Recently, two fully packed events had the Peruvian author as the guest of honor in New York City: On November 4, the inauguration of the Cátedra Vargas Llosa at City College and three days later, a conversation on his books with scholar John King at the Americas Society.
Oralia Garza de Cortés is a literacy consultant, writer, and Latino children’s literacy advocate. Her career spans over thirty years, has also worked as a children’s librarian for the San Antonio, Austin, and Houston public library systems, and served as the national president of REFORMA.
The Spanish publisher has launched this project as part of the its digital business branch. The idea is to introduce an iPad app to senior centers, nursing homes and day centers to be used in occupational therapy.
The Mexican writer won the 31st Herralde Prize with his work "Muerte Subita" (Sudden Death), a story set in the 16th century about two singular tennis opponents, Italian painter Caravaggio and Spanish poet Quevedo.
Amid a resurgence in popularity of the graphic novel and a flush of new titles by young Spanish authors, four writers and illustrators at Hay Festival Xalapa, discussed the state of the genre in Spain and the form’s future as the advent of the ebook adds a new dimension to pictorial storytelling.
Sagrada Familia cathedral in Barcelona is featured on the cover of the magazine. Inside, readers can discover the most representative details of the interior of this master piece.
Over the past five decades, dual language programs in elementary, middle and high schools have grown from just one program in 1962 in Miami, Florida, to over 800 programs in public schools across the country. While that still represents a small percentage of U.S. schools, the popularity of such programs is not surprising.
Ahwatukee (Arizona) resident Janet Collins has always shown a passion and desire when it came to Spanish, and eight years ago she was able to share her passion with the Ahwatukee community by beginning Los Niños Spanish School.
It is Utah’s quest to give all students the chance to become linguistically proficient and culturally competent by mainstreaming dual language immersion programs for students of diverse abilities, across all socioeconomic categories, and in large and small communities throughout the state.
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 44 of 2013 (week ending 11/03/2013).
