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Madrid hosts the 1st Conference on Specialized Libraries

The I Conference on Specialized Libraries aims to be a meeting point for professionals and a starting point for holding successive meetings focused on specific topics.

Inside the publisher: Quaterni

José Luis Ramírez, director of Quaterni: "We value quality and fun above all else, and we like to publish different things, original stories that bring something different, something new to readers."

A 16th century book, unique in the world, is found in a CSIC library

The 16th century book, a post-incunabula, is a manual for understanding the sacraments written by Canon Pedro Fernández de Villegas around 1510.

Carmen Boullosa wins the José Emilio Pacheco Excellence in Literature Award 2023

Carmen Boullosa will receive the José Emilio Pacheco Excellence in Literature Award 2023 at the opening of the Yucatán International Reading Fair (FIley), and UC-Mexicanistas.

You can now visit "El Taller de Saramago" to celebrate the Centenary of the Nobel

The Saramago Workshop can be visited in the Sala de Guillotinas in the National Library of Spain until January 8th, 2023.

Madrid’s Eva Orúe: ‘A Mood for a Book Fair’

Madrid’s book fair director Eva Orúe is the first woman in the role in 80 years. And she has a UNESCO World Heritage venue to protect.

The Cervantes Institute offers colloquiums with García Montero, Martín Caparrós, Juan Gabriel Vásquez and Juan Cruz

As part of the Eñe Festival from 7 p.m. onwards

Joaquín Fernández-Valdés wins the XVII Esther Benítez Translation Prize

The Esther Benítez Translation Prize will be awarded on December 13th at the headquarters of the Cervantes Institute in Madrid.

Publishnews-Bookwire Number One Non-Fiction Bestseller: "The Holy Bible"

In this week 45 of 2022, number one in Publishnews-Bookwire Non-Fiction sales: «Holy bible», Department of Theology at the University of Navarra; in Fiction the novel “Nostalgia,” by Mircea Cartarescu tops the list.

Rafael Cadenas wins the 2022 Cervantes Prize

The winner of the Cervantes Prize, endowed with 125,000 euros, belongs to the Venezuelan generation of the 1960’s.

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