The book of March

WHAT ELSE HAPPENED ON YOUR BIRTHDAY? AND THE DAY YOU MET YOUR GREAT LOVE?

Calendar/Almanac book: each double spread, a day. Whether you are celebrating an anniversary, a birth, or simply remembering a special moment, this book is for you. Because a date is never just a date, and a number and a day can mean many things in the intangible interconnection between humanity, time and space.

Featured main events The Book of March:
1st, 1872, the U.S. Congress establishes Yellowstone National Park
2nd, 1818, explorer Giovanni Battista Belzoni discovers and enters the Pyramid of Khafre in Giza, finding it already looted and leaving his name carved inside.
3rd,  Japan celebrates Hinamatsuri, the Doll Festival, honoring girls’ health and happiness with traditional hina dolls, a custom dating back to the Edo period.
4th, 1966, John Lennon’s statement that the Beatles are “more popular than Jesus” sparks major controversy in the United States, leading to protests and public apologies.
5th, 1829, John Adams, the last survivor of the HMS Bounty mutineers, dies on Pitcairn Island, bringing the story of the mutiny to its end.

Key selling points:

– all the 365 (+1) days of the year featured, month by month

– events of all the centuries and from allover the world

– best known team of writers and illustrators
– no page numbers: just a date display
– multidisciplinary topics
– each day: one main event told and illustrated + other mentioned

Author & Illustator:

Ivan Canu was born in Alghero. He has been working in Milan since 1996 as an illustrator, art director, critic, and writer. He has served as art director of the International Balzan Foundation and as graphic designer for Hystrio, a quarterly performing arts magazine. He is the author of children’s books published in Italy, France, Japan, China, and Korea. He has written articles and interviews for La Repubblica, Il Corriere della Sera, and La Stampa.

In 2009, he founded and has since directed Mimaster Illustrazione. He is also one of the coordinators of the Illustrators Survival Corner, an international project for the Bologna Children’s Book Fair, and co-author of the editorial trilogy The Illustrated Survival Guide, published by Corraini.

His clients include L’Espresso, La Repubblica, Il Sole 24 Ore, The New York Times, The Boston Globe, Die Zeit, L’Express, The Guardian, LatinFinance, Courrier International, Salani, Centauria, Lapis, Laterza, Mondadori, Rizzoli, Einaudi, De Agostini, Feltrinelli, Casterman, and Gakken.

Together with Benedetta Lelli, he is the author of the podcast Il Mondo di Tolkien for Storytel (2019). He illustrated the books by Paolo Mieli The History of Communism in 50 Portraits (2018), Mussolini’s Italy in 50 Portraits (2020), Italy of the Liberation in 50 Portraits (2021), and Italy of the First World War in 50 Portraits (2022), and he wrote, designed, and illustrated God Save the Queen (2023), about the reign of Elizabeth II of Great Britain. All of these titles were published by Centauria.

His latest book, A Brief History of K-pop, the first complete historical essay on the South Korean pop music phenomenon, is published by Salani. His work has been awarded and exhibited by the New York Society of Illustrators, American Illustration, Creative Quarterly, Communication Arts, and 3×3.

Maria Lucia Carbone is an illustrator of Calabrian origin, born in 1994. She currently lives and works in Florence, where, after graduating from the Academy of Fine Arts, she has been working as a full-time illustrator since 2022. Her illustrations have been published in newspapers and magazines and have been featured in exhibitions, festivals, and numerous artistic events. Her work continues to grow, moving across different contexts and reaching new audiences.