Press kit

PRESS KIT

Materials for newsrooms, publishers, universities and institutions

This page brings together biographies, speaking topics, current works, verifiable credits and visual materials. These materials may be used for publishing presentations, interviews, lectures and institutional communications, crediting Sauro Tronconi and the official website.

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Short biography

Sources documenting the journey

These references allow works and activities to be traced through publishing catalogues, library programmes, articles and audiovisual reports. Catalogues identify editions; announcements document scheduled meetings; reports describe the events as they took place.

Catalogues, press and programmes

• Publishers and catalogues. Reiki-Do in the Pendragon catalogue; editions in the historical EdUP catalogue; book entries for Tibetan vibration, Castelvecchi and Riflessioni, Il Ponte Vecchio. These are bibliographic references for individual editions.
• Press and audiovisual work. La Nazione, April 2021, credits Sauro Tronconi with the original story for Lo specchio di Lorenzo, produced by beQ entertainment for Rai Ragazzi. The short film is available on RaiPlay.
• Scientific publication. PubMed, PMID 20923076, lists Tronconi among the co-authors of Self-awareness training associated with personality traits and sex: a pilot study, Psychological Reports, 2010. The reference concerns that pilot study; it does not constitute overall validation of the works or methods.
• Programmes and public meetings. Arci Torino, 2020 series and Quoziente Humano, presentation at the Malatestiana announced for 12 October 2024. Announcements are distinguished from records of events in the seminar archive.

Cosenza in the sources

The journey in Cosenza emerges from documents of different periods: a 1999 report on the Casa delle Culture, an announcement and three reports from 2007 on the meeting in the town hall reception room, and two 2019 WDI reports from Villa Rendano.

For 1999, the reference is Maria Greco, “Un’occasione per migliorare la nostra vita”, Oggi Famiglia, March 1999, year XI, no. 3, p. 9. For 2007: Il Quotidiano della Calabria, 22 February, p. 9, and 24 February, p. 24; Gazzetta del Sud, 24 February, p. 38; Calabria Ora, 24 February. The four 2007 items concern the same meeting on 23 February. These references were taken from copies preserved in the author’s archive.

The WDI video reports on Gli algoritmi della coscienza and Factfulness are publicly accessible. The Calabria.Live announcement concerns the lecture on 15 November 2019; the subsequent seminar on 16–17 November was a separate event.

Some places along the journey

A selection of stages, specifying the type of document available, followed by meetings whose documentation is being reconstructed. The journey includes many other lectures and presentations.

1. Merano · Civic Library · 1995 and 1999. Posters announce Reiki-Do for 1 June 1995 and Tibetan vibration for 9 April 1999. According to the provenance stated by the author, the programme photographs were taken at the libraries; they document the announcements.
2. Cosenza · Casa delle Culture · 19 February 1999. Migliora la qualità della tua vita, a meeting introduced by Michela Bilotti. Report by Maria Greco in Oggi Famiglia, March 1999, p. 9.
3. Riva del Garda · Civic Library · 22 December 2004. I racconti del Grande Fiume. Institutional announcement on Trentino Cultura.
4. Venice · Mondadori bookshop, Piazza San Marco · 14 November 2005. Il linguaggio dimenticato. Announcement published by UnDo.Net.
5. Cosenza · Town hall, reception room · 23 February 2007. Meeting on the Self Method, documented by the announcement and reports cited in Cosenza in the sources.
6. Turin · Feltrinelli, Piazza CLN · 8 October 2010. Il cuore dietro la maschera. Listing in La Stampa’s events calendar.
7. Trieste · Feltrinelli, Via Mazzini 39 · 15 October 2010. Il cuore dietro la maschera, readings and audience interaction. Announcement published on Press-release.it on 14 October, referring to Espande Trieste; it documents the announced programme.
8. Forlì · Sala Banca di Forlì, Via Bruni 2 · 28 September 2016. Incontri con uomini straordinari, self-knowledge through the Self Method. ForlìToday announces the lecture; on 25 October, Romagna Post presents a recording published on Mario Fontanella’s channel. The announcement, subsequent publication and amateur recording are different kinds of sources; they do not constitute a critical assessment of the method.
9. Cosenza · Villa Rendano · 2019. Gli algoritmi della coscienza and Factfulness. Two WDI productions, published on 4 June and 16 November 2019 respectively; publication dates alone do not establish recording dates. Links are in Cosenza in the sources.
10. Cesena · Malatestiana Library, Sala Lignea · 12 October 2024. Presentation of Riflessioni. Announcement on Quoziente Humano, a publication that also hosts contributions by the author.

This documentation allows publications, programmes and individual meetings to be checked. Assessments of the works and methods remain distinct from historical reconstruction.

Milan and Turin: further stages of the journey

The reconstruction also includes meetings reported by the author at Mondadori in Milan, the Circolo dei lettori in Turin and the Libreria Esoterica in Milan.

