Ghostlight. Together Out of the Darkness

Azzurra D’Agostino was born and lives in a small town in the Tuscan-Emilian Apennines. She has published several poetry collections (for which she has received the Carducci Prize, the Ciampi Valigie Rosse Prize and was a finalist at the Viareggio-Repaci Prize), and writes for theatre both for adults and children. She had published the picture books Piccoli amori, Intervista alla felicità, Luce and Poesie della neve. She curated Da grande voglio fare il poeta, an anthology of poems written by children – the results of workshops held throughout Italy. Her first children’s novel was released in October 2020: Il giardini dei desideri ("The Garden of Wishes"). In 2023, the palmistry deck she designed was released, with an instruction booklet, Oracolo del destino and picture book for very young children Ciao Nido!. In addition to writing, she runs poetry workshops for people of all ages.

Jacopo Casiraghi is a psychologist and systemic-relational psychotherapist, specializing in families, diverse abilities, and the elderly. He is the head of the Psychology Service at the NeMO Clinical Center in Milan, where he is responsible for the psychological care of pediatric patients and their families. Since 2013, he has been working with Famiglie SMA to provide psychological support to families with a child affected by SMA. He has published Ghostlight. Insieme fuori dal buio with Giunti. Jacopo Casiraghi also collaborates with the teaching activities and the Clinical Psychology Lab at the Catholic University of Milan and with several psychotherapy specialization schools.