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Jordi Fibla receives recognition from Spain's cultural authorities for his work as translator.

Fibla has translated books by iconic writers such as Saul Bellow, Nadine Gordimer, John Irving, Henry James, William Kennedy, John Kennedy Toole, Rudyard Kipling, D. H. Lawrence, David Malouf, and Arthur Miller.

New Caney library in Texas celebrates addition of Spanish and bilingual book titles.

In 2015, 34 libraries throughout the state of Texas received the Texas Book Festival Collections
Enhancement Grant. The R.B. Tullis Branch Library in New Caney was among the grant recipients.

Spanish artist to draw controversial Millennium spin off comic books

Stieg Larsson's Millennium books are reported to be getting a second alternative ending in a set of new comic books inspired by the Swedish trilogy.

Lexington, Kentucky University to host renowned Spanish artists.

Transylvania University will welcome two prominent Spanish artists and poets to campus for their North American debut.

The 2015 Planeta Literary Award Laureates presented at the Cervantes Institute.

Alicia Giménez Bartlett and Daniel Sánchez Arévalo (winner and frontrunner respectively) were careful not to disclose many details about their novels.

Get to know this week's list of best selling titles in Spanish for week 44 ending on November 1st., 2015.

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 44 of 2015 (week ending 11/01/2015).

Amazon opens first bricks & mortar store at University of Washington's campus.

On Tuesday, Amazon, the largest bookseller in the world, did something it has never done: it sold a book to a customer face-to-face. Despite appearances Amazon Books, the company's first branded retail storefront, is a far cry from the bookstore as we know it.

Arkansas Tech University now offering Spanish-language tours.

The Arkansas Tech University Office of Admissions has scheduled a series of campus tours that will provide the Spanish-speaking community with access to information about higher education.

Assistant superintendent proposes Spanish immersion program at Wyoming school district.

Albany County School District No. 1 in Wyoming is contemplating a new Spanish immersion program that would introduce students to the language from an early age.

Writer Carme Riera, awarded with Spain's National Literary Award.

Riera is recognized by Spain's Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports for the "high quality of her writings in Catalan and Spanish languages, which combine literary creation with research and divulgation, a multifaceted work with universal repercussion".

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