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Moore Library offers programs, events for July

On Thursday, July 8, at 7 p.m., poet and author Pablo Medina will read from his newest publication, “The Foreigner’s Song: New and Selected Poems” (2020) at the library.

Ediciones Complutense joins the Scientific Exchange

Ediciones Complutense joins the Intercambio Cientifíco and provides the university library, free of charge, with a collection of nearly 12,000 digital books.

Awards for the Best Published Books in Spain in 2020

The Ministry of Culture and Sports in Spain has given the Awards for the Best Published Books during 2020.

Marta Marron's column: Bookshop in Spain and the future of bookstores

Marta Marron, the promoter of Bookshop in Spain, analyzes how to support bookstores in troubled times and how Bookshop wants to bring to Spain what was learned in the United States.

The map of the Spanish edition of EDI-RED. Interview with Pilar Beltrán (Edicions 62)

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

America Reads Spanish Newsletter is available online!

June's issue 2021, is now available with exciting news about America Reads Spanish!

Bookwire partners with Planeta

As of yesterday, July 1st, 2021, the German digital technology publishing company, Bookwire, will take over the distribution of Editorial Planeta's catalog in Spanish. The cooperation includes both ebooks and audiobooks from the leading international Spanish publisher.

Language Curiosities: How American English Has Been Shaped by Spanish

The Queen Sofia Spanish Institute compiles a sampling of common words in American English with Spanish roots such as “rodeo,” “barbecue,” or “alligator,” among others.

TodoLiteratura (Javier Velasco Oliaga) interviews Carmen Santos. The writer from Valencia publishes her sixth novel

"Flor de arrabal" is the story of a woman’s self-improvement, who, being born in the slums of Zaragoza, is conquering the various audiences of half of Europe at a time full of turbulent events that are seen through the eyes of the artist.

NPR In Spanish: Approaching Content For A Bilingual Audience

Reaching NPR Listeners In Spanish Via Podcast. In 2016, NPR began distributing the Spanish-language podcast Radio Ambulante. The show, which bills itself as "Latin American stories in sound," is hosted by writer and journalist Daniel Alarcón.

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