Fondo de Cultura Económica, or Fund for Economic Culture, was established in 1934 by officials at the economics school of Mexico’s national university. The beloved Latin American institution, remains one of the most important publishing houses in the Spanish language.
Dasso Saldívar's book is the product of 20 years of research, trips to the most important places in Gabriel García Márquez's life, hundreds of interviews and reviewing archives in several countries on his quest to find answers. He was obsessed with finding who this man who wrote “One Hundred Years of Solitude” was, and with discovering the historical, cultural, family and personal reality behind this prodigious novel.
The south Florida county would use a higher library tax to expand its hours of operation and to expand up to three times its budget to acquire children's books, according to a proposal from county mayor Carlos Giménez.
From the five must-popular Paulo Coelho's books, to a review of “La noche soñada” by Maxim Huerta, About Libros has lots of reviews to share. Don't miss a synopsis of Victor Hugo's life, the five must-read Mexican authors, the six most-pupular books for runners and much more.
America Reads Spanish will launch in 2015 the second edition of the "Días de Cine" cycle, a project whose objective is to encourage interest, knowledge and study of literature written in Spanish by means of reading clubs distributed throughout the extensive network of U.S. libraries and universities.
As in previous years, ICEX España Exportación e Inversiones (ICEX Spain Export and Investments), in conjuction with the Federation of Spanish Publishers, and the Trade Commission of Spain in Miami, is organizing, for the 32nd Annual International Book Fair, LIBER 2014, a Reverse Commercial Mission comprised of more than 25 librarians from the United States.
Springfield’s Guy Lee Elementary is starting a dual language immersion program, and its kindergarten students will continue learning English and Spanish, as the school will keep adding one grade level to the program each year.
Conor P. Williams, senior researcher in the Early Education Initiative at the New America Foundation, explores the implications of a new research, published in this month’s issue of the Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, about “two-way dual language” program in a first grade Texas classroom and how this becomes a considerably different educational experience for students.
Miami Book Fair International, presented by The Center for Literature and Theatre @ Miami Dade College (MDC), a program of Miami Dade College’s MDCulture, will celebrate its 31st edition November 16 – 23, 2014. This year the event has two new venues: Playtime, an international children’s theatre festival and The Swamp, a pop-up lounge featuring live music and writers celebrating life in Florida.
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 35 of 2014 (week ending 8/31/2014).
