en-us http://www.criticasmagazine.com/ Copyright 2009 Reed Business Information. Subject to its Terms of Use (http://www.criticasmagazine.com/info/CA624576.html) Wed, 14 Oct 2009 03:48:02 PDT http://www.criticasmagazine.com/article/CA6495927.html?rssid=376 Random House Spanish has added another Colombian publisher to its U.S. distribution list. Thu, 15 Nov 2007 00:00:00 PDT http://www.criticasmagazine.com/article/CA6495929.html?rssid=376 This year’s Feria Internacional del Libro de Guadalajara (Guadalajara International Book Fair, or FIL), the Spanish-language book market’s most important event, will take place from November 24 to December 2. Thu, 15 Nov 2007 00:00:00 PDT http://www.criticasmagazine.com/article/CA6468263.html?rssid=376 The powerful impact of literature on Latin American films is evident in the earliest silent cinema of Mexico and Argentina, which were among the first Latin American countries with important cinematic production. Wed, 15 Aug 2007 00:00:00 PDT http://www.criticasmagazine.com/article/CA6468678.html?rssid=376 Aura Estrada, the wife of Guatemalan American writer Francisco Goldman (The Long Night of White Chickens, Grove Press, 1998; La noche larga de los pollos blancos Anagrama, 1995) was killed July 25 in Oaxaca, Mexico, in a swimming accident while on vacation. Wed, 15 Aug 2007 00:00:00 PDT http://www.criticasmagazine.com/article/CA6468270.html?rssid=376 Born in 1950 in the rural town of Fomento, Cuba, Senel Paz established himself as one of the most promising screenwriters on the Caribbean island thanks to the success of his movie Fresa y chocolate ("Strawberry and Chocolate," 1993), directed by Tomás Gutiérrez Alea. Wed, 15 Aug 2007 00:00:00 PDT http://www.criticasmagazine.com/article/CA6468879.html?rssid=376 Libraries play a defining role in social landscapes, though rarely are their effects more evident than in recent developments in Colombia and Venezuela. Medellín, a city formerly characterized as the world's deadliest due to the violence of Colombia's cocaine wars, is undergoing a social renaissance thanks to the efforts of its highly popular mayor, Sergio Fajardo, and the products of his educational and social planning initiatives. Wed, 15 Aug 2007 00:00:00 PDT http://www.criticasmagazine.com/article/CA6468873.html?rssid=376 Mexican author and journalist Elena Poniatowska was awarded the prestigious Premio Internacional de Novela Rómulo Gallegos (Rómulo Gallegos International Literary Prize) for her novel El tren pasa primero ("The Train Passes First"; Alfaguara, 2006) August 2 in Caracas, Venezuela. Wed, 15 Aug 2007 00:00:00 PDT http://www.criticasmagazine.com/article/CA6468673.html?rssid=376 Just a few years shy of its 50th anniversary in the Spanish-language book business, Librería Lectorum may soon disappear from its 14th Street location in New York City. Wed, 15 Aug 2007 00:00:00 PDT http://www.criticasmagazine.com/article/CA6441159.html?rssid=376 Consider, for just one storytime moment, what you think a children’s book can do. That might just be enough to convince you of OQO Editora’s singular concept: picture books as art books, stories as “never-ending tales,” books as beautiful objects, all with kids directly informing a rich creative process. Fri, 15 Jun 2007 00:00:00 PDT http://www.criticasmagazine.com/article/CA6441095.html?rssid=376 The triumph of the Cuban Revolution in 1959 and the radical sociopolitical changes that followed brought about state-sponsored cultural institutions in charge of promoting the revolutionary ideology. Fri, 01 Jun 2007 00:00:00 PDT http://www.criticasmagazine.com/article/CA6441161.html?rssid=376 Spanish publisher Ediciones B, part of the publishing group Grupo Zeta, announced the launch of its U.S. operations, the result of a new distribution agreement with Urano Publishing. Fri, 01 Jun 2007 00:00:00 PDT http://www.criticasmagazine.com/article/CA6441162.html?rssid=376 Colombian publisher Oveja Negra Editores has signed over exclusive U.S. distribution rights to Random House Spanish (RHS). Fri, 01 Jun 2007 00:00:00 PDT http://www.criticasmagazine.com/article/CA6441163.html?rssid=376 BEA For the past several years, BookExpo America’s (BEA) treatment of the Spanish-language book market has been growing in scope, and this year’s event in New York City is no exception. Fri, 01 Jun 2007 00:00:00 PDT http://www.criticasmagazine.com/article/CA6441164.html?rssid=376 This fall, another Univision news reporter will be hitting the bookshelves. Fri, 01 Jun 2007 00:00:00 PDT http://www.criticasmagazine.com/article/CA6446707.html?rssid=376 Young Hispanic families in the United States today are often far from abuelos who can share their wisdom and offer support. Fri, 01 Jun 2007 00:00:00 PDT http://www.criticasmagazine.com/article/CA6446708.html?rssid=376 Tobacco is the leading cause of preventable deaths in the United States. According to the 2005 National Health Interview Survey, 16.2 percent of Hispanic adults (21.1 percent men and 11.1 percent women) in this country are smokers. Fri, 01 Jun 2007 00:00:00 PDT http://www.criticasmagazine.com/article/CA6446709.html?rssid=376 The graphic revolution has reached the Spanish-language children’s book market in a big way, no small thanks to distributor Public Square Books. Fri, 01 Jun 2007 00:00:00 PDT http://www.criticasmagazine.com/article/CA6383050.html?rssid=376 When visiting a library, Hispanic patrons expect to be able to find Spanish- language materials and to work with a Spanish-language interface. Wed, 15 Nov 2006 00:00:00 PDT http://www.criticasmagazine.com/article/CA6383052.html?rssid=376 The 20th Guadalajara Book Fair (Feria Internacional del Libro, or FIL)—the most important event for the Spanish-language book market, organized by the University of Guadalajara in Mexico—will take place from November 25 to December 3. Wed, 15 Nov 2006 00:00:00 PDT http://www.criticasmagazine.com/article/CA6383047.html?rssid=376 HarperCollins Publishers and Spain’s Grupo Planeta announced copublishing agreement. Wed, 15 Nov 2006 00:00:00 PDT