The writer and academic José María Merino has been awarded the 2021 National Prize for Spanish Letters for “his mastery and excellence in the creation of fantastic literature in the narrative modalities of novels, short novels, short stories and short stories”. The jury highlighted “the intelligence of his theoretical reflections on fiction” and stressed that José María Merino “is a benchmark for successive generations”.

Marta Barrio won XVII Tusquets Novel Editors Award with Small firewood which, according to the unanimous verdict of the jury, is a “startling and surprisingly mature account of the dramatic experience of a young woman and her unexpectedly frustrated motherhood.”It is, according to the statement released by the publisher, a story that “maintains at all times a difficult balance between pain and the strength of not being carried away by a premature loss”, and considers that the award for Barrio is “confirmation of a new voice with a whole future ahead ”.

Eva García Sáenz de Urturi has obtained the Planeta 2020 Prize with the novel Aquitaine. “A medieval thriller, a tribute to The name of the rose and a Game of Thrones of what would later become Europe, ”said the author, who dedicated the award to the victims of the pandemic. “The world of culture will survive this pandemic, explain it to us and move forward. My characters have a motto, three S’s: I only know how to follow. Literature only knows how to go on, always ”. Sáenz de Urturi (Vitoria, Álava, 1972) is known above all for its Trilogy about the white city, inspired by his hometown and composed by The silence of the white city, The water rites Y The time lords, which to date have produced more than fifty editions and the magic number of one million readers. 

The writer Gonzalo Giner has obtained the XXV Fernando Novel Prize Lara with the work "The green mist". The Jury for this Award made the decision public during an award ceremony held at the Casa Guardiola in Seville. The novel is a fast-paced adventure, a moving ecologist plea, a hymn to conservationism and a great love story in the legendary African jungle. In the words of the author, «The green haze It is a novel very different from the ones I have published to date. Its title evokes a natural phenomenon that is only visible in a setting as spectacular as it is unique: the Congo River basin; one of the last green paradises on Earth and the setting for this story starring the young woman, Bineka, whose life I hope will catch you from the first page. "

Nicaraguan writer Sergio Ramírez was named yesterday the winner of the 2017 Miguel de Cervantes Prize, the Spanish-speaking world’s highest literary honor. Ramírez has written more than 20 novels, including “Margarita, está linda la mar” (Margarita, How Beautiful the Sea), which won Spain’s prestigious Alfaguara award in 1998. His work has been widely translated.  He has also received Spain's Dashiel Hammet Award, France's Laure Bataillon Award, Cuba's José María Arguedas Latinamerican Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship and the José Donoso Prize in 2011. A Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres of France, and a doctor honoris causa of Blaise Pascal University (France), he is also recipient of the International Award for Human Rights awarded by the Bruno Kreisky Foundation, and the Order of Merit of the Federal Government of Germany. An active journalist, Ramirez was deputy vice president of Nicaragua between 1984 and 1990 when he abandoned politics and became a full time writer.

About us

The AK Literary Agency team is composed of a multidisciplinary and multicultural group who share a deep passion for books. The majority have been trained under the guidance of Antonia Kerrigan, continuing with the style of work that she established in the sector, combining experience and legacy with fresh and dynamic ideas that adapt to the new challenges of the current literary environment.

Abad, Mercedes

Mercedes Abad debuted as a writer with Ligeros libertinajes sabaticos (Light Sabbatical Libertinage, 1986), a book of short stories which was awarded the Premio La Sonrisa Vertical. She has published the short story books Felicidades conyugales (Marital Happiness), Soplando al viento (Blowing in the Wind, 1995), Amigos y fantasmas (Friends and Ghosts, 2004), winner of the NH Vargas Llosa Award, Media docena de robos y un par de mentiras (Half a Dozen Heists and a Couple of Lies, 2009), La niña gorda (The Fat Child, 2014) and Casa en venta (House for Sale, 2020). She is also the author of the novels Sangre (Blood, 2000), El vecino de abajo (Downstairs’ Neighbour, 2007) and the essay Solo dime donde lo hacemos (Just Tell where can we do it, 1991). She has also written radio and theater scripts such as Pretèrit perfecte (Present Perfect), Se non è vero (If it’s not True) and Bunyols de Quaresma (Lent Fritters). She has staged Dangerous Liaisons by Christopher Hampton, and has collaborated in the playwriting of the show XXX with the adaptation of Philosophy in the Bedroom, by the Marquis de Sade, produced by La Fura dels Baus. She regularly writes in a number of news media outlets. Her write-ups in the supplement Catalonia of El País have been compiled into the volume Titúlate Tú (Name Yourself, 2002). Her work has been translated into several languages.

Las elegidas

La artesana de la nubes

It is a story told through different poems, where a house rises toward the sky like a lighthouse. No one knows who built it, either how or when, except that a little lady by the name of Carmela Caldo lives there, who holds in her hands a secret that makes her the Cloud’s Craft-Woman: the one in charge of when we look up into the sky we discover an endless number of beautiful forms. 

Antonia Kerrigan

Born in Paris, Antonia Kerrigan founded her own literary agency in Barcelona in the late 1980s, after having worked for several years at Carmen Balcells’ agency. As the daughter of Anthony Kerrigan, a renowned translator into English of the complete works of Unamuno, as well as important works by Baroja, Neruda, Galdós, and Borges, Antonia grew up surrounded by a deep love for literature. Her mother, Elaine Gurevitz, a pianist with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, also dedicated herself to translation, rendering into English the works of authors such as Julio Cortázar. Since its beginnings, the Antonia Kerrigan Agency has been synonymous with success, with a track record highlighted by representing bestsellers such as The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón. Published in 2001, this novel was not only a publishing phenomenon in the Spanish-speaking world, but was also translated into more than 50 languages, reaching millions of readers worldwide. Antonia always championed Spanish-language literature, with a special commitment to promoting Latin American authors. Over the years, her agency has also opened its doors to writers in languages such as Catalan and Galician. Her main goal was always to make books travel, ensuring that they reached the largest number of readers possible, transcending borders and languages.

Abenia, Isabel

España Isabel Abenia was born in Zaragoza, she holds a law degree and has taken Art and Medieval History courses in her native city. She is a writer and painter, before the appearance of The Last Sybil, she published The Alchemist and Erik the Goth.

Authors

Our main goal is to represent the diverse voices in fiction, both commercial and literary, promoting over 150 authors worldwide. We represent many award-winning authors (Nobel Prize, Cervantes Prize, Alfaguara Prize, Planeta Prize, Ramon Llull Prize, among others), and most of them have been translated into other languages. We focus primarily on adult fiction, while our Children's and Young Adult Literature list is constantly growing.

Alcalá, Fernando

Fernando Alcalá Suárez (Cáceres, 1980) loves nothing more than telling stories and consuming them, whether in books, TV series, movies, or video games. Although he prefers to live among elves and dragons, life has forced him to pretend to be an adult, and today he teaches English at a high school in Cáceres. He has three cats: Melon, Pineapple, and Lychee. He won the VII Iberian Cultural Prize for Young Artists in the literature category, an international competition for Spanish-speaking artists of all nationalities. Among other achievements, he has received the Extremadura Creation Grant three times, which encouraged him to write Ne obliviscaris and Summer Storm (Edelvives, 2010 and 2011), as well as Carlos, Paula, and Company, which took second place in the I HQÑ Contest and was published by Harper Collins Ibérica in 2013. Together with Geòrgia Costa, forming the Costa Alcalá duo, he won the Kelvin 505 and El Templo de las Mil Puertas awards with Heir, the first volume of The Second Revolution trilogy (Montena, Penguin Random House, 2017, 2018, and 2019). They have also written Good Sisters (Elastic Books, 2019) and the Prodigies series, three standalone novels set in the same universe, published by Nocturna Editorial between 2020 and 2022. Additionally, they are the authors of the children’s series Look Out, Lice (Montena, 2019 and 2020) and several novels published on Fiction Express, such as Journey to the Center of the Volcano, which won the readers’ choice award for best children’s novel on the platform in 2022. In autumn 2023, they published their first novel for adults, The Hunter’s Moon (Umbriel Editores), and in June 2024 Orphans of the Wanderer (Puck Editorial), the first part of Shadowweavers, a duology whose second volume will be released in Spain and Latin America in the first quarter of 2025. That same year, they will launch Nessa, Princess with Animallibres, Bromera, and Algar, a series of graphic novels for early readers. And that’s all for now... Fer has many projects underway, both with Geòrgia Costa and on his own, but he still can’t talk about them.

Un mundo sin palabras

What would happen if one day words were to abandon us forever? A children’s poem full of magic and sensibility that was awarded Colombia’s prestigious Rafael Pombo award in the year of its centenary.

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Novelas a la sombra

Aparicio, Juan Pedro

España Juan Pedro Aparicio was born in León. Since 1975, the year he published "El origen del mono y otros relatos" (The Origin of the Monkey and Other Stories), he has written novels ("Lo que es del César", "El año del francés", "La forma de la noche", "Malo en Madrid o el caso de la viuda polaca", "El viajero de Leicester" and "La gran bruma") and short story collections. He has also delved into essays, travel books, and so far has compiled his journalistic articles into two collections. In 1989, he won the Nadal Prize with "Retratos de ambigú" (Portraits of Ambiguity), and more recently, in 2005, he received the II Setenil Prize for Short Stories for the best book of stories published that year for "La vida en blanco" (Life in White). He collaborates with various media outlets and is currently the director of the Cervantes Institute in London. "La mitad del diablo" (2008) is his first book of microfiction, or quantum literature, as he himself suggests.

Puente Adentro

Indoor Bridge, Arnoldo Gálvez’ second novel, won the III Premio de Novela BAM Letras. Narrated in thriller-like manner, with a structure that combines two tempos and two narrative voices that intertwine and confront each other, “Indoor Bridge” is the story of a father and his son separated by a crime and twenty years of silence, and is, besides, the story of a woman whose body will be the bridge that will again bring them together. It’s a novel on memory and the desire to recover the past and, at the same time, a wild chronicle, a disquieting tour throughout a country that is unable to heal the wounds left behind by four decades of violence.

Ariza, Luis Miguel

España, 1963 Luis Miguel Ariza is a journalist and writer; he has a degree in Biology and a Master in Investigative Journalism from the Complutense University. Author of four novels (The Shadow of the Shaman; Kraken; Project Lazarus and The Children from the Heavens), he likes mixing science with suspense and the thriller with history, creating forbidden cocktails. He was co-screenwriter for the scientific series for RTVE; 2.Mil, he collaborated with the BBC, and has written for Scientific American, New Scientist and Muy Interesante, and was also the science expert for La Razón. Ariza pokes his nose into the world of science for the magazine El País Semanal. www.lmariza.com/

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El último rey de Tenerife

Arretxe, Jon

Jon Arretxe has a doctorate in Basque Philology, a degree in Physical Education and has completed his piano and singing studies at the Bilbao and Vitoria conservatories. He has lived in Arbizu (Navarre) since 2004. This multi-faceted and successful author has chosen a literary career as a profession, gives lectures on his books or travels and, in addition, sings opera. His incursion into writing was through travel literature: 7 Colors, Tubabu, The South of Memory... although for the past couple of years he has focused his attention in the noir genre. He has published titles such as Shahmarán, Tangier Dreams, The Arruti Gang... but, mostly, the saga of his detective-visionary, Touré. A character through whose adventures the author makes us participate in the experiences and hardships of the "undocumented". A tireless author, he has also written children and young adults’ literature, with titles such as Towards the Great Wall or The Earth's Heartbeats. www.jonarretxe.net

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A la mesa con Rubén Darío

Aurensanz, Carlos

Carlos Aurensanz studied veterinary at the University of Zaragoza and works in the public health administration. He combines his profession with his passion for writing. His first novel was published in 2009, Banu Quasi, the first book of a trilogy that was followed by: The War of the Al Andalus (2009) and The Caliph’s hour (2013). In it, Aurensanz records three years of research and reading of the Muqtabis, a 1000-year Arab chronicle, in which the historian Ibn Hayyan retells, among other things, the fascinating events that took place in the author’s home town of Tudela (Navarra). After them, the author continues writing historical and suspense stories such as The painted Door (2015) and Hasday: The caliph's doctor (2016) and King Tahúr (2018). The Fabric of the Days (2021) and The Crystal Graveyard (2023) are his latest books.

Carlos Ruiz Zafón (1964-2020)

The Antonia Kerrigan Agency and its team announce with great sadness the passing of one of the world's most celebrated and beloved authors, Carlos Ruiz Zafón, after two and a half years of harsh disease, which he endured with irony and good temper to its invincible end. We send our heartfelt sympathy to his widow MariCarmen Bellver. Despite this painful loss to his family, friends, and all his readers and publishers across the globe, we know that his extraordinary body of work will live on. As will our memories of so many warm conversations with him in the agency's orchid garden, his uniquely droll sense of humor, and his generosity of spirit during these past twenty years of working together. Rest in peace, Carlos. You will remain in our hearts always.

Luz en las grietas

Árbol, Víctor del

  Víctor del Árbol (Barcelona, 1968) fue mosso d’esquadra desde 1992 hasta 2012, cursó estudios de Historia en la Universitat de Barcelona y colaboró como locutor en Catalunya Sense Barreres (Radio Estel, Once). Es autor de las novelas El peso de los muertos (Premio Tiflos de Novela 2006), El abismo de los sueños (finalista del XIII Premio Fernando Lara 2008) y La tristeza del samurái (Prix du Polar Européen 2012), traducida a una decena de idiomas y bestseller en Francia. Sus últimas obras son Respirar por la herida (finalista en el Festival Internacional de Cine Negro de Beaune 2014 a la mejor novela extranjera), Un millón de gotas (ganadora en 2015 del Grand Prix de Littérature Policière), La víspera de casi todo (Premio Nadal de Novela 2016), Por encima de la lluvia (Destino, 2017), Antes de los años terribles (Destino, 2019) y El hijo del padre (Destino, 2021) . En 2018 fue nombrado Caballero de las Artes y las Letras de la República Francesa.  Crítica:  «Hay un autor español que puede plantar cara a la novela negra escandinava: Víctor del Árbol.» Jordi Basté, Rac 1  «Víctor del Árbol ha sido todo un descubrimiento.» Óscar López, Cadena Ser «Víctor del Árbol ocupa un lugar muy especial en las letras actuales.» El Mundo  «Las novelas de Víctor del Árbol van más allá de los códigos clásicos del thriller. Impresiona la destreza con la que maneja las idas y venidas de las distintas épocas.» Bastien Bonnefous, Le Monde des Livres  «Creemos firmemente que este autor merece más; sus obras se encuentran, si no por encima, en el rango de libros de autores como Stieg Larsson.» Mystery Tribune. «Víctor del Árbol construye vidas que se niegan a renunciar a sus principios y a resignarse a sus finales.» Javier Lahoz, El Periódico

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Cuando me veas

For the last couple of weeks rumors have been rife about unexplainable events. Some students claim to have been attacked by an invisible force; others swear that they’ve seen objects moving in the air by their own accord, or have felt a strange presence stalking them throughout the corridors. What are we facing, exactly? At the editorial office of Voces we’ve gathered theories for all tastes, but the paranormal explanation is the most widely accepted. At the end of the day, we all sadly remember the celebrated story of the “The Kid on the Roof”… So, there is a ghost in the school? If this is the case, who is it and what are its intentions? We don’t know yet, but may not be far away from finding out.  

Benzo, Fernando

España Born in Madrid in 1965. He began his literary career at the age of 23, when he was awarded the Premio Castilla-La Mancha de Novela for his first work, "The Happy Years". Ever since, he has published the following novels: "Mary Lou and the Easy Life", (Premio Kutxa-Ciudad de Irún, 1994), "The Sirens' Betrayal", "After the Rain" (Premio Ciudad de Majadahonda, 2001), "I Will never Repeat your Name" and "The Plaza Mayor Castaways". His most recent works are "The Ashes of Innocence" (Ed. Plaza & Janés, 2019), "We were Never Heroes" (Ed. Planeta, 2020) and "The Milky Way Travelers" (Planeta, 2021).  His bibliography is completed with the volume of collected short stories "Ten Sad Tales’, the play "Scottie" and a non-fiction book, "Unexpected Heroes". He contributes frequently to various media outlets.  His latest novel is "The Persecuted" (Planeta, 2023).

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Recetas sencillas para novatos y cocinillas

Berman, Sabina

Mexico Sabina Berman was initially recognized as a playwright, four time winner of the National Theatre of Mexico Award along with a dozen critics’ awards. Berman inaugurates a new work practically every two years in Mexico and her works have been toured extensively within the country and in Canada, USA, Central-America and South-America. To mention a few; Entre Pancho Villa y una mujer desnuda (Between Pancho Villa and a Naked Woman, 1992); Muerte súbita (Sudden Death), Moliére, Feliz nuevo siglo doktor Freud (Happy New Century Doctor Freud); eXtras. She has also worked in cinema. Entre Pancho Villa y una mujer desnuda (Between Pancho Villa and a Naked Woman, 1992), co-directed by Berman and Isabelle Tardan, was translated to celluloid in 1994 and represented Mexico in the Oscars that year. El árbol de la música (The Music Tree, 1995), also co-directed by Berman and Isabell Tardan also represented Mexico in the Oscars. Backyard (2009) written by Sabina Berman, produced by Tardan/ Berman and directed by Carlos Carrera, won various international awards, among them; Habana Film Festival and the silver metal in the Film Festival in Toronto as well as several “Ariels”, award delegated by the Mexican Academy of Arts and Cinema. She is considered as one of the most esteemed playwrights by the public and critics of Mexico. In prose she has written two short books and two journalistic chronicles: Un grano de arroz (A Grain of Rice) and La bobe (The bobe). Democracia cultural (Cultural Democracy) and Un soplo en el corazón de la Patria (A Murmer in the Heart of the Nation). From 2006 she is a columnist for the influential weekly magazine Proceso and for the two most prestigious literary magazines in Mexico; Letras Libres and Nexos. Sabina also presents a weekly talk show, Shalalá, interviewing cultural personalities on television. She has also been two time winner of the National Journalist Award. From 2009 she has been writing a screenplay for the director Alejandro González Iñarritu (Babel, Biutiful). La mujer que buceó dentro del corazón del mundo (The Woman Who Dove into the Heart of the World, Ediciones Destino 2010) is her first novel.

Ýndigo Mar

Pablo is writer who retires to a deserted housing development on an island, in winter, to finish a novel that resist itself. The days go by in blank, lost amid the ghosts and the tensions of creation, till his isolation will be broken by terrible dreams and unexpected characters, none which will be whom they claim to be. Jungian manifestations of panthers that talk to him in dreams; a mysterious hunter for lost objects on beaches; hash smugglers; a young sensual women accosted by her ex; cleaning ladies with a terrifying past; empty homes whose windows light up at odd hours; couples exchanges under the rain; abandoned oil rigs, full of old stories, not all pleasant… And the same island, a telluric entity perforated by subterranean galleries, whose manifestations infect Pablo’s dreams, forcing him to intern himself in a labyrinth where reality and fiction are mistaken. An island in where, hour upon hour, a terrifying storm approaches, and one in which finally all the masks come off leading the characters to a nightmarish denouement. “Indigo Sea” is a meta-literary thriller that reflects upon the conflicts of reality and desire, the devils and fears that haunt creators, savage love, the fragility of friendship, unchecked sensuality, violence, taboos…  Undoubtedly, Ignacio del Valle’s most personal novel todate.   

Bernal, Javier

Javier Bernal was born in Valencia. He has lived in Barcelona, London and New York. He has a law degree from the University of Barcelona and an MBA from IESE of the University of Navarre. He presently lives in Madrid where he is a director in an important global financial institution.  He has published “The Enigma of Rania Roberts” (Suma, 2014) and  its NY guide, “The New York Secrets”. “For a Fistful of Words” is his second novel. 

Javier de las Muelas Cocktails & Food

Biedma, Juan Ramón

Juan Ramón Biedma was born in Seville, studied Law, and for years has devoted himself to emergency management, an activity that he has combined with that of radio announcer, screenwriter and film critic, as well as collaborating in various publications and anthologies -The Black List, Probation and other stories, Guernika Variations, The Bible-The book, Coven... God’s Manuscript (Editions B), special mention by the jury during the 2004, II Premio de Novela of Gijón’s Semana Negra, and runner-up to the Memorial Silverio Cañada prize, marks his debut in the field of the novel, kicking off a trajectory that would be followed with The Monster’s Mirror (Editions B)—required reading in Mexico's medical school—and The Magnet and the Compass (Editions B), Hammett, NOVELPOL and Crucedecables awards for the best police novel in 2007. Then came The Transylvania Effect (Roca Editorial) and the graphic novel, Riven, and The Observatory City (Editions B). In June 2010, he published Smoke in the Bottle (Salto de Página), nominated for the Hammett Prize and worthy of the Premio Especial de la Dirección of La Semana Negra 2010, NOVELPOL award and considered by Gangsterera as the best novel of 2010. In February of 2011, Antirresurrección (Ediciones Dolmen) appears, which was nominated for the NOVELPOL 2012 and the CELSIUS award for the best fantasy novel of the year. In September 2014, he won the Premio Valencia de Novela Negra, awareded by the Valencia Provincial Council for his work Your Magnificent Vengeful Eyes when Everything has Occured, edited by Lengua de Trapo in February 2015. In 2020 he published The Sound of your Hair, winner of the XXI Premio Unicaja de Novela Fernando Quiñones. His books are continually re-edited and quoted, and have a large and unconditional following. They have been translated into Portuguese, Greek, German, Russian and Turkish His latest novel is Crisanta (Alianza, 2023) www.juanramonbiedma.es/

Las ventanas del cielo

Fifteenth century, Hugo de Covarrubias decides to renounce to the destiny that his father, a wool merchant, has marked for him. This decision makes him leave Burgos, but also Berenguela, his intimate friend, and her ambitious stepbrother Damian, who yearns to take control of the family business. But everything changes when he discovers that his father is being betrayed. He is forced to flee for his life in a Basque whaling ship, in which he meets Azerwan, a fascinating man who describes himself as a storyteller and with whom he will share a promising business of selling salt in Africa. Vengeance makes him flee once again, this time around with a woman, Ubayda, and an extraordinary falcon, Aylal, in search of his true destiny: to learn the art of making stained glass windows. An epic and adventurous novel that takes place in such different scenarios, such as the north African desert, the unexplored Terranova and some of Europe’s most thriving nations of the period (Bruges, Louvain or Burgos) and their cathedrals, all at a time when their ancient walls start opening, to become authentic glass tabernacles, before which the believers felt as if at the feet of the windows to the sky. 

Blau, Lena

España, 1975 Lena Blau (pseudonym) was born in Bilbao (Vizcaya). At the age of three she moved to Madrid with her family. There she graduated as an interior designer from I.A.D.E., afterward working in the Urbano & Pfingsten studio for a few years. In 2002 she moved to San Francisco (California) to take her Master in Design at the Academy of Art University. In 2005 she worked for the Rome Architecture studio from a studio located in New Orleans (Louisiana) and soon after she returned to Spain to co-found a design studio and combine her time writing. Song Number 7 (Temas de hoy) was her first novel. In 2018 she published I tuit you (La esfera de los libros). Her latest novel is Te encontraré en el silencio (Montena). www.lenablau.com/

La cuarta alianza

Boeken, May

España Maitane Vierbucher was born in Pamplona, although she lives in Gipuzkoa. She studied Graphic Arts and later did a Master's Degree in IT, followed by one in Digital Marketing and Business Communication Management (she received the Cambridge International Diploma in Business Communication). As May Boeken, she has published the duology Everlasting Wound I: All the Damned Decisions (nominated for Best National New Adult Novel in the Romantic Corner Awards 2018) and Everlasting Wound II: All the Blessed Decisions, both under the Phoebe imprint of Ediciones Pàmies. In September 2020, she published under the same label, a spin-off related to the duology entitled All The Broken Promises. Sale of this last novel, doubled the sales of her previous publications, becoming one of the best-selling national works that year. She also participated along with other authors in the charity anthology "We All Count", with the story entitled Dear Sara. The proceeds of this anthology were donated to the association MUM (Mujeres unidas contra el maltrato) (Women Against Violence). Besides that, she has participated as co-host in the podcast Gintonizadas, regarding romantic literature, which has about 1,000 listeners per program. She has had the opportunity to interview authors such as: Alice Kellen, Juan Gómez-Jurado, Megan Maxwell... Her lates novel is Your Summers and my Winters (2023).

Bolea, Juan

España Juan Bolea (Spain, 1952) has a degree in History and Geography, though he has been working as a journalist for twenty years. He started his literary career with the short novel El palacio de los jardines oblicuos (The Palace of the Slanting Gardens), which received the Ciudad de Alcalá Award in 1981. Then he published two novels that were highly acclaimed by the critics: Mulata (Mulata, Mira 1992), set in Castro´s Cuba, and El color del Índico (The Color of the Indian Ocean, Rey Lear 1996/2008), which takes place in Africa. While directing cultural affairs for the city of Zaragoza, he promoted rock concerts –an experience from which he drew the inspiration for writing: El manager (The Manager, Ediciones B 2001). With Los hermanos de la costa (The Brothers from the Coast, Ediciones B 2005), Bolea began the successful series protagonizing the deputy inspector Martina de Santo, which was followed-up with La mariposa de obsidiana (The Obsidian Butterfly, Ediciones B 2006), Crímenes para una exposición (Crimes for an Exhibition, Ediciones B 2007), Un asesino irresistible (An Irresistible Assasin, Ediciones B 2009) and Orquídeas negras (Black Orchids, Espasa Calpe 2010). With his novel La melancolía de los hombres pájaro (The Birdmen´s Sadness, Martínez Roca 2011) he won the II Premio Abogados de Novela (The II Novel Lawyers Award). His latest novel is El síndrome de Jerusalén (The Jerusalem Syndrome, Ediciones B 2016).  www.juanbolea.com/

El secreto de la logia

El sanador de caballos

Bosch, Xavier

Xavier Bosch is the author of the trilogy featuring journalist-detective Dani Santana: Se sabrà tot (Everything will be revealed, 2009 Sant Jordi Prize), Homes d’honor (Honorable Men, 2012) and Eufòria (Euphoria, 2014). In 2015 he won the Ramon Llull Prize with Algú com tu (Someone like you), a novel that sold over 65,000 copies in Catalan and has been translated into 7 languages. His novel Nosaltres dos (The Two of Us, 2017) was the best-selling book in Catalan in 2017. He is also the author of Paraules que mai entendràs (Words You Will Understand 2019), La dona de la seva vida (The Woman of His Life 2021), and 32 de març, which was translated into English as What the Light Touches. His latest novel, Diagonal-Manhattan, will be published in March 2025. He has directed the TV series Un tomb per la vida (A Stroll through Life) and, together with Antoni Bassas and Eduard Boet, Aquest any, cent! (This Year One Hundred!). Xavier Bosch has a degree in Information Sciences and has been working as a journalist ever since.

Brenman, Ilan

Brasil Ilan Brenman is considered one of the most important Brazilian children’s authors. His most famous book, Even Pricesses Fart remained for more than 60 consecutive weeks in the best-sellers list of the main bookshops in Brazil and has been translated into more than 15 languages worldwide. He is also a best-selling author in Spain. Ilan has a degree in Psicology (PUC - São Paulo), a MA and PhD from the Faculty of Education (University of São Paulo, USP. Since 1997, Ilan has published more than 60 books for children with various Brazilian publishers such as Companhia das Letras and WMF. Many of his books have been considered "highly recommended" by the National Foundation of the Children Book in Brazil. The same institution has awarded his book 14 Pérolas da Índia (Brinque-Book) with the best story-telling book award in 2009, the best picture book award for Telefone sem fio (Cia das Letras) in 2010 and the best children's book for O alvo (Atica) in 2011. Since 2011, Ilan's books have crossed the Brazilian borders and today some of them are published in Europe and Asia. In 2012, O alvo was selected to be part of the German publisher White Ravens' catalogue. https://www.instagram.com/ilan.brenman/

El jinete del silencio

Pacto de lealtad

Brune, Raquel

España Raquel Brune is a writer and communicator specialized in literature born in Madrid, although her family comes from a small town in Castilla y León. In 2019, she published her first trilogy: "Brujas y Nigromantes", which inaugurates an Urban Fantasy saga where witches, ghosts, and all kinds of paranormal beings roam the streets of the Spanish capital. Following its success, she released three more books aimed at young adults: "Los dones de la muerte," "Las heridas de la magia" (both part of the Nigromantes duology), and "Los guardianes de almas," a reinterpretation of the myth of Don Juan Tenorio brought into contemporary times and the world of art. In 2023, she made the leap to adult literature with "Oscura es la noche," a mystery novel set in the northern Iberian Peninsula. Her work has been translated into Romanian and published in nine countries. https://www.raquelbrune.com/

Cabanas, Antonio

1966 Chosen as one of the most influential people in Spain in 2024 https://fundacionmarquesdeoliva.com/estudio-de-los-500-espanoles-mas-influyentes-de-2024/cultura/ Antonio Cabanas (Spain, 1966)  is the author of the following bestsellers: The Thief of Graves, The Pharo’s Conspiracy, Osiris’ Secrets, The Millenary Dream, The Desert’s Son, The Secret of the Nile, The Path of Gods and The Tears of Isis, with which he has achieved a great critical and public success.  His books have been translated into several languages.  A commercial airline pilot, Cabanas worked as an Iberia captain for thirty-six years, flying to all five continents.  A great humanist and admirer of the culture of Ancient Egypt, of which he is a deeply knowledgeable, he spends a great deal of time investigating and writing about it. He is an Egyptologist and has studied the Egyptian language and hieroglyphic writing, and as of 1990 he is a member of the Spanish Association of Egyptology www.antoniocabanas.com/

Piel de topo

The Little Africa of San Francisco becomes the setting for the adventures of our psychic detective. Upon returning to Bilbao, Touré will recover his previous relationships (Sa Kené, Osmán, Aliou, Xihab) with the goal of recovering his badly damaged existence. A harsh reality, the one of being without papers in the paradise of dreams, requires a clandestine life in a miserable and suffocating setting controlled by the authorities. There is no possibility of escape, from the xenophobia and the lack of human necessities; to ensure sustenance he joins the coercion, the demand to collaborate with the enemy, the police, denouncing those close to him, those who find themselves in the same situation. Touré and his teammates will fight any way to free themselves from the web of blackmail and extortion in which they are trapped. The detailed description of the hidden world of immigration, of the monotone day to day of those who “do not exist”, of their reality, is what Arretxe carries on with dynamic and brutal language.     

Calderón, Reyes

España Reyes Calderón (Spain, 1961) is PhD in Economics and Philosophy, a professor and first vice-dean of the Faculty of Economics Sciences and Business at the University of Navarra. She is a visiting professor at the Sorbonne and at the University of Berkley, and centres her professional career focusing on good governance and anti-corruption. Columnist and habitual lecturer, she combines her academic work with writing. Reyes Calderón is author of Ego te absolve (Ego your Absolved), Gritos de independencia (Shouts of Independence), and Las lágrimas de Hemingway (Hemmingway’s Tears). Los crímenes del número primo (The Crimes of the Prime Numbers, RBA 2008. Rights acquired by Nord/Italy, Muza/Poland and Bertrand/Portugal) became a best seller with more than 50.000 sold copies in Spain. It is her first novel in which judge Lola McHor appears, followed by El expediente Canaima (The Canaima File, RBA 2009) and El último paciente del doctor Wilson (Dr. Wilson’s Last Patient, Planeta 2010). After being awarded the Premio de Abogados de Novela for her book Jury Number 10, Reyes Calderón has established herself as an author of reference in the field of suspense literature, as the success amongst the public of her saga with Lola MacHor as the leading character attests; and, who once again returns in her novel Dispara a la luna (Shot at the moon, Planeta 2016) with greater strength than ever before. Her last novel is Clave Matisse (Planeta, 2018) reyescalderon.es/

Los caballitos del diablo

Hashtag

Eric is a teenager who has everything: parents that consider him to be the best son in the world, a mansion in Los Angeles, an unconditional friend and classmate who is as mysterious as she is attractive. Chava, on the other hand, has lost everything except his will to live. He’s been in the hospital for months, and from his bed he longs for the noise of the streets, his home, and a woman who has a dragonfly tattoo. The two never would have met, but life decided to put them together. What could such different guys have in common? Very little, besides that they have decided to hide their real feelings in order to survive. Will Chava be able to put together the pieces of his past and come to terms with the present? Will Eric be able to confess the terrible secret that torments him and which caused his parents’ accident? Armed with only a phone and Instagram, they will have to face their own demons, without filters or hashtags. 

Caliani, Alberto

ALBERTO CALIANI was born in Ceuta during the era of black-and-white television, though he has been living in Madrid since 2021. In 2013, he published El secreto de Boca Verde, an adventure thriller that became an Amazon #1 bestseller. In 2015, he followed up with La conspiración del rey muerto, a historical novel based on the legend of King Sebastian of Portugal. In 2017, he released La iglesia, a supernatural noir. In 2021, Ediciones B published El puño del emperador, which won the double HISLIBRIS award for Best Historical Novel and Best Spanish Author of the Year. In 2023, the same publisher released La sombra del impostor, set in a Renaissance filled with violence, conspiracies, and secret wars. Some of the characters from La sombra take center stage in Siempre vienen de noche (Ediciones B, 2024), a dark and oppressive thriller set around the Monastery of Piedra. In 2024, he co-wrote the script with Juan Gómez-Jurado for the Reina Roja prequel in audio fiction format: Reina Roja: Origen, El primer caso, available exclusively on Audible. In 2025, he returns to contemporary thrillers with El cazador de libros, once again published by Ediciones B. An active presence on social media, he always appreciates and responds to any comments or reviews on his Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter accounts. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/amartinezcaliani Twitter: @AlbertoMCaliani Instagram: @alberto_m_caliani

La Verdadera Historia del Club Bilderberg

Camino, Abril

Abril Camino was born in A Coruña in 1980. Her passion for literature led her to earn degrees in the philology of two languages, to devour stories tirelessly, and to work for years surrounded by books. However, one day she discovered that creating her own characters and plots was what truly made her happy. Since then, she has been glued to her laptop keyboard. She is the author of more than fifteen novels, always blending elements of romance, narrative fiction, and sentimental fiction. Strong women, deep emotions, and a recognizable style are the hallmarks that attract readers to her books. Some of her most notable novels include Our Last Summer on the Island, Olivia's Request, and Yesterday, Us, and an Impossible Tomorrow.

Madrid:Frontera, by David Llorente, winner of the Dashiell Hammett 2017

Madrid:Frontera, by David Llorente, winner of the Dashiel Hammett prize 2017 David Llorente (Madrid, 1972) has won the Dashiell Hammett Prize, awarded during the Semana Negra de Gijón, for his novel Madrid:Frontera (Alrevés). Madrid:Frontera is a disturbing dystopia, a condemning cry for the misery that consumes our present-day society, a disquieting novel that is radical in its approach. The judges note that the winning novel stood out for “its originality and stylistic audacity, as well as its capacity to use literature as a tool for criticism and interpretation of reality.” Llorente succeeds Marcelo Luján, Carlos Zanóno, and Alexis Ravelo with his win. Read more on  El País 

Kira

No one, not even a woman who practices magic and can foretell the future through the pores of the tongue, is able to decipher the inevitable tragedy that Kira, a starving dog who howls around a mountain of sand every night, announces. Love is within reach until one day we find ourselves alone, brooding on the salty and exhausted ray that the sun gives off before shrinking under the horizon. Then we know that we are humans and that no one will change the course of the world. David Llorente, equipped with magic ink and handcrafted mastery, has devised a novel in which Boris Vian’s disorganized intelligence, García Márquez’s social chronicle, and the brutal affection of a Czech writer who killed himself by trying to trap a pigeon that had been sitting in his indowsill come together. Llorente has shown us that it is impossible to fight against some slugs that, taking advantage of the darkness of the night, devour the Dahlias in our garden.

Vanessa Montfort directly at the top of the Italian lists with Mujeres que compran flores

Mujeres que compran flores (Women who buy flowers), by Vanessa Montfort, has become the number 15 on the list of Italian book sales in just a few weeks. Feltrinelli, the publishing house responsible for the translation, has announced a second printing.

Canessa, Roberto

Dr. Roberto Canessa made history in December of 1972 for being one of sixteen young rugby players who endured months of severe cold, injuries, starvation, and isolation after their plane crashed into the snowcapped Andes—an event that inspired the film Alive. He is a renowned pediatric cardiologist recognized worldwide for his work, particularly with newborn patients and patients in utero, at the Italian Hospital of Montevideo.

Castellarnau, Eduard

Eduard Castellarnau (Barcelona, 1957) is a physician by profession and the author of the short story collection Els Contes de la nit (1993) and several novels, including Tarda d’hivern (1994), Laberint Perdut (1996), L’enigma de la llibreria (1999), and La ruta del silenci (2002), which won both the Leandre Colomer Prize for Historical Novel of Catalonia (2001) and the Catalonia Private Investigators Association Award (2002) for a published novel. His other works include A l’altra banda de la solitud (2006) and Les incertituds de la nit (2011). His books have been translated into multiple languages, and many of his texts have appeared in various magazines. His latest novel, Lunas de diciembre, was published by Milenio.

Los secretos de Alba

His name is Marco Sanchís, he is a technology freak, a secret fan of TV series like Castle and Monk, and one of the youngest and smartest detectives in the city. Though he is only 14 years old, he has his own investigation agency. Maybe it’s not as glamorous as on TV, or with such a sophisticated team. But this doesn’t mean that it’s not able to solve a vicious case. Above all, the help of Mireia and Klaus, his two step-siblings, who are the bravest helpers in the world, is what counts. Alright, maybe he gets a bit distracted along the way, but put yourself in his place: Alba’s life, his best friend in the world, and the girl that is hopelessly in love, are hanging from a thread and only he can help. What would you do? 

Castro, Luisa

España Luisa Castro was born in Foz (Lugo) in 1966 and holds a degree in Hispanic philology from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. A twenty-one she was awarded the Premio Hiperión de Poesia, for Los Versos del Eunuco (The Eunuch’s Verses), and at twenty-four was the runner-up of the Premio Herralde de Novela for El Somier (The Mattress). Ever since, she has worked as a literary critic and collaborated for newspapers such as the ABC, El País, El Periódico de Catalunya, El Mundo, La Voz de Galicia, and Radiotelevisión de Galicia. She was got a Fulbright scholarship to study film at Columbia and New York University, and on her return from New York she taught movie script a the Institut d’Humanitats de Barcelona, and afterwards has given writing courses at the Universidad de Santiago de Compostela. She has been the director of the Instituto Cervantes of Naples for five years. She presently runs Instituto Cervantes at Bordeaux, and continues to collaborate with the travel supplement of El País: Viajes de El País. As a poet she has written seven books: Odisea Definitiva (The Definite Odyssey, Arnao, 1984), Los versos del eunuco (The Eunuch’s Verses, Hiperión, 1987), Baleas e Baleas (Shots and Shots, runner-up to the Premio Esquío, Fundación Valle-Inclán, 1998), Los hábitos del Artillero (The Artilleryman’s Habits, Premio Rey Juan Carlos I de Poesía, Visor, 1990), De mí haré una estatua ecuestre (I’ll Make an Equestrian Statute of Myself, Hiperión, 1997), Amor mi Señor (Love my Lord, Tusquets, 2004) and Actores vestidos de calle (Actors in Street Clothes, Visor, 2018). As a narrator, she has received the Premio Biblioteca Breve for her novel La segunda mujer (The Second Woman, Seix-Barral, 2006), and the Premio Torrente Ballester for her short stories book Podría hacerte daño (I could Hurt You, Ediciones del Viento, 2004) and the Premio Azorín for El secreto de la lejía (The Secret of Bleach, Planeta, 2001). Besides that, she has published Viajes con mi padre (Travels with my Father, Planeta, 2003), La fiebre amarilla (Yellow Fever, Anagrama, 1996), and El Somier (The Mattress, Anagrama, 1990) Part of her journalistic work in Spanish is collected in the volume Diario de los años apresurados (Diary of the Hurried Years, Hiperión, 1998) and in the book Melancolía de sofa (Sofa-like Melancholy, Xerais, 2009), which is a collection of her collaborations in Galician, her mother tongue. For her collaborations in written media she has received the Premio Puro Cora for journalism. And for her entire output she was been awarded the Premio de Vieira de Plata in 2006. The Premio Quaderni Iberoamericani in 2016, and the Cruz de la Orden de Isabel la Católica in 2017, for her work in the dissemination of culture.   She is considered by the critique as one of the most innovative voices of the nineties, and part of her novels and books of poetry are translated into French, Italian, English, German, Dutch and Hebrew.

