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Book of Questions, with text by Pablo Neruda and illustrations by Paloma Valdivia, has been awarded the Grand Prix BIB Award.

The Biennial of Illustrations of Bratislava (BIB) is an international competition for illustrations of books for children and young adults that has been held since 1967, making it one of the oldest and most prestigious awards in this field. In this 29th edition, the jury has determined that...

Miquel de Palol has been awarded the 2023 Prix Ulysse for his entire body of work. This award is annually presented by the cultural organization Arte Mare, located in Corsica, France.

Born in Barcelona in 1953, Miquel de Palol is the author of a colossal body of work that encompasses short stories, essays, and novels, as well as around sixty collections of poetry. Despite being a professional architect, he abandoned...

Lorenzo Silva was awarded the 2023 Blacklladolid Prize for his latest novel, Púa, on September 24th in Valladolid.

Púa, published by Destino in May 2023, is a thriller about the state's dirty war on terrorism, which follows the story of a former secret agent embroiled in shady affairs in the past.

The Blacklladolid literature and music festival was established in 2021, with previous winners including writers Julia...

ANDREU CARRANZA
Signatura del llibre La tomba de l'Ebre.
15 de setembre
12:00 h. Expositor Columna, Mòdul 27-28, Moll de Fusta

MARIA CLIMENT - EVA PIQUER
Presentació del llibre A casa teníem un himne. 
16 de setembre
18:15 h. Escenari 2, Moll de Fusta

IMMA MONSÓ - EVA PIQUER
Conversa dels seus llibres La mèstra i la bèstia i Aterratge amb Mònica Batet i Júlia Ojeda.
15 de setembre
17:30 h. Escenari 2, Moll de Fusta

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This coming 25 August 2023 marks the centenary of the birth of the Colombian writer Álvaro Mutis (Bogotá, 1923 – Ciudad de México, 2013). Talking about Mutis is the same as talking about Maqroll, the character around whom he based almost all of his work, both the narrative side – seven short novels published in one volume under the title Empresas y tribulaciones de Maqroll el Gaviero, and the poetry collected...

We are thrilled to announce that Terra Alta (Even the Darkest Night), by Javier Cercas and translated into English by Anne McLean, has been awarded the 2023 Dagger for Crime Fiction in Translation Prize.

The ten Daggers conferred annually by the CWA are regarded by the publishing world as the most important British awards for crime writing. This prize goes to crime novels translated into English for publication in...

Alicia Giménez Barlett recibió el Premio 'El Segre de Negre' 2023, a su trayectoria literaria, el viernes 2 de junio en la Universidad de Lleida.

El premio ‘El Segre de negre’ fue creado en 2019 por el Festival de novela negra y criminal de Lérida, y en ediciones anteriores ha sido otorgado a los autores Petros Márkaris, Donna Leon y Carme Riera.

Giménez Bartlett es un referente en el género policiaco y de novela...

HOMENAJE A RAÚL GUERRA GARRIDO 
Presentación de su libro La carta
27 de mayo
11:15-12:00 Pabellón Caixa Bank, con Fernando Aramburu

SANTIAGO BERUETE
11 de junio
18:30-20:30 Librería Machado ((caseta19 - bloque 3)

CUCA CANALS
3 de junio
12:00-14:00 Edebé (caseta 241 - bloque 31A)

JAVIER CERCAS
26 de mayo
18:30-20:30 FNAC (caseta 223 - bloque 30A)
27 de mayo
12:00-14:00 Librería Visor (caseta 157 - bloque 24A)
19:00-21:00 El...

Venezuelan writer Rodrigo Blanco Calderón has been awarded a 2023 O. Henry Prize for his short story “Los locos de París” (The Mad People of Paris).

The short story "Los locos de París" was published in English by Southwest Review, in translation by Thomas Bunstead, and is part of the book of short stories Los terneros (Sacrifices), published in Spanish by Páginas de Espuma (2018) and in English by Seven Stories...

Rafael Cadenas recibirá el máximo galardón de las letras hispanas el lunes 24 de abril en Alcalá de Henares de la mano de los Reyes.

El jurado del Premio Cervantes reconoce al poeta venezolano por “su vasta y dilatada obra literaria” y destaca “la trascendencia de un creador que ha hecho de la poesía un motivo de su propia existencia y la ha llevado hasta alturas de excelencia en nuestra lengua”. Según el jurado,...