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Jose Mármol receives the Casa de América de Poesía Award

The Dominican author honored for his “Lenguaje del Mar”. Besides the award, Mármol will see his work printed by Visor Libros.

“Cincuenta Sombras de Grey / Fifty Shades of Grey” by E.L. James and published by Vintage Books is #1 best selling title in Spanish in the US for week 37

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 37 of 2012 (week ending 09/16/2012).

ALTA conference is around the corner, are you ready?

The blog “Three Percent” published an entertaining piece abut the preparations for the American Literary Translators Association conference, October 3th.

Jordi Sierra i Fabra wins Cervantes Chico 2012 Award

The judges and the students of 42 schools in Alcalá de Henares, Spain, gave the award to the author for the importance of his literary work and his work and commitment through his foundations in Spain and Colombia.

Verbo Divino to release “Aumenta nuestra fe” in the next few days

“Increase our faith”, a guide for parishes and communities on the Year of Faith, is based on passages from the Old and especially the New Testament.

“Mom goes to war” is Cuento de Luz's latest release

Also available in Spanish (“Mamá se va a la guerra”), the book, written by Irene Aparici and illustrated by Mónica Carretero is based on a true story: a mother fighting cancer.

Trama Editorial releases its September issue of “Trama & Texturas”

The magazine about books and publishing, features analysis, debates, ideas and critical opinions about the universe of books and reading, publishing and libraries.

Días de Cine will be presenting “A hierro muere” for the next two weeks

The movie, based on Luis Saslavsky's novel is featured at the Días de Cine Reading Club until September 30th. This initiative is sponsored by the America Reads Spanish program and the American Library Association to promote literature and the Spanish language in American libraries and universities.

Liber 2012 to honor publisher Pablo Zendrera Tomás

The tribute will be October 4th at the Saló de Cent de l'Ajuntament of Barcelona during the International Book Fair.

La Central bookstore grand opening in Madrid congregates writers, editors, readers

The new branch, La Central de Callao, has four floors and more of 70,000 titles, reports El País.

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