Ilaria Bernardini

Ilaria Bernardini, born in 1977 in Milan, graduated in Philosophy with a thesis that is a year-long interview with Alda Merini. He writes screenplays for film and television. He writes for Amica and GQ magazines. She is a speaker and has co-written the Very Victoria program on Mtv and Victor Victoria on La7. The programs Gymnasts-Parallel Lives and Dancers, aired on Mtv, were born from his idea. In 2005 he published Non è niente, his first novel, for Baldini & Castoldi, in 2006 the short story collection La fine dell’amore, for ISBN. In 2008 his novel, I Supereroi, came out for Bompiani, while 2011 saw Corpo Libero, published for Feltrinelli and now in pre-production to become a film, with Indigo. Also for Feltrinelli, Sunday came out in 2013. In 2015 with Hop he published the graphic novel La fine dell’amore and with Indiana the short story collection L’inizio di tutte le cose. For Mondadori he published Faremo Foresta (2018), Il ritratto (2020) and Il dolore non esiste (2024).

Pain Doesn’t Exist

“My father’s name is Achille and he doesn’t talk to me”: this story begins like this, with an interrupted dialogue between a father and a daughter. Achille was a charismatic father, with whom Ilaria as a girl shared passions, ideas about life and the world, but also fierce quarrels and great silences. Until, without a trigger or obvious fault, the silence swallowed all.

The portrait

Valeria Costas, a globally acclaimed and translated writer, has dedicated her life to her books and to her great love, the well-known entrepreneur Martín Aclà. She lives alone in Paris, while Martín lives in London with his wife and children-the two have been lovers for more than twenty-five years, and no one knows about them.

We will make forest

The enchanting story of two women who overcame fear and pain by cultivating an urban forest together. A universal recipe for when life feels sterile. A botanical account of proximity and care…