Mexican writer Benito Taibo will present his first novel, “Persona Normal,” and Spanish poet and translator Luis Muñoz will read selections of his latest work.
Mexican writer Benito Taibo will present his first novel, “Persona Normal,” and Spanish poet and translator Luis Muñoz will read selections of his latest work.
The December catalog also features the section “Un libro, un regalo” (A book, a gift) with presents ideas for all age groups.
Recently, Elissa Miller won the America Reads Spanish's Librarian of the Year award. The prestigious newspaper reported Miller's accomplishment in its “D.C. News in Brief” section.
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 44 of 2012 (week ending 11/04/2012).
Southern California Public Radio's Leslie Berestein Rojas interviewed the coauthors of "Bilingual is Better," Roxana A. Soto and Ana L. Flores. They both are also the two bloggers behind “Spanglish Baby,” a site for parents who are trying to raise bilingual children.
After the success of "Volver a morir" (Dead Again, 2011), the novel with the first-ever Hispanic detective as a protagonist, now being made into a TV series, writer Rosana Ubanell is back with a totally different novel, "Perdido en tu piel" (Lost in Your Skin), a suspense romance with erotic overtones. ARS had the opportunity to talk to the author.
With Ecuador as a guest of honor, as well as the Ecuadorian president as author and a representative of Amazon, among others, the Santiago’s International Book Fair-2012 will end November 11th.
One of Spain's most translated contemporary writers will participate in several lectures and discuss his latest books in the two cities at the end of the month.
The movie, based on Arturo Pérez-Reverte's novel is featured at the Días de Cine Reading Club until November 11th. 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.
Also, the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities' bulletin features their President's State of HACU Address at the Annual Conference, the champions of Hispanic higher education success, the first inductee to the HACU Alumni Wall of Honor and more.
