In 2008, writer and editor Alessandro Canzian founded the poetry press Samuele Editore in Pordenone, Italy, a northeastern city where one of the most important national literary events, Pordenonelegge, takes place each year. It is also situated near the town of Casarsa, hometown of Pier Paolo Pasolini. Samuele Editore became well-known to the Italian public after only a brief period while actively collaborating with those at the forefront of poetry, university studies, journalism, and even television. Thanks to the continuous promotion of its literary events in Pordenone, Trieste, Rome, Venice, Milan, Turin, Naples, and elsewhere, as well as coverage in publications such as L’espresso, Il Corriere della Sera, Nuovi Argomenti, and the largest national poetry journal, Poesia, Samuele Editore is now one of the most renowned independent publishers in Italy.