The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) is announcing the slate of conferences and events that will take place in San Antonio, Washington D.C. and Chicago.

The movie, based on Arturo Pérez-Reverte's novel is featured at the Días de Cine Reading Club until December 23rd. 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.

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 48 of 2012 (week ending 12/2/2012).

The newspaper features 18 titles where the main characters are Black, Latino, Asian, American Indian or Alaska Native. The books are for second, third and fourth graders.

The nobel prized writer won the inaugural Carlos Fuentes International Prize for Literary Creation in the Spanish Language. ARS shares the video of his accepting speech.

The fair ended yesterday, and Griego, from Stanford University Libraries, shares his impressions of the so call most important book event, on his Salalm's blog.

The movie, based on Alberto Méndez's novel is featured at the Días de Cine Reading Club until December 9th. 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.

The Spanish poet and novelist has been awarded the 2012 Cervantes Prize for helping "enrich the Hispanic literary legacy," the jury said.

KUNM, New Mexico public radio, reports how bilingual programs for hispanic students are not only the key for academic success, but they offer hope for a better life.

Javier Sepúlveda Hales, from Ebooks Patagonia; Pedro Huerta, from Amazon, and Adán Griego, from Stanford University Libraries, participated in the event “Electronic books: what, how, where and why,” hosted Monday at the fair.