Olympia 1: Punteras negras

Olympia is a very special girl, and she has a dream that she will take beyond limits: Olympia wants to be an Olympic gymnast. Sometimes it seems like an unreachable dream, but at other times, that dream is at her fingertips. Olympia will have magical moments along with her teammates, her family, friends, and… someone else: Ortzi, a very, very special boy.   

Cela Conde, Camilo José

España, 1946 (Madrid, 1946) Camilo José Cela Conde has been a professor of anthropology and director of the Laboratorio de Sistemática Humana of the Universidad de las Islas Baleares. He is currentlya a visiting professor at the University of California, fellow for the American Association for the Advancement of Science, member of the Center for Academic Research and Teaching in Anthropogeny (San Diego) and member of the Centro de Estudios Vicente Lombardo Toledano (México). He is the author, together with Francisco Ayala, of Senderos de la evolución humana (Paths of human evolution) (Alianza, 2002), La piedra que se volvió palabra (The rock that became words) (Alianza, 2006), Human Evolution (Oxford University Press, 2007) and Evolución humana (Human evolution) (Alianza, 2013). The only child of Camilo José Cela, he maintained a strong relationship with him, making him an excepional witness to speak about how Cela truly was.

Olympia 2: Un paso más

Olympia is a very special girl, and she has a dream that she will take beyond limits: Olympia wants to be an Olympic gymnast. Olympia will face new challenges this time: she will have to compete against her own teammates, her heart is divided between what she feels for Ortzi and her friend David, and she fears not being chosen… But Olympia will learn that, when everything gets turned upside down, it’s important to keep a cool mind.

Olympia 3: Un mundo de dos sabores

With her arrival to the national team, Olympia’s life changes completely: she’s far from home, from Ortzi, and from her friends. On top of that, it seems like one of the seniors has it in for her, and to top it all off she can’t stop thinking about food in a chalet in which the scale rules. How will she get by? Luckily, there will be room for new friends, experiences, and lots of gymnastics. 

El laberinto de los espíritus, number two on the Spiegel bestseller list

Following the huge success of the Italian translation by Mondadori of Carlos Ruiz Zafón´s novel El laberinto de los espíritus, the German translation, published last week by S. Fischer Verlag, immediately went to number two on the Spiegel bestseller list: http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/bestseller-buecher-belletristik-sachbuch-auf-spiegel-liste-a-458623.html

Cela, Camilo José

1916 For forty-five years, Cela occupied the Chair Q of the Spanish Royal Academy of Language and won the Premio Principe de Asturias de las Letras in 1987, the Premio Cervantes in 1995 and, of course, the Nobel 1989.  The jury on this last prize highlighted the “provocative vision of helplessness in all human being” present throughout all of the author’s output; a vision that soaks “The Family of Pascual Duarte”, where Cela brilliantly recounts the heart wrenching story of desolate soul.

Olympia 4: La Cinta Roja

Olympia is confronted with a new challenge in her career: her first international competition, and in Russia, nonetheless! She’s very excited, though also insecure… And Clara, her teammate, won’t talk to her at all. At least Adrián and Mario are there, the artistic gymnastics boys. With them she will have another adventure and new feelings will surface in her heart.

Cerezo, Luís

Luis Cerezo (Barcelona, 1969) studied Arts in the Escola Massana and Music at Barcelona’s Liceo. He has combined literature with boxing, musical composition, cameraman, as well as an early career as a jazz musician. For fifteen years he worked as an advertising creative director and film and television screenwriter—activities which he has juggled with musical composition and independent filmmaking.  In 2004, he directs and produces his first experimental full-length film, Náufragos (Shipwrecked). In 2006, he promotes the manifesto Cinelibre (FreeFilm), an alternative production platform inspired on guerrilla cinema, and which fosters solitary filmmaking. Fiesta (Party), his first full-length documentary (2008), was officially selected for the international festivals of Warsaw, Toulouse and Montreal, among others, besides inaugurating the season of Spanish cinema at the Instituto Cervantes in Shanghai and Beijing. In 2013, he directs and releases the full-length film “Plan B”, selected by the Bogota International Film Festival.  In 2015 he published his first novel, Eo, and Estigia followed in 2019. His latest novel is El cocinero (2023), which received the "Ciudad de Alcalá" award for narrative. www.luiscerezo.net/

Olympia 5: Un giro inesperado

After her trip to Russia, everything is going well for Olympia: she has been reconciled with Clara and everything is fine with Mario. Carmen is also by her side and Ortzi returns in a few weeks… But soon things will take an unexpected turn: new responsibilities, the Olympic Games… How far will Olympia get? How does Mario fit into all this?

Chacón, Dulce

España In 1992 she published her first book of poems, Querrán ponerle nombre, followed by Las palabras de la piedra (1993). Two years later she won the Premio de Poesía "Ciudad de Irún" with Contra el desprestigio de la altura. Some of her poetical works have been included in Tarde tranquila. Omaggio alla poesia, an anthology of poetry published in Italy. She has published the novels Algún amor que no mate (Plaza & Janés,1996), launched in Greece by II Publishing S.A/Periplous, Blanca vuela mañana (Plaza & Janés, 1997) and Háblame, musa, de aquel varón (Plaza & Janés,1998), another volume of poetry, Matar al ángel (1999), and the play Segunda mano (1998). In 2000 she won the Premio Azorín de Novela for Cielos de barro (German edition: Lubbe, 2002). Her last novel, La voz dormida (Alfaguara, 2002), on the lives of Republican women after the Spanish Civil War, sold 75.000 copies in a few months. It has just been published in France by Plon, and in Portugal by Difel. She died of cancer in 2003.

Olympia 6: En busca del sueño

The rhythmic gymnastics championship will take Olympia and her Friends to Italy. Difficult challenges, new places to discover, love, and competition… Olympia’s fears create a cloud of nerves that prevents her from being able to sleep or to concentrate. Will she be able to calm down and find the sufficient energy to fight for her dreams?

Chávez Castañeda, Ricardo

México He was born in Mexico, D.F. in 1961. He has a degree in Psychology and a master in Creative Writing for the New Mexico State University. He has published many books. Among his Children and YA fiction titles we can find Los ensebados (1993, Premio Nacional de Novela Juvenil FILIJ), El secreto de Gorco (1994, Premio Nacional de Cuento Infantil FILIJ), Miedo, el mundo de al lado (1994, Premio Nacional de Novela Juvenil FILIJ), Las montañas azules (1998), La valla (Everest, 2000), La niña que tenía el mar adentro (2001); Fernanda y los niños secretos (Premio Nacional de Literatura Infantil «Juan de la Cabada», 2000), Mañanario (Everest, 2006), Salvavidas ( SM, 2006) y Las peregrinas del fuisoyseré (FCE, 2007). Among his books for adults: Y sobrevivir con las manos abiertas. Una historia de todos los fines del mundo (Mexico 2001), El final de las nubes (RBA, 2001), La Conspiración Idiota (México, 2003), El fin de la pornografía (México, 2005), El libro del silencio (Alfaguara, 2007) y Georgia (FCE, 2011). Some of his short stories have been included in anthologies of Latino or Mexican writers published in Cuba, Mexico, Chili, Spain, and the United States. Besides several national prizes, he has won important international prizes, such as: Premio Borges de Cuento (Argentina, 1987), Premio Latinoamericano de Cuento (Mexico, 1994), and Premio Aresti de Cuento (Bilbao, Spain, 2002). He was finalist in the Premio Planeta Joaquín Mortiz (Mexico, 1994), and twice in the Premio Internacional de Novela Negra "Dashiel Hammett" (1998 and 2002). In 1999 he also obtained a honorific mention in the literary contest "Casa de las Américas" (novel).

Olympia 7: Verano en blanco

After the championship in Rome, Olympia returns home for the summer. There she has fun with her friends as always: she goes to play bumper cars, to the pool, she discovers figure skating… Maybe she’s having too good of a time, because the summer will end soon and she’s hardly trained at all! Luckily, she has the help of her friends, family, and team… and Mario. 

Corella, Kike

España, 1983 Kike Corella was born in the Poblenou neighborhood of Barcelona in 1983. He graduated with degrees in Humanities and Business Management, and later completed a postgraduate degree in Strategic Marketing. He combines writing with long hours of wandering around the city and, additionally, is a professor at the Universitat Politécnica de Catalunya. Since 2007, he writes articles about culture and travel for publications such as La Clave, Time Out, Traveler, and Guía Repsol. City of Ashes is his first published novel and is also the first of the cases of Hernández the night watchman and Inspector Pavía.  https://www.instagram.com/kikecorella/   www.kikecorella.com

Olympia 8: Barras y estrellas

It’s time for the moment of truth: the girls on the national team are all playing in the European Gymnastics Championship. Besides the demands of the training, the butterflies of her first love and her nerves for the competition, Olympia will start to feel the pressures of fame and of the expectations of others. Will Olympia and her teammates qualify for the Olympics in Atlanta? 

Corral, Alejandro

Alejandro Corral is a writer and economist, with a degree in Business Administration and Senior Technician in Cultural Management. He is the managing director of Taller de Historia S. L. and the author of sev-eral articles on economics and economic history. He has collaborated with NGOs in social and cultural de-velopment projects in Central America. As a writer, he lectures and runs workshops on creative writing and has published the thriller New York's Sky (2015) and the historical novel Warrior (2018), with José Luis Corral. In the year that marks five centuries since Leonardo da Vinci’s death, he offers us a vivid and astonishing portrait of one of the highlights of art history, and establishes himself as one of the great new talents in today’s historical novel genre, capable of fusing an intriguing plot in a deeply truthful and researched context.

Costa, Geòrgia

Geòrgia Costa Villaró (Tarragona, 1984) holds degrees in History and Classical Archaeology from the Universitat Rovira i Virgili in Tarragona, since the only thing she enjoys almost as much as writing stories is hearing them. She writes children’s and middle-grade books, including the recent Ada Tormentas series: Something’s Up with Ada Tormentas (Salamandra, 2024) and Ada Tormentas is Up to Something (Salamandra, 2024). She also writes children's non-fiction, such as 22 Mysteries of History (Montena, 2015) and the illustrated bestiary Monsters of the World (Montena, 2018). Together with Fernando Alcalá, with whom she forms the writing duo Costa Alcalá, she won the Kelvin 505 Award and the El Templo de las Mil Puertas Award with the novel Heir, the first volume of The Second Revolution trilogy (Montena, Penguin Random House, 2017, 2018, and 2019). They have also written Good Sisters (Elastic Books, 2019) and Prodigies, a series of three standalone novels set in the same universe, published by Nocturna between 2020 and 2022. Additionally, they are the authors of the children's series Look Out, Lice (Montena, 2019 and 2020) and several novels published on Fiction Express, such as Journey to the Center of the Volcano, which won the readers’ choice award for the best children's novel on the platform in 2022. In autumn 2023, they published their first novel for adults, The Hunter’s Moon (Umbriel Editores), and in June 2024 Orphans of the Wanderer (Puck Editorial), the first part of Shadowweavers, a duology whose second volume will be released in Spain and Latin America in the first quarter of 2025. That same year, they will launch Nessa, Princess, a series of graphic novels for early readers, to be published by Animallibres, Bromera, and Algar. And that’s all... for the time being. Fer has many projects underway, both with Geòrgia Costa and on his own, but we’ll have to wait until he’s allowed to talk about them.

Marcelo Luján wins the Dashiell Hammet Prize 2016 for “Subsoil”. Ignacio del Valle wins the Buenos Aires Negra in the same festival

The Argentine Marcelo Luján (Buenos Aires, 1973) has been awarded the Dashiell Hammett, the principal recognition awarded at the Semana Negra de Gijón, for his book Subsuelo (Subsoil), a disturbing and sober thriller that has been considered by the judges as the best book of the noir genre published in Spain in 2015. Luján won the Getafe award in 2009 for “La mala espera”. Visibly emotional, the winner has assured that one of his “childhood dreams has been fulfilled” and that it is a prize “for the risky decisions taken at the beginning of the writing of the novel.”  With this novel, the winner, whether he likes to go towards the margins of the genre or directly disaffiliate from it, shows that he is an excellent anatomist of daily evil. Three adolescents, three siblings, are sitting on the edge of a pool in a summer house. A fourth arrives late and has to go get ice but doesn’t feel like it. He doesn’t know that his contempt will be the beginning of the tragedy. From this nice and apparently anodyne point of departure, Luján unfurls a deep analysis of desire, envy, hatred, filial love and predatory sex and destruction. A book with a simple style, a thriller based on the strength of the characters and which pays tribute in its profundity to the master Patricia Highsmith. The author of “Moravia” succeeds Carlos Zanón in the list of winners, as well as Alexis Ravelo and Guillermo Saccomanno, the last three to have won it, along with a prestigious group of authors that include Ignacio Taibo II, Andreu Martín, Juan Madrid, and Jorge Reverte. In the same festival, Ignacio del Valle won the Buenos Aires Negra Award for Soles Negros (Black Suns) from the Arturo Andrade Series.

Olympia 9: Los juegos olímpicos de Atlanta

Olympia has accomplished her dream: she is going to participate in her first Olympic Games. Two weeks and a villa made of the best athletes of the five continents, who compete every four years in front of the entire world. She almost can’t believe it. Atlanta is waiting for her! Live along with Olympia in her first Olympic Games in a book full of happiness, deceptions, sportsmanship, and effort. 

Eva Desnuda

Eva works as a striptease dancer in a squalid industrial city. Sheltered in her hermetic and gray sollitude, she hides from herself and from her past cruelly marked by the gift fatal of her fatal beauty. Every day she undresses her body in the cabin of the peep-show, but only when she meets Adam, a shy and sensitive teenager half her age, will she feel capable of baring her soul to someone. To avoid that the boy suffers the same hell that she lived, Eve and Adam will be forced to kill and flee. A desperate escape that the will lead them to their worst nightmare: Ramon. Eve's infamous past.

On the Centenary of Camilo José Cela

This year marks the first centenary of the birth of writer Camilo José Cela, and has been declared by the Spanish Ministry of Education and Culture as “an event of special public interest”. For forty-five years, Cela occupied the Chair Q of the Spanish Royal Academy of Language and won the Premio Principe de Asturias de las Letras in 1987, the Premio Cervantes in 1995 and, of course, the Nobel 1989.  The jury on this last prize highlighted the “provocative vision of helplessness in all human being” present throughout all of the author’s output; a vision that soaks “The Family of Pascual Duarte”, where Cela brilliantly recounts the heart wrenching story of desolate soul. Destino published a new edition of it this year. This week, the same imprint published Cela, piel adentro, (Cela, inside skin) a book where the Nobel’s son tries to bring us closer to his father’s figure, to demystify him all while painting a more intimate picture. More about the Centenary: https://fundacioncela.wordpress.com/ Photo: © Instituto Cervantes 

Costas, Ledicia

España This Galician writer of YA titles has achieved unanimous praise from critics and audiences alike, ever since the publication of "Escarlatina, the Corpse Cook". This work has received a number of awards (among others, the National Literature Prize in 2015) and has garnered enormous sales success, first in Galicia and then in the rest of Spain, as well as various translations in other countries. The successful prequel "Esmeraldina, the Little Ghost" and the large format book "The Secret Files of Escarlatina", which make up a unique trilogy, have contributed to this success.  Moreover, she is the only author who has three Lazarillo prizes, the oldest award in Spanish literature. The awarded works were "Jules Verne and the Secret life of the Women Plant", "The Ballad of the Unicorns" and "The mechanical hare". Born in Vigo, Ledicia was a voracious reader from a very early age, writing her first book (A Star in the Wind) at sixteen. After finishing law school and practicing law for several years, she abandoned this profession to dedicate herself exclusively to writing, focusing primarily on a children and young adult audience. In her already long career as an author, there are titles such as "Jupiter's Heart", (which deals with the subject of school bullying and the dangers of social networks), "The Adventures of Extravaganza Pérez", "Misses Bubble", or "An Alleged Mist" (a very hard book of short stories based on some of the most chilling incidents of World War II). Her latests works are "The Fire Boy" - which was awarded her second Merlín Prize for children literature in Galician language - and "The Minidead" series. In 2019 she published "Infamy", her first adult novel. "Strokes of Light" is her second novel for adultsand her latest novel is "Lamb Skin". https://lediciacostas.com/es/inicio-es/

Sergio Pitol wins the Alfonso Reyes Prize 2015

The Mexican writer and essayist Sergio Pitol will be awarded the International Prize Alfonso Reyes 2015, in virtue of his valuable cultural, artistic, and literary contributions, and his extensive experience. In a statement, the Organizing Committee of the International Prize Alfonso Reyes announced today that Sergio Pitol is the winner of the award this 2015. It also marks that Pitol is a citizen of the world and at the same time a profound expert on Mexican culture. “He’s the living example of passion for knowledge and implacable criticism, whose unmistakable voice amongst the Hispanic-American narrators is fundamental to the writing, owing to his originality,” declare the organizers. The prize was created by Francisco Zendejas in 1972. It aims to appreciate the work of the Monterrey-native writer Alfonso Reyes by distinguishing personalities with a vast trajectory in the field of humanities. Amongst the prize-winners are Mario  Vargas Llosa, Eduardo Lizalde, Ignacio Bosque, Fernando del Paso and Ida Vitale (previously). Pitol was born in Puebla, March 18, 1993. He studied law and letters at the Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and is a member of the National System of Creators of Art, as creator emeritus, since 1994. He has received the Xavier Villaurrutia Award 1981 for “Nocturno de Bujara,” the Herralde Novel Award in 1984 for “El desfile del amor” and the National Literature and Linguistic Award 1993; as well as those of the Latin-American Literature and the Caribbean Juan Rulfo 1999, and the Cervantes of Literature in 2005. His work is translated into French, German, Italian, Polish, Hungarian, Dutch, Russian, Portuguese, and Chinese. And he as a translator has rendered into Spanish works of authors such as Henry James, Joseph Conrad, Robert Graves, Jane Austen, Witold Gombrowicz, Alexander Zeromsky, Kazimierz Brandys, Jerry Andrzejewski and Bruno Schulz. The Organizing Committee is formed by the Secretary of Culture of the Government of the Republic, the Government of the State of Nuevo León through the Council of Culture and Arts, the Alfonsina International Society, the Autonomous Univeristy of Nuevo Leon (UANL), the Monterrey Technological, The University of Monterrey and the University Regiomontana. (El Universal, Mexico)

Cueto, Alonso

Perú Alonso Cueto (Lima, 1954) is the author of several novels, short stories, and essays. Cueto has won several distinctions for his literary work, including the prestigious Herralde Award (Spain 2005) for his novel La Hora Azul (The Blue Hour), the 2007 Casa de Ámericas-Planeta second-place prize for his novel Susurro de la Mujer Ballena (Sigh of the Whale Woman) and the Anna Seghers Prize for his body of work (Germany, 2000). In 2006, the Chinese based National Publishing House, considered La Hora Azul, the best novel published in spanish in the 2005-2006 period. He also received a John Simon Guggenheim Foundation grant in 2002. Filmmaker Francisco Lombardi adapted Cueto’s novel Grandes Miradas (Knowing Gazes) to the screen in “Mariposa Negra,” which won several international awards. Cueto’s work has been translated into 15 languages, including dutch, german, french, italian, rumanian, polish, chinese and korean. Random House published the English-language translation of La Hora Azul (The blue Hour, translated by Frank Wynne). His novel La Viajera del Viento (Voyager of the wind, Planeta) along with The Blue Hour and La Pasajera forms a trilogy around violence in recent Peruvian history. In the book fair of Lima in 2016, La Viajera del Tiempo was the most sold novel.  His latest novel is Francisca: Princesa del Perú.  Cueto, a graduate from the University of Texas at Austin, currently lives in Lima, Peru. He is a full professor of the Literature and Linguistics Department of the Universidad Católica. He is also a member of the peruvian chapter of the Academia de la Lengua of Spain. In 2017, he was awarded the title of meritorious personality of culture by the Peruvian government. alonsocueto.com/

La Herencia Invisible (Violetas para Olivia)

Madelaine, a 36 year old, young doctor, finds herself obligated to return to the home that her ancestors, the Martinez Durango family, have in San Gabriel upon the death of her aunt Rosario. The Durangos, the principal family of the town, are the owners of the largest part of the lands and of the most prosperous businesses, but also the great legend of misfortune and numerous rumors weighs on them… For Madelaine, who always felt an aversion to that house and everything about it, her return will mean reencountering her other aunt, Clara—an old woman with a dominating and possessive character towards a world that no longer exists—and with her past. A dark past in which too many questions float around without being answered: what happened to her grandma Olivia, who was erased from the family history? Why did her mother disappear without even telling her goodbye? What is the relation that ties her mother to her aunts? 

Subsuelo, by Marcelo Luján, awarded with the Premio Ciudad de Santa Cruz at the Tenerife Noir Festival

The novel 'Subsuelo', by Marcelo Luján, wins the Premio Ciudad de Santa Cruz of the Festival Atlántico Tenerife Noir for the best noir genre novel of the 2015 in Spain.Ver más en: http://www.20minutos.es/noticia/2696533/0/subsuelo-marcelo-luj-premio-ciudad-santa-cruz-tenerife-noir/#xtor=AD-15&xts=467263 http://www.eldigitaldecanarias.net/index.php/cultura/9138-subsuelo-de-marcelo-lujan-premio-ciudad-de-santa-cruz-en-tenerife-noir-2016 

Darós, Joan

Joan Daròs studied Dramatic Art and English Philology, and has worked in theater, film and television. Before embarking on this first and award-winning novel, he made his first steps in the field of translation (Matthew López’s The Inheritance and Adam Zmith’s Deep Sniff: A History of Poppers and Queer Futures).  Biting the Orchid is his debut novel, in the style of “The White Lotus”, Winner of the First Asterisco Prize for Queer Narrative.

Por encima de la lluvia

Miguel and Helena meet in a nursing home in Tarifa, at an age in which they believe that they already lived everything. Miguel is afraid to fly. Helena is terrified of the sea. Both have adult children and feel that they have relegated them to an almost ornamental existence. The dramatic suicide of a fellow resident opens their eyes. They don’t want their last days to be spent remembering and yearning for supposed better times.  And together they will decide to set out on the trip of their lives, in which they will discover that nothing is final as long there are still dreams to chase. Meanwhile, in the faraway Swedish city of Mälmo, the young Yasmina, daughter of Moroccan immigrants who dreams of being a singer, lives trapped between the control of her authoritative grandfather Abdul and the disdain of her mother, for whom Yasmina is an embarassment because she works for a Swede with a murky past. And she manages a secret romance with the deputy superintendent of the Swedish Police, an older and important man. These three characters draw a story about the feeling of love and about extraordinary people that can end up becoming common people. Past, present and future mix together in this journey from Tangier in 1955 to Mälmo in 2014, a metaphor for a much more important journey: that of always living intensely. 

De las Muelas, Javier

España Entrepreneur and expert in cocktails, he began his business career in the hotel business in 1979, date in which the cocktail Bar Gimlet was created; the mythical bar of Rec Street in Barcelona, and which immediately turned into a place of reference for the city. Then came the opening of Gimlet in Santaló and afterwards bars such as the Nick Habana or Casa Fernandez, and also recreated places such as the brewery Montesquieu and the now legendary cocktail bar Dry Martin, created in 1978 by who has been its master, Pedro Carbonell. This last place, internationally recognized as one of the ten best bars in the world according to Tyler Brûlé, journalist and editor founder of the prestigious magazines Wallpaper y Monocle, since 2002 lodges in its establishment the clandestine restaurant Speakeasy, which pays homage to clandestine bars that opened during the Prohibition in the US, and to which Javier de las Muelas defines as his “factory of ideas”. He takes part as a speaker in various professional meetings of the world of bars and cocktail lounges—amongst which stand out the Bar Show of London, the Barzone of Berlin, the Hotel Cavallieri Hilton of Rome, the Four Seasons of Tokyo, Madrid Fusion or the Bar Show of Amesterdam—and he usually carries out presentations and trainings.

Contra Trump

How did Donald Trump make it to president of the United States? His electoral victory says much about the most powerful country in the world and its people, but also about us as a society. Now, faced with xenophobia, misogyny, nationalism, populism and other characteristic Trump offenses, how should the rest of the world defend itself? With the best style of political pamphlets and libels from the 19th and 20th centuries, Jorge Volpi raises his voice against the new president of the United States, his ideas and actions, proposes a clear and rational understanding of his dangerous thinking, and also politics, counterbalanced and measured to confront the worst consequences of his administration. Contra Trump (Against Trump) is an urgent pamphlet written by the prestigious Mexican author Jorge Volpi, which alerts of the extreme danger that Donald Trump represents for our civilization.

Veinte

In that moment no one knew what was going on. Only that a large part of humanity had killed themselves in a period of few days. Among the survivors is a 17 year old girl, Andrea, an orphan with a huge empty space in her memory. From those days, she only remembers how she was put forcefully into a military truck full of terrorized civilians who were fleeing from the same threat. But Andrea wasn’t like them. She has the answer to many of their questions, even if she does not yet know it. Many years later, the world has completely changed. The survivors of that far off night and their descendants try to build a society on the ruins of what was once humanity. But all of a sudden, the decades-old threat resurfaces, but this time slightly changed: the number TWENTY seems to have a special importance on this occasion. Trapped in her own story and unaware that the destiny of the world is in the hands of a bunch of kids, Andrea and her friends begin their peculiar odyssey, through a transformed land and full of dangers, looking to resolve something that never should have happened.

De Vega, Mercedes

Mercedes de Vega es escritora, licenciada en Sociología y Ciencias Políticas. Ha residido y trabajado en Nueva York, Barcelona y Madrid. Actualmente vive en Montreal. Ha cursado estudios literarios en la Universidad Complutense de Madrid y participado en numerosos talleres de escritura. Colabora habitualmente en varia revistas literarias y es miembro del jurado del Concurso Resonancias de Cuento. Ha publicado el libro de relatos Cuentos del sismógrafo, Ediciones Atlantis, y varias publicaciones colectivas, como las antologías de cuentos: El hilo de Sofía (2011), traducido y editado por la Universidad de Sofía de Bulgaria, Madrid golpea la crisis (2012) y Madrid golpea la corrupción (2013), los tres libros publicados por Ediciones Atlantis, Madrid. El profesor de inglés fue su primera novela, publicada por Huerga y Fierro Editores. En 2015 publicó Cuando estábamos vivos (Plaza&Janés), un libro al que le seguirían Todas las familias felices (Plaza&Janés, 2018), El largo sueño de Laura Cohen (Plaza&Janés, 2020) y Una historia desconocida: Marie Jelen (Huso, 2021).  Escribe habitualmente en su blog Escribir…, uno de los más leídos en la red. Su escritura es bien conocida en Internet y en las redes sociales.

Domingo de revolución

This is the story of Cleo, a Young poet and resident of La Habana, an author under suspicion. The Security of the State and the Ministry of Culture believe that her success has been constructed by “the enemy” like a destabilization arm, an invention of the CIA. For a certain group of exiled intellectuals, however, Cleo is, with their critical pretensions, a Cuban intelligence spy.   Trapped in this movement of thoughts, forbidden and ignored in Cuba, Cleo is the controversial but successful writer translated into multiple languages that shakes those who read her outside of the island. Her texts narrate the end of a large revolutionary process of almost 70 years. The Sunday of an intense week of revolution that has already met two centuries. Closed off in a beautiful mansion in El Vedado, under the brilliant light of a city trapped in time, Cleo has an emotional adventure with a Hollywood actor at the same time as she “discovers” her parents and resists in a country that blames her for her great sin: writing what she thinks. While Wendy Guerra was creating this fiction in La Habana, reality started to creep in, modifying the plot and intervening in it, contaminating, with its historical processes, the dramatic events that are narrated here in real time. With this novel, Guerra proves herself as one of the most sophisticated and clever Latin-American authors in the structure of her stories. A work marked by the sharp humor with which she hints at the Cuban tragedy, for the ease with which she describes, without judgement, a reality that she knows by heart, and for the sonorous language with which she invokes a besieged city with music, the sea, and every-day politics.  

Víctor del Ýrbol has been awarded the 2016 Nadal Prize with "La víspera de casi todo"

Víctor del Árbol has been awarded the 72nd Nadal Prize, one of the most prestigious awards in Spanish literature, organized by the Destino imprint of Grupo Planeta. The winner book is La víspera de casi todo (The Eve of Almost Everything) In 2006 he won the Tiflos Prize for Literature with El peso de los muertos. With his novel La tristeza del Samurai (Alrevés, 2011), he was the first Spaniard to obtain the Prix du polar Européen, awarded by the French publication Le Point. With Un millón de gotas, (Destino, 2014) Víctor del Árbol is again awarded in France the Prix de Littérature Policière 2015. “Victor writes with guts and makes pure literary viscerality”CARLES GELI, El País   

Del Río, José Manuel

José Manuel del Río (A Coruña, 1982) reside en Barcelona y ejerce como abogado penalista y periodista cultural. Su debut con la novela total sobre narcotráfico Marea Roja (Ediciones B, 2019) supuso un éxito de crítica que continuó con La Milicia de la Noche (Ediciones B, 2020) cuando se confirmó como una de las voces más eclécticas del panorama editorial actual. Brillante prosista y dialoguista, Del Río se vale de contextos históricos apasionantes para mostrarnos el lado más oscuro del ser humano con personajes fronterizos y realismo descarnado. Su último libro, A bocajarro, es una novela policiaca de las de antes, en la que la bondad se mezcla con la mezquindad y, gracias a su excepcional estilo, la crueldad roza la delicadeza.  

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Doña Gorgo

Doña Gorgo is the pseudonym of a Galician historian who combines her work in teaching and research with historical outreach.Although she was not always an anonymous author—her outreach efforts began a decade ago, collaborating with magazines and speaking at cultural events—the arrival of the 2020 pandemic led her to realize that the French historian Georges Duby was right: If the public is more interested in listening to me because of my popularity than in understanding history for its significance, my work has failed.Thus, in pursuit of historical outreach that aligns with her values, she created the project @semontolahistoria, embracing the pseudonym Doña Gorgo and inviting us to rediscover history by shedding light on forgotten female figures, debunking myths, and reexamining traditional historiographical narratives.

Valió la pena reaches the spot in the top of the sales

The publication of Valió la pena (It was worth it), the book of memoirs by the diplomat and ex-director of the CNI Jorge Dezcallar, has not left anyone indifferent. Three days after its launch, the second edition came out just as it reached the spot in the top 100 general sales on Amazon.es, ranking in what in the last few days climbed to number 7. But Valió la pena has not been distinguished only for the great number of sales. The book has secured a space in a great number of Spanish media and also has provoked reactions of important figures from the political sphere, mainly as a consequence of the declarations that the author made in his memoirs about the government’s management of the March 11, 2004 terrorist attack in Madrid Some of the highlighted press links about Jorge Dezcallar’s work: http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/audios/24-horas/24-horas-jorge-dezcallar-lealtad-tiene-limites-01-10-15/3307761/ http://www.lasexta.com/programas/el-intermedio/revista-medios/jorge-dezcallar-comunicado-cni-11m-creo-que-gobierno-manipulo_2015100800361.html http://politica.elpais.com/politica/2015/09/30/actualidad/1443641174_514625.html http://www.cope.es/player/escucha-la-entrevista-a-jorge-dezcallar-en-herrera-en-cope&id=2015100514170001&activo=10

Dòria, Sergi

Sergi Dòria (Barcelona, 1960) es doctor en Ciencias de la Comunicación, periodista y crítico del suplemento cultural de ABC, y profesor en las universidades Internacional de Catalunya, Barcelona y Ramon Llull. Autor del libro-reportaje La Guineueta (1995) y de Imatges 1930. Barcelonins i moderns (2004), en 2005 coeditó con Sergio Vila-Sanjuán Paseos por la Barcelona literaria; ha reeditado el libro de viajes del capitán Enric Blanco, Boston-Barcelona (2006). Además, ha publicado la edición crítica de las novelas de Ignacio Agustí, la guía literaria La Barcelona de Carlos Ruiz Zafón y la biografía del autor de Mariona Rebull, Ignacio Agustí, el árbol y la ceniza (2013). Foto: © Yolanda Cardo 

La saga de los longevos

The Immortal Collection When Adriana, a brilliant young archaeologist, accepts a position at the Museum of Archaeology in her hometown of Santander, Spain, she never imagines that her new boss has lived through the history she can only study. Iago, the charismatic technical director of the museum, is more than ten thousand years old but appears to be only thirty-five. Iago and his family are longevos—people who never seem to age after reaching adulthood. The ancient family is divided: Iago’s brother and sister seek the source of their longevity in hopes of creating more like themselves, while Iago and his father fear the repercussions of the true Fountain of Youth. A dangerous game of power and knowledge that has played out over eons becomes even more complicated when Adriana attracts both brothers’ attention—and learns their secret. Filled with science, history, and passion, The Immortal Collection transports the reader through time and space, from the days of cavemen, through the Roaring Twenties, to the charming plazas of contemporary Spain. Ancient history meets cutting-edge research in this modern love story and sweeping historical saga.

Valió la pena [It was worth the bother], by Jorge Dezcállar, bestseller before publication

Today Valió la pena reaches bookstores, the memoirs of the diplomat Jorge Dezcállar. The notes and memories of Jorge Dezcállar include his years as ambassador in the Vatican; in Lebanon, after the assassination of the former Spanish leader Pedro de Arístegui, or his mission in the United States and his participation in the Dayton Conference for pacification of the Balkans. Dezcállar was also director of the Centro Nacional de Inteligencia, (the Spanish secret services), when the terrorist attacks of March 11, 2004 took place. The readers’ interest in Dezcállar’s experiences and the wish to know all the details of what took place has placed the book, published by Península, in the leading positions of the bestsellers lists, climbing to the second place in its category weeks before its publication. 

A thousand drops, winner of the 2015 Grand Prix de Literature Policière

‘Un millón de gotas’ has been awarded the most prestigious French literary award appointed for the noir genre. Its author, Victor del Árbol, repeats once again the great feat of conquering the most distinguished reviews of the noir genre in France. Previously, in 2012, he was the first Spaniard to obtain the Prix du polar Européen, awarded by the prestigious French publication Le Point. Le Grand Prix de literature policière, founded in 1948 by the author and literary critic Maurice Bernard Endrèbe, is given annually to the best French novel [and foreign novel]. This year the French winner was “Derrière les panneaux il y a des homes,” by Joseph Incardona. The winners are determined by a jury of up to 10 members, which also includes authors. Each of the judges preselects a combination of works that they bring to discussion, for later making a voting list that they present before the jury. Amongst the acclaimed authors from the last decades that have been worthy of the prize are Jean-Patrick Manchette, Didier Daeninckx, Mary Higgins Clark, Elizabeth George, Thomas Harris, Patricia Highsmith, Arnaldur Indridason, P.D. James, Léo Malet and Manuel Vázquez Montalbán. As of today, Victor del Àrbol joins a grand line-up of authors with “Un millón de gotas,” in French, “Toutes les vagues de l’océan”, published last February by Actes Sud in France and Destino [in Spain] in May 2014. It’s a novel to which the French media have dedicated entire pages and their best praise.

Duarte, Clara

Clara Duarte (Sevilla, 1996) es escritora de novelas, ilustradora y guionista para cine y TV. Estudió Filología Hispánica en la Universidad Complutense de Madrid y publicó su primer libro en 2019, “Luna 174”, con la editorial La Galera, al que se le unió en 2020 “Cada Seis Meses”, su segunda obra, esta última traducida también al francés por Hachette Livre y ganadora el premio Templis 2020 a Mejor Novela Autoconclusiva Nacional. Desde 2021, Clara compagina la escritura con su carrera como guionista, habiendo participado y coordinado varias series de comedia para Disney+. Ambas de sus novelas han sido opcionadas por productoras y está participando en sus adaptaciones al formado audiovisual.

Los hijos de Adán

The Sons of Adam is the highly anticipated sequel of the International Best Seller The Immortal Collection, the first installment of A Saga of the Ancient Family, which has captured the hearts of millions of teen and adult readers in the US, UK and Europe.The story begins with the unexpected return of Gunnarr, the son that Iago thought had died in the battle of Kinsale in Ireland in 1602. Gunnarr will change the peaceful life that Iago del Castillo and Adriana Alameda had built for themselves in Santander, Spain. Prehistory, Europe: Lür travels across a devastated land looking for the clan of The Sons of Adam and their legendary matriarch, Adana, who, it is said, never grows old. 800 AC, Denmark: Gunnarr tells Adriana about his youth and how he became a berserker, a member of a dangerous and legendary group of Viking warriors. 1620 AC, New England: Urko boards the Mayflower, where he meets Manon Adams, a strong woman who will leave her mark despite the passing of time. The Ancient Family travels through time to discover that they have been persecuted since before their birth. This riveting story will leave you begging for the next chapter of The Immortals Series. The past always comes back to haunt a longevo.

A Thousand Drops by Víctor del Ýrbol, shorlisted for the Grand Prix de Litteratures Policières 2015

The novel A Thousand Drops by Víctor del Árbol is still a success a year after its publication. After 5 editions in Spain (Destino) and 2 editions in France, (Actes Sud) its nomination for one of the most prestigious awards in France: Le Grand Prix de Litteratures Policières 2015 was announced this week. The book by Victor del Árbol has achieved great reviews from the press and is shortlisted for this Prize along with works by other renowed authors of the noir and detective literature like James Ellroy, William Bayer or Don Winslow. The winner will be announced on September 23, but just being shortlisted is a great honor.

Dueñas, María

María Dueñas Vinuesa, born in 1964 in Puertollano, Ciudad Real, is a renowned Spanish writer. She holds a Ph.D. in English Philology and spent over two decades as a university professor before dedicating herself entirely to literature. Her literary debut in 2009 with The Seamstress (El tiempo entre costuras) catapulted her to success, becoming a publishing phenomenon and being translated into more than 25 languages. Since then, she has published several novels that have solidified her career, including The Vineyard (Misión Olvido, 2012), A Vineyard in Andalusia (La Templanza, 2015), The Captain's Daughters (Las hijas del Capitán, 2018), and Sira (2021). In March 2025, she will release her new novel, Por si un día volvemos, which will be published simultaneously in Spain, the United States, and Latin America with an initial print run of half a million copies. Her work has been adapted into audiovisual formats, including television series and productions on streaming platforms. Throughout her career, she has received various awards, and her work has achieved significant international recognition, with translations into more than 35 languages. She currently resides in Cartagena, a city with which she maintains a strong personal and professional connection. In January 2025, she was named an Adoptive Daughter of Cartagena in recognition of her career and her bond with the city. María Dueñas continues to write and actively participate in cultural projects, establishing herself as one of the most influential authors in contemporary Spanish literature.

Pasaje a Tahití

  1890. Bastian and Hugo Fortuny leave for Tahiti in search of opportunity after losing their jobs as glassblowers in their native Mallorca. During the crossing they meet Laia Kane, the daughter of a corrupt English consul in Menorca who was exiled to the Polynesian island. This encounter will mark the life of the Fortuny brothers and of Laia forever. 1930. Denis Fortuny, heir of the empire of luxury pearls in Manacor, decides to travel to Tahití to look into the mystery that was hid from him throughout his eary life. An epic story of love, overcoming, family ties, and secrets with colonial Tahití as the backdrop and the fascinating origin of cultivated pearls.

