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Aitana Monzón wins the ESPASAesPOESÍA Award with 'La civilización no era esto'

301 works were submitted on this fourth edition, competing for a prize of 20,000 Euros.

Alexis Ravelo wins the Café Gijón Novel Award

The writer Alexis Ravelo (Born in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 1971) has won the 2021 Café Gijón Novel Prize for the work 'Los nombres prestados'. The novel will be published by the Siruela publishing house in January of next year.

Miren Agur Meabe, National Poetry Prize 2021

The Basque poet has been recognized for her collection of poems ‘Nola gorde errsutsa kolkoan’ (Cómo guardar ceniza en el pecho), published by the Susa Publishing House, being the first time that this award is been given to a work written in the Basque language.

Self-help explodes during the pandemic

Books of this genre increase their sales by more than 40% and publishers take advantage of the trend with new angles.

Robots and writers at Hay Festival Segovia

Madrid, 09/20/2021. The authors Carme Riera, Javier Sierra and Nuria Barrios and the intellectual property expert, Javier Díaz de Olarte, participated, on September 17, in the round table “Robot writers? Creating in times of algorithms,” which our organization coordinated at Hay Festival Segovia. Daniel Fernández, president of CEDRO, moderated the session.

Bookstores weather the impact of the pandemic

Madrid, 09/24/2021. On September 16, CEGAL presented the main conclusions of the Library Map 2021. Álvaro Manso, their spokesperson, highlighted the stability and endurance of the small and medium-sized bookstore in the face of the impact of the pandemic.

Another edition of “Es de libro” is back

Madrid, 09/23/2021. The 16th edition of “Es de libro” begins, the CEDRO schoolwork competition, geared at ESO and High School students from all over Spain, and which rewards the talent of young researchers. The originality of the digital creations and respect for copyrights are the most valued aspects of the contest.

Four Spanish finalists in the World Illustration Awards

Founded in 1973, the Association of Illustrators (AOI) has become the UK's professional body for illustrators and gathers over 2,700 members.

The map of the Spanish edition of EDI-RED. Interview with Beatriz de Moura (Tusquets Editores).

EDI-RED is a CSIC research group that addresses the cultural history of the Ibero-American edition with its specifics and singularities. We retrieve their interviews to draw the map of the Spanish edition.

11 Best Ways to Experience the Culture of Spain

Spain - the birth country of Cervantes, corrida, Gaudi, Picasso and Dalí, Spanish guitar and flamenco, tapas and paella. Once a homeland of Iberians, Celts, Phoenicians, Carthaginians, ancient Greeks and Romans, Visigoths and Moors.

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