April's issue (2017) is now available with exciting news about America Reads Spanish!
April's issue (2017) is now available with exciting news about America Reads Spanish!
The directors of Editorial Trotta and the bookstore Pasajes de Madrid explain their trajectory. Pasajes and Trotta are the heads of a monster—one of the good ones—dedicated to the protection ofcertain works and genres.
Silva will receive the award this Wednesday to coincide with the observance of World Intellectual Property Day. The writer Lorenzo Silva has decried the difficulties that a Spanish writer must overcome in order to make a living from literature.
This year our special guest is Alejandro Palomas, the winner of the 2016 National Prize for Children’s and Young Adult Literature. Other participants this year include Edu Flores (illustrator at Apila Ediciones); Eva Jiménez (Flamboyant); María Ahmad and Paz V. de Troya (Instituto Cervantes).
“The Fair offers a 20-days-long Literary Festival that has become a meeting place for all readers. It carries out a complete cultural program including conferences, readings, workshops and book presentations.
“Xavier Bosch, author of Nosaltres dos (Us Two) and Carles Capdevila, the author of La vida que aprenc (The Life I learn) were the bestselling writers in Catalan fiction and non fiction respectively, up until 19:00 on Sunday, the Day of Sant Jordi. Meanwhile in Spanish, the highest selling fiction author was Fernando Aramburu....
“A new landmark for the Patria phenomenon. Ever since its publication in September last year, Fernando Aramburu’s novel has sold nearly 300,000 copies, it was chosen as the best book of 2016 by the critics at El Cultural, it won the Francisco Umbral Prize and it was announced that it would be adapted into a television series.
On Saturday, April 29, 1:30-3:30 p.m., Beaverton City Library at 12375 SW Fifth Street will celebrate children, families, and reading with "El dia de los ninos/El dia de los libros" (Children's Day/Book Day). Often referred to simply as "Dia," this holiday is officially celebrated on April 30 every year.
Nielsen BookScan, part of the Nielsen Company (US) LLC, and America Reads Spanish (ARS), present the free weekly list of the Spanish bestseller titles in the US market for week 15 of 2017 (week ending 4/16/2017)
The company is setting up a giant bookstore on the occassion of "Día Mundial del Libro" (International Book Day). Seville will be the only city in Spain that will participate in this international event to promote the reading. Amazon has announced that it will set up a giant bookstore next Thursday at Seville’s Plaza de España to celebrate the International Book Day.
