A renewed interest in teaching young children to speak a foreign language is catching on, driven by workplace forces and demand from parents. In Baltimore County's 10 elementary schools a foreign language is being taught for the first time this year.
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 48 of 2014 (week ending 11/30/2014).
Last month, novelist Isabel Allende was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Her books have been translated into 35 languages and sold close to 60 million copies around the world. In an interview with Democracy Now, she talked about her literary career and her memories of Chile during the CIA-backed coup.
The 26 rights deals for Milena Busquets’ “This Too Shall Pass” have raised eyebrows, — but looking at the author’s passion and personal history, it makes sense.
Latin American authors and intellectuals remembered Colombian writer Gabriel García Márquez, who died on April, during a special homage at he 2014 Guadalajara’s Book Fair, in Mexico.
The German Book Office in New York City hosted a panel entitled, “Editing Translations – Editing Susan,” offering advice on editing works in translation, followed it by a day-long workshop in which German-English translator Susan Bernofsky worked with up-and-coming translators around a text by Jenny Erpenbeck, whose novel “The End of Days” (New Directions) Bernofsky had recently translated.
Authors, literary agents, librarians, booksellers and hundreds of publishing houses will join thousands of visitors at the biggest showcase books in Spanish, November 29 – December 7. This year, the fair will offer new events, including the first annual scientific outreach program, the FIL is Science Too, and the International Graphic Novel Forum. Argentina is the guest of honor.
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 47 of 2014 (week ending 11/23/2014).
The Harry Ransom Center, at the university's Austin campus, announced that the collection spans more than 50 years and features original manuscript material for 10 books, including Garcia Marquez's "One Hundred Years of Solitude."
In an interview with EFE, director of the Guadalajara International Book Fair, FIL, Marisol Shulz says that Spanish publishing houses are benefiting from the vibrant economies of Latin American nations.
