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Juan Goytisolo dies, the dissident writer

Juan Goytisolo has been one of most contemporary writers with a traditional narrative writing style, one of the most critical and a great dialogist between the European and Islamic cultures.  He was brother to poet José Agustín Goytisolo (1928-1999) and to writer and professor Luís Goytisolo (1935).

CEGAL presents LIBRIRED at the Madrid Book Fair

Under the title "LIBRIRED, the tool of analysis and knowledge of the book market in Spain", the Spanish Confederation of Guilds and Associations of Booksellers (CEGAL), organizes on Thursday June 8 a presentation of LIBRIRED.

The great Spanish language trade shows gather in the Retiro, Madrid.

More than just the sale of books, our objective is to create readers that will develop into a population of critical thinkers to help with the maturity and development of our country,” remarked Carlos Alvariño Ordoñez, Director of the Book Fair in Peru, in a convention organized by Acción Cultural Española (Spanish Cultural Action).

"Borges Esencial" published by , the 23 academies of the Spanish language

To observe the 30th anniversary of the death of Argentine author, Jorge Luís Borges, the 23 academies of the Spanish language have published a commemorative edition of his work which is already in circulation in Spain and will be available shortly in Latin America.

How Much Foreign Language Is Being Taught in U.S. Schools?

A first-of-its-kind national survey sought to examine the state of foreign language education in primary and secondary schools, but found a striking "lack of knowledge about foreign language teaching and learning."

Get to know this week's List for the week 21 ending on May 28th, 2017

Nielsen BookScan, part of the Nielsen Company (US) LLC, and America Reads Spanish (ARS), present the free weekly list of the Spanish bestseller titles in the US market for week 21 of 2017 (week ending 5/28/2017).

LIBER 2017 welcomes all sectors of the book trade

Organized by IFEMA and promoted by FGEE, to be held on October 4 to 6 in Pavilion 14 of the Madrid Trade Fair. Madrid, May 30, 2017.? Madrid once again will host the foremost international book event in Spanish with the celebration of the 35th edition of LIBER, International Book Fair, that, organized by IFEMA (International Madrid Fairs).

Odilo Press Release: Flood victims receive free eBooks

ODILO, the Spanish startup tech and eBook company, will provide all children in Peru with free technology due to the horrible floods that wreaked havoc there at the end of March 2017. ODILO allows for the management, distribution, consumption, auditing, and preservation of all types of digital content (eBooks, audio, video, images, documents, etc.).

Alberto Manguel wins the Formentor de las Letras Prize 2017, worth 50,000 euros

The author, essayist and director of the National Library of Argentina, was awarded in Spain with one of the most important prizes in the world, which only two Argentinians have won in the past: Jorge Luis Borges in 1961, joint with Samuel Beckett, and Ricardo Piglia in 2015.

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