We are welcoming back Adan Griego, Curator for Iberoamerican & Mexican American Collections at Stanford University, who will be presenting at Liber 2014 (Wed. October 1st. at 5:15pm) an overview of the opportunities for Spanish publishers within the US library system.
Check out the publisher's latest print and digital releases for October, as well as the sections Biblioteca Digital and Comunicación.
The world-renowned translator into English of Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Mario Vargas Llosa and Don Quixote, will read from her new translation of works by Sister Juana Inés de la Cruz today, September 23, in the Assembly Hall, Campus Center on the University at Albany's uptown campus.
A recent study published by the Children's Book Center warned of the significant lack of ethnic diversity in children's picture books. In an effort to change that, the national bilingual literacy campaign Read Conmigo, will launch the contest "Preserving our Culture through Bilingual Literacy" for aspiring Latino authors of children's books in the area of Southern California. The contest ends October 31st.
The University of Texas Press has revived its series of translations of classic Latin American literature for the 21st century, bringing most of them into digital form for the first time.
The children’s book publisher releases the colorful “¡Qué divertido es comer fruta!” and “Mariama”.
Cleburne ISD board of trustees approved the purchase from Houghton Mifflin for Spanish teacher edition materials, student workbooks and Spanish leveled readers. Both science and math are taught in English and Spanish to students in kindergarten through the fifth grade.
The recognition will take place during the 28th conference, October 4 -6. Honorees include individuals, institutions and organizations who have made exemplary contributions to Hispanic higher education. At the same event, two leading educators will be inducted into HACU's Hall of Champions that recognizes individuals who embody the mission of the Association through their special efforts “To Champion Hispanic Success in Higher Education.”
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 37 of 2014 (week ending 9/14/2014).
Riky Stock, Director of the German Book Office New York, asked 20 U.S. publishers who work with translated books for the inside scoop and got some very interesting answers.
