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Duval program helps kids to be bilingual and immerses them into a new culture

Several hundred Duval County students are taking part in a unique program. It's a program that's not only helping them learn English and a foreign language, but also learn about another culture.

Star of Spanish crime fiction returns years after creator's death

More than 13 years after the demise of his creator, Manuel Vázquez Montalbán, Spain’s most famous fictional detective is to rise again to walk the mean streets of Barcelona at the fingertips of another renowned writer.

'Se habla español' is routine for these elementary school students

In a classroom at Halethorpe Elementary School, Eileen Freed was polling her fourth-grade students on what they like to do.

Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial Presents "La acústica de los iglús"

This book, the début of Almudena Sánchez (Palma de Mallorca, 1985), was one of the revelations of 2016.

Get to know this week's List for the week 2 ending on January 15th., 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 2 of 2017 (week ending 01/15/2017).

Boston’s Only Spanish Language Used Bookstore, Libreria Donceles, Opens at Urbano Project in JP

Urbano Project will present Librería Donceles, a socially-engaged art project consisting of an itinerant bookstore of more than 10,000 used books in Spanish.

Tina Vallès wins the 2nd Anagrama Prize for the Catalan Novel

“The jury praised the author of La memòria de l’arbre (Memories of the Tree) for her narrative skill and masterful use of language.

Maria Pallante Named New President and CEO of the Association of American Publishers (AAP)

The Association of American Publishers (AAP) announced today that the former United States Register of Copyrights, Maria A. Pallante, will succeed Tom Allen who is retiring as President and CEO. Pallante, who will join AAP on January 17, 2017, is widely-known as an intellectual property expert with a distinguished record of public service.

Gonzalo Lema wins the LH Confidencial Prize for the Crime Novel

“The Bolivian writer Gonzalo Lema has won the eleventh edition of the LH Confidencial International Prize for the Crime Novel with a book called Que te vaya como merecía (May You Get What You Deserve), a work that reflects the present political and social situation in Bolivia.

A comic about women in old age wins the Fnac-Salamandra Graphic Award

“Estamos todas bien (We’re All Fine) by Ana Penyas, emphasizes the importance of women in the untold history of Spain.

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