During two hours, five experts on Marías' work discussed eleven novels and dozens of essays and articles from the Spanish author. The event, organized by Cervantes Institute and Brown University, and entitled “A Celebration of Javier Marías’ Narrative”, had an audience of more than 200 people.
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 28 of 2013 (week ending 7/14/2013).
Spanish publishing imprints Editorial Vida and Grupo Nelson announced the launch of LiderVision.com, a new online tool focused on Spanish-speaking audiences, that will include free book excerpts, pastoral advice and access to an online store that will provide Spanish-language products and titles.
Itziar Latorre, director of foreign trade for Latorre Literaria, a company that distributes, imports and exports books from Spain, talks to ARS about the titles he recommends to the American readers, and how to find their books in the U.S.
Glendale Library's “Stories in Other Languages” program provides the same story-time programming that is offered throughout the system for young children, as young as 18-months, but in Armenian or Spanish.
Cuban-born and long-time U.S. resident José Kozer, one of the most revered Latin American poets, received the recognition from Chilean president Sebastián Piñera. Established in 2004 for Neruda's centennial, the award honors a lifetime contribution to poetry. It has been received by Nicanor Parra, Juan Gelman, and Ernesto Cardenal, among others.
The private equity firm Castle Harlan Partners IV, L.P., , owner of Baker & Taylor, just purchased Bookmasters. The commercial relationship with Bookmasters will enable B&T to offer many of the same publisher services as its competitor Ingram Content Group, Publishers Weekly reports.
The 2013 edition of New Spanish Books (NSB) features the newest titles that Spanish publishers and literary agents have to offer for translation. Forty nine Spanish publishers and six literary agents have submitted 121 books. NSB webpage offers detailed information on these titles, their authors, publishers and rights holders.
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 27 of 2013 (week ending 7/7/2013).
Ghada Elturk, outreach librarian at the Boulder (Colo.) Public Library, was honored at ALA Annual Conference as the 2013 recipient of the ALA Ethnic and Multicultural Information Exchange Round Table (EMIERT) Distinguished Librarian Award. She is donating her award to the American Indian Library Association, Asian/Pacific American Library Association, the Black Caucus of ALA, REFORMA – the National Association to Promote Library & Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish Speaking, as well as EMIERT, all organizations which she has served as a longstanding and active member.