Negra

Nirvana del Risco is the first black Cuban heroine that shows herself naked, open and brutal faced with that which, because of prejudice, many hide: bisexuality, racism, politics, fear and close intimacy with the enemy. A daughter of the 60s generation and a rebellious Havanan protagonist in the 2000s, she takes the path between the prohibited and the sacred, revealing occult recipes established in an Afro-Cuban culture (Regla de Ocha). Rituals that go from the dynastic Cuban witchcraft, that which few openly accept and which are used in daily rituals and incantations, to the complex balancing act between race, sex, politics, and religion. Nirvana leaves the oracle convinced that the Afro-Cuban cult is retaining the legend of her life, but decides to free herself and to change the rules, to disobey the words that the Orishas dictate, retiring from her life all the antidotes to the terrible plans that have accompanied her since birth. Endemic seasonings, native and sensual accents, bittersweet and tropical flavors reveal a hidden part of the mixed Cuban nationality. This creole and enlightened model is presented with an epic, unique, and dark journey that she takes fearlessly, a passionate route between Cuba and France, where she plans to settle, knocking down clichés and breaking stigmas about what it means in the world today to be a beautiful Cuban woman and black like the night. The tragic fate of the heroine narrates a profound and little-explored part of female Latin-American literature.  With a magical and contemporary language, the author invites us on a singular trip bathed in sublime black tears. The word “Negra” (black woman) is for some a taboo term; for the protagonist of this splendid novel it contains all the music, the flavor, and the feeling of her body, her soul, and her nation.

Espinosa, Julio

Julio Espinosa Guerra (Santiago, 1974) es un autor chileno que reside en España desde 2001. Ha publicado las novelas El día que fue ayer (Mago, Chile, 2006) y La fría piel de agosto (Alfaguara, Chile, 2013), los libros de poemas La soledad del encuentro (Mosquito, Chile, 1999), Las metamorfosis de un animal sin paraíso (LF, Béjar, 2004, Premio Villa de Leganés), NN (Gens, Madrid, 2007, Premio Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz), Sintaxis asfalto (Olifante, Zaragoza, 2010), La casa amarilla (Pre-Textos, Valencia, 2013), De lo inútil (Candaya, Barcelona, 2017). Ha practicado la crítica literaria en medios como literaturas.com, La estafeta del viento, Revista de libros, Turia y Heraldo de Aragón. Dirige en Zaragoza el Espacio literario MilMadres, que cobija la editorial y la libería del mismo nombre, y los cursos de escritura creativa de Estudio de Escritura. En marzo de 2023 Pre-Textos editará su nuevo libro, Secuoya. 

Última escala en ninguna parte

Abilio, after spending more than half his life in planes, between one plane and with another plane, reflects on what lead him to live this kind of life and why so many people spend so much time travelling towards no where. It was not easy to come get to these questions, everything began with a slight discomfort in the kidneys that turned into a general sadness, a type of insufferable traveller's melancholy that he only managed to understand thanks precisely to Gordo Pelosi, his worst enemy in the International Association of Frequent Flyers, and who informed him about the Umpteenth Layover, a layover in his trip after which it is impossible to go back.

Castigo Divino, by Sergio Ramírez, appears in English for the first time

Divine Punishment  was published back in 1988 and has been translated into many languages, but never before into English. Translated from the Spanish by Nick Caistor, it is launched today by McPherson & Co. This publication will be celebrated with appearences of the author and translator at the Americas Society in New York City in association with the Instituto Cervantes. Tomorrow there will be a panel for Sergio at the Instituto Cervantes. Both events are officially part of the PEN World Voices Festival. Upon its original publication, Carlos Fuentes declared Divine Punishment to be the quintessential Central American novel. In this, the greatest work of a storied literary career, Sergio Ramírez transforms the most celebrated criminal trial in Nicaraguan history—the alleged murders in 1933 of two high society women and their employer by a Casanova named Oliverio Castañeda—into an examination of the entire Nicaraguan society at the brink of the first Somoza dictatorship. Passion, money, sex, gossip, political intrigue, medical malpractice and judicial corruption all merge into a novel that reads like a courtroom drama wrapped in yellow journalism disguised as historical fiction posing as a scandal of the first order. “This is a big, beautiful novel –a compelling historical drama of competing narratives and colorful characters that is self-aware and tigned with black humor.” - Publishers Weekly

Espinosa, Óliver

  Óliver Espinosa Sorensen (Barcelona, 1985) es licenciado en Derecho por la Universitat de València. Después de trabajar para algunos de los bufetes de abogados y consultoras más importantes de este país y para el Ministerio de Economía, pasó al sector hotelero.En La librera y el ladrón habla con conocimiento, por diversas experiencias profesionales, sobre el desconocido y fascinante mundo de los ladrones de libros, coleccionistas y bibliófilos y sobre un mercado negro de grandes obras culturales mucho más tenebroso de lo que podemos llegar a imaginar.

Lady Metralla. Una novela de buchonas

I was born to be a buchona (a gangster’s mate). The problem is that it was without my realizing it and I was not too sure which kind I’d turn out to be. In life we think all is black and white, when in truth we spend a great deal of time in a grey area, till something reveals which to us the color that we decide on. And sometimes, it is neither black nor white, but rather of a deep crimson color, a red death-like color. We are presented with the story of Carolina, a pretty and humble Sinaloa girl who meats “The Red”, and is immediately dazzled by this attractive and dangerous man. Without realizing it, she is drawn into the world of drug trafficking, which will radically transform her. From being a young employee she turns into a sophisticated buchona, whose life unravels in the midst of parties, trips and fancy clothes. But not all that shine is gold, and Carolina is about to discover where the narcos stand.

Estulin, Daniel

Daniel Estulin nació en Vilnius, Lituania, en 1966. Es investigador y escritor. Ha publicado 14 libros, entre los que se encuentra La Verdadera Historia del Club Bilderberg, publicado por  la editorial Planeta en 2005 y que se ha convertido en un bestseller internacional, presente en 81 países y traducido a 51 idiomas. Gracias a este libro, el autor ha sido galardonado en Canadá con el premio The Kingston Eye Opener al mejor libro de no ficción extranjero. El segundo libro sobre el club, Los secretos del Club Bilderberg, desvela las intrigas ocultas de los principales políticos y empresarios de nuestro tiempo y demuestra cómo El Club Bilderberg ha manipulado la cultura hasta convertirla en un instrumento de lavado de cerebro de masas y cómo se ha servido de conflictos como el de Kosovo o Afganistán para consolidar su monopolio en uno de los negocios más lucrativos de todos los tiempos: el tráfico de drogas. La Verdadera Historia del Club Bilderberg se ha convertido en un fenómeno literario mundial. En enero de 2015, Daniel Estulin recibió la nominación al Premio Nobel de la Paz por su lucha incansable por la humanidad. En Octubre de 2015 Planeta publicó Fuera de control, su última novela.

La Templanza by María Dueñas, bestseller book in Sant Jordi 2015 in Barcelona

Yesterday Barcelona celebrated it's well known Sant Jordi. The day of books and roses. La Templanza by María Dueñas was the number one bestseller with long queues of people waiting to get the book signed by the author. La Templanza, published in March by Planeta, was number one on the lists in Spain a few days after publication. Three weeks later, it is still number one. After the international success of her first novel El tiempo entre costuras (translated into 35 languages) and her second book, Misión olvido, Maria Dueñas's La Templanza, pitched as a Spanish Gone with the Wind set in Mexico City, Havana, and Spain's Jerez de la Frontera, with the outbreak of the American civil war and a chance game of billiards providing the twin catalysts for a war of the sexes between a financially ruined Mexican silver baron and a wily, married Andalusian heiress over title to the eponymous vineyard estate of the novel, who too soon discover that sherry wine may not be their only passion.

Farias, Paula

Paula Farias es médico, trabajadora humanitaria y contadora de historias que desgrana en cuentos, libros, canciones y poemas. Tras unos años navegando con Greenpeace, comenzó a trabajar para Médicos Sin Fronteras en la guerra de los Balcanes, lo que después la llevó a coordinar emergencias en catástrofes naturales, epidemias y conflictos armados, incluyendo la guerra de Kosovo, una experiencia que se trasluce en su primera novela, "Dejarse llover" (2005), que más tarde Fernando León de Aranoa llevaría al cine con el título "A perfect day" y que merecería el Premio Goya al Mejor Guion Adaptado. En 2004, publicó el libro de relatos "Déjate contar un cuento" y, en 2021, "Fantasmas azules", ambientada en la guerra de Afganistán. Tras presidir Médicos Sin Fronteras, puso en marcha las operaciones de rescate que la organización desplegó en el Mediterráneo para dar respuesta a una crisis que aún hoy continúa y subyace en las páginas de "Piel de deriva". 

Basta con vivir

Pepa is a mature woman that has spent much of her lifetime looking after her mother and who widowed prematurely and subsequently fell into a great depression. She gave up her job so to take even better care of her mother, but has now overcome her depression and is rebuilding her life. However, she believes she has missed her train. Her employers do not readmit her as promised and is faced with no other choice than to work in old folk’s home as a care provider. She feels frustrated, thinks that she has wasted her life and an armor full of sorrow prevents her from being happy.   During a compulsory holiday, Pepa is forced to reflect and take stock of the mistakes that have taken her where she is. Concurrently, an old friend brings to her attention Crina, a young pregnant Rumanian woman on a bench on the plaza, who does not speak a word of Spanish. Crina arrived in Spain deceived by a ring of sex slaves that has forced her into prostitution and now, about to give birth, does not “work” and is more or less looked after because this network plans on selling the baby. Pepa slowly approaches her, finds out her story and decides to bend backwards to help her.   An intense novel that speaks to us about growth, overcoming and resilience. That shows us the truth of what we are and how helping others can be our own salvation. A rhapsody to life and to the strength of solidarity between women

Fernández, Bebi

Creadora con una gran popularidad cimentada en las redes sociales, autora de tres diarios poéticos, Amor y asco, Indomable y Rocamboleska, convertidos en un símbolo colectivo de rebeldía y llamamiento a la lucha de la mujer, criminóloga especializada en violencia de género y delincuencia organizada, activista on-line y escritora de éxito gracias a su implacable primera novela Memorias de una salvaje, Bebi Fernández representa una de las voces más descarnadas, certeras e irreverentes del panorama literario. Con Reina ha puesto un brutal cierre a su exitosa y salvaje bilogía.   Foto: ©Gregorio Sebastian

María Dueñas takes us, in her new novel La Templanza, to the young Mexican republic, the colonial Havana and the Jerez of the second half of the nineteenth-century.

After being translated into more than thirty-five languages and sold over 5,000,000 copies worldwide with her previous novels, El tiempo entre costuras and Misión Olvido, Maria Dueñas returns with La Templanza, a novel that speaks of glories and defeats, of silver mines, family intrigues, vineyards, cellars and splendid cities whose grandeur faded in time. With a first print-run of 500,000 copies in Spanish language, La Templanza will be the main title by Editorial Planeta this spring. Watch the booktrailer. Photo: María Dueñas in the González Byass cellars.

El fuego invisible

Planeta Award 2017 David Salas, a promising linguist from Dublin's Trinity College, finds himself, after landing in Madrid to spend his vacations, with Victoria Goodman, an old friend of her grandparents and with her young assistant, a mysterious art historian. That fact will disrupt his plans and push him to a surprising race to find out what happened to one of the students of the literature school run by Lady Goodman. To his surprise, the key seems to be hidden in the myth of the grail and its link with Spain. Remote Romanesque churches of the Pyrenees, art collections in Barcelona, ancient books and strange codes in stone are aligned in a plot full of intrigue that will make us think about the origin of all true inspiration, literature and art.

“Memorial for a Fraud” arrives in France: “Les Bandits”

Les Bandits by Jorge Volpi is since the last week available in French Bookstores. The publishing house Seuil brings this novel, originally published in Spain in 2014 by Alfaguara, to French readers. The novel was translated from the Spanish by Gabriel Laculli, who is known for translating classics like Cervantes and Lorca as well as contemporary authors such as Volpi and Sergio Pitol, among others. Memorial del engaño is a daring novel, full of deception and traps, with which the author, currently one of the most outstanding names in Latin-America, enquires into the origins of one the most disastrous economic catastrophes in history and mixes the family saga with the thriller or noir novel. International rights have also been sold in Italy (Arnoldo Mondadori) and in Poland (Sonia Draga).

A señorita Bubble

People from the small village hated Ms. Bubble from the very moment she arrived. The inventor appeared one sunny morning, driving a convertible that ran on steam, and settled in a house that had been empty for years. They rejected her for her work, her inventions, for her way of living. No one suspected what really went on inside the Ms. Bubble’s mansion.

Fernández, Noemí

Noemí Fernández Selva inició su camino como escritora de literatura infantil y juvenil en 2013. Ha publicado decenas de libros con algunas de las editoriales de referencia del sector, como Salvatella, Planeta, Estrella Polar, Destino, Edicions 62, Lunwerg y Bindi Books. Algunos de sus títulos más destacados son Desde Dentro (2014), Atrapa-palabras (2015), Lluvia de letras (2017), No quiero besar sapos verdes (2018), L’embolic (2021), Mi primer Barça femenino (2023) y Cactus (2024). Desde pequeña, sus grandes pasiones son la lectura, la escritura, la música y la docencia. Estudió Magisterio Musical y Pedagogía en la Universidad de Barcelona. Más tarde cursó el Máster en Psicoterapia Humanista (Instituto Erich Fromm) y el Máster en Dirección de Centros Educativos (IL3-UB). Ha trabajado más de veinte años en escuelas de Primaria, siendo tutora y especialista del ámbito artístico. Ejerció de directora y actualmente es inspectora de educación, labor que compagina con la escritura. @noemi_fernandez_selva

Si yo tuviera una escoba

Freire, Espido

Espido Freire (España, 1974) estudió música desde su infancia y se licenció en Filología Inglesa por la Universidad de Deusto, donde también se diplomó en Edición y Publicación de Textos. Debutó como escritora con “Irlanda” (Planeta, 1998), novela que fue galardonada con el premio francés Millepage. En 1999 apareció “Donde siempre es octubre” (Seix Barral, 1999). Y, seis meses más tarde consiguió el Premio Planeta por su obra “Melocotones helados” (1999) convirtiéndose en la ganadora más joven del galardón. Con esta obra obtuvo también el “Premio Qué Leer 2000” a la mejor novela española. Posteriormente ha publicado “Diabulus in musica” (Planeta, 2001), “Nos espera la noche” (Alfaguara, 2003, segunda parte de una trilogía iniciada con “Donde siempre es octubre”) y “Soria Moria” (Algaida, 2007), que obtuvo el premio Ateneo de Sevilla 2007. En 2011 publicó la novela histórica "La flor del Norte", a la que siguieron "Llamadme Alejandra" (2017) y "De la melancolía" (2019).  Ha escrito cinco ensayos: “Primer amor” (Temas de Hoy, 2000), sobre los cuentos de hadas y el amor; “Cuando comer es un infierno” (Aguilar, 2002), sobre los trastornos de la alimentación; “Querida Jane, querida Charlotte” (Aguilar, 2004), sobre la vida y obra de Jane Austen y las hermanas Brontë; “Mileuristas, la generación de los mil euros” (Ariel, 2006), sobre la juventud española actual; “Mileuristas II, la generación de las mil emociones" (Ariel, 2008), donde se ocupa de las relaciones personales de dicha generación. Espido es también una prolífica cuentista y ha publicado las siguientes recopilaciones: “El tiempo huye” (2001), que ganó el premio NH relatos; “Cuentos malvados” (Punto de Lectura, 2003); “Juegos míos” (Alfaguara, 2004). También es autora de una novela juvenil: “La última batalla de Vincavec el bandido” (SM 2001), del poemario “Aland la blanca” (Debolsillo, 2001) y de una novela policíaca escrita a cuatro manos con Raúl del Pozo“La diosa del pubis azul”. Colabora con varios medios de prensa nacionales, como Público, ADN, El Mundo, Onda Cero, (Julia en la Onda) y en televisión (Paramount Comedy, Tele Aragón), así como en revistas como Yo Dona, Jano, o Psychologies. También ha trabajado como traductora literaria. Durante la última década ha impartido cursos de creación literaria en las principales universidades españolas y varias internacionales, ha creado su propio método pedagógico y ha abierto en Madrid su propia escuela literaria.

The Door to Heaven, the latest novel by Reyes Calderón, will be on sale the 17th of February

This is Calderon’s ninth novel. Entitled The Door to Heaven, the author takes us back to a world of adventure and intrigue. On this occasion, the main character, Gerardo Vilela, a simple school teacher, who is forced to solve the mystery of two disappearances. Two disappearances that are separated by twenty centuries but that have one connection. The Door to Heaven, published by Planeta, explores once again the eternal question of mankind; ¿Do Heaven and Hell exist?

Rexcatadores 1. El misterio de Punta Escondida

Imagine that your parents send you with your eccentric grandparents to spend your vacations in a house in the middle of a place called Punta Escondida, far from your friends and the Play Station. It doesn’t seem like the best plan, right? Now imagine that your grandmother bakes magic cakes that make you fly through the air, that your grandfather has a laboratory full of awesome inventions and that in the attic lives a green and enormous fellow by the name of Rex who, in spite of his horrific jaws and long tail, is most charming. That sounds better, right? And if on top of this you meet a strange but very friendly girl, and together you live the most incredible adventure that you could have ever imagined, well then, these just might happen to be the best vacations of your entire life…

Laura Freixas recovers 4 of her most revered works in digital format

Four of the novels by the author, professor and lecturer Laura Freixas, have been recovered in digital format and can been found for sale on Amazon. The novels include Entre Amigas (Between Friends), originally published 1998, Amor o lo que sea (Love, a Reader) (2005), Adolescencia en Barcelona hacia 1970, (Adolescence in Barcelona around 1970) published in 2007 and Cuentos a los 40, (Stories at Forty) (2001). One of the titles; Amor o lo que sea, can also now and for the first time be found in English, with the title Love, a Reader. It was translated by Pamela J. DeWeese, translator, writer and professor.  With the inauguration of these works by Laura Freixas, Amazon is offering the opportunity to download free of charge but only on the 16th and 17th of January, the title Amor o lo que sea in both Spanish and English language versions. Here are the links: - Love, a Reader - Amor o lo que sea

Freixas, Laura

España, 1958 Laura Freixas (Barcelona, 1958) studied in the French Licée in Barcelona. She got a degree in Law in 1980, but has always worked as a writer. She became known in 1988 with a collection of short stories; El asesino en la muñeca (Murder in the doll). In 1997 she published her first novel; Último domingo en Londres (The Last Sunday in London), followed by; Entre amigas (1998) (Between Friends), Amor o lo que sea (2005) (Love or whatever), Adolenscencia en Barcelona hacia 1970 (2007) (Adolenscence in Barcelona towards 1970), and Los otros son más felices (2011) (The Others are Happier). Her latest book is, Una vida subterráneo, Diario 1991-1994 (2013) (A Subterranean Life, Diary 1991-1994). Parallel to her narrative work, Laura Freixas has dedicated much time to women's studies. In 1996 she coordinated and wrote the prologue for an anthology of short stories by contemporary Spanish women writers; Madres e hijas (Mothers and Daughters) having nine editions published in the first year. In 2000 she published the influential Essay; Literatura y mujeres (Literature and Women). In 2009 brough light on another anthology of similar character; Cuentos de amigas (Stories of Friends) as well as the work; La novela femenil y sus Lectrices (The Feminine Novel and its Readers) winning the Leonor de Guzmán Award. She has also published the biography about the Brazilian writer Clarice Lispector, titled Ladrona de rosas (2010) (The Rose Thief). Freixas gives literary workshops for diverse institutions and has been a professor, lecturer and invited writer in numerous Universities both in Spain and Iternationally.  Visit: http://www.laurafreixas.com/ www.laurafreixas.com/

Gallego, Laura

España Laura Gallego has a place of honor among the authors of children and young adult literature of our country. A Doctor in Spanish Philology from the University of Valencia, she began to write at the tender age of 11. Finis Mundi, the first novel she published, won the Premio El Barco de Vapor, an award she would win again three years later with La leyenda del Rey Errante. In addition to some children’s tales, Laura Gallego has written more than thirty novels so far, among which are Crónicas de la Torre, Donde los árboles cantan, distinguished with the Premio Nacional de Literatura Infantil y Juvenil, Todas las hadas del Reino, Todos los hombres del Rey, Omnia, El ciclo del eterno emperador, Stravagantia, and her acclaimed trilogies Memoria de Idhún and Guardianes de la Ciudadela. In 2011, Laura Gallego received the Premio Cervantes Chico for the whole of her work. Her work has been widely translated.

Todos llevan máscara. Diario 1995-1996

  Writer and mother, wife and translator; literary critic and daughter. A woman is always much more than just one thing. During the last two decades, numerous journals of Spanish writers have been published, but very few (to say none, so far) signed by women writers. And even less by a writer with so much to say as Laura Freixas, an expert, in addition, in that sort of hidden story of universal literature: the feminine one. Faces and masks, interior and exterior, this is a book that, if the names of some of her known contemporaries did not appear, could be read, according to the topic, "like a novel." Pure Life. Passion and confusion, fear and tenderness, intelligence and fragility. Didn't we just say a moment ago that a woman is always much more than just one thing?

The English edition of “The Last Passenger” is a hit in its first week on sale!

We bid farewell to 2014 mentioning the smashing pre-sale success of “The Last Passenger” by Manel Loureiro and with this we also begin 2015 with the incredible news about the latest novel by this Galician author. “The Last Passenger” published in both the USA and the UK by Amazon Crossing, has been warmly acclaimed by the public on its first week of publication. “The Last Passenger” was included in Amazon Prime’s catalogue, a service that permits its subscribers to download outstanding titles (that include titles by the likes of Lee Child or Stephen King, among others) from the moment of publication. The novel by Manel Loureiro obtained over 70.000 loans by users of Amazon Prime and is listed as one of the top sellers in the following categories: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, Science Fiction & Fantasy and Literature & Fiction.

Todo canto fomos

A writer of detective stories, living in London, discovers an astonishing truth among the legacy of his mother’s papers. A girl that persists in a secret and forbidden en-gagement. A Galician emigrant in Argentina who does not forget his origins all while seeking financial success. A historian that, drawn by the violence of the events, remembers the crucial moments of his life.These are some of the characters that make up the plot line in which normality is only the appearance where the mysterious mysteries hide. “All That We Were” is a novel that covers more than a century of Galician history, and presents us the history of a past which is still uplifting as in the present.

García Hernández, Ýlvaro

Álvaro García Hernández es escritor y profesor de educación secundaria en el área de Lengua Castellana y Literatura. Desde su infancia ha estado ligado al mundo de las letras y es autor de varias novelas dirigidas al público adolescente. Ana Ynada (EDISENA, 1997) fue su primera obra literaria, publicada tras quedar finalista en el I Premio de Novela Emilio Murcia.   García Hernández también es conocido por su blog Diario de un Dios Equivocado, que puso en marcha en 2007 con el objetivo de conectar con los lectores mediante relatos cortos, una modalidad que él mismo reconoce haber aprendido y perfilado en este soporte y que hoy en día está entre los más leídos en español. Tanto internet como las redes sociales han jugado un papel fundamental en su desarrollo como escritor. Así lo demuestra TQMC? Te quiero mucho (Sansy, 2011), una novela por entregas que consiguió un gran éxito gracias a su difusión en la red social Tuenti. Y también sus secuelas, publicadas bajo el sello de la misma editorial: Te echo de menos (Sansy, 2012) y El propósito de Ana (Sansy, 2014). En 2019 publicó Enero y tú desnuda (Alianza). Ha sido galardonado con el Gran Angular 2016 y el Premio Hache 2018 por su novela infantil León Kamikaze.  Fuera del ámbito literario, Álvaro es un hombre sencillo entregado en cuerpo y alma a su familia y un colaborador habitual de FEDER (Federación Española de Enfermedades Raras). © Foto: José Atienza Ha sido galardonado con el Gran Angular 2016 y el Premio Hache 2018 por su novela juvenil León Kamikaze.

Waiting for The Last Passenger, by Manel Loureiro.

Great expectations in the english world for the translation of The Last Passenger, the last novel by Manel Loureiro. AmazonCrossing bought the English World rights of The Last Passenger, which was published in Spain in 2013 (Planeta).The book will be released on January 1, 2015 and it's now avaiable on presale. It has been for the last week at the Top 3 of the Amazon Best Sellers. Moreover, the Kindle editions of all three volumes of the Apocalypse Z series have been included in the December Monthly Deal on Amazon.com. The trilogy has been a world phenomena on the internet, as you can see on the author's profile in Amazon.

The Tipping Point, by Juan Gómez Jurado, lands in the U.K.

The novel, whose lead character is the neurosurgeon David Evans, will be published this month of December in the U.K. The Patient is the fifth novel by the Madrid-born author, published this year by Editorial Planeta. The thriller, that narrates the count down for a prestigious doctor who only has 55 hours to save his daughter from the hands of psychopath, will be in British bookstores on the 11th of December. The publishing house Orion Books, which has published previous works by the author, presents this thriller under the title of The Tipping Point. 

Ya nadie llora por mí

  Corruption and power scheming in a police case in which no one is totally innocent. Inspector Dolores Morales has been suspended from the National Police Corps and now works as a private eye. Most of his cases are adulteries of a low income clientele. But a case is going to bring him out of his usual routine: the disappearance of millionaire’s daughter. The case soon turns out to be only the tip of an iceberg in which corruption and the abuse of power that lies beneath the revolutionary discourse of contemporary Nicaragua.

García Sáenz de Urturi, Eva

Eva García Sáenz de Urturi está considerada «la reina del best seller de calidad» y es una de las escritoras más populares y aclamadas de nuestro país. Sus obras han gozado de elogiosas críticas en España y su fama ha atravesado nuestras fronteras. Además de ser una de las autoras españolas más vendidas del mundo, cuenta con más de cuatro millones de lectores en cuarenta países.  En 2009 comenzó a escribir su primera novela, «La saga de los longevos», que publicó tres años después, en 2012, y se convirtió en un fenómeno viral de crítica y ventas y fue traducida al inglés («The Inmortal Collection») con una gran acogida tanto en Estados Unidos como en Reino Unido y Australia.   En 2014 vio la luz la segunda entrega de la saga, «Los hijos de Adán», y también la novela histórica «Pasaje a Tahití», editada por Espasa (Planeta).    En 2016 publica  con la editorial Planeta «El silencio de la ciudad blanca», un thriller apasionante ambientado en su ciudad natal que supuso el gran éxito del bestseller de calidad y todo un fenómeno que desde entonces nunca ha dejado de crecer y ganar fans llamados «krakenianos».   En 2017 publicó «Los ritos del agua», la segunda y esperada entrega de la «Trilogía de la ciudad blanca». Y en 2018 «Los señores del tiempo», el aclamado cierre de una trilogía inolvidable.   Sus novelas han copado también las listas de los más vendidos en paises como Alemania («Die Stille Des Totes», 2020), Polonia («Cisza Bialego Miasta», 2019), Colombia, México, Argentina o Estados Unidos («The Inmortal Collection», 2014). En los Países Bajos su éxito la ha convertido en el referente de thriller español.   En 2020 ganó el prestigioso Premio Planeta con su novela «Aquitania», un thriller histórico que batió récords de venta desde el momento de su lanzamiento, convirtiéndose en uno de los Premio Planeta más vendidos y mejor valorados de la historia. Desde entonces ha conseguido doce ediciones de gran tirada y más de una docena de traducciones.   En 2022 publica «El libro negro de las horas», con un éxito de crítica y de ventas arrollador que se convierte en la novela más vendida en 2022 y consigue antes de publicarse las traducciones al francés, holandés, catalán y búlgaro. En 2023 publica «El ángel de la ciudad», quinta entrega de la saga Kraken ambientada en Venecia, con la que consigue ser número uno automático y una de las novelas más vendidas del año y mejor valoradas por la crítica. El éxito internacional continúa su expansión y se convierte en la escritora de novela negra referente en países como Holanda y Bélgica. En 2024 reedita su primer gran éxito, "La saga de los longevos", y en 2025 publicará la segunda y tercera parte de la Trilogía longeva.   Muy querida en las redes sociales, sus cuentas en Instagram, Facebook y TikTok @evagarciasaenz  son un espacio de reunión para sus miles de seguidores que se autodenominan lectores krakenianos, aquitanos y longevos.

Gasull, Virginia

Virginia Gasull comienza su actividad profesional en el sector de la arquitectura y después lo dirige hacia el desarrollo de proyectos relacionados con Internet. En paralelo realiza estudios de sexología y en 2009 inicia su labor profesional como formadora impartiendo charlas sexológicas para grupos y asociaciones de mujeres. Su afición por la cultura del vino la lleva también a realizar diferentes cursos de enología y cata, así como visitas a bodegas en las principales regiones vinícolas de Europa. Durante una de estas visitas a la región de Burdeos, comienza el estudio La Historia de los viticultores franceses durante la ocupación alemana en la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Tras años de escribir relatos cortos, en 2013 se sumerge en la investigación y elaboración de su primera novela: In Vino Veritas donde aúna la cultura del vino, el periodo histórico de la Segunda Guerra Mundial y el mundo del Arte. In Vino Veritas fue publicado en Amazon y obtuvo un gran éxito de descargas u críticas, manteniéndose durante varias semanas en el número uno de la lista de más vendidos, recibiendo al poco tiempo la propuesta de Suma de Letras para ser publicada bajo su sello editorial, recibiendo muy buenas críticas por parte de la prensa especializada. En el Festival Internacional de Cine de San Sebastian de 2015 firmó una opción con la productora Orreaga Filmak para la adaptación cinematográfica de In Vino Veritas, que está en proceso de preproducción. Es miembro junto con otros escritores de la Asociación Cultural Oskarbi. En 2016 participa en el libro recopilación de relatos Oskarbi 21 con su relato 1943, una historia sobre la red Comète en la evacuación clandestina de fugitivos de la Europa ocupada durante la II Guerra Mundial. En Marzo de 2017 recibe un accésit en el prestigioso XVI Certamen ‘Encarna León’ por su relato Las mujeres del río. Su última novela es Nicole (Suma de Letras, 2021). 

Sergio Ramírez was awarded the Carlos Fuentes International Prize

Tuesday November 11th, Sergio Ramírez was awarded the Carlos Fuentes International Prize for Creative Writing given by the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM ) and the National Council for Culture and Arts (CONACULTA). The members of the jury were Juan Goytisolo, Mario Vargas Llosa (Nobel Prize and also awarded the first edition of this Prize), Soledad Puértolas, Margo Glantz and Gonzalo Celorio, who chose Sergio Ramirez for "Combining a high quality literature with a committed literature and its role as a free and critical intellectual  with a civic high calling ". He has published over 50 titles in various genres such as novels, short stories, essays, and memoirs. His work has been translated into more than 15 languages ​​and he has been awarded with the Dashiel Hammett Prize in 1990 for Castigo Divino (Divine Punishment), the Laure Bataillon Award in 1998 for the best foreign translated book into French for Un baile de máscaras (A mask dance), the Alfaguara International Prize, 1998, for Margarita está linda la mar (Margarita, How Beautiful the Sea), and the José Donoso Prize granted by the University of Talca, Chile. It´s an honor for the Antonia Kerrigan Literary Agency to represent this icon of Ibero-American literature.

Nunca fui primera dama

Revised, corrected and augmented by its author. Includes a new chapter: "Without Fidel" “The kidnapper has died; the cage has been left open and I do not feel the impulse of coming out but rather the panic that the unknown will come through the door. How are we supposed to live now, without someone who tells us what we are meant to do.” The previous lines summarize the paradoxical state of today’s Cuba, both liberated and orphaned at the same time after the death of Fidel Castro. Several generation of Cubans scarified a good chunk of their lives and per-sonal hopes in the pursuit of national objectives and ide-als… Nadia Guerra, nightly radio host and born long after the revolutionary generation, is not convinced with the utopia and most of the time is at odds with the regime, even beyond the political reasons. Today she seeks to settle scores with herself.Nadia, her mother Albis Torres, who abandoned her when she was a child, and the exceptional Celia Sánchez Mandulay, assistant and probably Fidel’s lover, are the three main women in this story of recovery and fare-wells, of nostalgias and transformations, of exiles and continuation. Everything in Cuba, it seems, is either a loyalty or a betrayal.

Giner, Gonzalo

Gonzalo Giner logró el éxito literario con El sanador de caballos, que alcanzó cotas de crítica y público muy elevadas, convirtiéndole en un autor de renombre y su obra en un referente dentro de la literatura popular. Veterinario de profesión, con aquel título quiso investigar el inicio de su oficio. Con su siguiente novela, El jinete del silencio (2011), nos descubrió los orígenes de la creación de la raza española de caballos durante el siglo XVI. En Pacto de lealtad (2014), el autor dio un salto en su producción literaria: una novela minuciosamente documentada que narró, por vez primera, la participación de los perros en dos de las guerras más sangrientas del pasado siglo XX, la guerra civil española y la segunda guerra mundial. En el año 2017 publicó Las ventanas de cielo, una maravillosa novela histórica sobre la creación de las vidrieras góticas. En el año 2020 ganó el prestigioso Premio de Novela Fernando Lara 2020 con La bruma verde. Con Entre amigos nos presenta uno de sus trabajos más personales, un anecdotario colectivo sobre lo que supone el ser veterinario.

Los Divinos

  From acclaimed Colombian author Laura Restrepo comes a powerhouse of a novel inspired by a true crime that shattered a community and exposed the dark recesses of toxic masculinity and privilege.  The body of a young girl is found floating in water in what seems to be a profane ritual, an intent to recreate the death scene of Shakespeare’s Ophelia. Whoever celebrated it, has tried to honor and compensate the vic-tim by washing away the obscure and evidently cruel circumstances of her death ¿Or was he really washing away evidence to cover up for the assassin? With a profound, personal writing style, Laura Restrepo unveils the dark background lurking behind this episode, and reveals the ostentatious, flashy world of five young men, rich and successful professionals, bound together since childhood in a mischievous brotherhood they call the Tutti Frutti. Immune to the consequences of immorality, five privileged young men in Bogotá bond over a shared code: worship drugs and drink, exploit women, and scorn the underclass. As males, they declare the right to freedom of pleasure. As friends, only disloyalty to each other is forbidden. When a little girl from the slums disappears, the limits of a perverse and sacred bond will be tested in ways none of them could have imagined. On the absolute opposite end of the young men's universe, their victim, an adolescent girl, lives on the outskirts of the city among her people, emigrants who have fled from the war and violence consuming their former rural enviroment. Fictional reinvention of a true crime, The Divine Boys unfolds as a moving but disturbing indictment of femicide and a haunting new novel from one of Latin America's best loved authors. ------------------------------------------ “Restrepo triumphs in her depiction of toxic masculinity and the clash of social classes, and navigates her characters through a sensational crime without subscribing to stereotypes. This elegy for lost youth and innocence is a powerhouse.” —Publishers Weekly “A compelling story of how men who revel in misogyny and privilege can create a brutal darkness.” —Kirkus Reviews A compelling story of toxic masculinity, entitlement born of privilege, and lost innocence."    –The Guardian "Ms. Restrepo, through this deft translation by Carolina De Robertis, has written an account of murder, guilt, and culpability that’s both lyrical and heart- wrenching."  –CriminalElement.com

"In Spite of It All", soon in French bookstores (and in movie theatres)

In his novel In Spite of It All (Dolmen, 2010), Juan de Dios Garduño portrays a world turned into a wasteland after the Third World War. In Bangor, Maine, there are only three people left; and these three people (Peter, his daughter and his much hated neighbour Patrick) will have to face a threat coming from things that are not precisely people (things in whose existence chemical weapons have had much to do). The French public will get to know their story soon; and this because the publishing house Eclipse is releasing Y pese a todo the 8th of October. This is how its cover looks; with the same title, Welcome to Harmony, as the motion picture that is on its way, and whose trailer will reach our screens (and our nightmares) in October too. Be prepared for an autumn of cold, snow, confrontation and terriying presences...

Gonzalo, Paula

Paula Gonzalo es una periodista y escritora gallega cuya trayectoria profesional ha estado marcada por su compromiso con la literatura. Una parte destacada de su carrera profesional ha transcurrido en la Cadena SER, donde ha dirigido y presentado programas siempre vinculados a la cultura y los libros. Actualmente combina su labor como escritora con la locución, el coaching literario y la dirección de PeriodismoCiudadano.com, un observatorio sobre el poder del contenido generado por el usuario para la defensa de los derechos humanos. Paula ha publicado con anterioridad libros de no ficción. En el ámbito de la literatura infantil y juvenil ha publicado Tex Patton y la isla de plástico (Destino 2021). En 2024 publica en coautoría, bajo el seudónimo de Arden Montag, Terradraga (Minotauro). 

Entering "The Inmortal Pyramid" with Javier Sierra

This story starts in 2001, when its protagonist, Javier Sierra, by then already a promising young journalist, turned 30 and decided to become a full time writer. He had his will, he had his previous works and he had a theme that had been obsessing him for a long time: death as our inescapable destiny. Where do we go when we leave life? What remains of us after we’re gone? Is there a tiny little chance of avoiding our destiny? To deal with all these questions and write a novel that was just as profound as it was entertaining, Javier decided to set the action of his new work, which he planned to call The Immortal Pyramid, in ancient Egypt, a culture focused on death to which Giza’s pyramid acted as a symbol of the human will to transcend time. But Giza’s pyramid, as attractive a setting as it was, was not enough to catch the reader’s attention; so, exploring as he had been with fiction’s possibilities of dealing with History’s unsolved mysteries, Javier decided to use as a starting point something that had happened to Napoleon Bonaparte inside the pyramid. And, just as he did in The Master of El Prado, he linked the plot to a transforming personal experience he had in 1997, when he managed to spend a night inside the pyramid just like Napoleon had done centuries ago. So, following a friend’s advice, he made the book’s subtitle (Napoleon’s Egyptian Secret) turn into the actual title. And Napoleon’s Egyptian Secret was published by La Esfera de los Libros, translated into eight languages and reissued many times but, somehow, placed between The Templar Doors and The Secret Supper, two of his most well-known titles, failed to get the attention it deserved. Yet Javier Sierra always felt the book was worth a second life, just as the publishers in Planeta and we, here in Antonia Kerrigan Literary Agency, did. So, with the expert touch he had been developing throughout the years, he rewrote it, making it less dark, cutting out some of its characters, clarifying its plot; he renamed it, bringing The Immortal Pyramid title back; he turned it into a book that he asks readers to perceive as a novelty.  And we hope it happens that way; we really wish that The Immortal Pyramid reaches new readers. But the ones that have been following Javier Sierra’s career won’t be disappointed too: because this book is much more than a return to Napoleon’s Egyptian Secret; because here they’ll find all that made Sierra so popular: emotion, mysteries, big questions and unexpected answers. So, be ready to meet alchemists, sorcerers, dancers, old masters; prepare to be moved; save time for a book that you won’t be able to put down. You’re welcome to Javier Sierra’s territory; we’re heading for Egypt in a couple of minutes. Estimated arrival for the 27th of August...  

Una novela criminal

  Winner of the Alfaguara Award 2018 All that is written in this novel are actual facts. All its charac-ters are of flesh and blood, and the story, skillfully unraveled and with light cast on in all its nooks and corners thanks to thorough research, is real.On December 8, 2005, south of Mexico City, federal police arrests Israel Vallarta and Florence Cassez, accusing them of kidnapping and belonging to a criminal organization. On the following day, at 06:47 AM, the TV stations Televisa and TV Azteca broadcast live the break-in of federal agents at the ranch Las Chinitas, the freeing of three hostages and the de-tention of Israel and Florence. On the following days, the de-tainees will be tortured, denied their basic rights and the num-ber of charges will grow. But when the defense lawyers point out the inconsistencies between the arrest reports, the tele-vised videos and the defendants’ version, a race against time ensues to uncover one of the biggest police setups in the his-tory of Mexico, whose development rocked the foundations of Felipe Calderón’s government and ended with a diplomatic incident between Mexico and France.A ruthless narration when it comes to depicting the ins and outs of power, the deepest roots of corruption and its reach, as well as the muddled mechanisms of justice, “A Criminal Novel” is also a brave denunciation of the social price of the policies that declare war on crime without putting a stop to its causes.

