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Mi familia y otros asesinos

Fran Navarro and Chus Navarro  

In this family, everyone is a suspect. You won't be able to stop reading until you find out who the killer is! Somewhere between cozy mystery and classic detective fiction, the Navarro brothers' debut novel is a love letter to the genre, an irresistible homage to Agatha Christie,

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Celia en Cuba: 1925-1962    

Rosa Marquetti Torres  

Spanning from 1925 to 1962, the time Celia spent in Cuba, this is a comprehensive biography of Celia Cruz, the Queen of Salsa, as she has never been seen before. In this first installment of Celia Cruz’s biography, the author explores her first years as .....

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Los nueve reinos 

Santiago Díaz  

First century BCE. After mutinying on board the Roman ship transporting them, a group of African prisoners of war and their wives are swept by the currents to the island of Tenerife. For 1,500 years, their descendants ..

 

El amor, las mujeres y la vida

Mario Benedetti  

A gathering of Mario Benedetti's most celebrated poems, El amor, las mujeres y la vida has become an intimate link between the author and his readers--a link that few poets have been able to establish.

 

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AMIGOS DE ESPAÑOL

Jeff Bridges 

American  actor

The Old Man’ premiered in the summer of 2022, and because of production schedules and the strike, it has taken a while for it to get back. It was a massive hit, and critically acclaimed in its first season, and season two is really wonderful in term. So, when we last saw them, season one concluded with former CIA agent ‘Dan Chase’, played by Jeff Bridges, and FBI Assistant Director, ‘Harold Harper’, played by John Lithgow, living out their worst nightmare after the woman they both call daughter, ‘Emily Chase’, played by Alia Shawkat, is kidnapped. Season two kicks off with ‘Chase’ and ‘Harper’ embarking on their most important mission to date: to recover ‘Emily Chase’ after she is kidnaped by ‘Faraz Hamzad’. who's played by Navid Negahban. He's a powerful Afghan tribal leader. With all three men claiming her as their daughter, ‘Emily’ finds herself in an identity crisis that has dire implications.

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NEWS

Liber 2024 begins on September 30 in Barcelona with the presence of 250 publishers.

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Spanish-language literature widens its reach in Los Angeles.

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Círculo Rojo, the publishing house that revolutionized the self-publishing sector.

 

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The poet and translator Salustiano Masó dies at the age of 101 in Granada

 

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IPG Spotlights Spanish-Language Books for Booksellers

 

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Luis García Montero receives the Carlos Fuentes International Award 2024 for Literary Creation in the Spanish Language

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Download the Essential Guide to Spanish Reading

NEW SPANISH BOOKS

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ARS MULTIMEDIA

Presentación de «El español en el mundo 2022. Anuario del Instituto Cervantes»

ARS Video: Instituto Cervantes - Humor and Tragedy in Literature, with Antonio Muñoz Molina and Irene Vallejo

ARS RADIO: La Milana Bonita -'History and anthology of Spanish science fiction', by Julián Díez and Fernando Ángel Moreno

INTERVIEW

Interview with  Nuria Rivera, author of El secreto de las golondrinas.

Nuria Rivera is from Badalona and studied Psychology. She has loved writing since childhood and has now published 17 historical and romance novels, which was the genre that opened the doors for her. 

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CHILDREN'S BOOK

El monstruo de los brazos  

Mar López   

Huggy the Monster loves giving hugs, especially to his friend... But sometimes, she doesn't feel like being hugged. One day, the little girl decides it's time to teach Huggy that he must respect her space and understand that you can't touch another person without their permission.

 

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