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María Moliner’s anniversary at the BNE The ‘Dictionary of Usage of the Spanish Language’

The National Library of Spain (Biblioteca Nacional de España, BNE) and the publishing house Gredos will commemorate the 50th anniversary of the first-time publication of the ‘Dictionary of Usage of the Spanish Language’ ('Diccionario de uso del español'), by María Moliner. The celebration will take place March 1st, at 19:00, at the assembly hall of the institution.

America Reads Spanish newsletter is available online!

The February (2017) issue is now available with exciting news about America Reads Spanish!

Literania 2017, a festival for the promotion of reading

Literania 2017 is a literary festival, and it is going to launch a tour through all the main cities of Spain celebrating a literary festival for the promotion of reading.

Instituto Cervantes Upcoming Events

Instituto Cervantes presents El Laberinto by Octavio Paz, Screening (Premiere), Presentation & Talk,
With Diego Gómez Pickering. Thursday March 02, 7 PM / In Spanish and English. Free Admission.

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.

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