Etiket: books
the rain breaks the truce with a spectacular book party
If the publishers’ and booksellers’ guilds have spent the night making the anti-rain dance, It has only worked until past noon. The showers announced in Barcelona by the weather forecast…
Sant Jordi 2022: Where does each writer sign books in Barcelona? SEEKER
The ‘dyad’ of Sant Jordi returns this April 23 to Barcelona with more than 300 professional stops and without health restrictions that have conditioned the celebration of previous editions. As…
Ten reading or listening recommendations for spring!
To celebrate Book and Rose Day, we put together ten new books worth reading. All books can also be found as audio books. In honor of the day of the…
pending the sky… and inflation
Barcelona representatives of the union share their hopes and concerns about the first unrestricted ‘dyad’ after two years of the pandemic The Sant Jordi of 2020 did not exist, beyond…
Imma Monsó, the herald of Sant Jordi who combines laughter and desolation
Connecting with a wide audience and being recognized by critics is one of the values of the Catalan writer Imma Monso (Lleida, 1959), who in the words of Vicens Pagès…
Books to read. The novel that hit Tiktok
ORMore than half of Italian teenagers have read more in the last year. The online platform reveals it GoStudent through a survey of seven countries. In particular the 51% of…
The ten best-selling books of week 16
1 Marieke Lucas Rijneveld: The heat fortress. CPNB, 62 pages € 5 (1) 2 Pieter Waterdrinker: Confess to my wife. Nijgh & Van Ditmar, 285 pp. €23.99 (2) 3 Lisa…
Publishers and booksellers denounce an unfair distribution of public spaces
multiple small publishers and locals in Catalonia have shown their discontent with the latest decision by the Barcelona City Council that the Guild of Booksellers of Catalonia assume the distribution…
Moving books and study places from the library to the office around the corner
During the major renovation of the library in the center of Rotterdam, the books, study places and everything else on offer will be moved to the municipal office around the…
guide to watch the best series based on his books
There are authors who write novels already dreaming of seeing them transferred to the screen. It was not the case Christie Agatha, who was not always happy with the adaptations…