The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) has awarded 15 libraries mini-grants to start their own Día Family Book Club. These clubs will utilize multi-cultural, multi-lingual or second language books to provide an opportunity for families in their community to come together. The mini-grants are part of ALSC’s Everyone Reads @ your library grant, generously funded by the Dollar General Literacy Foundation.
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 1 of 2014 (week ending 1/5/2014).
Spanish poet, writer and translator Marta López-Luaces published her latest book “Los traductores del viento” (Wind translators). The novel reveals the deepest human conflicts intertwined with the social fabric, dealing also with the historical struggle for power between the church and the secular establishment representatives.
In an editorial piece by Publishing Perspectives, Mark Haber, of Brazos Bookstore, an independent bookstore in Houston, writes about the increased number of customers asking for Latin-American and Spanish books, and how his bookstore is now carrying titles both originally written in Spanish and translated into Spanish, to satisfy the demand.
In this edition, Rómulo Parra features “Inquebrantable: Mi Historia, A Mi Manera” (“Unbreakable: My Story, My Way”), the autobiography of late singer Jenni Rivera, number one on the bestseller books for 26 weeks; a review of “El ruido de las cosas al caer,” the suggested five classic books available in digital format, and much more.
James Blake Wiener of the Ancient History Encyclopedia speaks to historian and writer Dr. María Lara Martínez, about her award winning novel on St. Helena, “The Veil of Promise” (El Velo de Promesa).
During 2013 the Spanish newspaper covered the must important news and events of the book industry. In this piece, readers can watch and read reports, interviews, videos, chats and discussion on all of the nine highlights of the book industry in 2013.
msn Latino's Latinzine features Ana Eulate, founder of Cuento de Luz, as a publisher with a mission, a woman that takes whimsical children’s books to places where fairytales aren’t an intrinsic part of childhood. Bullets and hunger are.
El País features a review of some of the books suitable for children five years old and under.
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 52 of 2013 (week ending 12/29/2013).