Donde siempre es medianoche

“The Informative Hound”, a hypochondriac photo-detective who investigates news of great repercussion, has just been sent to Silenza (Italy), to gather evidence on the effects produced by a certain kind of unprecedented phenomenon: it’s been almost a year since it hasn’t dawned in the city. The trip takes on an unexpected turn when, while prowling around for infor-mation, photos, tip-offs and leads, the Hound runs into a fascinating woman by the name of Elisabeta. Close and far from her and her ex-husband (a more than standard unapproachable astrophysics professor), an Argentinian psychoanalyst who is so perceptive that it is scary, and to a corrupt police commissioner, the neurotic Hound will come in contact with Silenza and with the mysteries that its darkness raise. Why do the scientists hide the reasons of its perpetual night? Will the Hound discover the whereabouts of the astrophysics Nobel who works in hiding somewhere in the city? Will he discover the real identity of the Superstar Antihero, the leader of a dangerous apocalyptic sect of blood-drinkers?While carrying out his job, the Hound will discover that Silenza is a hair-raising enclave, not exempt of cruelty, continuous action, moral turbidity, pain, vengeance and evil complexes. And he will be overcome by a woman of whom he cannot do without no matter how hard he tries…

González Antón, César

Licenciado en periodismo, ha trabajado en las redacciones de As, La Vanguardia, El País o Canal +, entre otros medios. Con 29 años lo nombran director de los recién nacidos informativos de laSexta, cargo que continúa ocupando en la actualidad.  Bajo su dirección y junto a su equipo ha creado programas emblemáticos de la televisión como Al Rojo Vivo, Más Vale Tarde, laSexta Columna, laSexta Noche, laSexta Clave o Xplica.  La Academia de las Ciencias y las Artes de Televisión le otorgó el premio Talento por su exitosa trayectoria profesional detrás de las cámaras. Burgalés de corazón y madrileño de adopción, es padre de dos criaturas y 83 segundos es su primera novela. 

Laura Gallego and her novelties for the next season: "Encyclopedia of Idhun" and "All the Kingdom Fairies"

Laura Gallego has done nothing but grow in these last few years. A couple of them ago, she won the National Prize for Young Adult Narrative for her book Donde los árboles cantan (Where Trees Sing), and it seems she won't stop after achieving this high honour: she plans not one but two releases for the following nine months. The first one, that will arrive on the 14th of October, is the Enciclopedia de Idhún (Encyclopedia of Idhún): it will be released by SM and includes all the information about the trilogy as well as many interesting additional data about Idhun's universe. The second one is even more exciting: it's called Todas las hadas del reino (All The Kingdom Fairies) and it's Laura's new novel, which will be released by Montena on March 2015. Everything there is to know about the book is still a well kept secret, but there are some clues we can give you because Laura did so on her official webpage: it's a young adult novel; it occurs in a fairytale world; the name of its main character is Camelia; it won't have a sequel. How good is that for an advance? Will it be enough until March 2015? If the answer is no, don't worry: we'll keep you posted...

González, Tomás

Colombia Tomás González (Colombia, 1950) studied Philosophy before becoming a barman in a Bogotá nightclub, whose owner published Primero estaba el mar (In the Beginning Was the Sea), his first novel, in 1983. González has lived in Miami and New York, where he wrote much of his work while making a living as a translator. After twenty years in the US, he returned to Colombia. His works include the novels Para antes del olvido (For Before Forgetfulness, 1987), La historia de Horacio (The Story of Horace, 2000), Los caballitos del diablo (The Devil’s Little Horses, 2003), Abraham entre bandidos (Abraham Amid The Bandits, 2010), La luz difícil (The Difficult Light, 2011), Temporal (2013), Niebla al mediodía (2015), El expreso del sol (2016), Las noches todas (2018) y El fin del Océano Pacífico (2020); the collection of poems Manglares (1997) and the short story collections El rey del Honka-Monka (1993), El lejano amor de los extraños (2013) and El Expreso del Sol (2016). His works have been translated into several languages.  “Tomás González, has the potential of becoming a classic of Latin American literature. On reading him I had the feeling he was a writer with great pureness.” Elfriede Jelinek, writer, Nobel Prize winner “If García Márquez is Wagner, Tomás González is Bob Dylan.” Marianne Ponsford, directress of the magazine Arcadia, Colombia

Siete son tus razones

A businessman has been murdered and Ciprianao Zuzunaga is in charge of the case, without police sup-port, as a sort of private eye. He will soon discover that nothing is what it looks like, especially because in the dossier it appears that the presumed murderer died in a raid, but his tomb is empty. Why did his superiors put him in charge of a case that has already been solved? Who assured the relatives that that murdered was dead and how did they know that there was no body in the grave? The investigation will put Zuzunaga with a fami-ly’s long-standing quarrel and put him in touch with characters with whom he will have to learn to trust.Nelson the Yellow, his friend and accomplice from an-other period, has asked him for help to get revenge from those responsible for the death of his family. Besides, Zuzunaga must solve his relationship with Nat and her little baby. Lola completes the picture, an attractive em-ployee of an internet café. .From an innovative narrative voice, Gudiño widens the action range of the detective story; this second install-ment of the saga paints Zuzunaga as a complex charac-ter, steeped in an evil world, but with winks of humanity that perhaps redeem him. “Jorge Alberto Gudiño is a tenacious writer who is well acquainted with the reality of Mexico, that includes the good, the bad and the worst. His prose is poignant and only he has the secret knowledge to use it as expertly in his narrative.”Élmer Mendoza

Algaida reissues "The Violinist of Mauthausen", the best selling novel amongst those awarded with the Ateneo de Sevilla

The Violinist of Mauthausen, by Andrés Pérez Domínguez, won the XLI Premio Ateneo de Sevilla in 2009 by unanimous; it was praised by unquestionable authors such as the last winner of the National Award in Narrative José María Merino, who welcomed its thematic novelty and literary vocation. Five years later, its well-balanced mixture of History, intrigue, espionage, adventure, lwar and romance, which portrays the Holocaust from the perspective of exiled Spaniards, has turned it into the bestselling novel amongst all those awarded with this prize, with more than 60.000 copies sold and a new edition that has just hit the stores. Such a long running seller that reaches new readers every day and still has a bright future to come. 

Donde fuimos invencibles

Summer is coming to an end and lieutenant Valentina Redondo is counting the days to start her holidays. But something unbelievable occurs at the very center of the coastal town of Suances: the gardener of the old Mas-ter’s Palace has turned up dead on the lawn of that enig-matic property. The palace is one of the mansions in the surrounding area with more history, and after being uninhabited for a long period of time, the American writer, Carlos Green, heir to the property, has decided to temporarily settle in the place in which he spent his happiest summers as a youth. But the peace he was seeking will be truncated by the terrible event, and although everything points to a death by natural causes, it seems that someone has tam-pered with the body, and Carlos confesses that in the past couple of days he has perceived unexplainable presences. Despite the fact that Valentina is absolutely skeptical to all that is paranormal, both her and her team, and even her partner, Oliver, will be drawn into a series of unusual events that will lead them to investigate what has oc-curred in the most extravagant and abnormal manner, discovering that some places keep a surprising timeless and secret breath, and that all the characters have some-thing to tell and to hide.

Gómez Rufo, Antonio

Antonio Gómez Rufo (España, 1954) experimentó su vocación literaria desde sus primeros años de adolescencia y de su frecuencia universitaria data su primer libro, un ensayo titulado "Aproximación al concepto de Revolución Cultural" que no fue publicado hasta muchos años después bajo el título de "El hombre asustado". Gómez Rufo estudió Derecho en la Universidad Complutense y durante sus estudios empezó a colaborar en distintos medios con artículos periodísticos. En 1978 inició su trayectoria laboral como abogado y asesor de la Dirección General de Cine del Ministerio de Cultura. Poco a poco fue consolidando su actividad literaria y publico dos libros: una biografía de Karl Marx y el ensayo “Ecología y Constitución”. En 1979 se incorporó a la Filmoteca Española, fundó una plataforma de debates, el Club Cultura y Sociedad, y participó en la fundación de diversas asociaciones y ONG,s. En 1983 fue reclamado para dirigir el Aula de Cultura del Ayuntamiento de Madrid y el Centro Cultural de la Villa de Madrid. En este mismo año publicó los libros de relatos “Ópera 5” y “El último verano de la familia Manela”, y la novela “El último goliardo”, que resultó finalista del Premio La Sonrisa Vertical (Editorial Tusquets). Asimismo continuó su actividad periodística colaborando en El País, al que se había incorporado años atrás. De 1987 hasta 1992 publicó varios libros: “Así es Madrid”; las novelas “Natalia”, “El Club de los Osos Traviesos” y “Aguas tranquilas, aguas profundas” y “El carnaval perpetuo”; los ensayos “Madrid, bajos fondos” y “Juegos eróticos de salón” y el cuento infantil “El cazador de nubes”. De 1991 hasta 1994 trabajó en su novela “La leyenda del falso traidor” y colaboró en diversos medios de comunicación. Durante los últimos siete años había dictado conferencias, participado en coloquios y mesas redondas e intervenido en seminarios relacionados con la literatura. De aquellos años quedan sus colaboraciones, entre otros medios, en las revistas Leer, La Gaceta del Libro, la sección de Libros de la Guía del Ocio y la Revista del Sur, que se publicaba en Mälmoe, Suecia. La novela “La leyenda del falso traidor" ha seguido reeditándose desde 1994 hasta la actualidad y se ha convertido en un referente sobre la Roma de Julio Cesar. En 2005 ganó el premio de novela Fernando Lara, con "El secreto del rey cautivo". Sus siguientes obras son: “La noche del tamarindo” (Planeta, 2008), “La abadía de los crímenes” (Planeta, 2011), "La más bella historia de amor de Paula Cortázar" (Planeta, 2012), "La camarera de Bach" (Planeta, 2014) y "Madrid, la novela" (Ediciones B, 2016).    Gómez Rufo forma parte del Comité Editorial de la revista GALERNA (Montclair State University, New Jersey, EEUU). Es Caballero de la Orden Literaria Francisco de Quevedo y vicepresidente de la Asociación Colegial de Escritores de España (ACE). Fue presidente del Círculo Literario de Madrid y miembro del patronato de la Fundación IPADE (Instituto para el Desarrollo). En la actualidad es miembro de la Sección española de la Alianza Mundial Contra la Pobreza (fundador y coordinador de la plataforma Escritores Por la Paz) y miembro de la Asociación Española de Escritores Policíacos.

The story behind the story: "El paso de la hélice" by Santiago Pajares

Sometimes, the stories that books tell are not the only ones worth knowing; the stories behind them are also essential; the ones that explain their creation and their destinies. One of these stories is that of El paso de la hélice, by Santiago Pajares. And, just as El paso de la hélice has two stories (the one it tells and the one it has lived; the one it invents and the one it has gone through), it also has two lives, two origins. The first one goes as far back as 2004, when Santiago Pajares was just 23 years old and Tabla Rasa published his first novel: the above mentioned. And, with this novel, a writer just starting his career together with a modest publishing house sold more than 4.000 copies of a work that became a sales success and a sensation amongst critics, and that earned Pajares the honour of receiving the Ministerio de Cultura's invitation to assist as Spain's representative to the European Festival for Novel Authors (held in Budapest in 2006). But time went by and, with the closing of Tabla Rasa, El paso de la hélice fell into the shadows, and, with this, its first life ended. The second, final life, began last year; it was then when the manuscript arrived at the office. And the experience of reading it can only be described with a single word: enchanting.  With the last lines still lingering in her mind, Antonia Kerrigan had made up her mind: this was an astounding piece of work, a manuscript that should be brought back to life and a new author for Antonia Kerrigan's agency. And, with the unpolished text in hand and although the publishing rights still hadn’t been re-sold to any Spanish publishing house, Antonia decided to gamble on it in the Frankfurt Book Fair of October 2013. A proposition that was successful: Objetiva (Brazil), Rizzoli (Italy) and Libri (Hungary) all bought the publishing rights to El paso de la hélice. Shortly after that, Doing Publishing (China) and AST (Russia) joined that list, as well as Destino, the Spanish publishing house destined to give the book the second life it has always deserved. Last week, after being edited by Destino, El paso de la hélice hit the stores again. And the ones that have previously read it, such as the journalist Celia Santos, can only praise it: "It had been a long time since a novel pulled me in as much as this one. It has that thing that many writers are looking for and very few have. It's a story written straight from the soul, but with unusual skill. A novel that seduces you at first, then makes you fall in love with it and finally captivates you. It deserves all the support it can get". And here at the agency we're going to give the book this support; because Antonia believes in it; because Celia's words are precise; because, in its way, La hélice (which is, matter of fact, the book that all the characters in El paso de la hélice read) is going to seduce you; then, to make you fall in love with it and to captivate you in the end. The name of its author you already know: Santiago Pajares. And we have a feeling you're not going to forget it...

"The Wrath of the Just", last part of the "Apocalypse Z" trilogy, published in the United States

A week ago, the American publishing house Amazon Crossing published The Wrath of the Just, the last volume of the Apocalypse Z trilogy by Manel Loureiro; the first one, The Beginning of the End, was published in 2012, and it was followed by Dark Days last year. Just three days after its release, The Wrath of the Just reached number one in three different best seller lists: dystopian fiction, post apocalytic fiction and Spanish literature in its Kindle version; in this last one, the first and second volumes of the trilogy got the silver and bronze medals. And this is just the beginning...

Gómez-Jurado, Juan

Periodista y escritor, Juan Gómez-Jurado debutó en 2006 con su primera novela, Espía de Dios que obtuvo un notable éxito que se prolongó con sus siguientes obras, Contrato con Dios (2007) y El emblema del traidor (2008). Después llegarían La Leyenda del ladrón (2012), El paciente (2014) o Cicatriz (2015) y su reciente trilogía, Reina Roja, que le ha convertido en el escritor de thriller más vendido en español. Además, inspirado en su paternidad, ha escrito varias sagas de libros juveniles protagonizados por el aventurero espacial Alex Colt, así como Amanda Black, en colaboración con Bárbara Montes, que ocupa desde su lanzamiento el número uno en la lista de libros más vendidos para niños y jóvenes. El conjunto de su obra se ha traducido a más de 40 lenguas. Gómez-Jurado es también cocreador de los podcast Todopoderosos y Aquí hay dragones, los cuales superan el medio millón de fieles oyentes. El reconocido autor tiene además un acuerdo exclusivo para el desarrollo de conceptos creativos para series y películas en español en exclusiva para Amazon Prime Video, convirtiéndose en el segundo creador en firmar un acuerdo de esta categoría con Amazon Studios en Europa.

Todas las familias felices

Teresa Anglada watches as her life as a successful jour-nalist falls apart when her daughter Jimena disappears in the Reina Sofia Museum, without leaving a trace. Over-come by panic, it takes Teresa time to realize one detail: her daughter has disappeared on a 21st of December, the same day her father did in 1970. What she still is una-ware of is that one of her ancestors died in that same place sixty-seven years earlier, when the museum was Madrid’s Provincial Hospital, although the body was nev-er found. To find little Jimena, Teresa will give up her job and start an investigation that will force her to delve into in her family’s past. This journey will bring her face to face with her own demons, to the loss of her father, and to discov-er who in truth are the Angladas, till it reaches a climax from which no one will come out unscathed. She will reconcile with her mother, Rosa de la Cuesta, who lives as a recluse in her old home of Ciudad Lineal since the disappearance of her husband. Rosa suffers from agora-phobia and harbors a hope that will never materialize. During the course of the novel Teresa will find out the conspiracy concocted by the Arzúa-Oriol family, to not discover who she is. This family is linked to her and to her father by bonds she is unaware of but that in the end she will discover.

Remembering Gabriel García Márquez: the works of Plinio Apuleyo Mendoza

Here in the agency we've been representing Spanish and Latin American authors for more than thirty years. And the literature in Spanish of the last three decades cannot be understood without Gabriel García Márquez. We are deeply sorry for the passing away of an author to which we, just like every other reader, owe much, starting with a gratitude that should last more than a hundred years, but not filled with solitude, but with the good company of his books. To remember Gabo, we bring you three titles: the three of them written by Plinio Apuleyo Mendoza, Colombian writer and journalist and a personal friend of García Márquez, to whose life and works he has dedicated many pages. Like the ones in El olor de la guayaba (The Fragrance of the Guava) (Random House Mondadori / RBA), a long conversation among friends that illuminates the creative world of the genius from Aracataca. Or those in Aquellos tiempos con Gabo (Those Times With Gabo), published by Plaza y Janés / DeBols!llo, that was a great success in Latin America. Or what probably is the jewel of the collection: Gabo. Cartas y recuerdos (Gabo. Letters and memories), in Ediciones B, that delivers what its title promises and something else: an intimate profile of a García Márquez away from fame, success, celebrity: the García Márquez that was just Gabo. As a bonus, we offer you this video in CNN México, where Mendoza explains Gabo's influences: Kafka, Faulkner, Woolf and many more...

Gurpegui Palacios, José Antonio

José Antonio Gurpegui (San Adrián, Navarra. 1958). Catedrático de Estudios Norteamericanos y profesor de Literatura Norteamericana en la Universidad de Alcalá. Profesor Visitante en el Departamento de Literatura Comparada de Harvard University (1994-96). Colaborador de El Cultural desde 1988 en la sección de Crítica Literaria. Autor de la novela Dejar de recordar no puedo (Huerga y Fierro, 2017) y, entre otros, de los volúmenes académicos: John Steinbeck: escribir en el Edén (Palas Atenea, 2006) y Hemingway and Existentialism (PUV, 2013). En 1996 editó para Cátedra Cuentos de la Alhambra de Washington Irving. En la colección Austral de Espasa Calpe ha editado Hojas de hierba de Walt Whitman (1999); La narrativa de Arthur Gordon Pym de Edgar A. Poe (2001); y Las aventuras de Huckleberry Finn de Mark Twain (2006).  En 2021 publicó la novela Ninguna mujer llorará por mí (Ediciones B).

Las hijas del capitán

New York, 1936. The small restaurant named The Cap-tain opens on 14th Street, one of the small ghettos popu-lated by the Spaniards who were then living in the city. The accidental death of its owner, Emilio Arenas, forces his young twenty something daughters to take over the business while the judges debate the payment of a promising compensation. Broken and in the urgent need for survival, the temperamental Victoria, Mona and Luz Arenas will have to learn to live among skyscrapers, com-patriots, adversities and love affairs, with the sole need of making their dreams come true .A moving page turner, THE CAPTAIN’S DAUGHTERS nar-rates the story of three young women that were forced to cross the Atlantic, to live in a big city and bravely struggle to make their way in life. A tribute to all those women who put up a fight under adverse circumstances, and a homage to those brave men and women who ex-perienced the difficulties and uncertainties of immigra-tion.María

Gutiérrez, Xabier

Xabier Gutiérrez (San Sebastián, 1960) es cocinero, psicólogo y escritor. Dirige desde 1990 el departamento de innovación del Restaurante Arzak en San Sebastián, además de asesorar a empresas del sector de la alimentación, colaborar con medios de comunicación e impartir clases en el máster de innovación y gestión de restaurantes del Basque Culinary Center. Ha publicado doce libros de cocina y cinco ensayos sobre estética culinaria. Ha sido galardonado con el Premio Nacional de Gastronomía y el Best World Cookbook Award. Tras publicar su primera novela, El aroma del crimen, (Destino, 2015), Gutiérrez repite escenarios y personajes en El bouquet del miedo, la segunda entrega de la serie de noir gastronómico protagonizada por el subcomisario Vicente Parra. En 2017 y 2019 ampliaría la serie con Sabor crítico y De entre el humo.  

El beso de Tosca

Locked up in a hotel in the Paseo de Gracia, three individuals are planning an event that will shock the city and the entire country, but they are simply shadows in a city that has its own nightmare: a bloodthirsty serial murderer that has the police on edge. Meanwhile, an opera singer confronts the murder of his best friend and the difficult challenge of succeeding for the first time in the grand Teatro del Liceu… The reader will feel the guilty pleasure of being trapped in the different plots of the opera world, the ins and outs of boxing, the trafficking of women and the corruption of power, that intertwine in each chapter till the climax of the last pages. And, if this were not enough, a threat unbeknownst to everyone moves relentlessly towards the terrible end.

DeBols!llo reissues "Breathing Through the Wound", by Víctor del Ýrbol

Everybody agrees that Víctor del Árbol is one of the best authors among those that use crime fiction to write literature without labels, written with a capital L. It was the publishing house Alrevés that launched the novel that established him, The Sadness of the Samourai; its success was so big that by May 2012 it was reissued by DeBols!llo, an imprint of Penguin Random House. Next month, Breathing Through the Wound, his most recent novel, would be published there too; but it won't be the last book by Víctor. Also in May, Destino will release A Million Drops, his return to the market. Here in the agency we're looking forward to having it in our hands...

Third edition of "Tipping Point", by Juan Gómez-Jurado

Just three months after its release, Tipping Point (Planeta), the much-anticipated return of Juan Gómez-Jurado after the success of The Legend of the Thief (2012), reaches its third edition. The dilemma of doctor David Evans, forced to choose between the life of his daughter and that of his next patient, who is none other than the president of the United States, has already captivated thousands of readers in Spain and plans to do so abroad too: Tipping Point will be published in Germany by DTV, in the UK by Orion and in the USA and Canada by Atria. And this is just the beginning...

El bestiario de Axlin (Guardianes de la Ciudadela 1)

Axlin and Xein’s paths once again cross, but both are farther than ever before. Axlin finds out that, in spite of the presence of the Guardians, the number of attacks have increased as of late within the walls of the Citadel, which in theory is the safest place in the world. On the other hand, while trying to help his friend Dex with a personal problem, she will become enmeshed in a conflict which involves several aristocratic families of the old city. In turn, Xein discovers unmentionable monsters, dangerous creatures that live with the humans and that only the Guardians are capable of detecting. His loyalty with the Guardian forces him to keep the secret hidden from the rest of the people, and especially of Axlin, which will again put a new wall between them. Nevertheless, the unmentionable monsters stalk her without her realizing it, for which reason Xein and Rox will try to protect her, without revealing the true nature of the danger that threatens her. In the process, Xein will discover the history of his origins, a knowledge which will have her reconsider all that she knows about her world and the very reason of her existence.  

Herrero, Nieves

NIEVES HERRERO was born in Madrid. She holds a degree in Journalism from the Complutense University and a Law degree from the European University. She also studied Criminology for a year at Camilo José Cela University. With decades of experience as a journalist in print, radio, and television, her career in the media has been recognized with the most prestigious awards in the profession. She is the author of bestsellers such as Lo que escondían sus ojos, whose screen adaptation broke audience records and won an Ondas Award; Como si no hubiera un mañana, recipient of the Madrid Critics Award; Carmen, which remained on the list of best-selling historical books for sixty weeks; Esos días azules, universally praised by both critics and readers; as well as El joyero de la reina, a resounding editorial success, and her most recent work, La baronesa. Passionate about great stories and noir fiction, Nieves Herrero continues her celebrated literary career with Luna roja, which has captivated tens of thousands of readers.

Iria G. Parente y Selene M. Pascual

Iria G. Parente and Selene M. Pascual are young Spanish writers who have been working together since 2012. They self-published the “romantasy” Pétalos de papel (Paper Petals) with huge success on the Internet, and since 2014 they already have twenty books published, some of them translated into several languages, including Korean, Turkish, and Slovak. Their stories mix fantasy, science fiction , and contemporary romance. Among their works are Anne No Filters, Red and Gold, and the Trilogy of the Full Moon, all of them very different books and of different genres, but with a common core: the importance of emotions and very real characters. Time Keeper is their most ambitious saga so far, a project they have been polishing for more than fifteen years. In their novels, Iria and Selene talk about issues of social importance and give visibility to issues such as mental health or LGBTQI+ representation.

"The Seamstress", by María Dueñas, reaches its twelfth edition in The Netherlands

The Seamstress continues to conquer Europe. We've just received copies of the twelfth edition in The Netherlands. With the title Het geluid van de nacht, the publishing house Wereldbibliotheek has sold more than 60.000 copies of the book since it came out in April 2012. The Seamstress, with more than a million readers in Spain, has been turned into a successful TV series and awarded prizes such as the Ciudad de Cartagena to the best historical novel or the Premio de Cultura 2011, and is definitely an international literary phenomenon. 

¿Te dio miedo la sangre?

“Were you scared by the Blood?” written by Sergio Ramirez in Berlin between 1973 and 1975, is a novel whose main characters, as the author makes clear in the prologue to this edition, are “failed conspirators, military men who pay with their lives the uprising, prisoners living in cages next to those of wild beasts, exiles without fortune, wandering hawkers, godforsaken cabaret bartenders, musical trios dragged about by the downpour of violence.” There is also a Miss Nicaragua, who is so thanks to a rigged election result (sad allegory of the generalized fraud of present-day politics), a piñatas salesperson persecuted for sedition, Rubén Darío kept in formaldehyde, another head carried in a bag of line from Honduras, baseball players, boxers, gamblers, prostitutes or healers. And, of course, the man, the dictator that vertebrates from the shadow, and infecting everything of the fierce and dirty darkness he embodies, events, landscapes and biographies. Set in the Nicaragua in-between the cruel transition between the Somoza regime and the Sandinista one, some thirty years of ups and downs and hard clashes (also of hope and heroics), “Were you scared by the Blood?” is an indispensable novel to understand from within how institutionalized injustices produce wounds that only the courage of a people up in arms can heal. Written with great rhythm, lots of humor, ability to analyze, profound empathy and top notch literature, would be the first declaration of engagement by Sergio Ramírez, Premio Cervantes 2017, with a country of which, just after it went to print, he’d become vice-president.

The new digital label Ciudad de Libros includes books by Alonso Cueto, José María Merino and María Pilar Queralt

A new label called Ciudad de Libros has appeared recently with the idea of recovering, in digital format, quality books that were nearly impossible to find for Spanish readers. The project, headed by Blanca Rosa Roca, founder and director of Roca Editorial and Barcelona Digital Editions, will publish authors such as Sherwood Anderson, Erskine Caldwell, Gibran Jalil Gibran, Leon Uris or Thomas Wolfe and many more; three of them are represented by Antonia Kerrigan Literary Agency. By the Peruvian author Alonso Cueto, readers will find titles such as Cinco para las nueve, Dalia y los perros, Deseo de noche, Grandes miradas and Los vestidos de una dama. By José María Merino, recently awarded with the National Prize for Literature, Ciudad de Libros will sell Crónicas mestizas, Cuatro nocturnos, Cuentos del Barrio del Refugio, Días imaginarios, El caldero de oro, El centro del aire and Novela de Andrés Choz. María Pilar Queralt is the third of the authors included: she will contribute to the project with the books De Alfonso la dulcísima esposa, La pasión de la reina, La rosa de Coimbra and Leonor. We invite you to take a look around Ciudad de Libros' webpage: it's interactive, participative, and filled, we promise you, with surprises and discoveries. 

Jeunet, María

María Jeunet (Su nombre real es María Astudillo Montero) nació en Salamanca en 1983. Se licenció en Biología en la Universidad de Salamanca para después especializarse en Nutrición y Dietética en la Complutense de Madrid. Fundó la empresa en la que trabaja nada más terminar sus estudios.  La literatura siempre ha ido de la mano en su vida y fue en 2013 cuando decidió sentarse a escribir su primera novela. Nació así Las hojas de Julia (2013), una comedia romántica que logró situarse entre los diez ebooks más vendidos en España en 2014. Gracias a esa gran acogida desarrolló su segunda novela, La foto de Nora (2014): una historia con tintes románticos y policíacos.

Todo eso que nos une

Anne Rottenmeier has moved to Frankfurt to become a prestigious cellist. However, it is not as easy as it seems: upon arrival she is forced to take a job as an au pair in a well-to-do family. Here she meets Clara Sesemann, a twelve-year-old girl who has a kidney problem and is afraid of leaving the nest. For Anne everything is a sign and life is littered with them. This is how she explains it to Coffeeboy, the only friend she makes in the city and who will soon become something more to her. With the firm intention of attaining her dreams, Anne realizes that Clara's dreams also need to become a reality and puts all her efort into it. Althoug, suddenly, the signs seem to go against her: her cello teacher cancels her classes, work in the Sesemann mansion complicates itself ans Clara has an unexpected relapse in her illness. Anne does all that is in her power so that Clara gets well and moves on, althoug she can hardly imagine that her destinies are forever linked.

Manolito Gafotas returns to Italy via Lapis publishing house

The Italian publishing house Lapis will relaunch this year the first three volumes of the Manolito Gafotas' saga, which had been previously published in Italy, in a new translation and with a new design. Manolito Gafotas (1994), Pobre Manolito (1995) and ¡Cómo molo! (1996) become, respectively, Ecco Manolito, Bentornato Manolito and Che forte Manolito: the first of the three is already available in bookstores all around the country, while the other two will appear during the year. We're sure that this new edition, that has been accompanied by a big advertising campaign, will turn Elvira Lindo's character into the favorite one among italian boys and girls. Because, you know: that kid from Carabanchel is known and loved in the whole wide world. 

Lejardi, Myriam M.

Myriam M. Lejardi (1987) is an author specializing in various subgenres of romance, most notably comedy and paranormal. She began publishing in 2020 and, so far, has six books on the market with various publishers, including Molino, Elastic Books, and Fandom Books. One of them, How (Not) to Fall in Love, has been translated into Polish. You can find her at: @pilkunnussita (Twitter and Instagram) @myriammlejardi (TikTok)

Sort que et tinc a tu

Pedro and Eduardo met in medical school in Barcelona during the last years of Francoism. Although they couldn’t be more different from one another, their friendship never ceased to grow as they shared thousands of hours of study, long conversations, political hiding and a run or two by the cops. Later on, the friendship would withstand the onslaught of politics, of couples, of their different way of practicing medicine, of their culinary abilities and, even, of the arguments as to how whiskey must be drunk, with or without ice. At the height of their lives, this quarry-like friendship would run into a dangerous hurdle by the name of Thais, a red-headed, green-eyed seductress with provocative hips. Will they be able to overcome it? Perhaps—only perhaps. Behind the covers of the book lies the answer. “Lucky that I have You” is the story of a profound friendship and a loving passion, in the unrivalled setting of the Alt Empordà, that takes one to the most profound nooks and corners of humankind’s contradictions. 

Mercedes Abad presents "La niña gorda" in Barcelona, Madrid and Seville

Catalan writer Mercedes Abad returns after five years of silence with La niña gorda (The Fat Girl, Páginas de Espuma). A group of interwoven short stories, the girl in the title (a character inspired by the author when she was a child, or an imaginary double of hers in her adult age) is the guiding figure through all the stories, in which humor and irony mix with sadness to speak about childhood and adolescence, about women. La niña gorda will be presented in Barcelona, hometown to the author, tomorrow, Tuesday the 25th, at 19h in La Central del Raval (Elisabets, 6). Mercedes Abad will be joined by writer Pedro Zarraluki and Paginas de Espuma's publisher Juan Casamayor. Other presentations will be held in Madrid (Wednesday the 26th, Mujeres y Compañía, 20:30) and Seville (Thursday the 27th, Mercería Café Cultural, 20h). Here you can see an enigmatic and disturbing book teaser of Abad's latest work, which would probably leave you wanting to learn more about the book. 

Llatas, Lola

Lola Llatas nació en Valencia en 1976. Estudió Ingeniería de Caminos en la UPV y ha residido en ciudades europeas como Atenas, Budapest o Nicosia; también en países como India o Australia. Hace cinco años se asentó en Londres. Fue allí donde decidió dar rienda suelta a su mayor pasión: escribir. Todos los viajes, puestas de sol, añoranzas y descubrimientos se convirtieron en el proceso creativo de sus historias.

La verdad no termina nunca

Alfredo is a young man in the Barcelona of the 1950s, orphaned of his father and with a mother who lives immersed in a vital silence and her dedication to knitting. Alfredo knows practically nothings of how his parents met, and even less why she won’t return to that period to explain to him who he was. Many are the secrets that shroud this woman’s sad face. But need to discover one’s roots is unstoppable, and fate will lead Alfredo to investigate, on the one hand, a series of characters who lived in the 1930s, the same period in which his parents met, and, on the other, to establish a relationship with the daughter of one the city’s wealthiest families. The Queralt family will reveal the brave and committed person that his mother at a time in which working women were invisible characters for society, and they will help him to understand why she has protected him from the truth for so long. A moving story that allows us to travel across the decades of the 30s through to the 50s, key years in the history of Spain, and to make a journey through the postwar silence; the explosion of art in the 1920s, the emergence of the black market, the world of journalism and the atmosphere of the orchestras and cabaret.

Llorente, David

David Llorente nació en Madrid en 1973. En esta ciudad publica las novelas Kira, premio Francisco Umbral de novela corta en 1998, y El bufón, premio de narrativa Ramón J. Sender 2000. En el año 2002 se trasladó a Praga (República Checa), donde escribe las novelas Ofrezco morir en Praga y De la mano del hermano muerto, esta última también traducida al checo. En esta ciudad crea el grupo de teatro Séptimo miau, cuyas obras escribe y dirige él mismo. Ha representado por casi todos los países de Europa Central y del Este y ha obtenido diversos premios en varios festivales internacionales. Algunas de sus obras han salido publicadas en el libro Los árboles dormidos. Sus últimos libros son Te quiero porque me das de comer (Alrevés 2014), Madrid: Frontera (Alrevés 2016), y Kira (nueva edición de Alrevés, 2017).

La maleta de Ana

In the sixties and seventies of the past century, hundreds of thousands of Spanish women immigrated to Germany in search of work. They were anonymous heroines that faced a new world and many a time hostile one, in an effort to help their families. This extraordinary novel is the story of one of them, but it could be that of all of them. It is the harsh but moving story of Ana, from leaving her native village in Ávila with a small cardboard suitcase to go to work at a perfume factory. It is the story of her youth, her hardships, her complicity with the other female workers and her struggle against social inequalities, but it is also the story of her great love story. Many decades later after having returned from Germany, Ana meets Cora, a present-day woman who decides to tell her experience before it is too late. Through the eyes and contemporaneous sensibility of Cora, we will delve into the adventure of a courageous young woman who was capable of taking the reins of her life to get ahead.

María Pilar Queralt conquers Portugal with "As Mulheres do Marquês de Pombal"

Released less than a month ago, María Pilar Queralt's latest book, As Mulheres do Marquês de Pombal, has become a great success in Portugal. Two weeks ago it was placed at number seven in the Non Fiction category of the best seller list by the bookstore chain Bulhosa, and last week it reached number one among History books in FNAC Portugal. Diario de Noticias echoed the news of the splendid public reaction to the book with an interview with Maria Pilar in which she commented on her interest in Portugal's history, about her ambition to write about history from a feminine point of view and the problems she had to find information about "Portugal's least romantic man"'s private life. She also appeared in the tv station RTP1; you can watch the interview (which we're sure won't be her last about the book) in this link.

Loureiro, Manel

Manel Loureiro es licenciado en derecho por la Universidad de Santiago de Compostela. Mientras estudiaba en esta ciudad compatibilizó sus estudios con algunos trabajos en televisión: primero como presentador de diversos programas y más tarde como guionista, momento en el que descubrió su faceta como escritor. Su primera novela, Apocalipsis Z, un éxito casi inmediato y fenómeno de culto en Internet, ha sido leída por cientos de miles de personas en todo el mundo. Apocalipsis Z. Los días oscuros que continúa con los mismos protagonistas y su lucha por la supervivencia en un mundo dominado por los No Muertos, ha consagrado a Manel Loureiro como el primer autor de novela de terror zombi ambientada en España. La ira de los justos es el cierre de la trilogía. En 2017 publicó Veinte y en 2020 La puerta, su novela más reciente. Sus libros han sido traducidos a más de diez idiomas y publicados en cerca de una veintena de países. Actualmente vive y trabaja en Pontevedra, donde ejerce como abogado y colabora con los periódicos Diario de Pontevedra, ABC y en Cadena SER. 

Vanessa Monfort presents "The Legend of the Voiceless Island" in Madrid with gospel

Vanessa Monfort, prolific playwright whose texts have been included in many anthologies, published last February La leyenda de la ciudad sin voz (The Legend of the Voiceless Island) (Plaza y Janés), her third novel, after The Secret Ingredient (2006) and Mythology of New York (2010), both in Algaida. The book, starring Charles Dickens as he visits Blackwell Island (in which there was an asylum, a prison, a nursing home and an orphanage), is a story of love, friendship and mistery that is as passionate as it is engaging. Its presentation in Ámbito Cultural of El Corte Inglés Callao (Madrid) was surprising and unforgettable: in it, an unexpected gospel group, hidden among the audience, played "Amazing Grace" just after Vanessa read a fragment of the novel that mentioned the song. You can see this moment here; we hope it encourages you to discover the wonders of a memorable book.

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Luján, Marcelo

Marcelo Luján (Buenos Aires, 1973) se radicó a principios de 2001 en Madrid, donde en la actualidad trabaja como coordinador de actividades culturales y talleres de creación literaria. Ha publicado los libros de cuentos Flores para Irene (Premio Santa Cruz de Tenerife 2003), En algún cielo (Premio Ciudad de Alcalá de Narrativa 2006) y El desvío (Premio Kutxa Ciudad de San Sebastián 2007). Ha publicado también libros de prosa poética Arder en el invierno y Pequeños pies ingleses, y las novelas La mala espera (Premio Ciudad de Getafe de Novela Negra 2009 y segunda Mención del Premio Clarín 2005), Moravia y Subsuelo (Premio Dashiell Hammett 2016, entre otros). Parte de su obra fue seleccionada en campañas de fomento a la lectura y traducida al francés, italiano, checo y búlgaro. Con La claridad ha obtenido, por unanimidad, el VI Premio Ribera del Duero.  Foto: © Daniel Mordzinski

El anticuario de Teherán

A gold, coral and aquamarine necklace that an Iranian antiquarian begs Jorge Dezcallar to send to his daughter… This is how this book begins, in which a Spanish diplomat reviews his years as an ambassador—in Morocco, Washington and Rome—and recalls some of the personalities—ministers, kings, players and presidents—with whom he has shared diplomatic negotiations and also, at times, unforgettable evenings. Fishing conflicts with Morocco that put both countries’ relationship in serious danger; clumsy attempts to offer the MoMA a Velázquez in exchange for the Guernica; a Moroccan banquet that does not get started till the lamb sent by the king arrives; thank yous in the form of enormous crates overflowing with soles and hakes, or a declaration of war with Russia that no one recalls for more than two hundred years… These are some of the stories that run through these pages, full of moving moments, fun, heartbreaking or simply surrealist, but always fascinating, and written by someone who thanks to all that he has lived, has learnt to be “tolerant, to contrast my points of view with others and to accept that, above the varnish of races and languages, human being are essentially the same and seek the similar things by different means.”

Sabina Berman and her new success: "Darwin's God"

Soon it will be over two months since El dios de Darwin (Darwin's God), by Sabina Berman, was published, and the book has been receiving excellent reviews since then. Among them is the one that appeared in the Spanish newspaper La Razón a couple of weeks ago, in which Lluís Fernández wrote: "Berman's novel combines with expertise its distinct layers. (...) Masterful, at times. (...) Berman is a meticulous writer that avoids the magic realism of her previous novel and tries to experiment (...) A surprising thriller of theological intrigue". Sabina Berman, that presented El dios de Darwin in Madrid in an event in the Instituto de México the last 23rd of January, is among the nominees for the renowned International Impac Dublin Literary Award 2014 for her first novel The woman who dove into the heart of the world. The shortlist for the prize will be announced on the 9th of April, and the name of the winner will be made public on the 12th of june: we wish Sabina good luck and hope to continue to follow and enjoy her career as it develops. 

