The Spanish author will be featured in BookExpo America (New York) at the Translation Market Stage on Thursday 29 at 12 p.m., where he will talk about his novel with Rohan Kamicheril from Words Without Borders. Then, on Friday 30 at 7 p.m. he will also talk about his book in 192 Books with Harold Augenbraum, executive director of the National Book Foundation.
Marcos Giralt Torrente is one of the successfully translated authors that will be adding their perspective at the BEA’s Global Market Forum 2014: Books in Translation, on May 28th at noon in New York. Then at 7 p.m. he will be at McNally Jackson Books in conversation with Francisco Goldman on his books “The End of Love” and “Paris.” Torrente will have three of his books released in English to the US market from three different publishing ventures within a span of 18 months.
The submission period for Paz Prize for Poetry in still open, but time is running out. The contest is a collaboration between Miami Dade College’s Center for Literature and Theatre and The National Poetry Series to promote Spanish poetry in the U.S.
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 20 of 2014 (week ending 5/18/2014).
America Reads Spanish interviewed Ana Pérez Galván, Managing Director at Hispabooks Publishing, a brand new publishing house focusing on contemporary Spanish fiction in English-language translation, both in eBook and trade paperback format, targeting readers around the world who want to explore the best of today’s Spanish literature.
Two important events, Salón del Cómic and Nit dels Museus, took place this weekend in Barcelona, and both attracted many visitors. Salón, with 106,000, same as the last two editions, double the space of the exhibition. Nit dels Museus organizers reported more than 160,000 visitors to the participant cultural centers and museums around the city.
Winnacunnet High School language arts teacher Ellen Knollmeyer, local coordinator for the Center for Cultural Exchange Greenheart (CCI) program, is seeking people willing to host Spanish exchange students this summer and learn about another culture at the same time.
Fifteen years after California voters approved a bill that made bilingual education in public schools practically illegal, lawmakers are taking a second look.
The 32nd edition of the International Book Fair, to be held in Barcelona in October, offers a Professional Program, where professionals in the publishing industry will share with attendees knowledge on success, as well as concerns and challenges, related to this constantly changing industry. The Program open to the public includes Literatura Festival, with authors' participation, and Literatura Festival in the City, with the participation of Barcelona's libraries, book stores and cultural centers.
Buenos Aires-based online bookseller BajaLibros has gained traction thanks toAmazon.com's failure to launch in the region, as well as restrictions on imports.
