Thanks to Dr. Nicolás Kanellos' love for U.S. Hispanic literature, hundreds of award-winning books like Sandra Cisneros’ “The House on Mango Street” and “Rain of Gold” by Victor Villaseñor were published.
Thanks to Dr. Nicolás Kanellos' love for U.S. Hispanic literature, hundreds of award-winning books like Sandra Cisneros’ “The House on Mango Street” and “Rain of Gold” by Victor Villaseñor were published.
The Peruvian writer and 2010 Nobel Laureate in Literature, told a full house at the University of Delaware’s Clayton Hall on Thursday evening that when he sits down to write a novel, the process “is fascinating and mysterious, but it is not fun.”
The first edition of “Barcelona Novela Histórica”, scheduled for November 11- 16 and curated by journalist Enric Calpena, includes roundtable meetings that would try to answer questions about this genre gaining popularity in Spain. Lindsey Davis will be awarded the first Premio Internacional de Novela Histórica Barcino.
Pedro Huerta, Director of KINDLE Content in Amazon, told the audience of the Portada Mexico Forum in Mexico City. Huerta leads Amazon Kindle’s expansion into Latin America, including the U.S. Hispanic market. He shared his insights when introducing the Kindle in Brazil and Mexico.
Diana Sorensen, dean of Arts and Humanities at Harvard University, spoke to EFE in the framework of the formal inauguration of the Cervantes Institute Observatory of the Spanish Language and Hispanic Cultures, at the university.
World Book Night U.S. is part of an ambitious campaign to encourage reading and giving. A half million free paperbacks will be handed out across America all on one day — April 23, 2014 — by enlisting 25,000 volunteer book lovers to promote reading by personally giving specially printed books to light or non-readers and to those without the means or access to them.
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 43 of 2013 (week ending 10/27/2013).
Children's Reading Foundation of Doña Ana County board of directors gives away thousands of free books to children in Las Cruces and Doña Ana County, New Mexico, throughout the year.
In a ceremony held in the Asturian capital of Oviedo, Crown Prince Felipe and Princess Letizia presided over a reception to honor those who have excelled in the fields of science, arts, or humanities. Spanish writer, Antonio Muñoz Molina was the winner of the literature prize.
The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) is now accepting applications for mini-grants intended to allow libraries to initiate Día Family Book Club programs. Mini-grants are part of ALSC’s Everyone Reads @ your library grant, generously funded by the Dollar General Literacy Foundation.