M. Alcalde, Natalia

Natalia M. Alcalde (Guanajuato, Mexico) holds a degree in Modern Languages and Cultural Management from Universidad Anáhuac México Norte and in Museum Studies from the University of Amsterdam. She has participated in various cultural and educational centers as a cultural manager, including the Juan March Foundation, the Institución Libre de Enseñanza, and Le Gallerie degli Uffizi in Florence. She currently writes stories periodically for various literary magazines in Mexico and Spain. She has research articles published in “Ágora, Colegio de México” (COLMEX), “Uffizi Magazine”, and “Double Clic” from the Juan March Foundation. In Spain, she recently participated in the anthology Archipiélago 988.

La noche de las medusas

Madrid, 20 July 1969. Serafin Leal, a business man, and Carmen Léonard, the woman of his life, will not remember that on that day man landed on the moon; what they won’t forget is that a serious accident that almost cost them their lives. Leal begins to suspect that they want him and his loved ones dead. A week earlier. Bruno Grande, and ex-legionnaire, is released from a Tangiers prison after being locked up for more than twenty years. He has but one thought in mind: to carry our his revenge. Lucía Cisneros, a young lady with a rough childhood, crosses paths in the Kasbah with a man who will change the course of her life. This is only the starting point to discover unexpected family secrets. Three seemingly unconnected stories will slowly coalesce through the strings of revenge, violence, love and secrets. Detective Mateo Riva will weave a case with clues that lie in an event from the past.

"Baudelaire's Flowers", by Gonzalo Garrido, reissued in DeBolsillo

Las flores de Baudelaire (Baudelaire's Flowers), the first novel by Gonzalo Garrido, published in 2012 by Alrevés, was reprinted last month in its paperback edition by DeBolsillo, which is part of Penguin Random House group. This news just goes to prove how Garrido's career is growing. His first novel, a blend of mistery and history that deals with treason and its presence as a guiding force in our lives, became an unexpected success. The novel (now, in its third edition) has appeared repeatedly in the best seller lists, has been finalist of awards such as the Memorial Silverio Cañada (granted by the Semana Negra de Gijón) and has received the praise of brilliant authors such as Eduardo Mendoza. Las flores de Baudelaire is just the first step in a career that we predict as more than solid, and that has a bright future.

Un libro de familia

A novel full of memorable scenes and wonderful characters, written with great sensibility. An extraordinary story that oozes with the love for books in each of its pages. One of the most captivating voices in present-day literature, translated into a dozen languages and praised by the international critique, Santiago Pajares returns to bookstores with this novel that deals with, among much else, the power of writing as a means to change our lives.   Orencio is a thirty-some who, on the day of his grandfather’s funeral, discovers a strange family tradition: for generations, the family’s first born have to write their own version of a novel entitled “Through the Wall”. Disconcerted and lacking self-confidence, he tries to elude the challenge by all possible means, all while trying to put order into his life, although deep down he knows that he has no other choice but to face the blank page.   What the press has said about “Ionah’s Rain”: “With a polished prose, Santiago Pajares draws a story of life’s learning.” Le Monde

Elena Moreno presents "Wherever You Are" in a mass event in Bilbao

Elena Moreno gathered an impressive crowd of more than 250 readers and friends in an event held last Thursday in the Carlton Hotel (Bilbao) that served as a presentation of Dondequiera que estés (Wherever You Are), her second novel, recently published by Planeta. Moreno, who was born in Bilbao and has worked in Basque media such as Radio Euskadi, Euskal Telebista, Canal Euskadi or Bilbaovisión, confessed that, for what it concerns to space in fiction, she needs the confort provided by places that she knows and loves. Wherever You Are deals with love and with the past through a plot in which mistery and romance intertwine in the story of a woman that has to discover the truth hidden behind the enigma of her husband's passing. 

Martínez, Javier

Javier Martínez estudió en la Universidad de Granada y en la Escuela de Cine y Televisión de  la Universidad de California, Los Ángeles, donde obtuvo una beca Fulbright y el Student Academy Award, entre otros premios. Vive en Madrid y trabaja como guionista y director creativo de series de animación (Iron Kid, 2007; Mica, 2014; Emmy & GooRoo, 2020) y supervisor de producción (Buñuel en el laberinto de las tortugas, 2019; Dragonkeeper, 2021). También ha abordado el álbum ilustrado infantil y la novela juvenil, con obras como la saga de la detective Mina San Telmo (Edebé) y la novela de terror El autor de este libro es un zombi, finalista del Premio Everest de literatura juvenil.

Últimas funciones en la sombra

For a long time the Russi have reigned in Santa Isabel. Maximilian, the family’s hierarch, has built a real estate emporium in the village, while trying to educate Patricio, his only child, incapable of making it in the art world. Thus, with the fear of his son leaving him, his father displays his entire repertoire of tactlessness, and manages for Patricio to say by his side, to marry and have a child: Elias Russi, the last of the dynasty, malevolent replica of Maximiliam, and this novel’s protagonist.  A miniature Atlas of human baseness or indiscreet homage to Wilhelm Meister de Goethe, Last Performances in the Shadow picks certain conventions of the familiar novel, of the educational novel, of the hardboiled novel, and suggests, deep down, a series of questions: What happens when the truth no longer makes sense? What happens when imposture becomes an effective way of life? What happens, in short, when life can only be accepted as a farce, a simulation, theater?  “Charry has chosen a poetics that moves between suggestion and innuendos. That which is not said (a way of narrating that circumvents silence) acquires the forcefulness of an inspiration.”

Cladia Amengual publishes "El rap de la morgue y otros cuentos" ("The Rap of the Morgue and Other Stories")

The Uruguayan writer, translator and journalist Claudia Amengual has recently published El rap de la morgue y otros cuentos (The Rap of the Morgue and Other Stories). The book, the first collection of short stories she publishes after having written novels, biographies and journalistic pieces, appeared in the United States in La Pereza Ediciones, and gathers texts written between 2001 and 2012. Tense and threatening, filled with lonely and defeated characters, death runs through all the stories, as well as the consequences of the crisis that hit Uruguay at the beginning of the century. In an interview published in El Nuevo Herald, Amengual covers all these topics, comments on the book and how it fits among her other titles and explains the differences between writing a novel or short fiction. 

Medina, Maribel

Maribel Medina (Pamplona) has a passion for travel has taken her as far as India, but for the past 25 years, she has called the Baztán Valley in Navarra home. As a teenager, she became an orphan, forcing her to abandon her dream of becoming an astrophysicist and instead pursue a degree in Geography and History. Later, she worked as an external reader for a national publishing house.In 2014, she published Sangre de barro (Blood of Mud), a crime novel about doping in sports that achieved critical and commercial success. This was soon followed by the next installment in the Connors series, Sangre intocable (Untouchable Blood), which continued to tackle international plots rooted in real-world issues. In 2019, the final book of the Blood trilogy, Sangre entre la hierba (Blood Among the Grass), was released.Exploring a new genre, she published the illustrated story El Niño-Hoja (The Leaf-Child). Medina has served as a judge for various literary competitions, including the Tenerife Noir Prize and the prestigious María Moliner Award.Since 2019, she has been the president and director of Mi Pueblo Lee, a national rural network of literary festivals that was honored in 2024 with the National Award for Promoting Reading.On the wall of her office, the words “A bold life or nothing” are written—a reflection of her fearless approach to life and literature.

Merino, José María

Nacido en 1941, ha sido galardonado con los premios Novelas y Cuentos por Novela de Andrés Choz (1976), de la Crítica por La orilla oscura (1985), Nacional de Literatura Juvenil por Los trenes del verano –No soy un libro (1993), Miguel Delibes de Narrativa por Las visiones de Lucrecia (1996), NH de Relatos por Días imaginarios (2002), Ramón Gómez de la Serna de Narrativa por El heredero (2003), Gonzalo Torrente Ballester de Narrativa por El lugar sin culpa (2007) y Salambó por los microrrelatos de La glorieta de los fugitivos (2007). Ha publicado también otras novelas, libros de relatos y antologías de cuentos y leyendas. El volumen Cumpleaños lejos de casa (2006) reúne su poesía completa. En Ficción continua (2004) escribió sobre la invención literaria, y sobre el insomnio en Tres semanas de mal dormir (2006). Sus obras se han traducido a diversas lenguas, y sus relatos, recogidos muchos de ellos en Cincuenta cuentos y una fábula (1997), se incluyen en todas las antologías españolas importantes de los últimos años. Premio Castilla y León de las Letras 2009, es miembro de la Real Academia Española. En 2021 el Ministerio de Cultura de España le concedió el Premio Nacional de las Letras.

Monika Zgustova, winner of the Amat Piniella Prize for "Valia's Night"

The writer, translator and journalist Monika Zgustova has won the Amat Piniella Prize for her latest novel La nit de Vàlia (Valia's Night), published last year by Proa in its original Catalan version and by Destino in Spanish translation. Valia's Night fictionalizes the true story of artist Valentina Grigorievna, wrongly acused of spying and sent to the gulag, who tries to recover her life and find her true love after many years of captivity. The prize, granted by Òmnium Cultural and the Council of Manresa to a published work that shows a "social concern for the contemporary world", was awarded by majority; Zgustova's novel was selected over titles written by authors such as Margarida Aritzeta, Pere Rovira and Núria Cadenes. The author, who was born in the Czech Republic but has been living in Catalonia for more than thirty years, crowns with this award a splendidly solid career.

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Méndez, Roxana

Roxana Méndez (San Salvador, 1979). Writer and translator. She holds a degree in English Philology and a Master's in Spanish and Latin American Literature. In 2023, the New York Public Library included her book The Market on its list of Best Books for Kids of 2022. That same year, she won the José Hierro International Poetry Prize in Spain for her book The Bathers. In 2019, she received the Cuatrogatos Foundation Award in Miami for her book Flying Machines, and that same year, she won the Ciudad de Melilla Christmas Story Award in Spain and the Central American Children’s Story Award from the Books for Children Foundation. In 2012, she received the Alhambra American Poetry Prize in Spain, and in her country she was awarded the Grand Master of Poetry prize, along with national narrative and children's poetry awards. She has published books such as Caro and Lucy on Garbage Island (Children’s Fiction, Fiction Express, 2024), The Bathers (Poetry, José Hierro University and RTVE, 2022), The Market (Children's Fiction, Books for Children, Nicaragua, 2022), The Mechanical Cat (Children's Fiction, DPI, El Salvador, 2021), Olivia and the Screeching Cart (Children's Fiction, Piedrasanta, Guatemala, 2021), Flying Machines (Children's Poetry, Valparaíso Ed., 2018), The Rain of 1979 (Valparaíso Ed., Spain, 2018), The Secret Book (Children's Poetry, DPI, El Salvador, 2017), The Sky in the Window (Poetry, Valparaíso Ed., Spain, 2012 and Valparaíso USA, 2017), Clara and Clarissa (Children's Fiction, Loqueleo, Guatemala, 2012), Mnemosyne (DPI, El Salvador, 2008 and Bombadil Ed., Sweden, 2011), and Memory (Poetry, DPI, El Salvador, 2004). Upcoming: Ana Glass (Children’s Fiction, El Naranjo Publishing, Mexico, 2025) WEBSITE: roxanamendez.net

María Pilar Queralt publishes in Portuguese "As Mulheres do Marquês de Pombal"

María Pilar Queralt is still investigating about the most important female characters in history; As Mulheres do Marquês de Pombal has been recently published in Portuguese by A Esfera dos Livros. The work deals with the decisive role of a group of women in the life of the Portuguese statesman Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo: his mother, Maria Teresa Luiza de Mendonça e Melo, his first wife (the widow Teresa de Mendonça e Almada, ten years older than him, which he kidnapped and married in secret), his second one (Maria Leonor Ernestina Dau) or some other women that acted as protectors (Maria Ana de Austria) or enemies (la Marquesa de Távora, D. Leonor). The book will be presented on the 10th of March in Salão Nobre do Palácio do Marquês de Pombal in Largo Marqués de Pombal, Oeiras (Portugal), in an act that will count with the presence of the author and of the city councilor of Culture of Oeiras, doctor Marlene Rodrigues.

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Second edition of "That Was Life", by Carmen Amoraga, which is included in the best seller lists

When not a month has passed since the publication of That Was Life, by Carmen Amoraga (winner of the last Nadal Prize), Destino will launch a second edition of a book that has been widely praised since the beginning. Last week, Spanish newspaper La Vanguardia included That Was Life in the eight position of its best seller list, based on data from bookstores all over Catalonia. The book has also appeared in the number ten spot in the best seller list of the newspaper ABC. You can read some interviews with Carmen Amoraga in El País, La Vanguardia or El Mundo.

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Javier Sierra and María Dueñas were two of the best selling authors in 2013 in Spain

We're happy to see two of our titles in the best seller lists of 2013 published by Nielsen Bookscan. Javier Sierra, with his latest novel El maestro del Prado (The Master of El Prado), appears, in the sixth position, as the first Spanish author in the list, with almost 150.000 copies sold of this last book. María Dueñas is in the tenth position with Misión Olvido (Mission Oblivion), that sold almost 120.000 copies. Rights to El maestro del Prado (an intriguing mixture of fiction, essay and biography in which a mysterious master explains the works of the museum to the author) have been sold to the United States, Brazil, Russia, Poland and Romania, in translations that are in the works and will see the light of day at the end of this year. Misión Olvido blends love, intrigue and appealing characters through the story of Blanca Perea, a teacher that will come to surprising conclusions while working on a project that was thought to be boring and unsubstantial. The book has repeated the astounding success of El tiempo entre costuras (The Seamstress) and has been translated into English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Russian, Czech, Polish, Romanian, Hungarian, Serbian, Swedish, Norwegian and Catalan.

Miret, Sandra

Sandra Miret is a feminist film analyst, cultural communicator, and a graduate in Dramatic Arts and Performing Arts. She holds a Master’s degree in Gender and Communication as well as a Master’s in Publishing and Editorial Management. Through her account @sandramiret, she shares insights about film and television. She has participated in various podcasts, interviews, and national film premieres, recognized for her work as a cultural communicator.

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Missana, Sergio

Sergio Missana estudió periodismo en la Universidad de Chile y obtuvo un doctorado en literatura española y latinoamericana en la Universidad de Stanford. Es autor de las novelas El invasor (1997), Movimiento falso (2000, Finalista del Premio Rómulo Gallegos 2001), La calma (2005) y El día de los muertos (2007), y del ensayo La máquina de pensar de Borges (2003). Actualmente es profesor de literatura en el Programa en América Latina de la Universidad de Stanford, en Santiago, Chile. Es colaborador habitual de diversas revistas y suplementos culturales de Chile, Estados Unidos y México.

"El maestro del Prado" ("The Master of El Prado"), by Javier Sierra, the most sold national novel in Spain in 2013

El maestro del Prado (The Master of El Prado), sixth and last novel by Javier Sierra, was the most sold among the national fiction books in Spain in 2013, as revealed by Nielsen Bookscan. Published in February 2013 by Planeta, it has sold more than 150.000 copies in Spain and the same amount in Latin America, reaching its seventh edition and remaining on the best seller lists for more than 25 weeks in the sales lists. The novel, a mixture of art, history, suspense and conspiracies, crosses the limits between reality and fiction by placing Javier Sierra in the center of a mysterious tour around the Prado in which he is accompanied by an enigmatic master, who will show the author the secrets hidden in paintings by artists such as Raphael, Tiziano, El Bosco, Juan de Juanes, Botticelli, Brueghel or El Greco. By the end of 2014, El maestro del Prado (which has revived the attraction of the public for the museum, and aspires to become a book of reference for all those interested in it) will be published in English, Portuguese, Russian and Hungarian.

Alex Colt 2. La batalla de Ganímedes

It could happen that you end up stranded in a spaceship close to the Ganymede, besieged by a fleet of Zarkians who threaten with destroying the Earth. You could discover that your friends and you, the biggest losers of MOTHER, the Confederation’s training spaceship, are the only ones who can help in the planet’s defense. You could discover what is the real reason why you are on board the spaceship, which is not the one that you imagine.

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Mochulske, Melissa

Melissa Mochulske began her career in the music industry as an A&R at EMI Music, working with artists such as RBD, Aleks Syntek, Ely Guerra, Fey, Plastilina Mosh, Eiza González, and Diego Boneta. She later transitioned into the world of public relations, leading communications for major multinational corporations, a role she continues to fulfill as a partner and co-founder of the communications agency Spinto. In 2020, she co-wrote 5 días en junio with Verónica Toussaint, her first film script, which was directed by Eduardo Rossoff and filmed in 2021. For twelve years, she was a radio host on W Radio and also hosted the podcasts Malinfluencia and Bravas. Melissa has published monthly columns in Opinión 51 and Líderes Mexicanos and has worked as a writer and host for Mi propio negocio, a project by Editorial Clío. El corazón de las gardenias (Espasa, 2024) is her debut novel.

Alex Colt 3. El secreto de Zark

After his heroic performance in the Battle of Ganimedes, Alex was hoping to be received like a hero and finally get the respect and admiration of all the officers. But the mysterious event that allows him and his friends to gain access to The Arrow and pilot it was witnessed  by  Captain Churé,  who  decides to expel him from MOTHER without a second thought. Alex is abandoned in the middle of an unpopulated place on Earth. But he cannot cry for too long, for right-a-way some men dressed in black start chasing him. Alex tries to flee but is finally captured. At the same time, Blop, Maia, Havee and Tycho, Alex's friends, are not willing to leave their leader behind. With Mother's help, they are able to board a space shuttle and land on Earth. Here begins a funny race against time to rescue Alex from his captors. Four aliens try to pass unnoticed; and who think that our planet’s customs crazy. In this book Alex will discover much more about his origin, of his father and of a mysterious military installation where a key secret is held in the fight against the Zarkians.  

Sabina Berman releases "El dios de Darwin" ("Darwin's God"), her long-awaited new novel

Four years after the release of her first novel, The Woman Who Dove Into the Heart of the World, was published in 33 countries, Sabina Berman returns with El dios de Darwin (Darwin’s God), published by Destino and available on the 23rd of January. Focusing again on Karen, her first’s novel charismatic and lovable main character, and conveying an ecologist message as well, El dios de Darwin is a frenetic thriller based on philosophical ideas, in which the call of a missing biologist leads to a surprising revelation: that Darwin converted into Christianity on his latter days, uniting again science and religion. Sabina Berman will be in Madrid the 22nd and 23rd of January. El dios de Darwin will be presented the 23rd of January at 19:30 in Instituto México (Madrid).

Molina, Tamara

Tamara Molina was born in Barcelona and has lived all her life between pages. Her unbridled imagination and creativity have pushed her to share her passion for literature. A writer and social media content creator, Tamara has caused a sensation with her debut novel Donde no puedas encontrarme (Where you can’t find me). She dreams of continuing to grow as a writer and filling bookstores with her stories. You can find more about the author at: @xtawie@xtawiebooks / @xtawie

Rexcatadores 2. Las minas de la perdición

Max, Rex and Pia are enjoying some pleasant days after having rescued grandfather Godofredo when, suddenly, a wounded Pterodactylus appears. It can hardly talk, but with its faltering voice transmits a clear message: mayor of Sauria requests the grandparents Agatha and Godofredo’s help. A catastrophe has occurred and it is urgent that they travel there. Thus begins a new and chilling adventure for the entire team.  

Rexcatadores 3. El Palacio Submarino

Pia and her father, Poseidon, seek the help of the Rexcatadores to recover a mortal weapon that has fallen into the wrong hands. Agatha, Godofredo, Pia, Max y Rex will travel to Ur to find a solution to this serious problem. If the enemy gets a hold of the weapon it is very likely that he will end up dominating all of Ur, condemning its inhabitants to a tyrannical and terrible reign. For it to be a successful mission, the Rexcatadores will have to face off the Sea Witch, who is none other than Pia’s aunt. Will they be successful in their new adventure?  

Monteagudo, Xosé

Xosé Monteagudo (Pontevedra, 1965). Uno de los escritores más reconocidos de la literatura gallega actual, es autor de varias novelas: As voces da noticia (premio Blanco Amor, 2002), Esta historia (2006), Un tipo listo (premio García Barros, 2009), publicada en castellano por Mar Maior, El curioso mundo de las personas normales (2013), publicada en castellano por Pulp Books, Todo canto fomos (2016, premio Gala do libro Galego y Premio San Clemente a la mejor novela en gallego en el 2017) y Eternity (Premio Repsol de narrativa breve en el 2021).  

Carmen Amoraga, winner of the Nadal Prize for "La vida era eso"

In its 70th edition, the journalist and writer Carmen Amoraga (Picanya, Valencia, 1969) received the Nadal Prize for La vida era eso, an "intimistic" novel that deals with love, loss and social networks, "the value of what we have lived and what is yet to be lived", and that was presented, as usual, under a pen-name, and with the title Senza fine. The novel's main character, Giuliana, loses her husband and has to take care of her two children. She unexpectedly finds relief in the friends her husband had in the social networks he liked. The jury has highlighted the way that Amoraga uses "with a fine ear contemporary language", the work's modernity in dealing with "new ways of communicating and relating to other people via social networks" and how it achieves a difficult goal: using humor to deal with loss. The author, which was finalist of the Nadal in 2007 with her novel Algo tan parecido al amor, and has received other awards such as the Ateneo Joven de Sevilla or the Valencian Literary Critiques Award, was thrilled to receive the award from Ana María Matute, saying she had never imagined it. Amoraga dedicated the award to her "high school literature teacher, and to all the teacherS that are living through these hard times", and wore a badge to protest for the closing of Canal 9, in which she worked in the past. La vida era eso will appear soon in Destino. 

Jorge Volpi returns with "Memorial del engaño"

Two years after being awarded with the Planeta-Casamérica prize for La tejedora de sombras (Planeta), Jorge Volpi returns with Memorial del engaño (Alfaguara), a very singular book that presents itself as the memoirs of J. Volpi, one of the biggest financial criminals of our time. Mixing family drama with crime fiction, Volpi has written a book filled with tricks and traps, in which he investigates the origins of one of the most devastating financial catastrophes of all times. Radical, critical and unique, Memorial del engaño will surely give much food for thought. 

Actores vestidos de calle

Montes, Barbara

Licenciada en Psicología y diplomada enturismo. Trabajó como responsable de marketing y comunicación para diferentes destinos turísticos y compañías aéreas hasta que decidió dar el salto a la psicología, especializándose en niños y adolescentes.Tiene cuatro novelas infantiles publicadas (serie Amanda Black, Rexcatadores, B de Block), Julia está bien es suprimera novela dirigida a un público adulto. En la actualidad vive en Madrid. Foto: © José Jeosm

Gioconda descodificada

There are at least five real historical references that certify the existence of a female portrait by Leonardo da Vinci. A commission that, apparently, he never delivered. However, when it came to identifying the model for La Gioconda, the words of Agostino Vespucci, Antonio de Beatis, Giorgio Vasari, Cassiano dal Pozzo and the Anonymous Gaddiano do not coincide. To which portrait do each of them refer? To the painting exhibited in the Louvre Museum in Paris and which is universally recognized as Lisa Gherardini, the wife of Francesco del Giocondo, or on the contrary to the portrait that now hangs on the walls of Madrid's Museo del Prado? Are both portraits compatible? Do these images coincide the rest of the imaginary of the Mona Lisa, such as The Mona Lisa of Isleworth or La Monna Vanna? Is Leonardo the creator of each of these feminine representations? What are the enigmas that the Mona Lisa hides and how did its meteoric rise to fame develop? Throughout these pages we will examine the global situation of the feminine role in the Renaissance, we will come across brilliant women that history eclipsed, we will showcase the role of women in the evolution of portraiture in the History of Art and we will analyze all the theories that scholars, historians and art experts have elaborated around the feminine representation in the work of Leonardo da Vinci, with the purpose of finding the true identity of the best-known portrait in the history of humanity: La Gioconda.

"Apocalipsis Z" in Poland and Galicia

This Christmas, two books of Manel Loureiro's zombie trilogy have been published in Poland and Galicia: Apocalipsis Z. Los días oscuros saw the light of day as Apokalipsa Z. Mroczne Dni, published by Muza, and Apocalipsis Z. El comienzo del fin turned itself into Apocalipse Z. O comezo da fin, published by Urco Editora. The trilogy, which Loureiro posted at first in a blog and then, after having been read by more than 1,5 million people, was published by Plaza y Janés, has been translated into English (Amazon Crossing), French (Panini France), Italian (Casa Editrice Nord Sud), German (Heyne Verlag), Portuguese (Ediçoes ASA in Portugal and Editorial Planeta do Brasil in Brasil), Slovak (Premedia Group), Hungarian (Konyvmolykepzo Kiado), Turkish (Monokl), Japanese (T. O. Entertainment) and Korean (Minumin), and has seen the light of day in other Spanish-speaking countries such as México, Chile or Argentina, becoming an unanimous success that has turned it into one of the Spanish best selling works in digital format all around the world. A film and a TV series are currently in the works. 

Montfort, Vanessa

Vanessa Montfort is a novelist and playwright with a degree in Information Sciences, considered one of the leading international voices in contemporary Spanish literature. As a novelist, she has published El ingrediente secreto (XI Ateneo Joven de Sevilla Award, 2006); Mitología de Nueva York (XI Ateneo de Sevilla Award, 2010); La leyenda de la isla sin voz (International Ciudad de Zaragoza Award for Best Historical Novel, Plaza y Janés, 2014); and Mujeres que compran flores (Plaza y Janés, 2016), which has had 29 editions in Spain, achieved great success in Italy and Latin America, and whose rights have been sold to over 15 countries, including France, Portugal, Germany, Norway, South Korea, and Bulgaria. She has also published El sueño de la crisálida (Plaza y Janés, 2019) and La mujer sin nombre (Plaza y Janés), where she revives the writer María Lejárraga. This novel, along with Firmado Lejárraga, the play that preceded it, has received critical acclaim and culminated in her participation in the TVE documentary María Lejárraga: A las mujeres de España, directed by Laura Hojman. Her varied theatrical work ranges from documentary theater to radio and musical theater. Notable works include Flashback, La cortesía de los ciegos, and Tierra de tiza, written for the Royal Court Theatre in London; a free adaptation of La Regenta (Teatros del Canal, 2012); El galgo (Teatro Anfitrione in Rome, with multiple translations); Sirena negra, adapted into a film by Elio Quiroga (Sitges Festival, 2015); El hogar del monstruo (CDN, 2016); and Firmado Lejárraga (CDN, 2019, finalist for the 2020 Max Awards for Best Playwriting). In 2022, she premiered three productions: El síndrome del copiloto (Festival de Málaga and Teatros del Canal, Madrid); Saúl, a radio theater medium-length feature for the BBC as part of the One Five Seven Years series; and La Toffana (International Classical Theater Festival of Almagro, 2022 / Teatro La Abadía, Madrid, 2022). As a producer, she co-founded BEMYBABYFILMS in 2016 with director Miguel Ángel Lamata, with whom she produced the feature film Nuestros Amantes (2016) and the documentary Héroes, Silencio y Rock & Roll (premiered on Netflix, nominated for the Goya Awards for Best Documentary). The theatricality of her dialogues, her lyricism, the humanization of cities and their conflicts, and her ability to reflect contemporary issues with a touch of the extraordinary make her novels an emotional rollercoaster starring unforgettable characters.

El mercenario que coleccionaba obras de arte

The  charismatic mercenary who narrates this story is a real character under the pseudonym Adrián Falcón, although throughout his active years he used others, such as El Parse, Garfio, Strelkinov ... Tender and diabolical, Falcón is now in his sixties and has survived his complex life story with a peculiar sense of humor. One must keep in mind that he was persecuted in the United States and in several Latin American countries for terrorism, was the linchpin of cases as scandalous as the Iran-Contra, and operated with the Colombian cartels to finance counterrevolutionary actions. Considering himself a "freedom fighter", he fought against the command of the Soviet Union, Sandinismo and Fidel Castro. Although at one point he was the FBI's target, he ends his fighting days as a condottiero for the CIA and unbelieving of everything. Disenchantment leads him to fight for his fate and to find an ally in Valentina, whom he meets in Paris and with whom he begins a relationship of interests; in her own way, she is too a survivor mercenary. This work offers a point of reference for those who wonder about the enemies that the Latin American left faced, and is the result of interviews with Falcon and the study of files carried out by Wendy Guerra, daughter of guerrilla idealism who has jumped the fence to take a look at the other side. What the critics have said about the author and her work: "'Everyone leaves is one of the great sentimental educations of Latin American literature." Christopher Domínguez Michael, Letras Libres «Nirvana del Risco is the first black Cuban heroine who is depicted naked, open and blatant before what many hide because of prejudices: bisexuality, racism, politics, fear and close intimacy with the enemy# The tragic fate of this heroin narrates a sensitive and little explored part of Latin American women's literature. With a magical and contemporary language, the author invites us to a unique journey bathed by sublime black tears.» (Sobre Negra) Viceversa «Sunday of Revolution moves between autobiography and metafiction, between the anguish of the writer and the examination of the construction of her work. This novel is even more incisive than all the rest that Wendy Guerra had written earlier." Maikel Ramírez, oigopalabra

AK Digital releases "The Remade Parent", by Brett Hetherington

After Matthew Tree’s SNUG’s success, and becoming the eighth title in a catalogue that includes works by authors such as Emilio Calderón or Pedro L. Yúfera, AK Digital releases its first essay: The Remade Parent, by Brett Hetherington. Staff writer for Catalonia Today magazine and commentator for Australia’s ABC radio, Hetherington, who has been living in Catalonia since 2006, explains in detail the challenges of parenthood today, analyzes the different roles and proposes a new type of parent: one that is «thoughtful, understanding and physically present». «An original and much-needed book», in Matthew Tree’s words, that will appeal to all those who are beginning the adventure of parenthood. The Remade Parent will be available soon on Amazon (print on demand). 

Muñoz Ledo, Norma

She was born in Mexico City on Christmas Eve, 1967. She is one of Mexico’s leading writers of children’s and young adult literature. Norma weaves her narrative worlds from curiosity, research into the diverse topics that interest her, keen observation, and a sense of wonder. Some of her stories—such as Matemágicas, Bestiario de seres fantásticos mexicanos, and Supernaturalia—stem from her desire to highlight the strength and symbolic presence of Mexican traditions and mythology. She is the author of more than thirty books for children and young readers, including the aforementioned titles as well as El nuevo restaurante de Pierre Quintonil, Polvo de estrellas, Peligro de suerte, Tú y Yo, El taller del ermitaño, and Los cazadores del Big Bang. Photos: Copyright Maj Lindström

El expreso del sol

"Marina", by Carlos Ruiz Zafón, enthusiastically reviewed in "The Guardian"

Marina, by Carlos Ruiz Zafón, has been enthusiastically reviewed in the teen books section of the prestigious british newspaper The Guardian. Published in England by Weidenfeld & Nicholson last September (in Spain it came out in 1999 in Edebé), the novel (the fourth written by Carlos Ruiz Zafón, just before his best seller The Shadow of the Wind in 2001) has been deemed by alanahbee as «a fine piece of well-crafted, intriguing, chilling literature». Ruiz Zafon's style has also been celebrated, being deemed as «a feat in itself» and highlighting its «beauty». Its treatment of teenage angst is compared to the one in such important books as The Catcher in the Rye; the review ends with a clear statement: «Marina should soon become a modern classic and I can't sing its praises enough». The review can be read in the newspapers' webpage.

Murillo, Catalina

Catalina Murillo fue a la Escuela Internacional de Cine (EICTV) de Cuba a estudiar guion audiovisual y ahí cuajó su vocación de narradora de historias. Al volver de Cuba, escribió la crónica de viaje Largo domingo cubano y terminó la carrera de Ciencias de la Comunicación en la Universidad de Costa Rica. Pronto migró a España, su otra patria. En Madrid vivió una década, trabajando como guionista de cine y tv, y como profesora en los Talleres Fuentetaja. Actualmente reside en Costa Rica, donde se ha decantado mayoritariamente por la narrativa. Ha publicado las novelas Marzo todopoderoso, Tiembla, memoria y Maybe Managua; la crónica de estampas gallegas Corredoiras y Eloísa vertical, libro de no ficción basado en la vida alucinada y alucinante de una esquizofrénica gallega. Es Murillo una escritora “todoterreno”, como dice Sergio Ramírez, y también ha escrito una obra de teatro, Dulcinea herstoria, que se representó en el Teatro Nacional de Costa Rica. Estudió de los 7 a los 17 en el Liceo Francés. Desde niña escribía cuentos, diarios y un periódico mural El Espeluznante, en los pasillos de su casa.

Lunas de diciembre

"Me, Who Dove into the Heart of the World", by Sabina Berman, nominated to the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award 2014

Me, Who Dove into the Heart of the World, by Sabina Berman (Destino), appears in the 15th position in the list of nominees to the prestigious International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award 2014, which is rewarded with 100.000 euros. The winner has to overcome three selection phases: in the first one, the responsibles of the public libraries in different countries choose the books; in the second, an international jury reduces the amount of titles; in the third one, a group of authors and literary reviewers select the winner. Some of the authors rewarded with this price are Orhan Pamuk, Michel Houellebecq, Javier Marías, Herta Müller or Colm Tóibín. Berman’s novel, the tender portrait of a peculiar and unforgettable female character, has been published in 33 countries, achieving an unanimous success. Her new novel, Darwin’s God, will appear in Destino in 2014.

Padilla, Ignacio

La obra narrativa y ensayística de Ignacio Padilla ha sido traducida a más de quince idiomas y le ha granjeado una docena de premios nacionales e internacionales, entre ellos, el Premio Primavera Novela 2000, por su novela "Amphitryon", el Premio Mazatlán de Literatura 2006, por su novela "La Gruta del Toscano", y el Premio de Novela La otra orilla, por su novela "El daño no es de ayer". En 2001 publicó el volumen de cuentos "Las antípodas y el siglo", con el que inició la tetralogía Micropedia, cuya segunda parte la forma "El androide y las quimeras" (2008). Ha sido galardono con el Premio Nacional de Dramaturgia otorgado por el Gobierno del Estado de Baja California, 2008; con el Premio Nacional de Obra de Teatro para Niños que otorga el Gobierno del Estado de Coahuila, 2008; y con el Premio Internacional Juan Rulfo de cuento, por su obra "Los anacrónicos". La revista francesa Lire lo enlista entre los cincuenta narradores más importantes para el siglo XXI. Es también autor de los ensayos "El diablo y Cervantes "(Premio Guillermo Rousset Banda), "Cervantes en los infiernos" (Premio Manuel Alvar de Estudios Humanísticos 2011), "La vida íntima de los encendedores" (Premio Málaga 2008), "Arte y olvido del terremoto" (Premio Luis Cardoza y Aragón de Crítica de Artes Plásticas 2008) y "La isla de las tribus perdidas" (Premio Debate-Casa de América 2010).

Más de 555 millones podemos leer este libro sin traducción

"La tristeza del samurái", by Víctor del Ýrbol, translated into Polish

La tristeza del samurái (The Sadness of the Samurai), by Víctor del Árbol (Alrevés), was published in the Polish publishing house Albatros the last 26th of November. It’s the last country to launch this successful thriller with accents of historic novel, after having been published in the United States (Henry Holt & Co.), Brazil (Companhía das Letras), Italy (Mondadori), The Netherlands (Uitgeverij De Fontein), Romania (TREI), Macedonia (Club Matica), Israel (Armchair Publishing House) and France (Actes Sud), where it was awarded the Prix du Polar Européen 2012 to the best European thriller. Víctor del Árbol, author also of Respirar por la herida (Breathe by the wound, Alrevés, 2013), will publish his new novel in Destino in 2014. 

Pajares, Santiago

Santiago Pajares (Madrid, 1979) compaginó durante nueve años su trabajo como informático con la escritura. A los veinticinco años debutó como novelista con El paso de la hélice. Más adelante publicó La mitad de uno (2006), El lienzo (2009) y La lluvia de Ionah (2016). Su obra ha sido celebrada por la crítica internacional y publicada en países como Francia, Rusia, China, Brasil, Japón y Holanda, entre otros. Su trabajo como guionista también le ha hecho merecedor de más de cien galardones en todo el mundo.

Máquinas Voladoras

- WINNER OF FUNDACIÓN CUATRO GATOS PRIZE 2019 - Sixteen poems —doors that lead the reader through a magical geography of daily or fantastic scenarios, which foster encounters with familiar characters— "My grandmother was of ashes / corn and water" — or legendary and amazing— such as Arctic the old man, "Whale hunter / and three meter beard" —. Reality and dream carry on a dialogue in verses of excellent workmanship, enhanced with suggestive illustrations. A book to discover that authentic poetry, like the voices of old fairies, is a mystery always waiting to be revealed. Illustrations by Clau Degliuomini 

Juan Pedro Aparicio presents "Nuestros hijos volarán con el siglo" (Our Sons Will Fly with the Century) in Madrid's Instituto Cervantes

Juan Pedro Aparicio changes the direction of his career, lately focused on short stories, and publishes the work on which he has been working for the last 10 years, Nuestros hijos volarán con el siglo (Our Sons Will Fly with the Century) (Salto de Página), the story of the turbulent escape from Spain of Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos, in a ship, the Volante, that had to face a wild storm and the assault of a group of pirates in what became an 8-day odissey. The portrait of the statesman, a mixture of historic and adventure novel and biographical profile, allows us to track the seeds of the present in events that took place more than 200 years ago, and details us the complex personality of a politician that rejected the francophilism that was customary in those times, influenced instead by British politics and confronted to the Church because of his views. The book was presented last 20th of November in Madrid’s Instituto Cervantes, in an act that counted with the intervention of renowned personalities such as the novelist and filmmaker Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón, the professor and Cervantes’ president Víctor García de la Concha and Pedro de Silva Cienfuegos-Jovellanos, descendent of the politician. Writers such as Luis Mateo Díez or José María Merino were amongst the audience. 

Palova, Mariana

Mariana Palova (Mariana Paola Urzúa Pulido) es una escritora y artista digital nacida en Jalisco, México, en 1990. Su trabajo visual, una mezcla personal de ocultismo y mitología, ha sido galardonado a nivel nacional y presentado en más de cincuenta exposiciones artísticas alrededor del mundo. Su primera novela (La Nación de las Bestias: El señor del Sabbath) fue primero autopublicada en español logrando posicionarse como un éxito de ventas gracias a su increíble originalidad. Posteriormente, en 2018, ésta fue adquirida por Editorial Océano México para su reedición en español y por la editorial Mage’s Lantern en Los Ángeles (EEUU) para su traducción y publicación en inglés. Dicha novela fue ganadora del premio a Mejor Libro de Fantasía del Año otorgado por la prestigiosa revista Foreword Magazine en los Estados Unidos, enmarcando a Mariana Palova como una de las escritoras de literatura juvenil actual más interesantes de Latinoamérica. Instagram: @marianapalova

Parra, Sofía

Sofía Parra escritora, comunicadora y especialista en marketing digital se crió en Priego, Cuenca. En 2016 publicó su primera obra: De ti para mí, un libro autoconclusivo de fantasía urbana.  En 2020 comenzó a publicar la trilogía: El lamento de las flores compuesta por 'Gazania', 'Juliet y Dalia' y 'Melisa'. Una saga de thriller psicológico ambientada en España y cuyos casos de investigación están relacionados con tres cuentos clásicos de los hermanos Grimm.  Entre medias, en 2021, hizo una incursión en el género romántico con la obra 'Como lágrimas en la lluvia'

Latest International Publications

We're pleased to see how our author's titles keep on seeing the light of day in other countries. The last ones we have received in the agency are the following: * Misión Olvido, by María Dueñas, has been published in The Netherlands under the title De wereld vergeten by Wereldbibliotheek. * Prométeme que serás libre, by Jorge Molist, has been published by S. Fischer in Germany. The title chosen for the translation is Am Horizont die Freiheit. * Bertelsmann, in Russia, has published a translation of El susurro de la mujer ballena, by Alonso Cueto. * La luz difícil, by Tomás González, has appeared in Brasil under the title A luz difícil, published by Bertrand Brasil.

