“How a book is born?” is a 12 minute video presentation on Vaso Roto Ediciones to be featured in an event at Instituto Cervantes New York, October 11th. It will be followed by a lecture under the same title by Jeannete L. Clariond, director of Vaso Roto Ediciones, that recently celebrated its 10th anniversary.
Three magnet schools in Napa Valley Unified School District will share a $2.8 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education that may be renewed for two more years.
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 39 of 2013 (week ending 9/29/2013).
LIBER, in collaboration with bHybrid, offers a digital-user-friendly library with catalogs featuring exhibitor releases. Organized by categories, each catalog has its own QR code offering direct access to its content from a tablet of smartphone.
ABC convened top experts in Segovia to analyze the potential of the language in the field of economic development and its increasing international influence.
“Águila que camina: El niño comanche” and “La caja de los agujeros” are the titles released this month for the Spanish publisher of children's books.
SPAIN Arts & Culture, in collaboration with Words Without Borders, presents “Spain's Great Untranslated,” an anthology of twelve contemporary Spanish masters whose dazzling work has been unavailable to the English-language world. The events, including panel discussion and book signing, will take place Sept. 30th in Miami, and later in the week in Houston and Albuquerque.
about.com Libros en Español publishes a list of useful links for Spanish readers. The list includes topics as where to find free ebooks, deals on books, book clubs, bestsellers, and much more.
A study co-authored by a Michigan State University scholar concluded that bilingual education programs have a substantial spillover effect on the students they’re not designed for.
Four years ago, the Northfield School District in Minnesota, made the first significant changes to the Compañeros language immersion program since its inception in 1993. Now, as teachers grow accustomed to the new program and its young pioneers enter 4th grade, it’s clear that the change was a good one, according to those involved, Northfield News reports.
