Despite the increasing popularity of digital books, booksellers in Argentina are in good health. So much that they are considered something of a tourist attraction and are often featured in guidebooks and tours.
Despite the increasing popularity of digital books, booksellers in Argentina are in good health. So much that they are considered something of a tourist attraction and are often featured in guidebooks and tours.
László Krasznahorkai was awarded the 2014 Best Translated Book Award for fiction for “Seiobo There Below,” translated from the Hungarian by Ottilie Mulzet. One of the two runners up for the fiction award was “The African Shore” by Guatemalan author Rodrigo Rey Rosa, translated from the Spanish by Jeffrey Gray.
From June 26 to July 1, the American Library Association will have its Annual Conference and Exhibition. The event will host more than 775 exhibiting organizations, multiple pavilions and stages featuring authors, and numerous related events. Meet America Reads Spanish at booth 631.
BookExpo America (BEA), North America’s largest gathering of book trade professionals will feature a Startup Alley, where startups will compete to appear before the judges that will decide prize winners and potential investment candidates on the spot. Also, BEA will focus on independent and self-published authors with its new Author Hub, and it will have three separate Buzz Panels for adult, young adult, and middle grade titles. It all starts May 29th at the Javits Center in New York. America Reads Spanish will be present at the Spanish Pavilion.
The International Book Fair of Bogota started April 29th and ends May 12. The 27th edition has Peru as guest of honor and hosts multiple events that bring together publishers, distributors, booksellers, writers and readers.
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 17 of 2014 (week ending 4/27/2014).
La Maleta de Portbou is a humanities and economics magazine, edited by philosopher Josep Ramoneda and published by Galaxia Gutenberg. The magazine offers opinion articles and essays on economics, philosophy, social sciences and arts.
May 1st will start the submission period for the Paz Poetry Prize, 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. The deadline is June 15th.
This new edition features the video “Gabriel García Márquez - In His Own Words” and tribute paid to the Colombian author by the world press. Don't miss the new titles Spanish publishing industry has available for translation and how Elena Poniatowska received the Cervantes Award. In the section “Amigo del Español” talented (and multilingual ) actress Natalie Portman tell us about her career and her life, and in New Releases, read about “Memoria de un engaño” and “En media hora la muerte,” among other titles.
Barnes & Noble will host a new monthly Spanish-language Storytime at select stores across the country starting in May with a reading of “¡Te lo regalo!” (You Can Have It!) by Gabriela Keselman, published by Cuento de Luz. Customers can listen to stories read in Spanish and enjoy word practice and fun activities.
