Since the publication of La Bella Lingua, Dianne Hales has been giving talks on Italy and Italian throughout the United States and Canada. Here is a brief clip of one of her presentations: Sponsors of Dianne's talks include: Italian Consulates and Italian Cultural Institutes in New York City, San Francisco and Toronto Società Dante Alighieri, Firenze Italian Cultural Centers in Sacramento and Westchester County, N.Y. Italian Community Center, San Diego Italian American Committee on Education (IACE), New York City Amici della Lingua Italiana, New Jersey Italian-American museums, including the Museo Italo-Americano of San Francisco and the Garibaldi-Meucci Museum on Staten Island Branches of the American Association of Teachers of Italian Columbia University / Barnard College California State University, Chico Rutgers University Italy-America Society of Philadelphia ItaLingua Institute of San Francisco Chapters of OSIA, UNICO and Rotary International Italian food and fashion retailers Independent bookstores Local libraries Italy and Italian MeetUp groups Among possible topics are: My Love Affair with Italy and the World's Most Enchanting Language My Italian Brain and How It Grew: The Joys of Learning Italian Romance, Italian Style: La Bella Lingua in Love La Bella Lingua at the Table: The Language of Italian Food La Bella Lingua in Italy: Touring Italian La Bella Lingua at the Opera La Bella Lingua at the Movies Fashion Speaks Italian To inquire about a potential speaking engagement, please email sboyles@randomhouse.com or labellalingua@earthlink.net.