti Literary Series
 
The Association of Italian Canadian Writers (AICW), in collaboration with the National Congress of Italian Canadians (Pres. Michael Tibollo) and Accenti Magazine (Publisher Domenic Cusmano), co-ordinates a series of events under the Books and Biscotti Literary Series. Events are held across Canada in June – Italian Heritage Month. Click below to see Books and Biscotti events.
 
 
AICW Books on the Internment of Italian Canadians

In March 2012, the Association of Italian Canadian Writers (AICW), in partnership with Guernica Editions and Accenti Magazine, launched two books on the internment of Italian Canadians during the Second World War. The books – one academic, and one creative –  bring together essays, stories and creative writings on the subject of the internment. These collections  offer a comprehensive and thought-provoking look at the events of 1940. The books are published in print and electronic format, and were launched in five cities across Canada in March. The books are distributed free of charge to libraries, academic institutions, community organizations and individuals. The academic book is a co-publication with the Columbus Centre of Toronto.

The eBooks (Behind Barbed Wire and Beyond Barbed Wire) can be downloaded for free from the Guernica Website at:

http://www.guernicaeditions.com/free_ebooks.php

 

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AICW Remembers Project Featured in Accenti Magazine
 
 
 
Accenti Issue 25 features three stories on the internment of Italian Canadians during the Second World War: Travis Tomchuk's "Special Agent 203: The Motivations of Augusto Bersani"; Ernesto Livorni's “Where One Hears a Noise Like This”; and Domenic Cusmano's "Italians as Victims." 
Read the full stories at www.accenti.ca.
     
 

Accenti Issue 24 includes a preview of works from Behind Barbed Wire: Terri Favro’s “Angel of Petawawa” recounts an Italian Canadian soldier’s journey home from Petawawa and the events surrounding a friend’s internment; “Hello to Our Friends, If There Are Any Left” by Paula Mascioli and Giulia De Gasperi tells the life story of Paula’s grandfather, internee Leo Mascioli; and Darlene Madott introduces “Horses,” a pen and ink drawing by her late father John Madott, that celebrates the perseverance of Italians in helping create the Canada we know today.
Read the full stories at www.accenti.ca.

 
 
 


Accenti Issue 23 features three stories on the internment of Italian Canadians during the Second World War. In “Volumes Commemorate Italian Internees” Jim Zucchero explains that the Community Historical Recognition Program instituted by the Government of Canada is a welcome step in exposing past wrongs and gaining a new understanding of problematic historical events. Zucchero examines how revisiting and re-examining difficult episodes from our past allows us to become attuned to the lessons of history that can guide our social policies, laws and practices in “When Mass Hysteria Leads to Injustice.” Michael Mirolla explains exactly what happened in June 1940 in “Italian Enemy Aliens: How Canada Declared War on Its Own Citizens.”
Read the full stories at www.accenti.ca.

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2014 AICW Biennial Conference

Coming soon: Call for Participation for 2014 AICW Biennial Conference.

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