Cartolina 9 & 14 May

Interview with Paul Elenio, on the phone from Wellington, who talks of the just released revised edition of his book Alla fine del mondo at the end of the world, about Italian immigration to Wellington and the Bay of Islands.

Cartolina 25 & 30 April

Rosemary at San Michele Memorial

Rosemary Mannering talks about her trip in Italy, where she enjoyed small-village adventures, and followed her late father's track during World War 2.

Cartolina 11 & 16 April

Interview with Alan Poletti, about his book "A second life", detailing an episode of World War 2, that happened on the 12th of September 1943, near the village of Villa di Tirano, in the Italian Alps.

Cartolina 28 March & 2 April - Lorenzo Buhne

Lorenzo Buhne and his new CD of New Zealand poetry

Information at www.wildiron.org

Camping Card Sicilia

We have received and circulate the following information about the Camping Card Sicilia.

• Cardholders are offered a special rate of  €17 a night at camping grounds in Sicily.  The offer is for 1-2 people with a campervan or a caravan and car and includes electricity.
  
• Younger travellers (up to 24 years of age) pay €10 a night.
  
• For those who prefer accomodation in a bungalow or mobile home the rate is €50.

More information is available at http://www.faitasicilia.it/offerte/documenti/42.pdf

Cartolina 18 & 23 January - "Tremolandia: whose idea was it?!"

Massimiliano Capocaccia, Federico Tomasetto and Denis Walker have prepared the English version of the children’s story Tremolandia, written in Italy to help Italian children cope with the 2009 L’Aquila earthquake; the English booklet is going to be published as a non profit venture, and distributed to Christchurch schools free of charge.