A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway is the subject of this year's Italy Reads programme

John Cabot University in Rome has selected A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway as the subject of this year's Italy Reads, its annual community-based English language reading and cultural exchange programme.

Each year Italy Reads focuses on classic American novels, helping to raise their profile among an Italian audience.

There are a number of public events included in this year's programme, the first of which is a keynote address by Hemingway expert and JCU professor Silvia Ammary, who examines A Farewell to Arms from an Italian perspective, on 7 October from 18.00-19.30.

The next public lecture is on 21 October, from 18.30-20.00, when JCU professor Vanda Wilcox examines the novel in historical context.

There will also be a production based on A Farewell to Arms by the English Theatre of Rome in November.

All events take place in the Aula Magna Regina at JCU on Via della Lungara 233, in Trastevere.

For full details on the Italy Reads programme, see the JCU website, and the 8 October edition of Wanted in Rome.