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Nuevo Barrio 2018

The Spanish publisher (Madrid) Funambulista has been one of the twelve publishers selected to participate in the third edition of the NuevoBarrio space within the 44th edition of the International Book Fair in Buenos Aires. The publishing sector is one of the most dynamic cultural industries.

Cultural Events at the Instituto Cervantes - Spanish Language & Culture - January & February 2018

Instituto Cervantes is an international non-profit organization founded by Spain in 1991 to promote the Spanish language and Spanish and Hispanic-American culture through language classes, public programming and access to our extensive library.

The Tompkins Square Branch of The New York Public Library Presents Bilingual Readings

The Tompkins Square Branch of The New York Public Library has been serving residents of Manhattan's Lower East Side since 1904. Opening in 1887 as the Fifth Street Branch of the Aguilar Free Library, the branch relocated three times before moving to its present site facing Tompkins Square Park.

"Charlas" (“Talks”), a space of reflection about the future of the publishing industry

For more than 7 years we have worked on Proyecto451 to help the publishing sector to understand what we consider to be the most profound transformation in its history. And this year we want to do something completely new so we can continue fulfilling that goal.

Jorge Volpi wins the Alfaguara Prize with 'Una novela criminal' (A Criminal Novel)

The Mexican writer follows in the steps of In Cold Blood to narrate "without fiction" a case that pitted Mexico and France against each other.The Penguin Random House publishing group announced at a luncheon held in Madrid last Wednesday at noon that the writer Jorge Volpi (Mexico City, 1968) had been awarded the 2018 Alfaguara Prize to..

Digital Book Collections from the BNE already available in ePub

Many books to download for free. The Biblioteca Nacional de España (The Spanish National Library) has made available to users of the Biblioteca Digital Hispánica (Hispanic Digital Library) the first literary work collections in ePub format for downloading in devices such as tablets, e-readers or cell phones.

7.3% increase in 2017 of books published in Spain. 87,292 new titles hit the market last year.

The publishing sector in Spain registered an increase of 7.3% in published works from the previous year, which means a total of 87,292 titles, according the ISBN Agency, whose data was provided by the Federación de Gremios de Editores de España, (FGEE) Spanish Association of Publishers Guilds.

Penguin Random House Press Release, February 1st, 2018

Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial and Ediciones B distributed by Penguin Random House.

Chile's 'antipoet' Nicanor Parra dies at age 103

SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Nicanor Parra, the Chilean artist and writer who described himself as an “antipoet,” died on Tuesday at the age of 103, the country’s president said.

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January's issue 2018 is now available with exciting news about America Reads Spanish!

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