La lluvia de 1979

Pérez Domínguez, Andrés

Andrés Pérez Domínguez (Sevilla, 1969): Autor de las novelas Los perros siempre ladran al anochecer (2015), El silencio de tu nombre (2012), El violinista de Mauthausen (2009, Premio Ateneo de Sevilla y finalista del premio Espartaco en la Semana Negra de Gijón), El síndrome de Mowgli (2008, Premio Luis Berenguer), El factor Einstein (2008) y La clave Pinner (2004, finalista del memorial Silverio Cañada en la Semana Negra de Gijón); las novelas cortas Los mejores años (2002) y Duarte (2002); las colecciones de cuentos El centro de la Tierra (2009, finalista del premio Setenil al mejor libro de cuentos publicado en España) y Estado provisional (2001); y el relato Ojos Tristes (2001).

House of Anansi wins the Giller

Lynn Coady’s short story collection Hellgoing won Canada’s biggest prize for fiction, the Scotiabank Giller Prize. House of Anansi Press, her Toronto-based publisher, had also published Coady’s novel The Antagonist, which was shortlisted for the prize in 2011.She has also been shortlisted to the Gobernor General’s Literary Award and the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humourm, and has four times made The Globe and Mail’s annual list of Top 100 Books. Spanish rights for the short story collection are available through the Antonia Kerrigan Literary Agency. 

El cielo en la ventana

Clara y Clarissa

Antonio Machado Train Awards 2013

Mercedes de Vega, author of the novel El profesor de inglés (The English Professor), was awarded with an honorable mention, for her short story The Last Time I saw My Brother, in the Antonio Machado Train Awards 2013, for the Spanish Railway Foundation and the Antonio Machado Spanish Foundation. The announcement and presentation of the Train Awards took place on the 28th of October, the commemorative date of “Train Day” in memory of the first functioning railway on the peninsula, connecting Barcelona and Mataró. For this year’s awards 849 participants presented themselves from 21 countries and with 981 books, 366 poems and 615 short stories. The poems and short story selected as finalists have been compiled in a book that will be published in December 2013 as part of the Train Awards collection.

Pitol, Sergio

Sergio Pitol (México,1933) es autor de ocho libros de cuentos, entre ellos Vals de Mefisto, que fue editado en España por Anagrama y galardonado (con el título original Nocturno de Bujara) con el Premio Xavier Villaurrutia al mejor libro de relatos publicado en México en 1982, y cinco novelas, El tañido de una flauta (1972), Juegos florales (1982), El desfile del amor (1984), galardonada con el Premio Herralde de Novela, Domar a la divina garza (1988) y La vida conyugal (1991), publicadas en esta colección. Estas tres últimas obras, aunque independientes entre sí, han sido editadas como Tríptico del Carnaval. También se han publicado sus libros a caballo entre diversos géneros literarios El arte de la fuga (1997), El viaje (2001) y El mago de Viena (2005), reunidos en Trilogía de la Memoria. Posteriormente ha aparecido su antología personal Los mejores cuentos (2005). Sergio Pitol ha recibido incontables galardones, entre los que destacan los dos premios más prestigiosos en lengua española para la obra de una vida: el Juan Rulfo en México y el Cervantes en España.

Queralt, María Pilar

María Pilar Queralt del Hierro, licenciada en Historia Moderna y Contemporánea por la Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, ha sido profesora universitaria y editora. Desde el año 2000 se dedica exclusivamente a la divulgación histórica mediante colaboraciones en distintos medios de comunicación a fin de acercar la historia hasta el gran público y para ello aborda indistintamente el ensayo biográfico y la novela histórica. Lo hace en ambos casos con un único eje discursivo: el estudio de la figura femenina. Entre sus obras destaca la trilogía de novela histórica Inés de Castro, Leonor y La rosa de Coimbra, en torno tres figuras capitales de la historia de Portugal. La primera, ha merecido ser objeto de estudio en diversas universidades portuguesas y es de lectura obligatoria en la Escuela Superior del Profesorado de la Universidad de Lisboa. Su última novela es Las damas del rey (2011) calificado por la crítica como “un ameno e instructivo viaje por la Europa del Renacimiento escrito con gran preciosismo literario y cuidado lenguaje sobre una documentación bien fundamentada “ En 2012, su ensayo biográfico “Las mujeres de Felipe II. Deber y pasión en la casa del rey” ha sido galardonado con el IX Premio Algaba de Biografía e Investigaciones Históricas.  

Las noches todas

Esteban is a retired university professor who decides to dedicate himself to gardening and minimize his relationships with others to the bare minimum. But this decision will not only bring him practical problems - how to confront his wicked neighbor, how could one not admire that enigmatic woman who settles in, or get excited about all that which is human - all while struggling to death to create a garden that represents his ideal of beauty. This will also bring him face to face with a vital question: does that beauty of the world justify our suffering and existence? "The Nights All" is a beautiful initiation novel at the end of life. Its protagonist carries the pride of one who embarks on an impossible enterprise with the sole purpose of making sense of the fact of being alive. And in the refuge that is his garden, surrounded by indelible characters who help or prevent him from achieving his goal, he strives so that not everything turns into chaos and darkness there. Thanks to his extraordinary writing, Tomás González portrays with contained exaltation and deep intuitions the drama of a stubborn man, who in his double failure - the impossibility of taming nature and the inability to avoid contact with others - ends up vindicating his own humanity. His conflict is both deep, moving and light, and makes one shudder as when the essence of life is understood and the movement of a feather pushed by the force of air is admired with fascination.

José María Merino awarded with the National Narrative Prize (Spain's Culture Ministery)

The Literary Agency Antonia Kerrigan wants to congratulate the author José María Merino for receiving, the well deserved,  Premio Nacional de Narrativa 2013 (National Narrative Award 2013) for his novel; The River of Eden (El río de edén) published in 2012 by  Editorial Alfaguara. José María Merino is a member of the Real Academia Española  (Spanish Royal Academy) and has received various awards for his works that include, narrative, young adult literature, short stories, essays and poems. His first novel, The Novel by Andrés Choz, (La Novela de Andrés Choz)  published in 1976, won the Novel and Short Story Award. In 1985 he was distinguished with the Critics Awards for his novel; The Dark Shore, (La orilla oscura). In 1993 he was given the National Young Adult and Children’s Literature Award for; I’m Not a Book, (No soy un libro). The novel Lucrecia’s Visions, (Las visiones de Lucrecia) (1996) received the Miguel Delibes Narrative award. In 2004, the novel The Heir, (El heredero) won the Ramón Gómez de la Serna Award and The Place without Guilt, (El lugar sin culpa), won the Torrente Ballester Award. The River of Eden; (El río del edén) has also won the critic Award of Castilla and León. The jury highlighted The River of Eden as: “a book in which the author has adopted a second auto-reflexive voice in order to bring life to a familiar micro-cosmos, that revolves around a boy with a disability and the crisis that his appearance provokes on family life. It is a technically risky work that has been well resolved, and that gains tension as the story advances and its crucial problems, like the right to a dignified death, find themselves perfectly exposed.”

Ramírez de Haro, Iñigo

Es Ingeniero Aeronáutico, Diplomático, Filó - logo, doctorando en Filosofía y escritor. Como dramaturgo, actor y director ha estrenado más de veinte obras de teatro en Europa, América y África y ha sido traducido a múltiples len - guas. Sus obras incluyen desde las primerizas Hoy no puedo trabajar porque estoy enamorado o Extinción hasta las muy recientes Tu arma se - creta contra la celulitis rebelde o Trágala, trágala representada en el Teatro Español de Madrid. Su próximo estreno será La caída del Impe - rio humano. Ya ha escrito sobre el fascinante mundo de la aristocracia en tragicomedias como La duquesa al hoyo… y la viuda al bo - llo o el ensayo El caso Medina Sidonia, teoría y práctica del ducado más antiguo de España.  Es el XX marqués de Cazaza en África, títu - lo concedido por una moribunda Isabel la Católica en 1504 al tercer duque de Medina Sidonia, por conquistar la ciudad donde se refugió Boabdil tras perder Granada y verter unas lágrimas. 

Sara y las goleadoras 1 - Creando equipo

This is the story of Sara, her passion for football, and how she manages to get ten friends interested in the game. They all share the same school, hobby, friends and enemies… Learning to play will not be the most difficult challenge…

Apocalypse Z: The Beginning of the End, published in Poland

The first book of the bestselling trilogy written by Manel Louriero, Apocalypse Z: The Beginning of the End, was published in Poland at the beginning of the October, by MUZA Publishing House (Apokalipsa Z, Poczatek Konca, translated by Joanna Ostrowska y Grzegorz Ostrowski). With its release, the publishing house invited the author to visit the city of Warsaw and to inaugurate the promotion for this novel. During his stay Manel Loureiro was able to visit with his editors and speak with the press. MUZA is extremely optimistic about the zombie trilogy and is already preparing for the next two releases.

International and national deal news (October 2013)

Here there are the latest deals done after and during the Frankfurt Book Fair:   Rights of El paso de la hélice by Santiago Pajares has been acquired by Destino (World Spanish), Objetiva (Brazil – two book deal in pre-empt), Rizzoli (Italy – pre-empt), Signatuur (The Netherlands - pre-empt), and Libri (Hungary – pre-empt).     La lluvia de Ionah (Ionah´s Rain) by Santiago Pajares has been acquired by Destino (World Spanish), and Objetiva (Brazil – two book deal in pre-empt). Czech rights of El Mapa del Cielo (The Map of the Sky) by Félix J. Palma have been sold to Host Publishing. Russian rights of Tiempo de cenizas (The ashes of time) by Jorge Molist have been sold to Bertelsmann Media. World Spanish rights of Het bloed in onze aderen (The Blood in our veins) by Miquel Bulnes have been acquired by Grupo Planeta. World Spanish rights of Girl Runner by Carrie Snyder to Alfaguara in a pre-empt.

Ramírez, Sergio

Nicaragua, 1942 Sergio Ramírez was born in 1942 in Masatepe, Nicaragua. He published his first short stories at the age of eighteen. Whilst studying law he founded the literary magazine “Ventana” (“Window”) and in 1970 published his first novel, Tiempo de fulgor (Glaring Times). Since then till Tongolele no sabía bailar (Tongolele did not know how to dance) there have appeared Ya nadie llora por mí (No One No Longer Cries for Me, Alfaguara, 2017), Un baile de mascaras (Masked Ball), Castigo Divino (Divine Punishment) (Premio Dashiel Hammett in 1990), Margarita está linda la mar (Margarita How Beautiful the Sea) (Premio Alfaguara in 1998), Mil y una muertes (One Thousand and One Deaths), La Fugitiva, (The Fugitive), or the detective novel El cielo llora por mi (The Sky Cries for Me). Another of his constant genres has been the short story, of which stand out the volumes El reino animal (Animal Kingdom), Perdón y olvido (Forgivness and Oblivion), Flores oscuras (Dark Flowers) and his Personal Anthology, 50 Years of Short Stories (Oceáno Mexico, 2017). But also the recollection, Adiós muchachos (Goodbye Fellows, 1999), the essay Mentiras verdaderas (True Lies, 2001) and the indefatigable oped writer. His books have been translated into 20 languages. His latest novel is Ese día cayó en domingo (That Day Fell on a Sunday, 2022). • Cervantes Prize 2017 • Premio Iberoamericano de Letras José Donoso, awarded by the Universidad de Talca, Chile, 2011 • Premio Panamá Negro. Feria Internacional del Libro, Panamá, 2017. • Premio Carlos Fuentes a la Creación Literaria (Spanish language), awarded in México, 2014. • Premio del Festival Internacional Metrópolis Bleu, Montreal, Canadá, 2011 • Premio Latinoamericano José María Arguedas, 2000 • Premio Alfaguara de Novela, 1998 • Prix Laure Bataillon, 1998 • Premio Internacional Dashiel Hammett de Novela ,1995 • Named Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (France, 1993) www.sergioramirez.com/

Sara y las goleadoras 2 - Las chicas somos guerreras

Una tumba en el aire

On the night of March 24, 1973, three young Spaniards, Humberto, Fernando and Jorge, crossed the French border to go to Biarritz to see the The Last Tango in Paris, a film banned at that time in Franco's Spain. It is known that on that night they entered a nightclub and that a cruel fate awaited them there. Mistaken for policemen by a group of ETA members, they were kidnapped, tortured and killed. They were never heard from again. Their bodies never found. But there was always a weak point. This novel is inspired by real events and it narrates, with scrupulous verisimilitude, the story of that fateful encounter. Written with an overwhelming narrative pulse, Adolfo García Ortega recounts in it the truncated lives of those youngsters and their executioners, while portraying the social and political atmosphere that existed in 1973 in the south of France, where terrorists, considered gudaris (soldiers) of a revolutionary chimera, were preparing to intervene bloodily in Spain's dictatorship. An accurate and moving novel, in the tradition of Truman Capote and Graham Greene, A Tomb in the Air is a masterful literary work that leaves the reader shaken. Its author, in these pages, as he has done in other novels of his, does not avoid justice or tenderness and opens the door to a possible truth about events that were never clarified.

New thriller by Juan Gómez-Jurado

The international best seller author, Juan Gómez-Jurado, God´s Spy, The Mosses Expedition and The Traitor´s Emblem comes back with a new frenetic book, TIPPING POINT, that in author´s words is described as: “A frantic and vibrant thriller, that won’t give you time to catch your breath and that will make the reader question their position regarding work, honor and family.” Foreign rights:   “Author of GOD'S SPY and THE MOSES EXPEDITION, Juan Gomez Jurado's TIPPING POINT, in which a brain surgeon, victim of a criminally terrifying rogue surveillance, is forced to choose between ending the life of the president of the United States or witnessing a horrifying death for his kidnapped daughter at the hands of his implacable pursuer, again to Johanna Castillo at Atria and again to Kirsty Dunseath at Orion, by  The Colchie Agency on behalf of the Antonia Kerrigan Literary Agency in Barcelona. Foreign rights to Planeta in Spain, and to DTV in Germany, in a preempt, by the Antonia Kerrigan Literary Agency.”                                          Source: Publishers Lunch, October 07, 2013

Reimóndez, María

  María Reimóndez es una de las autoras y traductoras más destacadas y prolíficas de Galicia. Aunque su primer libro fue un poemario (Moda galega, Ed. Positivas 2002) y haya publicado cinco más desde entonces (uno de ellos en alemán), es más conocida por sus obras en prosa para adultos y niños y por sus libros de no ficción.  Ha sido galardonada con algunos de los premios más prestigiosos de Galicia, como el San Clemente por O club da calceta (Xerais 2006), el Premio Xerais de Novela por Dende o conflito (Xerais 2014), el Premio Autora del Año en 2014, el Frei Martín Sarmiento por Lía e as zapatillas de deporte (Xerais 2008) y el Agustín Fernández Paz por Fóra do Normal (Xerais 2018). Reimóndez ha dado conferencias y clases en diferentes universidades y países, incluyendo estancias en Villa Waldberta en Múnich, en la Hofstra and Colgate University de Nueva York, la Universidad de Varsovia o la Universidad de Madrás en Tamil Nadu, por mencionar algunas.  Ha sido traducida a varios idiomas y su obra ha sido objeto de estudio de numerosos trabajos académicos. Es conocida por su estilo único, radical y creativo; su aproximación feminista y descolonizadora a la literatura y su firme compromiso social.  Ahora mismo, está trabajando en el ambicioso proyecto O ciclo dos elementos, una serie de novelas (7 en total, de las cuales 5 ya han sido publicadas) que pueden ser leídas individualmente pero, si se leen todas juntas, revelan un universo de mujeres que se apoyan las unas a las otras para superar diferentes obstáculos. Al mismo tiempo, continúa escribiendo literatura infantil, no ficción, poesía y teatro.

Mi tío Pachunga

Eva thinks that she is not a very fortunate girl: every day she wakes up with a new question that the Internet can’t answer. She doesn’t have friends, at school nobody notices her, and her parents argue all the time. On top of that, Eva has a serious problem: she still hasn’t decided what she wants to be when she grows up. But everything changes when her parents decide to take a trip, on their therapist’s advice, and Eva has to stay for several weeks with her uncle Antonio, a man she hardly knows and whom she has only seen at family reunions. But as of that moment, uncle and niece develop a very dear relationship—a relationship that will change both of their lives.

International deal news

1. “Dr. Roberto Canessa and author (and fellow Uruguayan) Pablo Vierci's THE DOCTOR FROM THE MOUNTAIN, whose teachings in neonatal heart medicine stem from his "impossible" survival, as a pre-med student and rugby player, in the devastating 1972 Andes plane crash, to Atria, on exclusive submission, by Thomas Colchie at The Colchie Agency (world English and North American Spanish).” Publishers Lunch, September 27, 2013 Rights in Spanish (except for USA), France, Holand, Germany, Portugal and Brazil are available through Antonia Kerrigan Literary Agency on behalf The Colchie Agency.   2. "Novelist and career diplomat Edgard Telles Ribeiro's Brazilian PEN Prize winner (2011), HIS OWN MAN, a Machiavellian tale of a charismatic young diplomat in Brazil's Foreign Ministry who renounces his past ideals and becomes an informer after the military coup of 1964, navigating the shadow world of international deception and surveillance in a chilling depiction of political ambition, power, and betrayal, to Judith Gurewich at Other Press (US English rights) by Thomas Colchie of the Colchie Agency on behalf of Henry Rosenbloom at Scribe Publishing in London and Melbourne, with world English (Melbourne, April 2014; London, June 2014; and New York, Sept 2014) and Spanish publication set for next year's 50th anniversary of the 1964 coup in Brazil. World Spanish rights to Pilar Reyes at Alfaguara by the Antonia Kerrigan agency in Barcelona on behalf of the Colchie Agency." Publishers Lunch, September 30, 2013 Rights in France, Holand, Germany, Portugal and Brazil are available through Antonia Kerrigan Literary Agency on behalf The Colchie Agency. 

Restrepo, Laura

The Colombian author Laura Restrepo has been a professor of literature at the National University of Colombia, as well as editor of the Bogota weekly magazine Semana, where she covered the drug trade for 12 years.  In 1984, she was a member of the Peace Commission that brought the Colombian government and the guerrillas to the negotiating table, an experience she later recorded in her first book History of a Hope (1986).  More recently she has received a Guggenheim Fellowship in fiction, held a Distinguished Professorship at Cornell University, and travelled with Doctors Without Borders to Yemen, to write about the refugee crisis there.  Restrepo is the author of nine novels and novellas, published in over 20 languages. They include Isle of Passion (1989), Leopard in the Sun (1993, which when  republished in Spain in 2001, won the Premio Arzobispo San Clemente), The Angel of Galilea (1995, Premio Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz in Mexico and Prix France Culture, both in 1997),  The Dark Bride (1999,  which became a bestseller throughout Latin America), A Tale of the Dispossessed (2001), The Scent of Invisible Roses (2002), No Place for Heroes (2009), and Hot Sur (2012).  Her best known novel  Delirium  (2004) confirmed her critical reputation internationally as a major voice from the Spanish-speaking world.  Winner of the prestigious Premio Alfaguara 2004 in Spain  (with a jury headed by Nobel author José Saramago), shortlisted in French for the Prix de Meilleur Livre Étranger 2005, awarded the Italian Premio Grinzane Cavour 2006, the novel sold over a quarter of a million copies in Spanish alone. In 2007, she received the VI Premio Nacional de Literatura de Colombia for her body of work. Restrepo currently divides her time between Mexico and Spain. Her most recent novel, Canción de antoguos amantes (Song of Ancient Lovers), was released in 2022. Praise for RESTREPO  “An impeccable writer and a courageous person.” --ISABEL ALLENDE “Laura Restrepo breathes life into a singular amalgam of journalistic investigation and literary creation. Thus, the wretchedness and violence which nest in the heart of Colombian society are always present; but also there are her fascination with popular culture and the play of her impeccable humor, of that biting but at the same time tender irony that saves her novels from any temptation toward pathos or melodrama, and infuses them with unmistakable reading pleasure.”--GABRIEL GARCÍA MÁRQUEZ "Restrepo has a total mastery over what she writes, an astonishing but absolute mastery.”--JOSÉ SARAMAGO

Dentro de ti ver o mar (I can See de Sea inside You), by Inês Pedrosa

Inês Pedrosa (Portugal, 1962) is a television and radio journalist, a columnist for both the Portuguese weekly paper Sol and for the magazine Ler and is the director of the Casa Fernando Pessoa in Lisbon, she is also one of the most recognized contemporary Portuguese authors. In 2010 she was the winner of the “Prémio Máximo de Literatura” with her novel; Os Íntimos. Her books have been published in Brazil, Italy, Spain and Germany. Her latest novel, Dentro de ti ver o mar (Dom Quixote, Portugal, 2012), was recently published in Brazil by Alfaguara Editorial. I see the Sea inside You is a bold and original novel written in several layers that tangle together to tell the story of three independent women and the two men that accompany them. “A novel that deserves to be read. Its endowed with qualities of form and depth that characterize it as the best novel by this author.” Miguel Real, JL – Journal; Letras, Artes e Ideias

Reverter, Emma

Licenciada en Derecho y Periodismo, Emma Reverter vive en Nueva York, donde trabaja como asesora de comunicación del Instituto Cervantes de Nueva York y como periodista para diversas publicaciones, entre las que destacan La Vanguardia y National Geographic. Reverter se ha especializado en cuestiones vinculadas a derechos humanos. Desde 2001 escribe sobre derechos humanos para el diario catalán AVUI y en 2004 publicó el libro Guantánamo, prisioneros en el limbo de la legalidad internacional (Editorial Península), una reflexión de su visita a la base naval de Guantánamo, que visitó invitada por el Pentágono. Desde la publicación de Guantánamo ha colaborado activamente con el Centro de Derechos Constitucionales de Nueva York (CCR en sus siglas en inglés) –una de las fuentes del libro- y con The Innocence Project; una organización que ha conseguido liberar a más de 200 condenados a muerte mediante pruebas de ADN que han demostrado su inocencia, y para la que realiza traducciones para sus clientes hispanos. En 2005 participó junto con Paul Auster, Sulman Rushdie y otros diez autores miembros del PEN Club en una lectura en el auditorio del Cooper Union de Nueva York a favor de los derechos humanos y del cierre de las cárceles americanas de Guantánamo e Irak.

In Vino Veritas

Inspector Oteiza faces the most important case of her career. History, Nazi plundering, intrigue and wine, in a fast-paced investigation that will change her forever. The theft of one of the best preserved mosaics in Europe leads Inspector Oteiza, from the Historical Heritage Brigade of the Judicial Police, to move to a small town in Burgos to investigate the case. Everything changes for her when her boss decides to include her in a highly complex investigation: the disappearance of some valuable bottles of wine from vintages prior to World War II. This kicks off a journey that begins in Madrid, continues in San Sebastian during the Film Festival and ends in the Bordeaux vineyards. A fascinating journey in which Oteiza will count on the collaboration of Édouard DeauVille -wine expert and owner of a château-, with whom an undeniable chemistry will emerge. As her investigation progresses she will not only discover a passion for wine, but also the struggle of French winemakers to defend themselves from Nazi plundering during the war, their collaboration with the Resistance during the occupation, and the existence of works of art that hid and still hide great mysteries. A complex maze that will pit her against the dark ghosts of her own past, and in which her routine and solitary life will take a surprising turn: nothing will ever be the same for her. History, wine, art, action and eroticism become the parameters of a novel of great intensity that captivates from the first to the last page.   Reviews: «The author creates a very interesting mix of crime novel with the right touches of eroticism, all wrapped up in the exciting world of wine. Highly recommended. » Amazon «The investigation that one needs to get reacquainted with suspense.» Glamor «This novel has ingredients that make it a captivating work from the first to the last page.» Vinetur Magazine

Rey, Jacinto

Jacinto Rey estudió la carrera de Ciencias Económicas entre España e Inglaterra y ha trabajado durante los últimos años para diversas empresas multinacionales en Alemania y Suiza. Su primera novela, publicada en el año 2007, “El Cirujano de las Indias”, mostraba la cara y la cruz de la colonización española en América del Sur. “El último cliente” (2009) y “El hombre y el Cairo” (2011) representan sus primeras incursiones en el género policiaco. Políglota y viajero impenitente, reside en la actualidad en Francia.

Arturo Leal y el perro fantasma

  Arturo's aunt asks him to help her in her dog grooming salon. On the first day of work, the kid causes a small flood, and to escape from his aunt's scolding, he goes to the neighborhood park. It is there that he meets Paloma, a Chinese girl, who shows up with her cat that she happened to bring along so that Arturo's dad examines it at his veterinary clinic. Chatting away, the children discover that they go to the same school. One night, Arturo is visited by a ghost dog. He doesn't like animals, and he doesn't understand why a dog's ghost has chosen him to help him. The two children will try to find out what is happening and will live an exciting adventure.  

Dora Maar, after Picasso, there’s only God.

Victoria Combalía has a doctorate in Art History and is a professor at Barcelona University, she has written several books about Picasso and Miró. Over the past twenty years, Combalía has dedicated herself to unraveling the mysteries that surround the life of Picasso’s most desperate muse, Dora Maar. «Dora Maar» published by CIRCE Ediciones, is the result of a series of conversations  with the painter and photographer that took place during the summer of 1993 and the investigation after consulting over 2,000 documents  posterior to the death of the artist, which helped to complete the fractured image of Picasso’s lover. An essential book for understanding this photographer and member of the surrealist movement, who documented with her camera the entire process of the painting of the most famous mural in the world: El Guernica.

The adaptation for TV of the bestseller “El tiempo entre costuras” (The Seamstress)

Last Friday, the 6th of September, television networks Antena 3 and Boomerang TV presented the pilot episode of the series El tiempo entre costuras (The Seamstress), during a party for the Vitoria-Gasteiz Television Festival (FesTVal). The adaptation for television of the novel written by María Dueñas and translated into more than 30 languages, is the much anticipated Autumn Prime Time launch for Spanish television. From Bestseller to TV success << El tiempo entre costuras (The Seamstress)>> is going to have the same success as the book has. The story of Sira is exciting and it has everything one could wish for entertainment: romance, adventure, passion, betrayal, unforgettable moments from our History, danger… Through the life of the protagonist, we don’t only pass through part of Spanish History but also all of the feelings and emotions that a human being can go through. You are magically struck with empathy for Sira. <>, commented Adriana Ugarte.                                                                                                 Newspaper ABC 09/07/2013 Editorial Planeta published a special edition for the series on its Booket label (paperback). We can get a glimpse, on the cover, of Sira Quiroga, played by the actress Adriana Ugarte.

Richardson, Vincas

  Vincas Richardson (seudónimo) es un escritor de raíces venezolanas y lituanas. Licenciado en Filología Hispánica por la Universidad de Salamanca, continuó sus estudios realizando el Máster en Edición del BSM (Universitat Pompeu Fabra). Desde 2014 ha trabajado en el sector editorial, primero como jefe de prensa y posteriormente como editor. Wody (Minotauro, 2022) es su primera novela.

Voraces

  A novel about poets, romantics and exiles who fought for freedom La Coruña, 1854. The arrival of a strange ship triggers a cholera epidemic in the city. Juana de Vega, widow of General Espoz y Mina, hero of the War of Independence and passionate liberal, is one of the few people who can face the disease's virulence and tackle devastation and death. Juana has lived through this situation before and knows that with cholera there is another epidemic, something even darker and more dangerous that has arrived on the ship and that only she knows. London, 1831. The Spanish liberals survive as best they can there, beset by royalist spies. In the wake of his beloved, Teresa Mancha, and fleeing the repression of King Felon, José de Espronceda meets Generals Espoz y Mina and José María Torrijos, obsessed with Spain's freedom and willing to risk their lives to put an end to absolutism. Both have the support and collaboration of their wives, Juana de Vega and Carlota Álvarez de Torrijos. Both plots come together in an ending in which the yearning for freedom and the thirst for blood will compete to win a deadly battle to in which romanticism will be the true protagonist.

Enero y tú desnuda

  January's life seemed to run smoothly along a path marked in advance: studies, work, wedding, mortgage ... until everything went haywire and he ended up locked up in a psychiatric hospital for five years. Ever since, the medication produces memory lapses, and to counteract it he combines the tranquilizers with speed. He survives following an eccentric routine which purpose he no longer recalls: on Mondays he travels by train to the town of his childhood, where no one lives anymore, on Tuesdays he visits an old man in an old folks home, on Wednesdays he shoots rats with a catapult in the pool at his ex's chalet, on Thursdays he goes to karate classes, on Fridays he drives a tractor through the city at rush hour, on Saturdays he participates in a radio program and on Sundays he forces himself to be a plant and does nothing. But when a squatter moves into the apartment opposite his and he becomes obsessed with her, his precarious balance falls apart.  

Respirar por la herida by Víctor del Ýrbol published in France

Following the great success that his novel, The Sadness of the Samurai (La Tristesse du Samouraï, Actes Sud, 2012) received in France; Víctor del Árbol returns with this story of pain and vengeance entitled; Respirar por la herida (Le maison des chagris, Actes Sud, 2013). In Respirar por la herida, del Árbol creates a perfectly warped and complicated plot, that captures the reader like a fly in a spider’s web. Different lives with distinct origins and events that seem completely unrelated from one another are the pieces of this puzzle that will come together little by little when the reader least expects it. “Human beings know nothing about themselves. We think we know ourselves; in a secure environment we are predictable, but when we are faced with something extraordinary we don’t know how we will react until it occurs. Preconceptions are worthless. It’s not so easy to kill someone and assume the consequences, nobody can guarantee that vengeance will bring you justice or even less peace” Víctor del Árbol Víctor del Árbol has been translated into ten languages and was awarded in France with the Le Prix Le Point du Polar European 2012 for The sadness of the Samurai, for the best crime novel of the year.

Rivera de la Cruz, Marta

Marta Rivera de la Cruz es licenciada en Ciencias de la Información y especialista en Comunicación Política por la Universidad Complutense. Ganó el Premio de Novela Ateneo Joven de Sevilla 1998, por su primera novela “Que veinte años no es nada” (1998). Posteriormente ha publicado “Linus Daff, inventor de historias” (Plaza & Janés, 2000, libro que ha recuperado Planeta), “Las noches más hermosas” (2001) y “Hotel Almirante” (2002) así como el ensayo “Tristezas de amor” (2003). Ha sido finalista del Premio Planeta 2006 con su novela “En tiempo de prodigios”, y en 2008 obtuvo el Premio Anaya de Literatura Infantil y Juvenil por “La primera tarde después de Navidad”. La novela “La importancia de las cosas”, fue publicada en 2009, y “Sombras”, una obra juvenil, fue publicada en 2010. Después vinieron “La vida después” (2011), "La boda de Kate" (2013), y "Nosotros, los de entonces" (2016). La autora ha realizado también guiones de cine, y colabora habitualmente en distintos medios de comunicación audiovisuales y escritos.

Ríos San Martín, Manuel

Manuel Ríos San Martín (1965) es licenciado en Ciencias de la Información y ha trabajado en importantes productoras de televisión como Globomedia, BocaBoca y Diagonal, en las que ha ejercido de productor ejecutivo, director o guionista. Ha participado, entre otras, en Colegio Mayor, Médico de familia, Menudo es mi padre, Más que amigos, Compañeros, Mis adorables vecinos, Soy el Solitario, Raphael, Rescatando a Sara, Historias robadas y Sin identidad. Ha dirigido un largometraje, No te fallaré, y ha colaborado en la escritura de los guiones de Amigos... y Maradona, la mano de Dios. Ha coordinado y coescrito el libro El guion para series de televisión, publicado por el Instituto de RTVE. También es autor de las novelas Círculos y La huella del mal, que ha sido traducida al italiano y está siendo adaptada a la televisión como una serie de ocho capítulos por el mismo Ríos San Martín junto a Victoria Dal Vera y la productora LAZONA. https://www.instagram.com/mriossanmartin/?hl=it 

Paraules que tu entendràs

ALL GREAT LOVES KEEP SECRETS. Mara Lincoln, a tireless adventurer, organizes exclusive trips for her clients. Xavi Vera, a successful architect, is commissioned to design the house of his life. It’s New Year’s Eve, and Mara and Xavi, who are a couple, are preparing to toast the New Year in a hotel in the Swiss Alps, along with four friends. All six laugh, play and are happy, but nothing ever is what it appears. The year they are about to inaugurate could change everything. Words that you will Understand is a poignant portrait of living together. A novel that explores relationships, the secrets we all have and how we use the truth. With a combination of tenderness and irony, of nostalgia and the search for beauty, these six characters manage to touch our souls.

Rodriguez, Juan Jose

Nace en Mazatlán, Sinaloa, en 1970. Cursó la carrera de Ciencias de la Comunicación en la Escuela de Ciencias Sociales de la Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa. Actualmente se desempeña como Promotor Cultural en la Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa y forma parte del consejo de redacción de varias revistas mexicanas, además de ejercer el periodismo independiente. Autor de el libro de relatos Con sabor a limonero (1988), y las novelas El náufrago del mar amarillo (1991), Asesinato en una lavandería china (1996), El gran invento del siglo XX (1997) y Mi nombre es Casablanca (2003). Ha obtenido el Premio Nacional de Poesía Ignacio Manuel Altamirano (1989), el Premio Estatal de Crónica (1997) y el Premio Nacional de Cuento Gilberto Owen (2002).

Infamia

  The best news for lovers of literary psychological thriller: The irruption of the novelist Ledicia Costas in the panorama of Spanish fiction. Emma Cruz is a lawyer and professor of criminal law. She moves to the small Galician town of Merlo, to teach at the university, ignorant of the fact that the place is marked by misfortune. Her arrival coincides with the twenty-fifth anniversary of the disappearance of the Giraud sisters, who at the time seemed to have vanished into thin air. Thus, Emma, will discover that the inhabitants of Merlo keep unspeakable secrets. What happened to the Giraud sisters? Are they dead? And if so, who is to blame? And why did they never find their bodies? Infamy is a psychological thriller where nothing is what it seems. A fast-pace novel that seizes the reader till the limits of the human condition. A story of love, hate and madness.

Apocalisse Z L’ira dei Giusti by Manel Loureiro

On July 11th the Italian publishing house “Nord” launched the last book from the popular trilogy by the author Manel Loureiro; Apocalisse Z L’ira dei Giusti (Apocalypse Z: The Wrath of the Righteous.) The trilogy has had worldwide success, with translations in more than 10 languages, online million sales, and with devout fans in Italy who have requested the last episode of this tale of Zombies. Italian Publications: 1. Apocalipsis Z, 2007 (Apocalisse Z, 2010) (Apocalypse Z: The beginning of the End) 2. Los Dìas Oscuros, 2010 (Apocalisse Z. I giorni oscuri, 2011) (Apocalypse Z: Dark Days) 3. La Ira de los Justos, 2011 (Apocalisse Z. L’ira dei giusti, 2013) (Apocalypse Z: The Wrath of the Righteous)

De la melancolía

Espido Freire builds a wonderful novel about the transforming action of love to overcome sadness. Elena and Sergio make-up a united couple, but the impossibility of becoming parents brings about the lack of love between them and Sergio decides, after twenty years of living together, to leave Elena. She falls into a deep depression that shakes all aspects of her life. Time goes by and Elena receives a request from a distant relative to host Lazarus, her uncle, while he convalesces after a recent operation. Elena not only welcomes Lazarus into her house, but, as she has to rent it to survive, other characters soon arrive, along with their vision as to how one should live with sadness or how to flee from it: Sonsoles, an older woman who must sell her house, full of books and memories; Vanesa, a thirty-year-old girl who refuses to grow, because the world of adults is terrifying; Teresa, who comes into the story to procure a kitten for Lázaro and who stays along, like some kind of urban fairy that relieves pain every time she shows up. Or Cristian, an old friend who reappears into her life, a winner type, who conceals as many secrets as he does sins. A story that tells the wounds left behind by the crisis; the ways to survive, and how, in the face of everything, the human being’s strength prevails; how love saves us from many things, and life keeps teaching us lessons, as long as we are willing to carry on learning.  

María Dueñas reaps another success in Italy

Just one month after the launch of her 2nd novel “un amore più forte di me” (Mission Oblivion), in Italy published by Mondadori and translated by Federica Niola, María Dueñas is invited back to this country with excellent reviews and has been mentioned as recommended summer reading . We’d like to share with you these reviews and recommendations from various magazines as well as a video with the opinions of booksellers elaborated by Arnoldo Mondadori.

Rodríguez, María Paz

María Paz Rodríguez was born in Santiago, Chile. She studied literature and completed a Master’s in Latin American Literature at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. In 2011, she debuted with her first novel, El Gran Hotel (Cuarto Propio), which received very good critical reception, also winning the Literary Creation Grant from the Book Council. Then, in 2015, she published Mala Madre (Alfaguara), a novel that led her to participate in the “Latinoamérica Viva” panel at the FIL Guadalajara 2015 and the Lima Book Fair as a guest of honor. Furthermore, Mala Madre is now in its third edition. In 2018, she published her first book of short stories, Niñas ricas (Alfaguara), where, like in her other books, she proposes a pop aesthetic intersected with feminism and the problematic place of women in contemporary Chile. This book reached a more massive audience and had two editions in less than three months. ARCA is her fourth novel and will be published by Tusquets in 2024 in Chile.

Romero, Esmeralda

Esmeralda Romero is a writer specializing in romance novels, born in Madrid. In 2020, she self-published her first novel One More Turn Around the Sun, which opens the Firmament series, also composed of The Moon Knows Your Name (2020) and The Sky Is Only the Beginning (2021). In 2022, she decided to follow her passion for medical dramas and wrote a romance novel set in a hospital: To See You Smile.

Palabras de otro lado

II Premio de Narrativa Juan Goytisolo de Alcobendas Aurora is a young thirty-year-old lawyer who lives in Lima. She is a successful professional and leads a peaceful life. At the start of this novel—after the secret that her mother reveals on her deathbed—she suddenly finds herself on the edge of a precipice. She discovers that her father is a Spaniard living in Madrid and, after some initial hesitations, decides to travel in search of him. Throughout her journey in a city that she does not know, she runs into a series of characters. Carlos, Nuria, Paco, Luis and others will accompany her on a day of personal revelations and substitutions of the past. Set in Madrid and Barcelona, the novel follows the exploration of this young woman in the labyrinths of her identity. Gradually, as she approaches the truth as to who her father is and who she is, she recognizes a ghost from her past. Provided with humor, suspense and language that delves into the characters’ unconscious, “Words from Elsewhere” is a story of our time. Aurora is Latin American, Peruvian and also Spanish. She is young, while at the same time is overwhelmed by her past. She is a migrant who did not realize it. Many stories and secretes run through her blood, from different cultures and countries. All the characters she meets in Spain, migrants by vocation and by necessity, recognize her as one of their own. Traveler who walks firmly and gropingly, Aurora will discover, however, towards the end of the novel, that her father is someone quite different from who she expected.

Familia a la fuga 3 (Cerrado por fantasmas)

The F. family hides in the Boonies Hotel (code name); an establishment closed and out of season. It is a quiet and lonely place, without disturbing guests. But soon the F.'s will detect strange presences. Who are the newcomers? Could they be Jaw's henchmen? Could they be ghosts? No one ever said that being in a witness protection program was easy. A new adventure for the F. family!  

Rovira, Javier

Javier Rovira es pianista profesional y profesor de conservatorio en Madrid, además de licenciado en Filología Hispánica por la UNED. Formado en Madrid, París y Bruselas, ha ofrecido recitales en numerosos países y ha actuado como solista con diversas orquestas. Como gestor cultural, es fundador y director artístico del Festival Clásicos en el Parque, que se celebra cada mes de julio en Rodalquilar (Parque Natural Cabo de Gata-Níjar, Almería). Desde hace años compagina sus actividades musicales y docentes con la literatura: su novela Sesión Privada (2012) fue muy bien acogida por la crítica y resulto finalista en el Festival du Premier Roman de Chambèry (Francia). Mala mar es su segunda novela publicada.

