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Spanish-style spy novels: how to reconstruct the CNI from the narrative

The narrative of secret agents seemed like an Anglo-Saxon treasure until Spanish spies and former spies have begun to publish books whose objective is to transmit authenticity and tell what intelligence is like in our country in a credible way.

El Mundo interviews the writer Juan Eslava Galán

Not even his most faithful readers know how many books he has written throughout his life. They are close to two hundred, but not even he knows it.

Muñoz Molina, Antony Beevor, Ai Weiwei: Segovia prepares for the Hay Festival

The cultural meeting will celebrate its big days from September 15th to the 18th with the participation of prominent writers, artists, and scientists. Tickets are already available.

Gonzalo Celorio: “My teacher was the Spanish exile”

The director of the Academia Mexicana de la Lengua (Mexican Academy of Language) talks about his latest book, a cross between "literary autobiography" and a tribute to the authors who shaped his thinking, such as Julio Cortázar, García Márquez and Juan Rulfo.

José Manual Caballero Bonald: “La aventura de escribir”

The Antonio Machado de Baeza Headquarters (Jaén) of the Universidad Internacional de Andalusia, UNIA, (International University of Andalusia) hosts in the Patio de Jabalquinto, the exhibition: “La aventura de escribir” (The adventure of writing).

Margo Glantz, winner of the 2022 Carlos Fuentes Award

The award recognizes long-standing writers whose published work has contributed to enriching the literary heritage.

Ignacio del Valle. Interview with the creator of Captain Arturo Andrade

Ignacio del Valle already has a long and very successful literary career, including film adaptations of some of his works, and is one of the most recognized names in crime novels, also framed within historical suspense.

The Asturian writer Carmen Gómez Ojea dies

The Asturian writer Carmen Gómez Ojea (Gijón, 1945) has died Wednesday, August 10, as confirmed by sources from the Gijón City Council.

Spanish Book News: Lectorum Expands E-book Selection and More

The pandemic produced numerous challenges for book distributors, not the least of which was how to get much-needed books and supplies to students who, during lockdowns, had no access to school libraries.

Anniversary of the birth of the poet Carmen de Abellán. Selected poems.

Carmen Conde Abellán was born in Cartagena (Murcia) on August 15th, 1907. She worked as a rural teacher and founded the Popular University of her city

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