Named after its founder and established in Venice in 1946, Neri Pozza is now based in Milan and Vicenza. In its illustrious history as an independent publisher, it has published great Italian writers from the latter half of the 20th century, including Eugenio Montale, Carlo Emilio Gadda, Dino Buzzati and Goffredo Parise, along with great international writers (Romain Gary, Hermann Koch, Eshkol Nevo, Susan Vreeland, David Gregory Roberts and David Nicholls, amongst others). True to the tradition of high quality literature, Neri Pozza publishes Italian and foreign fiction and in 2017 it launched a new collection of essays, the “Piccola Biblioteca”. The collection “Il cammello battriano” is dedicated to travel literature.
Newton Compton is an independent publishing house founded in Rome in 1969 by Vittorio Avanzini, who is still at the helm, alongside his son Raffaello. Over time, Newton Compton has published thousands of titles. The publishing house is known for its reissued classics and one of Italy’s strongest catalogues of genre fiction. The catalogue also includes essays and handbooks. Newton Compton has published many extraordinary best-sellers, including, in recent years, historical fiction by Marcello Simoni and Matteo Strukul, the romance novels by Felicia Kingsley, a gigaseller phenomenon with more than 2million copies sold and translations in 20 languages. Another one of their international successes is the novel Storia di una famiglia perbene by Rosa Ventrella, sold in 20 countries.
NNEditore was founded in Milan in 2015 by Eugenia Dubini and Alberto Ibba. One of its first titles, Benedizione, by Kent Haruf, was a runaway success and immediately established NN as one of the most dynamic small independent publishers in Italy. In addition to foreign titles, always chosen with care and the courage to break new ground, NN also works with Italian authors, selected with the same criteria and the same focus on literary quality.
Chora is the Italian storytelling company founded in 2020 by Guido Maria Brera (Kairos, La nave di Teseo), Mario Calabresi (“La Stampa”, “la Repubblica”), Mario Gianani (Wildside), and Roberto Zanco (Kairos). Mario Calabresi is CEO and editor in chief. Among its series: Nicola Lagioia, La città dei vivi, Selvaggia Lucarelli, Proprio a me, Pablo Trincia, Il dito di Dio (Spotify), Gianrico Carofiglio, La disciplina di Penelope (Rai Radio 1-Rai PlaySound), Sabrina Efionayi, Storia del mio nome (Spotify), Cecilia Sala, Stories (Spotify), and Enrico Franceschini, Nella mente di Putin, all went straight to the top of the Italian charts.
Groenlandia is a production company born from the collaboration between the directors Matteo Rovere and Sydney Sibilia. The company has produced many successful films, including: Il Primo Re, the two sequels to Sydney Sibilia's Smetto quando voglio saga (Masterclass and Ad Honorem), Moglie e marito and Croce e delizia by Simone Godano, Il campione by Leonardo d’Agostini and L’incredibile storia dell’Isola delle Rose, the fourth feature length film by Sydney Sibilia and the first European production for Netflix Originals.
Storielibere.fm is an on-demand platform for narrative podcasts. Founded in Milan in 2018 by Gian Andrea Cerone and Rossana De Michele, it now has over 10 million listens and downloads. Storielibere.fm has an archive of over 60 titles, which include over 500 original episodes available for listening or download. Storielibere.fm podcasts are original works “written for voice” (conceived and produced exclusively as audio content), which last 30 – 60 minutes and can be accessed from any device.
Iperborea is an independent publisher founded by Emilia Lodigiani in 1987, specialized in Northern European literature. In 2018, Iperborea launched The Passenger, a book-magazine that collects reportages, long-form journalism, and narrative essays, aiming to tell the story of the contemporary life of a place and its inhabitants. In the magazine, the culture, economy, politics, customs, and curiosities of the narrated places are seen through the testimony of local and international writers, journalists and experts. The Passenger is also available in English, published and distributed worldwide in a coedition with Europa Editions, and also translated into Spanish, Portuguese and Korean.
HarperCollins Italia is a wide-audience publishing house, adept at capturing the spirit of times through a highly varied production of quality works, ranging from literature to genre fiction, from non-fiction to children's and young adult books, authored by renowned Italian and international writers, as well as emerging talents capable of meeting the expectations of an increasingly demanding audience. In just a few years, HarperCollins Italia has established itself among the top 30 Italian publishing brands, thanks to its outstanding authors. In March 2024, it has published Pope Francis's memoir LIFE. My Story through History, which, thanks to the group's network, was released simultaneously worldwide in Europe, the United States, and South America.