When Cuban American author Meg Medina was named the first Latina as the national ambassador for young people's literature by the Library of Congress in 2023, she knew this meant a change.

The writer talks about sensitivity as a flag of insurrection, his lonely youth, and the triumph of pop music.

Mexican writer Cristina Rivera Garza is one of the winners of the 2023 Pulitzer Prize, announced yesterday, Monday, May 6, by Columbia University in the United States.

'The world's greatest and youngest expert on Cervantes, according to himself.' This is how Javier Marías described Professor Del Diestro, the name behind which hid the Spanish literature professor Francisco Rico, who died this Saturday at the age of 81.

'Polilla' is Muñoz's debut in an unjustly neglected genre, literary journalism or what in English they call personal essay. In a surprisingly serene tone, concise sentences, and measured metaphors, she recounts several trips to Sarajevo, ...

Paloma Navarrete was and still is one of the most recognizable figures in Spain. During her lifetime, she became famous for founding the first Cabinet of Futurology in Madrid, ..

The Spanish Ministry of Culture has opened the term for the submission of applications, on a competitive basis, to apply for grants for the financing of activities to promote Spanish reading and literature for the year 2024.

Barcelona begins an ambitious and transcendental project: the construction of the largest library in Spain and one of the largest in Europe. This milestone in the cultural landscape will not only add a valuable asset to the city’s network of public libraries, but will also consolidate its position as a literary epicenter of international renown.

2024 April's #193 is now available with exciting news about America Reads Spanish!

'If you think about the number of criminals you are surrounded by every day without knowing it, you wouldn't leave home.'