A Day In The Life - Emilie Lauriola

For our very first Day in the Life, we spoke to Emilie Lauriola, recent transplant to Turin and the brains behind the wonderful Sasori Books.

08:00 After working as a bookseller in Paris for the past seven years, my husband and I moved to Turin recently for a slower pace of life and more space. As it turns out, we might be the problem—because even in a larger apartment we still don’t have enough room, and our place remains a chaotic mess, jammed with books, shipping boxes, epoxy clay, and my husband’s painting materials (he is an artist). 

Each morning before work I drink my coffee on the couch in front of one of the few mess-free and vaguely aesthetic zones in our apartment: this cupboard filled with our collected objects, my books, his, and our friends' art.

10:00 Aside from selling rare books through my own imprint, Sasori Books, I’m also an archivist by day. Currently I am working on a private book collection in the basement of a gallery. I arrive at work around 10 AM. My small morning joy is NTS Radio’s Breakfast Show with Flo and her ‘matter of the heart’ advice—so that’s the first thing I turn on before spending most of the day photographing and archiving art books.

17:00 Later in the day, I often work on a project linked to Sasori—like printing a poster of Eliane Radigue’s book for my project window in the center of Turin, or hunting for books somewhere. And if it’s not a lucky day, you’ll find me at my nemesis: the Italian post office, shipping packages. Moving here was challenging at first—there’s less happening compared to Paris, so you really have to plan things to do and places to go. When I’m not working, I make plans and often head to Milan for shows, movies, or whatever else is on.

22:00 Aperitivo, food, and then bedtime with my spiritual dad. That’s it. <3