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Literatura Random House Presents "El monarca de las sombras", the new book by Javier Cercas

The Spanish Bookstage talks about tha latest book by Javier Cercas "The Monarch of the Shadows". “Javier Cercas’ new novel continues his exploration of the Spanish Civil War; familiar territory for the writer: 16 years ago he published Soldiers of Salamina, the first time he addressed the subject and still his most successful publication.

Grant expands dual-language training for teachers

lbuquerque Public Schools is expanding dual-language opportunities through a new partnership with a local organization. Dual Language Education of New Mexico recently approached APS to offer training to teachers and principals at eight schools in the Rio Grande Cluster – Armijo Elementary, Adobe Acres Elementary.......

The Institut Ramon Llull announce the Open Call for Translation and Residency Grants

Translation Grant: Addressed to publishers that will publish an original Catalan work from July 2017 until November 2018. The deadline for applications will be 18th April 2017. Purpose of the grant: Translation of the following types of works originally written in Catalan or Aranese...

Carme Chaparro wins the Primavera de Novela award with ‘No soy un monstruo’ (I Am Not a Monster)

“The jury of the 100,000-euro prize, one of the most important in the Spanish language, chose this original work among 1,125 that were presented at the 21st edition of the award.

Get to know this week's List for the week 7 ending on February 19th, 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 7 of 2017 (week ending 02/19/2017).

The RAE renews its web with the latest edition of the 'Dictionary'

The RAE renews its web with the latest edition of the 'Dictionary'. The new online version, sponsored by La Caixa, improves its navigability and adds an option to complete words.

Instituto Cervantes in Harvard Announces a New Observatory Report

New Report “The Translation and Interpreting Industry in the United States." by Tamara Cabrera.

'Leemos (We Read): promotion of reading.

A project of the Lara and Telefónica foundations for the classrooms. To combat the lack of reading comprehension among the younger generation and motivate the reading passion in the classroom, the José Manuel Lara and Telefónica foundations have developed the Leemos digital project, focused on promoting reading in classrooms.

The longest comic book in the world. Publishing house ¡Caramba! publishes its second number.

Publisher ¡Caramba! has published the second issue of its magazine, which defines itself as the longest comic book in the world; shares name with the stamp dedicated to comic, and its contents also focus on the art of the vignette. ¡Caramba! is defined as an independent publisher specializing in humor comics.

The True Wealth is in the Mother Tongue

This year is dedicated to multilingual education. Spanish is a language that has the future secured..Spanish is a language that has the future secured. Around 7,000 languages are spoken in the world, of which 50% are likely to disappear in a few generations.

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