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Majority of Hispanics Want Young People to Speak Spanish, Survey Shows

An overwhelming majority of Hispanics say it is important that future generations of Hispanics living in the United States speak Spanish, according to a Pew Research Center Hispanic Trends report.

REFORMA Announces the 2015 Librarian of the Year (LOTY) and 2015 Lifetime Achievement Award (LAA) winners.

Madeline Peña & Loida Garcia-Febo, some of the most renowned members of REFORMA, are this year’s winners for these awards.

Leonardo Padura wins Princess of Asturias Award for Literature.

The Princess of Asturias Award for Literature has gone to the Spanish/Cuban novelist and journalist Leonardo Padura. There were 27 nominations from around the world for the prestigous award which has been won in the past by people of the stature of writer John Banville, Leonard Cohen and dramatist Arthur Miller.

Sharing “Don Quixote” on its 400th anniversary

Independent publisher Restless Books, headed by Amherst professor Ilan Stavans, launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise money for a new “Restless Classics” series. “Don Quixote” will be the first, with original woodcut illustrations by the artist Eko.

Delaware dual-language school receives national award.

School in Wilmington received national recognition for it's dual language program.

Ingenious questions take writers by surprise.

“Which character would you have chosen to be?”, “which novel would you have loved to live in?”, Spain’s ABC Newspaper asks these questions to a group of renowned authors.

Metaforic Club de Lectura, new platform provides high quality literature in Spanish to children, parents and teachers.

Digital Reading Service provides by-subscription contents in Spanish, affordably.

Penguin Random House releases “Mapa de lenguas” (Map of languages), a collection dedicated to showcase emerging Latin American writers to readers in Spain.

The series emphasizes in focus on the Americas as source for distinct Spanish-language literature.

Arturo Perez-Reverte shares book-signing experience on video.

Perez-Reverte signed copies of his book “Hombre buenos” (Good men) to fans at the Madrid Book Fair.

Spanish bookstore “Antonio Machado Libros” in Madrid wins National Award for its publishing legacy.

The publisher, founded during late-civil war times, began importing controversial books and later became one of the most important distributors of Spain.

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