Since 2021 we have become a Literary Presidium of Dante Global and have participated every year in this capacity to the popular jury of the Premio Strega. The Strega Prize is the most prestigious Italian fiction literary prize. It is awarded every year to a book published between March 1 of the previous year and February 28 of the year the prize takes place. To meet the schedule of this event, between mid-April and the end of June, our readers enter a true marathon reading the 12 books (the famous “dirty dozen”) to vote towards the identification of the top 5 finalists. Each reader presents one of the 12 books to the reading group, we discuss them and then we cast a secret vote. The winner of our reading group will then be communicated to the Strega’s organisers, a task this too done in secrecy to avoid influencing the outcome of the vote. The Strega is a prestigious literary prize; being involved in the nomination of the five finalists is a humbling privilege.