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A trip around the (virtual) world through ten great bookstores

To celebrate Libraries Day, writer Jorge Carrión was the Master of Ceremonies on a virtual trip that went from Madrid to Barcelona, passing through Santiago de Chile, Seville, Buenos Aires, Mexico, Caracas and Bogotá.

Bestsellers Books in Spanish - Barnes & Noble

Get to know the best selling books in Spanish through the Barnes & Noble bookstore. The list of bestselling tiles changes every day.

Spanish Publishers Bestsellers

Spanish Publishers, LLC is a consortium formed in the United States by Ediciones Urano, Ediciones Obelisco, Editorial Sirio, and Roca Editorial; the company is also the exclusive distributor of Anagrama, Edaf, Koan, Almuzara, San Pablo, Sélector, Almadía, Diamante y El Grano de Mostaza (E.G.D.M.).

Isabel García Adánez, the translator of Herta Müller, National Prize

Madrid philologist Isabel García Adánez, has been awarded the National Prize for Best Translation 2020 for her work “Siempre la misma nieve y siempre el mismo tío” (Always the Same Snow and Always the Same Guy), by Herta Müller,

The city of Azul, Argentina becomes capital of all things Cervantes thanks to an Academic Conference in the midst of the pandemic.

Cervantes Days in Azul, Argentina, which began in 2007, have had to adapt to the new times of the pandemic.

Philosopher and publisher Enrique Lynch dies

At the end of October, just a few weeks ago, Enrique Lynch returned to bookstores with «Ensayo sobre lo que no se ve» (Essay on the Unseen), a new twist on the notion of image that, in the end, turned out being his unexpected farewell essay.

2nd Call for AC/E Grants for Translation of Literary Works 2020

On the occasion of Spain's participation as a Guest of Honour at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2022, Acción Cultural Española created in 2019 these translation grants to promote Spanish literary works among foreign publishers.

America Reads Spanish Newsletter is available online!

October's issue 2020, is now available with exciting news about America Reads Spanish!

The new documents on Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra.

"An Intelligent and Trustworthy Person," by Cristóbal de Barros y Peralta, the first General Purveyor of the Recruitment House of the galleons of the Navy and Fleet of the Carrera de las Indias (The Route to the Indies).

Elmer Mendoza, an X-ray of a Mexico with two faces

The writer and historian Jordi Canal, publishes ‘Vida y Violencia’ (Life and Violence), a passionate essay in which he reviews the work of the Mexican writer, enveloping it with the multiple realities of the Aztec country.

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