Interview with Luis Artigueauthor of The Sorbonne Club

Realized for Alianza Editoral, April 2013. The Sorbonne Club is a essentially humoristic novel. In times of crisis are you looking for an escape through humor? We have to be careful with humor that, in some way, it’s always included in whatever we do, whether we are in times of crisis or calm, it’s the medicine that synthesizes our bodies with the will to keep fighting, to live and to add life to life. However there is no doubt that in times of crisis humor is conductive for challenges and for a desire to Excel. This is why I, aware that I owed my birth place a novel, and also that, as was written by Valle-Inclán, in literature the most difficult writing tasks are humor and lyrical poetry. So I gave myself the challenge to write a novel that had a lot of humor, some poetry, a smidgen autobiographical and with a high level of invention. What literary or cultural references were the most important during the concept of the novel? The Sorbonne Club proposes something impossible: find the least common multiple denominator between the schemes of Agatha Christies enigmatic novels, the magnetic humor of John Kennedy Toole and Eduardo Mendoza, the rooted and timeless worlds of Miguel Torga and Antonio Pereira, the realism mixed with fantastic impregnations of Julio Cortázar and José María Merino and the dramatic poetry of Valle-Inclán… Yes, this novel proposes to fail marvelously. The alternate Globetrotters, the psychology, alternative medicine, pedagogy, the theater, a dectivesque investigation and Mozart… How does one relate and combine all of these elements at once? Linda Hutcheon, the prestigious literary theorist and professor at the University of Toronto, in her novel Post-modernist Poetry, defined as one of the primary characteristics of postmodern fiction being parody and pastiche structure (both of which are very useful while describing the world today). In fact we are living in dizzying times where reality seems to be substituted for the present and these type of times aren’t derived from decantation only form accumulation. This is why, in my opinion, the novel of today, like life today, shouldn’t present a theme but rather arguably attend to this diversity and multiplicity that conforms our identity and our day to day…. In this case the mortar that relates and combines these themes is humor, understood as a refined invitation to prudent drunkenness… Or maybe not so prudent. The novel creates a very particular world that you are very familiar with. How much of this was based on real events? I was born and raised with peaceful idealism in the frame that this novel occurs however, I have represented it as I see it reflected in the mirrors of a grotesque alley… It’s like taking the basic nature of someone and distorting it and augmenting it. It’s like dissimulating auto fiction. In The Sorbonne Club many different kinds of characters appear and disappear, do you have any special memories of a concrete character? The teacher Mrs. Enriqueta- a homage of sorts to rural teachers from the Free Institution of Education- she is one of my favorite characters from this book, followed very closely by a studded soul healer and named Arnau. In both, along with a moving interest for the others and for the other, there is an aspect that interests me very much: they have created an austerity that is terribly seductive. The story uses a very elaborate language mixing the cultured with popular, was it complicated to write and mix these different registers? This mixture represented, overall, in the confrontation between victorianism and the English detective Mr. Tatel with the prostates and the rude locals, I believe that they don’t manifestate so much in the narrative in itself as much as in the dialogues. It’s possible that a writer is in essence a listener of voices. The contrasts in the voices of this novel are funny because most of them come from listening or that haven’t lost their freshness. In fact, observing the dedectuve and wandering investigator, Mr. Tatel, night after night and in brothel after brothel, the reader can discover that so called English humor but in reality, the English don’t have a sense of humor: it’s just the way they are and we find it funny. Will you “revisit” the universo of Violincia in the future? I hope so! But whatever happens what I really want is to always be engaged in a creative fight with a certain amount of dementia.

Más rápida que la vida

London, 1903. Dorothy Levitt shoots to fame after becoming the first racing driver in the United Kingdom and one of the world's first. The photographs of her behind the wheel of her car appear on the front page of newspapers. At a time when driving belonged to a man's world, this exploit is met with disdain and even with threats. Many fear that Levitt's example will encourage other women to learn how to drive or, even worse, to be independent. Writer Celia Santos broaches the thrilling life of a woman ahead of her time who broke all prejudices. Unjustly forgotten, Levitt invented the rearview mirror, inspiring herself on the powder compact she used to see who followed her in the races, taught the British aristocrats of the period how to drive and was involved in the suffrage movement. A betrayal, a love and a great friendship will accompany Dorothy throughout all of her successes and difficulties, always in a fascinating scenario: the England of the early twentieth century, when the memory of the Victorian era was tied to an incipient modernity.

Ródenas, Gabri

Gabri Ródenas es escritor, doctor en Filosofía y docente en la Facultad de Comunicación Audiovisual de la Universidad de Murcia. Colaborador habitual en Zenda y otros medios académicos y culturales.   Entre sus trabajos destacan La abuela que cruzó el mundo en una bicicleta (Urano, 2018), traducido a una decena de idiomas y convertido en superventas internacional y El artificiero y la mariposa (Diana, grupo Planeta, 2022).   El fabuloso destino de Makatae-Witko y Diego Murrieta (Edebé, 2024) fue su debut en el universo de la literatura infantil y juvenil.   Su estilo sencillo y poético supone un clara apuesta por el realismo mágico, la sensibilidad, el optimismo y el sentido del humor, con pequeñas dosis de filosofía accesible a todos los públicos.

“The Divine Punishment” by Sergio Ramírez 25th Anniversary

This April, the author Sergio Ramírez celebrates the 25th anniversary of the publication of this grand novel "Castigo divino". One of the many activities programmed to celebrate the occasion is the inauguration of the author’s Web page complete with various works available to download; one being the 1st chapter of “The Divine Punishment” (in Spanish). There is also a contest underway in Facebook, as well as the publication of various interviews and in Nicaragua the airing of the television series based on the novel. The author has commented about this celebration: "During this month of April we will be celebrating the 25th anniversary of the publication of my novel "Castigo divino". Originally published by Mondadori in Spain, that same year it appeared in México published by Grijalbo, Editorial Sudamerica in Argentina, Oveja Negra in Colombia, Casa de las Américas in Cuba and Editorial Nueva Nicaragua in Nicaragua. It has been translated into German, French, Dutch, Russian, Bulgarian, Portuguese and recently into English. Alfaguara still has in print, trade and paperback editions, making this a book that has gone from generation to generation throughout the years." "Undoubtedly it has become a classic not to be missed." Antonia Kerrigan.

Lo nuestro no es raro

  In life there is always someone who teaches us how to love. A story that completely changes who we are. This novel speaks about that person, of that story and the different ways of living love. André lives within his comfort zone, until he meets the elegant Michele, twenty-five years older than himself. The day in which she visits the prestigious vineyard where he works, a convoluted story, full of contradic-tions but at the same time full of tenderness, begins, which will take him from the heart of France to New York City. In the Big Apple, André will face his greatest fears and will finally open his heart to something he had always denied himself. Only when he manages to love and ac-cept himself, will he understand that there is no such thing as strange loves, only many ways to falling in love. A love story as strange as any other, or like none other.

Rubio, Salva

Salva Rubio is a screenwriter, writer, and more. An associate member of the Writers Guild of America and the Spanish Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, he was a finalist for the prestigious SGAE Julio Alejandro Award, and his work has been nominated for both an Eisner Award and a Goya Award for Best Animated Feature. Holding a Master’s Degree in Film and TV Screenwriting from UC3M, he has worked as a screenwriter on five feature films for various Spanish production companies, including the Goya-nominated Deep. He has also written for Disney Channel. Additionally, he is a script analyst and has collaborated with companies such as Alta Films, Colomo PC, Instituto Cervantes, F. Carolina, and ICAA. As a graphic novel writer, he has published The Photographer of Mauthausen (three editions and five translations) and Monet, Nomad of Light (eight translations), which was nominated for an Eisner Award. He currently writes for some of Europe’s most important publishing houses, including Dupuis, Delcourt, Glénat, and Le Lombard. With Planeta Cómic, he published the spin-off of The Tango of the Old Guard by Arturo Pérez-Reverte. In 2012, he released the novel Zíngara: Looking for Jim Morrison with Suma de Letras (Penguin Random House) and has recently completed his fourth novel, Dance, Laia. As an essayist, he is the author of the pioneering book Extreme Metal: 30 Years of Darkness (six editions), the most extensive work on the subject ever published. It was followed by a second volume, Extreme Metal: Chronicles from the Abyss, and he was selected to continue the successful Save the Cat! series with the U.S. release of Save the Cat! Goes to the Indies. He is also a regular contributor to Jot Down.

“The Master of the Prado” number one on the bestseller’s list

Since the day it was launched, February 5th 2013, Javier Sierra’s latest novel “The master of the Prado” (Editorial Planeta) has topped the bestseller’s lists in Spain, occupying the number one spot for seven consecutive weeks. “In the purest style of Javier Sierra and his stories of enigmas, “he master of the Prado” presents a passionate journey through the unknown stories and most kept secrets of one of the world’s most important art galleries, the Prado Musuem” Authors´ Web. Revista Qué leer (Febrero, 2013) La Razón (jueves 28 de marzo, 2013) ABC Cultural (viernes 29 de marzo, 2013) El Cultural (viernes 29 de marzo, 2013)

Rufo, Arantxa

Arantxa Rufo, born in Madrid in 1979, but a resident of Tenerife since 1980, initially pursued a degree in Sound Engineering, though her career eventually shifted towards the fields of IT and graphic design.She has self-published four crime novels and contributed to the Tenerife Noir Anthology of Stories (2024). A frequent participant in Tenerife Noir and Las Palmas Confidencial crime fiction festivals, she is also a regular presence in media outlets, both on the Canary Islands and the Spanish mainland.

AKDigital presents the new novel by Matthew Tree: SNUG

Matthew Tree was born in London but has lived in Barcelona since 1984. For literary reasons of his own, in 1990 he stopped writing in English and switched to Catalan, in which language he has published ten books. He has published in English a collection of articles titled “Barcelona, Catalonia. A View from the Inside” and now he presents us with a novel written in English; “SNUG”, published through this agency’s AKDigital project in Amazon for KINDLE and Print on Demand format. "An utterly compelling, uncompromising, visceral and unflinching look at racism, anti-Semitism and the legacy of colonialism. The adult protagonists are drawn with a deft accuracy and the resultant emotional impact of a heat seeking missile. The book bewitches the reader...it is touching, deeply moving and very funny." KS Lewkowicz - composer and lyricist of Goodbye Barcelona and Release The Beat. Amazon.com (Kindle and PoD)

La bruma verde

  Premio de Novela Fernando Lara 2020   A love story  and the wish to improve the world. A grand adventure in the heart for Africa. Bineka, born in the depths of one of the last “green lungs” on the planet, is captured by Maxime and his men, who have taken over her village. But mother nature protects her and she is adopted by a clan of chimpanzees and lives with them for several months. In the meantime, Lola Freixido, a successful executive, travels to the Congo to rescue her best friend, Beatriz Arriondas, a corporate in climate control who has been kidnapped. Bineka and Lola face a complex corrupt plot and go through hardships together with  Colin Blackhill, a British executive who crosses their path and who will help the young woman fight to save her environment. A fast pacing thriller. An ecological plea, a cry for conservationism and a moving love story in the legendary African jungle.

Reyes Calderón, wins the IV Lawyer Award for Novels

The Antonia Kerrigan Literary Agency wishes to congratulate the author Reyes Calderón for winning this year’s IV Edition Lawyer Award for Novels. On the 1st of March the panel of judges comprised of writers; Lorenzo Silva, Silvia Grijalba, Maxim Huerta andNativel Preciado as well as José Calabrús Lara (voice of the Governing Board, president of the Benefits Committee and Vice-President of the Legal Funds Foundation) and Carmen Fernández de Blas (Editorial director for Ediciones Martínez Roca, Grupo Planeta); ruled unanimously that the winner of this year’s edition is the novel; “El jurado número 10” (Trial Number 10) by Reyes Calderón “In this book, the trial has been highlighted, it’s fantastic literary factor, it’s easy comprehension, the ability to surprise the reader, in an extraordinarily armed plot and that with a sense of humor provides a vision of the ups and downs of the legal system from the point of view of a small office.” Reyes Calderón has published seven novels among those stands out the saga featuring the judge Lola Machor with: “The Last Patient of Doctor Wilson”, “The Prime Number Crimes”, “The Canaima File” and “The Revenge of the Pare Murderer.” El jurado número 10 (Trail Number 10) will be published by the Editorial Planeta (Martínez Roca) the 9th of April. More information (in Spanish): Más noticias: Diario ABC Europa Press Diario de Navarra Planeta de Libros - Noticias

Metapolítica

  It is no secret that today's civilization is going through a crisis of unimaginable proportions, and that in geopolitical and economic terms nothing will be what it was. The coronavirus pandemic has only come to accelerate this process that has been going on behind the scenes for years. But where is the world headed?Daniel Estulin, through this excellent research, shows us what global elites have conspired and planned from the shadows to impose the new world order. Clashes are inevitable and each of these players aims to improve their position. What will result from the confrontation between the United States and China? What plans do the Islamic world and Russia have to return to being dominant players? Are the new alternative elites seeking to break with the hegemony of the Financial International? What scenarios await Latin America? Anyone wishing to understand the profound implications of the times we are going through must urgently read this book to take advantage of the geopolitical earthquake to come.

Ruiz Montañez, Miguel

Miguel Ruiz Montañez es profesor visitante en varias universidades americanas y, desde hace más de diez años es profesor asociado en la Universidad de Santo Domingo, República Dominicana. Precisamente en ese país transcurre gran parte de La tumba de Colón (2006), su primera novela. La potencia narrativa de la obra y su intrincada trama han supuesto para el autor un brillante comienzo, al ser un éxito en ventas y traducirse a una decena de idiomas. Posteriormente publicó El papa mago (2008), un thriller basado en los misterios del final del primer milenio, el mítico año mil, traducido al inglés, italiano y ruso, entre otros idiomas. Su novela, El país de los espíritus (2011), un nuevo viaje literario a la isla mágica, supone un asombro retorno del autor hacia el lugar de su primera novela, aunque en este caso nos muestra la realidad de un país sorprendente, Haití, tan desconocido como fascinante. Con su última novela, La sangre de Colón (2020), el autor regresa con un viaje literario cargado de suspense, acción e intriga.

Demasiado Odio

  In her wanderings across four continents, Beatriz will experience the vertigo of violence in some of its grimmest forms, and will surrender to a world that rewards the most dastardly and selfish acts and punishes innocence and solidarity. Sara Sefchovich has published a moving novel about the search for meaning in the midst of the grisliest circumstances. If in "Too Much Love", she took us to the bright side of our country; in "Too Much Hate" she displays its darkest side. It story narrates the radical transformation of the world from pain and shock, with a deep longing to believe in humanity and in love, seconds before plummeting into hatred. GUILLERMO ARRIAGA An intelligent and funny novel, which makes use of the layers of mockery in a spectacular fashion, to take aim at society’s social-cultural shortcomings without falling into didacticism. Its pages are nimble, full of black humor and unexpected adventures. JULIÁN HERBERT

Ruiz Plaza, Guillermo

Guillermo Ruiz Plaza nació en La Paz, Bolivia, en 1982. En la Universidad de Toulouse, realizó una Licenciatura en Filología Hispánica y una Maestría en Literatura Hispanoamericana. Es autor de los libros de cuentos El fuego y la fábula (Gente común, 2010), La última pieza del puzzle (Ed. 3600, 2013), Sombras de verano (Ed. 3600, 2016) y Cosas que se pierden (E-book, Suburbano Ediciones, 2016). Una antología de sus relatos ha sido traducida y publicada en Francia (Ombres d’été, 2015, Edite-moi) con muy buena acogida crítica. Fue galardonado con el Premio de Literatura Santa Cruz de la Sierra en 2009 y 2012; obtuvo el Premio de Cuento Adela Zamudio en 2016. Es autor de la monografía Eduardo Mitre y la generación dispersa (Ed. 3600, 2013), que estudia el conjunto de la obra poética y ensayística de este importante escritor boliviano. Trabajó como antologador de Vértigos, antología del cuento fantástico boliviano (El Cuervo, 2013). Con Días detenidos obtuvo el XIX Premio Nacional de Novela. Ha sido incluido en diversas antologías de Bolivia y el exterior, y ha sido publicado en prestigiosas revistas, como Caravelle en Francia. Actualmente reside en Albi.  

Sergio Vila-Sanjuán Nadal Novel Award 2013

The Nadal Novel Award is a literary award for the best in-edit work selected by the publishing house, Ediciones Destino (a sub-label of the Grupo Planeta). Its notoriety is established as the oldest literary award granted in Spain and in the category of the writers who have been acknowledged with this prestige are important Spanish literary figures from the 20th century. This year the winner of the 69th edition of the Nadal Awards is the journalist and writer Sergio Vila-Sanjuán for his novel Estaba en el aire, (It was in the air), which will be published by Ediciones Destino on the 12th of February. The novel takes place in Barcelona at the beginning of the 60’s when the “consumer society” was born, it narrates the story of four characters who converge in a clenching ending. It’s true, that his first novel; Una heredera de Barcelona (2010), (An heiress of Barcelona), also passes in Barcelona, in the 20’s and part of the narrations are of his grandfather. Estaba en el aire, describes Barcelona at the beginning of the 60’s and is inspired by memories of his father and of his childhood. “I come from a family of three generations of journalists, but they didn’t write about their lives only about the lives of others. Mi first novel narrates a moment of my grandfather’s career and of my father. I believe that, one day, I’ll end up writing about myself, but first I preferred to pass through my family tree .” (El Pais, 8, January 2013).

Ruiz Zafón, Carlos

España Carlos Ruiz Zafón is one of the most widely read and recognized authors in the world. His literary career began in 1993 with "The Prince of Mist" (Edebé Award), to which followed the titles; "The Midnight Palace", "September Lights" (compiled in a three-volume edition "The Mist Trilogy"), and after followed by, "Marina". In 2001, he published his first adult novel, "The Shadow of the Wind", which soon became an international literary phenomenon. With "The Angel’s Game" (2008), and "The Prisoner of Heaven"(2011) he returns to the universe of the Cemetery of Forgotten Books. His work has been translated into more than 50 languages and he has captured millions of readers from all five continents. Photo: ©David Ramos

Amanda Black 1 - Una herencia peligrosa

On the same day that Amanda Black turns thirteen she receives a mysterious letter that will change her life. And how. From living in poverty, she and her aunt Paula move into a gigantic, labyrinthine-like mansion that has belonged to the Black family for generations. As if that were not enough, Amanda's body begins to show unsuspected abilities and she discovers that she must take possession of an exciting, secret and dangerous family legacy, for which she must begin to train immediately. Will Amanda live up to what is expected of her? What her parents, and all the Blacks before them, fought to perpetuate and protect?  Rights sold:Italy (Salani); Germany (Cbj Random House);Greece (Minoas); Czech Republic (Knihy Dobrovsky);Portugal (Penguin Random House);Ukraine (Bookchef); Turkey (Beyaz Balina);Basque (Denonartean); France (Hachette);Poland (Wyndawnictwo SQN)

The author Víctor del Ýrbol starts off the new year with important news

The novel La tristeza del samurái, (The Sadness of the Samurai) (Editorial Alrevés, 2011) continues its voyage around the world; accumulating success and recognition. The novel already known and recognized with the award Le Prix Polar Européen in France, has been recently published in paperback format by the publishing house Actes Sud; (La Tristesse du Somouraï). In the upcoming month of February this thriller with accents of historic novel will see the light in Italy through the publishers Arnoldo Mondadori and coming in autumn the novel will be published in Brazil (Companhía das letras), Macedonia (Club Matica) y Poland (Albatros). In Spain, coming on 26th of January the publishing house; Editorial Alrevés will publish the latest novel by Víctor del Árbol; Respirar por la herida (Breath for the pain/ wound). A story where pain and guilt are mixed with the anxiety to live. “It’s possible that god plays dice with our destiny, scattering the pieces of a puzzle that always comes back together one way or another. Respirar por la herida borders the limits of its protagonists with the pressure and psychology dignified of the master that its author, Víctor del Árbol, has converted himself into.” 2013 presents itself as a year filled with great challenges for this author and excellent releases for the readers that follow his work. Interesting links: La tristeza del samurái- Editorial Alrevés La Tristesse du Samouraï- (Babel Noir) Actes Sud La Cause Litteráire

S. Salvador, Nuria

Nuria S. Salvador nació en Madrid en 1972, donde sigue residiendo en la actualidad. Estudió Cine y Televisión, y más adelante Historia. Es autora de la novela "El Tablero del Mundo", publicada en España por Roca Editorial (2008), y posteriormente por Círculo de Lectores (2009). También es autora de otras dos novelas aún sin publicar: "Por los Caminos del Agua" y "La Piel del Druida".

Familia a la Fuga 4 (El ataque de los invasores rodantes)

Traveling by motor home? Of course! Who can resist a real vacation on wheels? The F's. are eager for adventure and will cross a territory full of surprises. It will be an exciting journey littered with all kinds of dangers: inhospitable deserts, strange motorcyclists, even aliens about to invade the planet! Will they make it to their destination? With Jaw stalking them, anything can occur.

The best from 2012 in El Cultural supplement magazine

Years end has arrived and with it the various best books lists. The literary critics from the supplement magazine El Cultural from the El Mundo newspaper have voted the best fiction works published over these last 12 months by Spanish and Latin-American authors. The eight professionals from said newspaper have selected their favorite books in order of preference and with which they could rate each of the publications and thus creating their list of the 10 best fiction novels of the year. This year we are pleased to discover at the head of the list the author José María Merino with his latest novel; El río del Edén, (The river from Eden). Ángel Basanta, critic from the cultural supplement notes in his review of the novel; “in El Río del Edén, Merino has completed another gran novel, with a love story various senses (matrimony, father-con, mother-child…), constructed with a good dose of intrigue”. Within the critics selection we also find other works by authors represented by our literary agency; "La tejedora de sombras" (The Shadow Weaver) by Jorge Volpi. "Pasajero K" (Passenger K) by Adolfo García Ortega. More information (in Spanish): Lista completa en El Cultural Votaciones de los críticos Entrevista a José María Merino

Sabanero, Sandra

Sandra Sabanero estudió Ciencias Políticas y Administración Pública en la Universidad Autónoma de México (UNAM) y terminó un postgrado en el Instituto Nacional de Administración Pública (INAP). En la Universidad Técnica de Stuttgart, Alemania, empezó un doctorado en Ciencias Políticas, con una beca del ‘Servicio de Intercambio Académico Alemán’ (DAAD). Además de desempeñarse dentro de la banca mexicana como Asesora Financiera y Técnica, y de la Confederación de Trabajadores Mexicanos (CTM), trabajó como docente en la Facultad de Economía de la Universidad Centroamericana (UCA) de San Salvador. Desde el año 1993 ha escrito cuentos cortos, cuentos infantiles y poemas. Es autora de las novelas Boda Mexicana -publicada en Alemania por Wolfgang-Krüger-Verlag (1999) y posteriormente traducida al portugués (Difel y Círculo de Leitores) y español (Ediciones B)-, La alcaldesa (Vergara) y El balcón de las Gardenias (Difel y Círculo de Leitores). Después de estancias largas en Malawi (Ýfrica del Este), Guatemala, El Salvador y Bolivia, vive actualmente con su esposo y dos niños cerca de Stuttgart, Alemania.

A Señorita Bubble. Baixo cero

A new "Bubble" adventure, the brilliant inventor, who this time around will face off an evil Santa Claus. Miss Bubble and Vincent now live in Lapland, where they shelter lots of penguins. These birds are at the wrong pole, and their transfer was a whim of Santa Claus, who has, for a while now, been behaving strangely: he mistreats the elves, abandons the reindeer to their fate ... The inventor will confront him and try to get to the bottom of this entire matter.

El Príncipe del Parnaso (The Prince of Parnaso) by Carlos Ruiz Zafón is published internationally

“One day the walls will fall and Barcelona will spread under the heavens like a drop of ink over holy water”   Last April 23, 2012 for the “Day of the Book” Carlos Ruiz Zafón published with the publisher’s Editorial Planeta a short story un-edited titled, El Príncipe de Parnaso (The Prince of Parnaso). The story that forms part of a special edition pack with the author’s latest novel El Prisionero del Cielo (The Prisoner of Heaven). A few of the foreign Publishing Houses that publish this well known author didn’t want to let this opportunity escape them and have decided, in view of the Christmas season, to offer this un-edited work for the readers of El Prisionero del Cielo (The Prisoner of Heaven). Planeta Portugal lanced last September an exclusive edition with the sale of O Prisioneiro do Céu the short story titled; O Príncipe do Parnaso. Following along with the same idea Muza, publishers of Carlos Ruiz Zafón in Poland, have also published this special edition. For more information: Más información: Información.es Planeta de Libros Planeta Portugal Muza Polonia

Julia está bien

  Two women willing to remember and listen. Two stories that may have always been one and the same. To start over, you must learn to look back. This is a novel that dwells upon generational failures, courage that is hard to come by nowadays and true love. A story about two women who, at the most unexpected moment, will share their past and present, each seeing the other as her last resort. Sofia is a thirty-year-old who is not going through a hard period. Recently divorced and unemployed, she decides to move into her grandmother's house, Julia, to take care of the latter and, at the same time, save on a rent she can no longer afford. What at first is a desperate solution soon turns into a special relationship of cohabitation between an increasingly ill old woman, who wants to narrate her life before time runs out, and a granddaughter who, page after page, will realize how she needs to hear that story.  The extraordinary experiences of the grandmother during the Civil War, when she risked her life as part of a resistance group, while the man she loved was imprisoned, come together in this novel along with the musing—full of tenderness and sadness, but also of humor—of the routine of these two women who share a series of days that they know will be their last.  Based on the story of her own family, the author weaves a novel that jumps back and forth between the present and the past, to tell us two stories that may have always been one and the same.

Santirso, Jaime

  Jaime Santirso (Gijón, 1990) es escritor y periodista. Reside en China desde hace casi una década, donde en la actualidad ejerce como corresponsal en Asia para el diario ABC. También informa para Telecinco y la Cadena SER. Antes trabajó para El País. Durante este tiempo ha cubierto acontecimientos históricos como la pandemia de covid-19, las manifestaciones prodemocracia de Hong Kong o el centenario del Partido Comunista Chino. En enero de 2020 fue uno de los pocos periodistas que permaneció en Wuhan cuando el Gobierno chino decretó el cierre de la ciudad. En su cobertura narró sobre el terreno el avance del coronavirus, el colapso de los hospitales, la reacción de la población y la posterior repatriación de los españoles atrapados allí. Esta experiencia está recogida en su segundo libro, titulado ‘Los primeros días’ (Ed. Altamarea). En 2021 recibió el Premio APM al Periodista Joven del Año 2020. El jurado subrayó que Santirso “encarna la valentía de los periodistas que, en un país tan difícil para la prensa como China, no dudó en viajar a Wuhan para ser testigo del estallido de la crisis sanitaria y realizar una cobertura multimedia -crónicas en texto, vídeo y fotografías- del confinamiento de la ciudad en los primeros días de la pandemia”. En 2018 salió a la luz ‘Encuentro’ (Ed. Trea), su primera obra, un poemario construido a través de la combinación de verso y prosa. Ha participado en eventos literarios como el II EU-China International Literary Festival, para el que fue seleccionado como representante español; el Festival Internacional de Poesía de La Habana 2021; The Bookworm Literary Festival 2019 o la XXXI Semana Negra. Es graduado en Periodismo por la Universidad de Navarra y máster en Relaciones Internacionales por Tsinghua University.

La luz difícil by Tomás González, number 1 in the LitProm (Germany) selection

La luz difícil (The Difficult Light), by Tomás González (Das spröde Licht, S.Fischer Verlage) occupies the number 1 spot in the recommendations list of the Litprom Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Literatur aus Afrika, Asien und Lateinamerika (Litprom, Association for the Promotion of African, Asian and Latin-American Literature). Litprom is an association that was founded in Frankfurt in 1980 during the world renowned Frankfurt book fair, who’s policy is: To monitor literary trends and select from the best books by African, Asian and Latin-American writers with the intention to help translate them in German and/or the promotion of these works in the German, Austrian and Swiss markets. To coordinate a center for the investigation and information of the development of literature in the countries of the 3 regions. To establish and guide a round table debate over literature in and from “Third World” countries. The classification of “La luz difícil” in this list is great news regarding the quality and importance of this association, and for the support that the selected novels receive for the promotion in German speaking markets. The Association describes González’ novel as clear, precise and enjoyable, in that the protagonist faces many questions and memories with both caution and distress. For more information about Litprom Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Literatur aus Afrika. Asien und Lateinamerika e.V. (in English): http://www.litprom.de/about_us.html

Los Minimuertos 1 - Bienvenidos al Otro Barrio

The Minidead are very different children from you: they are children from beyond the grave. They wait for their parents in The Other Neighborhood, a stop-by place, where they can do whatever they please. Everything changes the day Catacrak arrives, a boy who wants to return to the world of the living. The Minidead will have to work hard to help him. Will they succeed in getting Catacrak back to the world of the living with their shenanigans? A new collection by Ledicia Costas, National Prize for Children's and Young People's Literature and author of "Escarlatina".

Santos, Celia

Celia Santos reside en Barcelona. Durante siete años dirigió la sección de recomendaciones literarias en Tele Taxi TV, así como la web literaria Más que palabras. Tras cursar estudios de narrativa en el Ateneo de Barcelona, ha escrito numerosos relatos y cuentos, en su mayoría dirigidos a un público infantil y juvenil. Su primera novela para adultos, La maleta de Ana, basada en la historia de las mujeres españolas que emigraron a Alemania a trabajar en los años sesenta y setenta, cultivó un gran éxito. Más rápida que la vida es su nueva novela, en ella narra la historia de Dorothy Levitt una mujer que rompió con todos los prejuicios de la época.

The Sadness of the Samurai, one the of the top 25 books of the year

The French weekly newspaper; Le Point, has distinguished the 25 best books published in France in 2012. All genres, French and foreign, compete for a place on this list. This year appearing in this selection, the novel by Spanish author, Víctor del Árbol titled (in French) “La tristesse du samouraÏ” (Actes Sud). This story of intrigue, hate, love and guilt takes place in two important historical periods in Spain, and has captured thousands of French readers. The author has toured the country extensively promoting his novel where it is becoming more and more popular. “La tristeza del samurai” (original title) (Ediciones Alrevés 2011) has been translated in 7 languages. The latest novel by this magnificent author will be published in January of 2013. You can read the complete article in the following link; Scribd Source: Le Point , November 22, 2012

Dueñas and Palma nominated for the IMPAC Dublin

In the 12th of November the list of nominated novels was presented for the; “Internacional IMPAC Dublín Literary Award, 2013”. The list, containing 154 titles sellected by public libaries from 120 cities in 44 countries and 19 languages, will compete for one of the most international literary awards. Among the selected include; “El tiempo entre costuras” (The Seamstress/ The Time Between) by María Dueñas and “El mapa del tiempo” (The map of Time) by Félix J. Palma The selected titles are considered novels of high literary quality. The list of finalists (maximum 10 titles) will be made public in April 2013 and the winner, will be selected by an international group of five judges. We are anxiously awaiting April to learn the results of this selection. In the meantime we congratulate both in-house authors for this grand acknowledgement.

Sánchez Carrasco, Nacho

  Nacho Sánchez Carrasco nació en San Pedro del Pinatar (Murcia) y estudió Ingeniería Técnica Industrial en la Escuela Politécnica Superior de Cartagena. Posteriormente obtuvo la titulación de Ingeniero Industrial en la UPCT. Desde entonces ha trabajado en diferentes sectores relacionados con el aprovechamiento energético y la innovación tecnológica. Su pasión es la escritura y actualmente está inmerso en la publicación de su primera novela, Mil mares de distancia, una historia de intriga que transcurre paralela entre la convulsa sierra minera de La Unión y la Veracruz de 1898.

Los Minimuertos 2 - Criando Malvas

Jesús Gil Vilda awarded for best screen-play

The full-length film “A puerta fría” (To the Cold Door) was triumphant last October when it was presented with the awards for both, best screen-play and best actor, Antonio Dechent, at the Spanish film festival of Toulouse. This is the second work by the writer Jesús Gil Vilda, (Crisis of the Grand Evil, The Aleph) as principal screen-play writer. In both occasions he collaborated with Xavi Puebla as director and co-screenplay writer. This award is the overall result from the critics of the Malaga Film Festival 2012 and of those obtained from the primer and work, Welcome to Farwelll-Gutmann, in the Montreal Film Festival (2008) and the Gaudí award from the Catalan Film Academy (2009). For more information about Jesús Vil Vilda and his works, here is an interview for Página 2: http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/videos/pagina-2/pagina-2-entrevista-jesus-gil-vilda-crisis-gran-mal/1044374/

Pepa Guindilla

  Pepa Guindilla has two parents, a mother, two houses and an unbearable neighbor. She divides her life between her two homes, and life is she has no complaints. Her only problem is Hateful Snitch, the downstairs neighbor, her irreconcilable arch enemy. Pepa does not intend to revolutionize the peaceful life of those around her. She only follows her personal logic step by step, but each step leads to some funny mischief, whose consequences she will have to deal with. With an optimism that brings about laughter, Pepa Guindilla’s adventures follow the tradition of the stories of Little Nicolás or Christine Nöstlinger. A succession of hilarious adventures that also invite reflection thanks to a mixture of tenderness, surprise and chutzpah.

Sguiglia, Eduardo

Eduardo Sguiglia nació en Rosario, vivió en México entre 1977 y 1982 y desde 1983 reside en Buenos Aires. Fue profesor regular de la UBA y primer embajador argentino en Angola. Es autor de varias investigaciones y ensayos, entre ellos “Agustín Tosco” y “El club de los poderosos”, que merecieron dos premios nacionales de economía. Sus relatos y novelas –“Fordlandia”, “No te fíes de mi si el corazón te falla” y “Un puñado de gloria” – fueron traducidas a diferentes lenguas y distinguidas en los concursos internacionales Dublín Literary Award y Grinzane Cavour. El periódico The Washington Post consideró a “Fordlandia” como una de las cuatro mejores obras de ficción del año 2002. También integró los jurados en narrativa de Casa de las Américas (Cuba) y Casa del Teatro (República Dominicana), y el panel de apertura del Festival de Literatura de Berlín (2007).

Sierra, Javier

Javier Sierra (Teruel, 1971) is the only contemporary Spanish author to have placed his novels in the top ten of the best-selling books in the United States. His works have been translated into more than forty languages and serve as an inspiration for many readers who seek more than just entertainment in a thriller. Trained in journalism—he was the director of Más Allá de la Ciencia magazine for seven years, as well as a presenter and director of radio and television programs in Spain—he now dedicates his time to researching historical mysteries and writing about them. He has published several widely popular books, including The Secret Supper (published in 43 countries), The Blue Lady (published in 20 countries), The Forbidden Route, The Templar Doors, The Lost Angel, The Master of El Prado (the best-selling Spanish fiction book in 2013), and The Immortal Pyramid. His latest novel is The Master Plan. 

The novel “Las paredes hablan” (The Walls Talk) by Carmen Boulosa adapted to film

Monday the 3rd of December the film The Walls Talk, based on the novel homonym by the Mexican author Carmen Boullosa, will primer in theaters in Mexico City. The full-length film, directed by Antonio Zavala Kluger, will soon be accompanied by a new edition of the novel from the publishing house Ediciones Siruela (1st edition, 2010) Sinopsis: This fascinating novel combines historical events that have marked the destiny of this nation with its small miseries and the tragic destinies of its people. It initiates with the construction of the beautiful “Casa Espíritu” Spirit House in the prime of Mexico’s Independence (1810), and it’s bricks speak to us of its first habitants: A revolutionary priest, his artist friends and intellectuals and of his valiant daughter. One hundred years later, an identical construction is erected wall against wall; “Casa Santo” Saint’s House. Now living in the two houses, inevitably confronting each other, are General Porfirio Díaz and his neighbors who are more inclined to the new tendencies that have brought the Revolution of 1910. Finally arriving to current times, the twin houses will be inhabited by families representatives of the social and ideological polarities of this country; the disgustingly recently rich, whose money comes from corruption and shady businesses, and a family from the ancient lineage that is unable to adapt to the current changes…

Infierno en el Paraíso

In this new novel, Clara Sánchez creates an exciting plot about the disappearance of a Saudi princess locked in her golden cage. The luxurious atmosphere of the Costa del Sol and its darker reality stand out in this addictive intrigue with great female characters. Fate can bring about unexpected places and incredible experiences. Even open the doors to a world of great masked luxuries. Sonia Torres, who makes a living as a waitress in a Madrid burger, will for a time replace her friend Karen, who works in a hotel in Marbella. The young woman will spend the summer working as a waitress at the Beach Club, one of the best-known and most elite establishments in the Andalusian city, with a large presence of sheikhs and personalities from the Middle East. Marbella awaits the visit of King Fadel of Saudi Arabia and the more than a thousand people which make up his entourage, including his wives Sultana and Amina. The arrival of the monarch represents a shower of millions for the city and the Beach Club is fortunate to be the hotel that will host many of the evenings bankrolled by the royalty. The waitress will be involved in a strange and harrowing plot that will lead to the disappearance of the princess. Sonia will discover the harsh reality that hides behind so much opulence and beauty.

Sietecase, Reynaldo

© Gentileza Alejandra López Reynaldo Sietecasas was born in Rosario, Argentina. He is a writer and journalist. Author of the novels "Un crimen argentino" (An Argentine Crime) (2002, Alfaguara), "A cuántos hay que matar" (How Many Must We Kill) (2010, Alfaguara), "No pidas nada" (Ask for Nothing) (2017, Alfaguara), and "La Rey" (2024, Alfaguara). He published the short story collection "Pendejos" (Fools) (2007, Alfaguara) and eight poetry books. Much of this work was compiled in the anthologies: "Nadie es de nadie" (No One Belongs to Anyone) (2019, Sial Pigmalión, Spain) and "Lengua Sucia" (Dirty Language) (2020, Lumen). The book "No hay tiempo que perder" (There's No Time to Lose) (2011, Aguilar) brings together a selection of his best chronicles. He also published the journalistic investigation "Kamikazes, los mejores peores años de la Argentina" (Kamikazes, the Best Worst Years of Argentina) (2013, Aguilar) and the photographic essay "Desnudos de vidriera" (Naked Shop Windows) (2017, Reservoir). In 2022, the film adaptation of "Un crimen argentino" was released, produced by Pampa Films and Warner Bros (currently on HBO Max and Filmin platforms). https://reynaldosietecase.com.ar/  

Cuando llega la luz

Over the last year and a half, Sandra’s life has changed completely. After escaping from the pernicious clutches of a sinister group of pensioners living in the town of Dianium, she has moved to Madrid together with her new-born son, Janín. Having put the past behind her, her new life seems to have begun on an excellent footing, but one day, picking Janín up from day-care, she finds an anonymous note in her backpack: ‘WHERE’S YOUR FRIEND JULIÁN?’ Even though she hasn’t heard from him for a long time, Sandra will have to track Julián down to warn him that someone is on his trail and won’t stop until they find him.Meanwhile, Julián is living in the Los Tres Olivos Retirement Home. Since he and Sandra revealed the whereabouts of several members of the Brotherhood, he has continued his quest to expose former Nazis living on the Levantine coast. Now some of these octogenarians havemoved into the home with Julián, and he must preserve his anonymity to stay safe.Following on from Lo que esconde tu nombre, the exciting mystery Cuando llega la luz immerses us in a story of love and courage, memory and guilt, and hope and strength. This is a gripping tale about vengeance, the limits of evil and the strength that lurks almost invisibly in the darkest reaches of humanity.

