The Pellicanolibri editions is a publishing house founded in 1976 in Catania by the poet and writer Beppe Costa, with the specific intent to highlight authors and discover forgotten or unknown youth.

Pellicanolibri editions was created with the help of some academics: Gastone Manacorda, Giuseppe Barone, Antonino Recupero, Salvatore Lupo.

It isn't born with the only purpose of publishing, but with the strong and specific intent to introduce in Italy (up to 85 in Sicily), Italian and foreign authors.

Public, among others, books by Fernando Arrabal, Arnoldo Foà, Ruggero Orlando, Melo Freni, Luce d'Eramo, Federico de Roberto, Antonio Uccello, Stefano Bottari, Leopold Sedar Senghor, Léo Ferré, Goliarda Sapienza, Gregory Corso, Adele Cambria, Giacinto Spagnoletti, Mario Vargas Llosa.

In 1992, continued the business with a great cultural center and bookstore (directed by his son Dante) in a suburb of Rome.