• Milan · Mondadori. Presentation of I racconti del Grande Fiume. The meeting is confirmed by the author; the archive contains a video collection with this title and venue. The date remains to be established.
• Turin · Circolo dei lettori. The author’s channel provides the extracts Fare spazio (published on 22 March 2011) and Vedere se stessi (7 March 2011), both attributed to the Circolo dei lettori in Turin. They are the author’s primary sources; the dates given are video publication dates, not meeting dates. The 2013 label on the Fare spazio collection conflicts with the earlier online publication and is not adopted as the event date. The author recalls at least two meetings; these two extracts are not enough to distinguish them. La seduzione del bene, labelled Turin October 2014 in the archive, has yet to be linked to the second visit.
• Milan · Libreria Esoterica. A lecture recalled by the author; its title and date are being reconstructed.

For these entries, current sources are the author’s testimony, videos on his channel and, where indicated, the archive inventory. Programmes and external corroboration will be linked when identified.

Downloadable press fact sheet

Available in Italian and English: a two-page overview with biography, interview and meeting topics, works, publishing identity and professional contacts. Updated to 28 September 2026.

Medium-length biography

Description: author, essayist and philosopher.

Sauro Tronconi is an Italian author, essayist and philosopher. He has published with Castelvecchi, Pendragon, EdUP and Il Ponte Vecchio, combining essays, fiction and seminar work. His work connects memory, attention, consciousness and freedom of choice through philosophy, psychology, anthropology and cultural traditions. He wrote the original story for the animated short film Lo specchio di Lorenzo, produced by beQ for Rai Ragazzi. In 2010, with Giuseppe Visani and others, he co-authored a pilot study published in Psychological Reports (PMID 20923076): Reiki-Do self-awareness training involving 107 volunteers. It is a three-page note and does not validate the later essays. Zombificazione digitale, published in 2026, examines the relationship between digital environments, attention and freedom of choice. Il principio della memoria is a complete, unpublished manuscript; Es·Books supports the development of the publishing project.

Short biography in English

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Publishing identity

Es·Books is an independent publisher with its own ISBNs. Its catalogue is in its initial stages and supports Sauro Tronconi’s work, from philosophical research to fiction.

The author’s publishing history includes books with Pendragon, Castelvecchi, EdUP and Il Ponte Vecchio. Among them are Reiki-Do, published by Pendragon and subsequently by Castelvecchi and EdUP, and Tibetan vibration, published by Castelvecchi. The bibliography presents the works and the different stages of the journey.

Historical editions, new Es·Books editions and manuscripts in preparation are identified separately. Translations for editorial assessment form part of the work programme; foreign editions already published are listed on the individual book pages.

Topics for interviews and talks

For the framework concerning human consciousness and artificial intelligence: Research & AI. The page distinguishes the development-matrix hypothesis from experimental findings or validated models.

Editions in the author’s journey

• La spada di sabbia, Il Ponte Vecchio, 2025. ISBN 9791259784094. Catalogue reference.
• Riflessioni. La vita non è una malattia, Il Ponte Vecchio, 2023. ISBN 9791259782663. Catalogue reference.
• Il cuore dietro la maschera, EdUP, 2010. ISBN 9788884212382. Catalogue reference.
• Medinamica, EdUP, 2002. ISBN 9788884210067. Catalogue reference.
• Tibetan vibration, Castelvecchi, 2003. ISBN 9788882100780. Catalogue reference.
• Reiki-Do, Pendragon, 1996. ISBN 9788886366090. Catalogue reference.

The years are those given in the linked entries and do not establish first-edition dates. The bibliography distinguishes editions and their publishers.

Es·Books and current work

Zombificazione digitale, published in 2026, examines the relationship between digital environments, attention and freedom of choice. The edition pages distinguish the six available languages, formats and links.

Manuscripts for editorial assessment

• Il principio della memoria, a complete, unpublished Italian manuscript on the relationship between time, memory and the emergence of consciousness.
• La specie inaffidabile. Quando la potenza supera la capacità di correggersi, a complete Italian manuscript on the gap between the power of tools and the individual and collective ability to recognise and correct mistakes.

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International publishing project, translations and rights

Es·Books supports a body of research developing through works, essays and cultural dialogues. Its international outlook includes preparing materials in other languages and exchanges with publishers and translators.

Published international editions include Divine Silence in English and Cerca Trova in English, Seek and Find, and Spanish, Busca y encuentra. Zombificazione digitale is published in Italian and also available in English, German, Spanish, French and Portuguese; formats and links are collected on the editions page. Individual book pages distinguish language, format and availability.

Complete Italian manuscripts and full English, French, Spanish and German translations of Il principio della memoria and La specie inaffidabile are available for editorial assessment. La vita in nostra assenza and L’industria dell’altrove, two further essays in the publishing programme, are also available in those four languages. Proposals, synopses and samples accompany the complete texts.

Translations for editorial assessment are distinguished from published editions. For each enquiry, the text version, revision status, language and format are confirmed. The published editions mentioned on this page were checked again on 23 September 2026.

To check editions, translations, rights availability and press materials, write to , specifying the work, language, territory and intended use. Any rights grants are defined for each work and specific scope.

Research journey and archive

Founder of Espande Magazine and the Espande Institute, now Espande Academy, Sauro Tronconi combines writing with seminar work. The historical archive presents a selection with titles, dates and the provenance of materials.

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