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Irene Gracia wins the Juan March de Novela Breve 2014 award

The author won with her fifth novel “Anoche anduve sobre las aguas”, with a fantasy and religious theme.

LA bookstore brings Spanish-Language books to American children

La Librería is the first children’s Spanish-language literature store in Los Angeles, and opened Feb. 21 at a location on West Washington Boulevard. The bookstore is the dream of two moms who started out selling their volumes at book fairs.

Book market shows growing for comics in 2014

BookScan numbers are showing this growth, as Brian Hibbs of Comic Book Resources explains in this article.

McNally Jackson presents events scheduled for this month

Classes, conversation with authors and clinics, the New York-based library has lots of events this month.

Blue Planet Tales creates an app for teaching history and science in schools

The start-up turning has turned each history, science and nature lesson into an interactive story so children can learn by reading, playing and having fun.

Spanish publishers are thinking small

Specializing in forgotten literary gems and little-known writers, small independent publishers are flourishing in Spain.

“Pocket Spanish Dictionary” published by Houghton Mifflin is #1 best selling title in Spanish in the US for week 9

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 9 of 2015 (week ending 3/1/2015).

Applications are open for ICE/Mobility program by Acción Cultural Española

This program is ideal for those is inviting Spanish authors to promote their work in the U.S. The program works by matching funds (up to 50% of total costs) and covering travel expenses of Spanish authors as well as other expenses.

23 percent of books published in Spain are digital

Ebook turnover in that country rises by 8 percent, to 80,26 million euros, while sales of printed books fell by 9.7 percent, according to the Federation of Publishers Guilds of Spain (FGEE).

Writer Francisco González Ledesma dies at 87

The author and creator of the unforgettable character inspector Ricardo Méndez, died in Barcelona on Monday. His last novel “Peores maneras de morir”, was published in 2013.

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