Juan Felipe Herrera has been named the 21st U.S. poet laureate by Librarian of Congress James H. Billington, who said his poems "champion voices, traditions and histories, as well as a cultural perspective, which is a vital part of our larger American identity." Herrera, who is the first Mexican American hold the position, will begin his year-long tenure in September when he participates in the National Book Festival and reads from his work at the Library of Congress, the Washington Post reported. He will succeed Charles Wright.

An overwhelming majority of Hispanics say it is important that future generations of Hispanics living in the United States speak Spanish, according to a Pew Research Center Hispanic Trends report.

Madeline Peña & Loida Garcia-Febo, some of the most renowned members of REFORMA, are this year’s winners for these awards.

The Princess of Asturias Award for Literature has gone to the Spanish/Cuban novelist and journalist Leonardo Padura. There were 27 nominations from around the world for the prestigous award which has been won in the past by people of the stature of writer John Banville, Leonard Cohen and dramatist Arthur Miller.

Independent publisher Restless Books, headed by Amherst professor Ilan Stavans, launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise money for a new “Restless Classics” series. “Don Quixote” will be the first, with original woodcut illustrations by the artist Eko.

School in Wilmington received national recognition for it's dual language program.

“Which character would you have chosen to be?”, “which novel would you have loved to live in?”, Spain’s ABC Newspaper asks these questions to a group of renowned authors.

Digital Reading Service provides by-subscription contents in Spanish, affordably.

The series emphasizes in focus on the Americas as source for distinct Spanish-language literature.

Perez-Reverte signed copies of his book “Hombre buenos” (Good men) to fans at the Madrid Book Fair.