Zavafilms of Los Angeles, California, has optioned the film and tv rights to Marconi: The Man Who Networked the World. The initial 14-month option period will be renewable pending the producer’s obtention of development funding and completion of an initial draft of the feature-length screenplay. https://wcaltd.com/wca-deal-report-for-february-21-2025/ Marc Raboy presented the Italian edition of Marconi: L’uomo …
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Looking for Alicia wins Jacob Isaac Segal award
Looking for Alicia won the 2024 Jacob Isaac Segal award for Best Quebec Book on a Jewish Theme, offered by the Jewish Public Library of Montreal. https://jewishpubliclibrary.org/events-programs-courses/jisegal-awards-2024/ The jury’s citation reads: “Marc Raboy’s Looking for Alicia delves into Argentina’s post-Peron period of terror, almost fifty years ago now, to chart the life, the disappearance, and almost certain …
Italian edition of Marconi published
Marconi: L’uomo che ha connesso il mondo (Milano: Hoepli editore https://www.marconi150.it/giornate-marconi/) was launched in Bologna, Italy, as part of activities commemorating the 150th anniversary of the birth of Guglielmo Marconi. https://www.marconi150.it/giornate-marconi/ Concurrent with the book’s launch, author Marc Raboy was presented with the 2024 “Marconist of the XXIst Century” award, instituted by the Guglielmo …
A robust discussion on freedom of speech
I was honoured to be the moderator of an important discussion on freedom of speech at the 2023 Blue Metropolis International Literary Festival in Montreal. [https://bluemetropolis.org/event/freedom-of-speech-propaganda-and-cacophony/] The discussion focused on the challenges facing the fundamental human right of freedom of expression in the age of social media, ongoing government attempts at repression, and corporate control …
Looking for Alicia wins the Mavis Gallant Prize for Non-Fiction
Looking for Alicia: The Unfinished Life of an Argentinian Rebel was announced winner of the 2022 Quebec Writers’ Federation prestigious Mavis Gallant Prize for Non-Fiction at last night’s annual QWF Awards Gala. [https://qwf.org/award-year/2022/] The Jury’s citation reads as follows: “Marc Raboy’s investigation into the disappearance of Argentine journalist and social activist, Alicia Raboy, succeeds in …
Chinese edition of Marconi published
The Mandarin edition of Marconi: The Man Who Networked the World has been published by Hunan Science and Technology Press and is now out in China, reviewed, and on sale in bookstores as well as available in major university libraries. Xièxiè! See a selection of news and reviews about Marconi here and here