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Teacher and author Rima de Vallbona will be inducted as a full member of ANLE

Rima de Vallbona of the University of St. Thomas, Houston, Texas; will be inducted as a full member of the North American Academy of the Spanish Language (ANLE) this Friday at the King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center of New York University.

Días de Cine presents “El gran mogollón” this week

The movie, based on Andrés Madrid's “Ayer España enrojeció”, is featured this week at the Días de Cine Reading Club. 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.

America Reads Spanish launches first panel for translation rights in the United States

America Reads Spanish launched, with great success, its first panel for translation rights in the United States, showcasing the latest titles coming from Spain with rights available for translation.

Spanish and Argentinean films are presented this month at CCE Miami

Centro Cultural Español Miami presents “Ciclo de Cine: Intercambio cultural entre España y Argentina” every Tuesday of May, at 7 p.m.

LéaLA, Los Angeles Spanish Book Fair starts May 11th

The second edition of LéaLA will be held May 11 – 13 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. The event is organized by University of Guadalajara.

Merriam-Webster's Pocket Spanish-English Dictionary published by Merriam-Webster is #1 Best Selling Title in Spanish in the US for Week 18

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 18 of 2012 (week ending 05/06/2012).

Bilingual people have enhanced memory and are better able to pay attention, study says

The “Learning the Language” blog goes over a recent study published by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences about how bilingualism affects the brain, in a positive way.

The bilingual brain is sharper and more focused, study says

In his blog at the Wall Street Journal, Robert Lee Histz writes about a study which claims that the ability to speak two languages can make bilingual people better able to pay attention than those who can only speak one language.

Intensive Course of Short Stories starts tomorrow at CCE Miami

The four-day Intensive Course of Short Stories by Jorge Eduardo Benavides at Centro Cultural Español Miami is open to the general public.

“Amar y morir en Sevilla” is the featured movie in Días de Cine Reading Club this week

The movie, based on José Zorrilla's “Don Juan Tenorio”, is featured this week at the Días de Cine Reading Club. 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.

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