by Mauro Battocchi
San Francisco's annual literary festival Litquake is gearing up for a week of panels, cross-media events and literary readings this October 11th to 19th in myriad locations around the Bay. For over a decade, Litquake has brought thousands of author appearances for an audience of over 100,000. What a great honor that rising Italian author Viola di Grado was invited to join this year's festival. She will be reading and speaking at the Italian Cultural Institute in San Francisco on October 17th, 2013.