“A Barcelona Heiress” by Sergio Vila-San Juan

Open Road Integrated Media, an established digital publisher and multimedia content company, and Barcelona eBooks, a new English-language digital publishing house present the novel by Sergio Vila-San Juan "A Barcelona Heiress". This book published in 2010 by Destino Publisher House, is now translated into English and can be found as an ebook all around the world.   “A powerful chronicle of Barcelonaduring the 20s, which allows us to discover its mysteries and unravel its clues. With a journalist’s keen eye and the narrative vision of the writer, Sergio Vila-Sanjuán has managed to create an irresistible reading which explores the entire gamut of a society, a time and a fascinating city.” Carlos Ruiz Zafón   Promotional video: http://media.openroadmedia.com/files/2012/11/05/SERGIOFINAL.mp4 Synopsis In the 1920’s Barcelona a young lawyer and monarchic journalist comes in contact with a diverse bunch of characters: a beaten cabaret girl who does not confess to all she knows; an anarchist leader who hesitates between compromising or violence; a newly-arrived general intent on imposing order without a second thought, and a handsome and moneyed countess determined to maintain her independence… Guided byPablo Vilar wetravel from the caverns of Montjuic’s, to high-society’s lavish parties at the Ritz or the Laberinto of Horta; and from the anarchist communities to the court rooms where justice is administered or delayed. While the city grazes its zenith, Pablo also fears that his youth will disappear with the coming storm. Based on real facts and people, and on documents from the author’s family files, A Barcelona Heiress proposes a new and different look at a complex and dazzling period.

Lo que esconde tu nombre

Nadal Prize 2010 Sandra has decided to escape to a coastal village in Alicante: she is 30, has left her job and, pregnant by a man she doesn’t love, spends her time putting off the decision about what to do with her life. On the beach she meets the Christensens, a Norwegian couple in their eighties who appear to be the answer to Sandra’s prayers when they offer to pay her to accompany Karin to her physiotherapy sessions. Then Julián arrives from Argentina, he is a survivor of the Mauthausen extermination camp, and begins to follow the Norwegian couple’s movements closely. One day Julián confronts Sandra, telling her that the who they appear to be, recounting a story of horrors that has nothing to do with her.

Solares, Martín

Martín Solares (Tampico, Tamaulipas, 1970) has published a book of essays, Cómo dibujar una novela (How to Draw a Novel); a children's book, Los monstruos y tú (The Monsters and You); and two novels set in the Gulf of Mexico: No manden flores (Don't Send Flowers), translated into English, French, and Polish, and a finalist for the Violet Noir Prize, as well as Los minutos negros (The Black Minutes), translated into six languages, a finalist for the Rómulo Gallegos International Novel Prize, the Antonin Artaud Prize, and the Bibliothèque des Littératures Policières Prize. The Black Minutes was selected by the Times Literary Supplement as one of the best novels of the year and was adapted into a film in 2022. He has won three national literature awards: the José Revueltas Fine Arts Prize for Literary Essay, the Juan de la Cabada National Prize for Children's Short Stories, and the Efraín Huerta National Short Story Prize, as well as the International Book Award for Best Mystery Novel. This year, the third installment of the Catorce colmillos (Fourteen Fangs) trilogy will be published. These three detective novels blend historical accuracy with the freedom of fantastic imagination and take place in the turbulent Paris of the 1920s, a city teeming with spies, anarchists, and assassins.

“Cuerpos secretos” (Secret Bodies) by Alonso Cueto; the bestseller

Only two days after its release in Peru the latest novel by Alonso Cueto, “Cuerpos secretos” (Secret Bodies), has already been listed on the bestseller list for this South American country. During the Ricardo Palma Book Fair 2012, “Cuerpos secretos” (Secret Bodies) published by Editorial Planeta Peru, was the most successful book, as far as activities relating to the novel as with number of assistants during the lectures and the presentation of the novel. More information (in Spanish): Periódico El Comercio 33º Feria del Libro Ricardo Palma

La última aventura de la Pimpinela Escarlata

Books by Emilio Calderón now in E-Book

AK Digital is a project that the Literary Agency founded with the principal goal to help the authors that it represents so that their previously edited books that currently have their rights free, can be offered exclusively in digital format, as an effort to conserve the validity of these works through the opportunities that these technologies can offer. At this time we are proud to present as first of the authors we represent, and within this new project, Emilio Calderón with whom we’ve developed three of his titles: The Creator’s Map (2006) The Secret of Porcelain (2007) The Jew from Shanghai (2008) Important links: Amabook Amazon Librería Laie Altaïr ebooks eBook·teca Llibreria Catalònia Y otras más...

Torrijos, Pedro

Pedro Torrijos (Madrid, 1975) is a writer and creator of cultural content. He is known for his narrative approach that explores unconventional spaces and realities. His publishing career began with Territorios Improbables (2021), a collection of stories and essays that uncover unusual and enigmatic places. This book marked the beginning of a literary path in which the author has masterfully combined stylistic precision with an analysis of the human condition that shapes the world. The book was translated into Italian in 2024. He later published Atlas de Lugares Extraordinarios para Descubrir el Mundo (2022), aimed at both adults and younger readers, which invites readers to explore the planet through visual and evocative storytelling. In 2023, Pedro released his first novel for adults, La Tormenta de Cristal, which blends elements of suspense with real-life events inspired by the structural crisis of New York’s Citicorp skyscraper. In 2024, La Pirámide del Fin del Mundo reaffirms his commitment to exploring the stories that shape our existence. With these works, Pedro Torrijos has established himself as a leading voice in cultural — and also purely literary — narrative, offering readers a fresh and thoughtful perspective on the world around them.

Amanda Black 1 - Una herencia peligrosa

  On the same day that Amanda Black turns thirteen she receives a mysterious letter that will change her life. And how. From living in poverty, she and her aunt Paula move into a gigantic, labyrinthine-like mansion that has belonged to the Black family for generations. As if that were not enough, Amanda's body begins to show unsuspected abilities and she discovers that she must take possession of an exciting, secret and dangerous family legacy, for which she must begin to train immediately. Will Amanda live up to what is expected of her? What her parents, and all the Blacks before them, fought to perpetuate and protect?

Clara Obligado presented with the IX Setenil Award

“The Book of the Mistaken Travels” by Clara Obligado, is presented with the IX Setenil Award for the best book of short stories published inSpain in 2012, assembled by the City ofMolina de Segura. Yesterday, the 30th. of October, 2012 the IX Setenil Award for the Best Book of Short Stories Published in Spain was celebrated. This award has been converted into a national reference for the short story genre. The jury was chaired, in this occasion, by the author Cristina Fernández Cubas, and accompanied by Anontio Lucas, poet and redactor of Culture for the newspaper El Mundo, and José María Pozuelo Yvancos, professor at the University of Murcia, columnist for the La Vanguardia newspaper and critic for the newspaper ABC. The presentation of the Award will be assisted by the winner and the jury members on the 11th of December en Molina de Segura. Source: Editorial Páginas de Espuma More information: Editorial Páginas de Espuma Vídeo de Clara Obligado realizado por Casa América

Tree, Matthew

Matthew Tree (Londres, 1958) aprendió catalán, se convirtió en profesor de esa lengua en 1979 y vino a vivir a Barcelona en 1984. Ha publicado las novelas Fora de lloc (Cafè Central,1996) y Privilegiat (Premio Columna 2001), el libro de cuentos Ella ve quan vol (Premio Octubre de Narrativa 1999) y el libro de viajes CAT. Un anglès viatja per Catalunya per veure si existeix (Columna, 2000). Es miembro del colectivo Hermanos Miranda, con el que ha contribuido en todos sus libros de cuentos: Aaaahhh... Dotze contes eròtics (Columna, 1998), El Barça o la vida (Columna, 1999), Tocats d'amor (Columna, 2000), Contes per a nenes dolentes (Columna, 2001), La vida sexual dels Germans Miranda (Columna, 2002) y Adeu, Pujol (Columna, 2003). Ha colaborado en diversas publicaciones inglesas y catalanas y actualmente escribe una columna mensual para los diarios El Punt y Diari de Barcelona (en Internet). Ha colaborado en diversos programas de radio y televisión durante los últimos cinco años. Su libro más reciente se titula Memòries! 1974-1989 (Columna, 2004).

Javier Rovira finalist in the Primer Novel Festival of Chambéry

“El Festival du premier roman de Chambéry is the only literary manifestation in France to work towards the discovery and promotion of novel French language and novel European authors through writing. In effect, 3000 demanding and passionate readers make the selection, after one year of debates and lectures, the novel writers that have won the most attention are invited to the Festival. Every year 15 novel French language writers and 8 novel, Italian, Spanish, German, Romanian, English and Portuguese writers, participate in the acts of the Festival, along with well known authors. This original focus creates a unique and plural literary event at the service of the creation of contemporary literature. In March 2013 the novel winners of the 26th edition will be selected. On this occasion 12 novel Spanish authors have been selected as finalists which include the author, Javier Rovira and his work; “Private Session”. More information: Finalists Festival Du Premier Roman (in English)

Amanda Black 2 - El amuleto perdido

Urroz, Eloy

Eloy Urroz es autor de las novelas "Las leyes que el amor elige" (1993), "Las rémoras" (1996), "Herir tu fiera carne" (1997), "Las almas abatidas" (2000), "Un siglo tras de mí" (2004), "Fricción" (2008), "La familia interrumpida" (2011) y "Nudo de alacranes" (2019). Es coautor de "Tres bosquejos del mal" (1994) y "Crack. Instrucciones de uso" (2004). Ha escrito los ensayos "Las formas de la inteligencia amorosa: D. H. Lawrence y James Joyce" (1999), "La silenciosa herejía: forma y contrautopía en las novelas de Jorge Volpi" (2000), "Siete ensayos capitales" (2004) y "Êthos, forma, deseo entre España y México" (2007). Ha publicado los libros de poesía "Ver de viento" (1988), "Sobre cómo apresar la vida de las estrellas" (1989), "Yo soy ella" (1998), "Poemas en exhibición" (2003) y "Yer blues" (2011), así como la crónica política "El águila, la serpiente y el tucán"(2000). Varias de sus novelas han sido traducidas al inglés, francés, italiano, alemán y portugués. Actualmente es profesor de literatura latinoamericana en The Citadle College, en South Carolina.

Urzay, Javier

Nacido en Madrid en 1963. Estudió economía en su ciudad natal y amplió estudios en Italia. Ha trabajado como consultor de estrategia y ha ocupado un cargo en una agencia gubernamental de innovación y tecnología. En la actualidad es un alto directivo de la industria farmacéutica en España y tiene que robar horas al sueño y a su familia para escribir. Javier ha volcado su pasión por Mozart y una amplia investigación histórica en su primera novela, La ópera secreta.

Edición Conmemorativa de "Un baile de máscaras" de Sergio Ramírez

The Nicaraguan author Sergio Ramírez celebrates his 70th birthday this year and 50 years as an author. There have been a variety of events; presentations, exhibitions and tributes held in honor of this well known award winning author, including the International Alfaguara Novel Award for his title,; “Margarita, the Sea is Beautiful” in 1998. Uruk Editores, Publishing House in San José, Costa Rica published commemorative edition of the novel “ A Dance of Masks”, winner of the 1998 Laure Bataillon Award for the best foreign language translation in France. Regarding this book, Sergio Ramírez commented; “…this is his favorite novel because it’s the story of his childhood, of his family in Masatepe, and the town where he was born.”

Amanda Black 2 - El amuleto perdido

Los viajeros de la Vía Láctea

Like all good songs, the weighty questions of our youth accompany us forever. In the 80s, Oscar dreamed of changing the world, Jorge's only ambition was money, David only needed songs and joints, Blanca was concerned with the environment and Javi dreamt of becoming a renowned writer. Three decades later, life will not resemble that which they imagined in their youth. Love and friendship, sex and loyalty, family relationships and failures, secrets and betrayals, the shadows of maturity and death—will all come in-between them in one way or another. Funny, sentimental, ironic and tender, The Milky Way Travelers is a generational novel that also talks about us. It won't be hard for the reader to end up finding himself or herself between its pages.

Launchof the pocket size edition of “The Land of the Spirits”

Miguel Ruiz Montañez is currently visiting professor for various North American Universities and for more than 10 years is Associate professor at theSanDomingoUniversityof theDominican Republic. Precisely where he had focused his first novel, “Columbus’s Tomb” (2006), story which has been translated in more than 12 languages and has made that author recognized in many countries. Now, “The Land of the Spirits” is a new literary adventure to this magical island where we are introduced to the surprising reality of this land,Haiti, as unknown as it is fascinating. ç The novel published in 2011 by the publishing house Martínez Roca, can now also be found in a pocket size edition published for the Collection “Booket” (Editorial Planeta). Photo: Antonio Rubio

Valenzuela, José Ignacio

José Ignacio Valenzuela hizo historia en su país natal, Chile, cuando con apenas 20 años escribió su primera telenovela, llamada Amor a domicilio. Luego de eso, comenzó una carrera internacional, escribiendo alrededor de 20 exitosas telenovelas para Chile, México, Puerto Rico y Estados Unidos. Como escritor de literatura, ha desarrollado una vasta e importante carrera en Latinoamérica. Ha publicado más de quince libros para adultos, jóvenes y niños, y muchos de ellos se han convertido en best sellers en diferentes países. Es el caso de la Trilogía del Malamor, está considerada como la primera Trilogía de fantasía de América Latina en español. El éxito de dicha historia atrajo la atención del mundo del cine y ya cedió los derechos cinematográficos para la realización de tres películas. En 2020 Sony Pictures comenzó la producción de la serie basada en su novela El filo de tu piel. En el campo de la literatura infantil y juvenil, Chascas ha publicado en Latinoamérica y España su exitoso libro Mi abuela la loca, seguido por Mi tío Pachunga, libros que abrieron la saga sobre la familia y que continuará este año con la publicación del título Mi casi, casi mamá en PRH, México y Bira Biro, España. Mona Carmona es su última novela.

Maldito Amor, el nuevo libro de Marta Rivera de la Cruz

Last 23rd of October the Editorial Planeta launched the latest work by Marta Rivera dela Cruz titled “Terrible Love” under their sub-label Oniro. This book, composed of 10 short stories about love, written by Marta Rivera dela Cruz with commentaries from the specialist in emotional intelligence Carmen Loureiro is a guide to understanding sentimental relationships and the emotions of love. Jealousy, commitment, loss, infidelity and deception are the concepts that the authors communicate with us through the stories accompanied by analysis form the expert. More information: Planeta de Libros

Vásconez, Javier

Javier Vásconez nació en Quito. Realizó estudios de Literatura en la Universidad de Navarra. Posteriormente estudió en París. En 1982 inició su trayectoria narrativa con Ciudad lejana, y en 1983 ganó la Primera Mención en la revista Plural de México con «Angelote, amor mío». Su obra comprende: El hombre de la mirada oblicua (1989), «Café Concert» (1994), y la novela El viajero de Praga (1996) que tuvo gran reconocimiento del público y de la crítica tanto en Hispanoamérica como en Europa. Ese mismo año, publicó la nouvelle El secreto. Su antología de cuentos, Un extraño en el puerto (1998) significó un momento de madurez de su narrativa. En 1999 publicó La sombra del apostador, la cual quedó finalista en el Premio Rómulo Gallegos. En 2003 el cuento «Thecla teresina». Al año siguiente publicó Invitados de honor y en 2005 su novela de espionaje, El retorno de las moscas. En 2007 la novela Jardín Capelo. En 2009 apareció en España una selección de sus cuentos bajo el título de Estación de lluvia. En 2010 se publicó una edición especial de El viajero de Praga con prólogo de Juan Villoro. La piel del miedo es su última novela. Algunos de sus cuentos han sido traducidos al alemán, francés, inglés, hebreo, sueco, griego y búlgaro. * Avance de la novela en curso del autor, La vida por delante, en el diario Hoy de Quito: http://ow.ly/w4rXZ. * Lectura del capítulo «Hoteles» de La vida por delante en Radio Visión de Quito: http://ow.ly/w4u7z. * Completísimo dossier sobre el autor en la revista digital Otro lunes:http://ow.ly/w4sWk. * Reseña de La piel del miedo en el suplemento Babelia de El País: http://ow.ly/w4tUd. * Artículo sobre La piel del miedo en Letras Libres: http://ow.ly/w4seE. * «Divagaciones acerca de una línea imaginaria»: artículo del autor en la revista Aurora Boreal: http://ow.ly/w4sAq.

PEN FRIENDS 1. CARTAMIGOS DE LEYENDA

  Anna is a gamer who has just moved with her family to another city and is punished without being allowed to play. Ricardo is a blacksmith apprentice who feels fortunate because he helps in that the ultimate sword, that which will kill the dragon that is besieging his village, be in good condition.They both join the Pen Friends program and begin to correspond. Anna soon discovers that Ricardo’s universe is familiar to her. All she must do is look at her computer`s screen... Join the Pen Friends program, grab a pencil and a piece of paper and get ready for the fun to begin.

Mona Carmona

  A man has died and with that the fate of his city has changed. Francesc Carmona has left, the last hu-man being capable of telling the truth about the Sagrada Familia, that pride of Barcelona that has been under construction for more than a hundred years. Now only speculation and legend remain around Gaudí's masterpiece. Unless Ramona Carmo-na, Mona to her friends, manages to prove that her grandfather did not take any secret to the grave, that the truth is there, waiting for someone to have the ability—and the audacity—to reveal it.

Sabina Berman Awarded “Prix des lecteurs de la ville de Vicennes”

The (Mexican) author Sabina Berman has recently been acknowledged in Europe, on this occasion in France, with the award (Prix del Lecteurs de la ville de Vicennes) for her novel “The Woman who Dove into the Heart of the World” (Moi, Éditions du Seuil, 2011). This award was created in 2006 by the Library Network (Association) of the city of Vicennes with the goal to present an acknowledgement to an author invited to the Festival América (A Literature and Cultural festival of North America that takes place every two years). This year the festival will take place from the 20th until the 23rd of September in the French city.

Vierci, Pablo

- Representado por Thomas Colchie - Pablo Vierci nació en Uruguay en 1950. Su primera novela, Los tramoyistas (1979), se tradujo al portugués (Os trampolineiros, 1983) y al inglés (The imposters, 1987), y fue reeditada como Los gringos (2000). Escribió las novelas Pequeña historia de una mujer (1984), Detrás de los árboles (1987, segundo Premio Nacional de Literatura de Uruguay), 99% asesinado (2004, segundo Premio Nacional de Literatura de Uruguay), Artigas - La Redota (2011) y El desertor (2012). En 2009, se publicó su libro testimonial La sociedad de la nieve, Premio Libro de Oro de la Cámara Uruguaya del Libro, que se tradujo al portugués y se convirtió en un best seller en Latinoamérica y España. En 2010, publicó el libro de humor De Marx a Obama en México y Uruguay. Escribió guiones para los largometrajes Aqueles dois (Brasil, 1985), El viñedo (Uruguay, 1999, Premio Fona), Matar a todos (Uruguay, Argentina y Chile, 2007, galardonado con el Premio al Mejor Guión en el 29° Festival de Cine de La Habana 2007 y el Premio al Mejor Guión en el 14° Festival de Cine de Lérida 2008) y Artigas - La Redota (Uruguay, España y Brasil, 2011). También escribió el guión de Contámela en colores, una serie histórica emitida en la televisión uruguaya durante 2012. En periodismo escrito, trabajó en cargos de dirección y en redacción. En Uruguay dirigió el noticiero de un canal de televisión durante cinco años. En 2003, obtuvo el Citi Journalistic Excellence Award en la Universidad de Columbia de Nueva York.

Los primeros días: Un reportero atrapado en Wuhan

  At the end of January 2020, Jaime Santirso, then a correspondent for El País newspaper in China, flew to Wuhan to report on the epidemic of the new coronavirus from the source of the outbreak. A few hours upon his arrival, the government of Xi Jinping ordered the city to be completely lockdown. Suddenly trapped by the severe restrictions and stalked by the invisible threat of the disease, the reporter set out to walk the deserted streets of the city in search of the answers that everyone longed for but that neither the official channels nor the media were able to provide. From that total and abrupt immersion at the epicenter of the pandemic, and from a professional and human effort to know, interpret and inform, these articles of invaluable worth were born, which would in turn serve as the seed for this book. The reader can find in these pages the personal and journalistic account of one of the few stringers who had the privilege and courage to report, from the very first days, one of the events destined to mark the twenty-first century.

“The Map of the Sky” a fascinating read

“Spanish author Felix J. Palma, with an amazing translation by Nick Caistor, has delivered a cross-genre masterpiece… The writing immerses the reader in another world that resembles our recent past, but not quite. Palma seeks the motivations behind the authors and their creations, and comes up with a tale that defies description. Readers of Palma's "The Map of Time" will find a worthy sequel,and newcomers will have no problem following the events in his latest book.” —Associated Press   The reviews from various US press and electronic press media confirm the quality of the delivery of the second novel from the trilogy by Félix J. Palma; “El mapa del cielo” (The Map of the Sky, Atria, 2012). The novel was released to the North American market on the 4th of September and has raised the attention of the media who confirm that it has been well received. The publishing house Atria has launched a grand publicity campaign for the book including a spectacular billboard in Times Square. We wish all the best and further success inSpain, USA and in the many other countries that the novel is about to be published during the next few months.

Entre amigos

  A moving journey full of fun, and littered with humor, told with an endless number of anecdotes and whose protagonists are our beloved animals. "DO WE UNDERESTIMATE THE CAPABILITIES OF OUR PETS? WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THEIR EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE?"  These and many more are the questions we come across in this new book by Gonzalo Giner about animals, veterinarians and other humans. "The Horse Healer" is back to bewitch us with a story that is not one but several, and that not only tells us about his experience as a veterinarian, but also develops a common narrative with his colleagues, Our vets! From Málaga to León, all the way to Madrid or Tenerife, Giner presents himself with humor and honesty throughout the pages of this book to share with us an endless number of strange and funny situations, some of infinite delicacy, to once again put animals back at the center of his vital and literary concerns. VETS, ANIMALS AND THEIR PICTURESQUE OWNERS COME TOGETHER IN THIS BOOK FULL OF HUMOR AND TENDERNESS TO TELL US HAPPY AND CRAZY STORIES OF FRIENDSHIP AND COEXISTENCE.

María Dueñas in Taiwan

Meanwhile in Spain“Mission Olvido” (the new novel by María Dueñas) has begun to climb the lists as one of the bestsellers, this author has arrived to the Far East with a firm step and she has placed “El Tiempo Entre Costuras” (The Seamstress) in the lists of favorites in both China and Taiwan. A few months ago this was published in China with astounding success, selling more than a hundred thousand copies in the 1st month. While inTaiwan the title published in September by the same publishing house (Thinkingdom Media) has already reached the bestseller lists. Links: Enlaces: Trailer "El tiempo entre costuras", Ed. Thinkingdom Media. Special promo by Eslite (bookstore).

Solo los valientes

  Little Alejandro knows that he is a boy and that he prefers Zorro's costume to that of a princess since long before he was called Alejandro. It will take twenty years, many complicated conversations, some weeping and several injections of testosterone for him to have his new birth certificate in his hands. Young Alejandro knows that he is a writer long before publishing his first book. He writes, even if he begins to study medicine. He writes, even if he continues with the Psychiatry residency. He writes in his spare time, at work, in hiding, everywhere. It will take ten years, a literary workshop, several friends and a happy call from a publisher for him to have his own book in his hands: Only the Brave. Can you be a man if society doesn't see you as such? Can one be a writer if no one knows? Can we be who we really are if we are alone? Who are we beyond the door of our room, of our body? In this novel Alejandro Albán confesses his own transition, narrating with an excellent literary flight a story that can leave no one indifferent. Only the Brave is an autobiographical story that transcends its fiery theme to offer a universal reflection on identity, silence and the power of the written word. “If everyone read this book, no one would argue about the rights of trans people. It is so painfully human that it can move even the most prejudiced people. And it describes so well the needed rebellion to conquer dreams, that reading it makes you want to live and fills one with euphoria. An extraordinary confession and literarily brilliant.” —Luisgé Martín

Barcelona E-books presents the digital publication of “El Carrer dels Tres Llits” (The Street of the Three Beds) by Roser Caminals

In April of this year (2012) Blanca Rosa Roca (Roca Editorial) with the collaboration of Micheal Gordon (son of Noah Gordon) created, Barcelonaebooks. A label exclusively dedicated to the publication of digital books in English from Roca Editorial’s catalogue and from other Spanish publishing houses. Open Road, one of the American publishers, who pioneers in digital publishing and who distributes worldwide, has also joined this society. Open Road is an innovative platform for on-line distribution, using videos and on-line social networks to promote authors. One of the latest publications from Barcelonaebooks is “The Street with Three Beds” by Roser Caminals, published in 2002 with the original title in Catalán, “El Carrer dels Tres Llits” by Plaza & Janés publishing house and in Castellano by Lumen publishers with the title, “Amores oscuros”. We’d like to share the web-link to the audio-visual thatOpen Roadcreated in the web to promote this novel by the outstanding Catalan author Roser Caminals, and we wish the best of luck with this new release.     El País, Cultura (30/04/2012) El Huffington Post Open Road: Roser Caminals

Palma again achieves the high standard set by “The Map of Time”

Yesterday, September 4, Atria/Simon&Schuster launched the new novel by the great author Félix J. Palma: “The Map of the Sky” The New York Times bestselling author of The Map of Time returns with a mesmerizing novel casting H.G. Wells in a leading role, as the extraterrestrial invasion featured in The War of the Worlds is turned into a bizarre reality. A love story serves as backdrop for The Map of the Sky when New York socialite Emma Harlow agrees to marry millionaire Montgomery Gilmore, but only if he accepts her audacious challenge: to reproduce the extraterrestrial invasion featured in Wells’s War of the Worlds. What follows are three brilliantly interconnected plots to create a breathtaking tale of time travel and mystery, replete with cameos by a young Edgar Allan Poe, and Captain Shackleton and Charles Winslow from The Map of Time. Some reviews: “"The Map of the Sky" keeps the reader guessing, checking and thinking, all the while providing many sidelights on the literary history of sci-fi itself.” The Wall Street Journal, September 1st, 2012. “The unreal becomes real, fantasy becomes history, and the reader is thoroughly entertained by an unending parade of bafflements and surprises. This book is a complete delight.” --K.W Jeter author of Infernal Devices TULSA WORLD DARK FAERIE TALES GENRE GO ROUND REVIEWS TOR.COM CROSSROADSREVIEWS.COM MISFIT SALON Amazon

Canción de antiguos amantes

  LAURA RESTREPO'S NEW NOVEL A double love story in a world on the verge of collapse, by the winner of the Alfaguara Awards, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz and Grinzane Cavour. "Every myth that is born is reborn. Every myth that incarnates reincarnates." Obsessed with the Queen of Sheba, Bos Mutas, a young contemporary writer, sets out on a journey around the world to find her, just as historical figures of the likes of Solomon, Thomas Aquinas and Gérard de Nerval had done over the centuries. And although the Queen of Sheba is elusive, Bos Mutas finds in her place the very earthy Zahra Bayda, a Somali midwife. Thus, the real time of the present runs parallel to the immemorial time of the myth. A work of fiction based on the author's travels through the lands of Yemen, Ethiopia and the Somali border—the magical and fierce geography of what was once the kingdom of Saba—, with Doctors Without Borders. This novel is a beautiful kaleidoscope, a gateway to fascinating worlds, a daring amalgamation of genres, eras, secular and biblical rhythms, cruelty and solidarity, love and war, pain and healing. Laura Restrepo accompanies, with this moving story, the eternal journey of migrant women, who despite tripping and stumbling, get up, keep going, learn to look further and further ahead and cross the borders of time and space. Song of Ancient Lovers sketches a seductive proposal: what if the great anthem of the end of time is not the Apocalypse? What if it was the Song of Songs instead?   The critics have said: "When the level of writing reaches as far as Laura Restrepo took it, you must doff your hat." Joseph Saramago "Her fascination with popular culture and her impeccable humor [...] spare her novels any temptation toward pathos or melodrama and instill unmistakable reading pleasures." Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Amanda Black 3 - El último minuto

Ever since she inherited her powers, Amanda has not had a moment’s rest: training, homework, missions ... But everything is about to change, because for the first time she has decided to take the day off to attend the high school dance. She will buy herself a nice dress, ask Jason to accompany her and everything will be wonderful. Every teenager’s dream! However, things are never the way one wants them to be. On the morning of the dance, Aunt Paula entrusts Amanda with a mission: to prevent an important Sumerian tablet that has been missing for years from falling into the wrong hands. And Amanda, as heir to the cult of the goddess Maat, cannot allow for this to happen. Will she be able to steal the tablet before it is lost good? And, even if she succeeds, will she make it to the most important dance of her adolescence in time?  

María Dueñas presenta su nuevo libro: "Misión Olvido"

The Prisoner of Heaven hits the USA Top Ten lists

The Prisoner of Heaven hits the USA Top Ten lists in just few days after its release by HarperCollins! Place # 7 Indie Bound Bestseller Lists Place #10 on Nielsen BookScan On July 29th, the NY Times will publish its long-awaited list of bestselling books, among which we are sure will be this beautiful story. We should like to show our recognition to Carlos Ruiz Zafón for another success out of Spain.

Amanda Black 3 - El último minuto

Ever since she inherited her powers, Amanda has not had a moment’s rest: training, homework, missions ... But everything is about to change, because for the first time she has decided to take the day off to attend the high school dance. She will buy herself a nice dress, ask Jason to accompany her and everything will be wonderful. Every teenager’s dream! However, things are never the way one wants them to be. On the morning of the dance, Aunt Paula entrusts Amanda with a mission: to prevent an important Sumerian tablet that has been missing for years from falling into the wrong hands. And Amanda, as heir to the cult of the goddess Maat, cannot allow for this to happen. Will she be able to steal the tablet before it is lost good? And, even if she succeeds, will she make it to the most important dance of her adolescence in time?  

Sesión Privada de Javier Rovira en Prensa y Semana Negra

Amanda Black 4 - La campana de Jade

  When Amanda turned thirteen, she suddenly inherited a mansion and discovered that she was the last (glups) of a long family line dedicated to maintaining the balance between the forces of evil and the forces of good. Together with her friend Eric, Amanda has had to adapt to her new high school, to her new powers and to her new extracurricular activities: stealing objects dangerous to humanity. In this new adventure, this time around in Nepal, Amanda will continue to delve into her origins, and will try to discover more about her mother and about her greatest enemy, Irma Dagon. A new Amanda adventure in her quest to unravel the secrets of the Black mansion.

María Dueñas asistirá al “Edinburgh World Writers´Conference”

Amanda Black 4 - La campana de Jade

  When Amanda turned thirteen, she suddenly inherited a mansion and discovered that she was the last (glups) of a long family line dedicated to maintaining the balance between the forces of evil and the forces of good. Together with her friend Eric, Amanda has had to adapt to her new high school, to her new powers and to her new extracurricular activities: stealing objects dangerous to humanity. In this new adventure, this time around in Nepal, Amanda will continue to delve into her origins, and will try to discover more about her mother and about her greatest enemy, Irma Dagon. A new Amanda adventure in her quest to unravel the secrets of the Black mansion.

El niño de fuego

Carlos Gamerro a guest from the “Edinburgh World Writers´Conference 2012-2013″

Conference: THE ANATOMY OF DESOLATION Monday 20 August 8:30pm - 9:30pm RBS Corner Theatre Carlos Gamerro is a leading voice in Argentinian literature and his new novel The Islands recounts the surreal story of the Falklands War from one Argentinian perspective. Alongside him, László Krasznahorkai discusses his Hungarian masterpiece Satantango, which was described by Susan Sontag as 'a stirring manual of resistance to desolation'. This summer it is finally published in English – a long-awaited landmark in literature. Carlos Gamerro & László Krasznahorkai “The anatomy of desolation” Edinburgh International Book Festival Edinburgh World Writers´Conference 2012-2013   ‘Gamerro's balls-out novel is a delirious mash-up ... [His] gross, bleakly funny, violence-saturated satire of a psychologically damaged society hung up on impossible myth relies on epic hyperbole, masterfully translated by Ian Barnett. There is enough invention here for four novels, but this multilayered nightmare vision is deftly rendered and devastating in its intensity.’ (Siobhan Murphy, Metro UK). Image from Siobhan Murphy´s article in the newspaper "Metro"

Los Minimuertos 3 - Escuela de salvajes

Rotundo éxito de "La leyenda del ladrón" de Juan Gómez Jurado

Los Minimuertos 4 - Día de vivos

Sabina Berman ganadora del prestigioso LiBeraturpreis

Madres e hijas

  An anthology of extraordinary stories that reflect on motherhood and its ways. Mothers and daughters: a universal reality, a crucial relationship, and yet a theme almost absent from the history of literature. It is only in the twentieth-century when the mother-daughter duo begins to gain prominence: the first works that do so, such as Sido, by Colette, or A Very Easy Death, by Simone de Beauvoir, establish a genre—the evocation of the dead mother—which will then multiply till it becomes a commonplace in writing and inspire many a writer, who in turn begin to write about their parents. The mother or daughter figure, or that of motherhood itself, arouses in each of the stories in this anthology (those by Chacel, Laforet, Martín Gaite and Ana María Matute, previously published; the rest, written expressly for this book ) very different visions: declarations of love, fights to the death, fantasies between the angelic and the terrifying, radical criticism of the values ​​of the society in which we live, differentiations between mothers and moms or analysis of ambiguous feelings around a mother whose death splits in two the life of her daughter. Stories by Rosa Chacel, Carmen Laforet, Carmen Martín Gaite, Ana María Matute, Josefina R. Aldecoa, Esther Tusquets, Cristina Peri Rossi, Ana María Moix, Soledad Puértolas, Clara Sánchez, Paloma Díaz-Mas, Mercedes Soriano. Almudena Grandes and Luisa Castro. ------------------------------- "Beautiful collective reflection on that complex and strange relationship between mothers and daughters. A comforting book, for we all have a void there of questions: what was not said on time, what was not shared." (Lourdes Ortiz, El Mundo.) “Quality is assured here. The variety of voices and themes is extraordinary.” (Juan A. Masoliver Ródenas, La Vanguardia.)  

Presentación de "Naranjas de la China" de Julio Arias

Entrevista a Javier Rovira en el Blog "Entre montones de libros"

La liebre mecánica

  Lazarillo Prize 2021 Nana is not well. Her boyfriend, Cuervo, hasn’t been the same for a while. He doesn’t speak to her, he’s nowhere to be seen outside of school, and seems to be getting further and further away from her. In the group of friends, nobody understands what is wrong with him. When Kike has a motorcycle accident, which he badly needs for his job and to bring a little money home, Cuervo decides to take charge of the situation and take those small bets that until now were only a matter of having a little fun, to the next level. One needs to do whatever it takes to help one’s buddy, right? But all that glitters is not gold and he will be trapped in a web of lies and trickery from which he will be unable to get out of on his own, destroying his relationship, his friends and his family along the way.  

Stravagantia

  Eric goes to live on the other side of the world, and Virginia has come to accept that she will never see him again. But on the eve of his departure, both are suddenly drawn to Stravagantia, an unusual world full of dangers and peopled by strange creatures, not always friendly. There, Virginia realizes that she is not about to let Eric go just like that. But he has been captured by the “Lords of the Impossible” and, if she wants to find him and rescue him, Virginia must assume the risk of embarking on a journey through a territory whose rules which are unknown to her. Fortunately for her, she can count on Berk's help, a faun who will guide her through the ways of his world and help her see through the eyes of Stravagantia... as well as to help discover certain things about herself.

La mappa del cielo di Félix J. Palma

Qué hacemos con Lolita?

María Dueñas, Javier Sierra y Félix J. Palma galardonados

Premio de la crítica en Málaga para el segundo trabajo como guinista de Jesús Gil Vilda

Por desobedecer a sus padres

  Darío Galicia was a poet close to the Infrarealists with an extravagant personality and a wit that quite a few compared to that of Oscar Wilde. According to a rumor provoked in part by a poem by Roberto Bolaño, Darío Galicia San Epifanio was subjected by his parents to a lobotomy to "cure" him of homosexuality and, while at it, of his poetry. Dragged by that myth, and because Darío was an admirer of Lewis Carroll and went as far as signing Darío G. Alicia, Ana Laurel follows his trail like a March hare, jumping on the other side of the mirror in both a narrative and labyrinthine game. She chases him through the Mexican literary world of the past decades, in the recollections of those who knew him, in the poetry of Darío himself, in The Wild Detectives, in photographs, medical records and newspaper articles that bear witness to his disastrous trail before disappearing—and reappearing—as in an act of illusionism in the top hat of a sinister magician.

Lo que no sabe Medea

La Leyenda del Ladrón: la esperada novela de Juan Gómez-Jurado

Dos novedades de Antonio Gómez Rufo

Los inventos del profesor Sapienti

Professor Sapienti is a great inventor. His mechanical devices are the wild and innovative: traffic lights that walk, robot firefighters. Anything to help his neighbors in Vistalegre, right? Because when his inventions begin to fall apart, they will start making life miserable for more than one.

Jorge Volpi, ganador del Premio Planeta-Casamérica 2012

A Señorita Bubble. Deus salve as raíñas

The return of the great inventor, who went as far as helping Elizabeth II herself with her rodent problem. Miss Bubble receives a letter from Elizabeth II and has to travel immediately to Buckingham Palace. The queen is in trouble: there is an invasion of rats in the city of London. They have managed to penetrate the palace and have stolen one of the most valuable pieces from Elizabeth's collection. The rodents act under the orders of Jack White, a rat catcher who has trained them with the intention of controlling the United Kingdom. Our inventor will have to use all her ingenuity to recover the stolen object and also for peace to return to London. But she won't be an easy affair.

Secretos de la luna llena: Alianzas

  Once upon a time there was a prince, two brave princesses, a mysterious troubadour… and the war that united them forever. The world is at war, with the Fae battling against mankind. Seaben, Prince of the Fae, is to marry Fay, Princess of the Elves, in an alliance that will tip the balance of the war in their favour. Eirene, Fay’s cousin, travels with her to the fairy kingdom. An encounter with a strange troubadour changes their lives forever. Welcome to Faesia, a land where fairy tales are not what they seem and secrets hide behind the full moon. Alliances is the first volume of the Secrets of the Full Moon trilogy. It was chosen by Babelia Magazine as one of the best YA reads of the year and won Best Novel in a series given by El Templo de las Mil Puertas, one of the most prestigious online magazines of YA literature published in Spanish. The plot of Alliances revolves around four characters and the secrets of the fairy kingdom, Lothaire, and its mysterious Queen Mab.

Secretos de la luna llena: Encuentros

  After fleeing Lothaire and Mab's machinations, the queen of the fairies, the ship in which Eirene, Seaben, Drake and the rest of their allies were travelling is attacked by the rebels of Astrea, a group of people unhappy with the new Regime that has been established in the sorcerers' island after the coup d'état. In the underground city in which they are hiding, the subjects of the old king dream of conquering the surface again and restoring the true heiress, Princess Inair, to the throne. But she doesn't remember anything about the life they retell in the corridors. Meanwhile, Fay de Veridian wakes up after her escape in Anderia, the humans' country. Despite the legends that she has always heard about their cruelty, the boys who have been taking care of her seem harmless, however. Among them she lives a life never imagined and will discover secrets she never thought could exist. She knows that her destiny is to return home and apologize for not having been able to fulfill her role, but love keeps her in Anderia, in that house away from the world she has always known. But there is always the danger that someone will betray her... And the punishment for crossing the border has always been death.

Secretos de la luna llena: Despedidas

  The King of Anderia has died and a new heir that no one knew anything about has taken his place. With him on the throne and his marriage to the Veridian princess, the people of Anderia are once again hopeful, and it is believed that they could regain the upper hand in the war that ravages their borders. What no one knows is that the new king is just another piece in Mab de Lothaire's game, just as the king of Nryan is. This is where Eirene has arrived, ready to claim the throne that rightly belongs to her, only to face mysteries, secrets and conspiracies in the shadows. Can anyone really defeat the queen of fairies? Will Faesia ever know peace while she lives? The tale comes to an end and all the secrets will finally be revealed...

Shahmarán

Sueños de Tánger

La banda de Arruti

Siete colores

Hacia la gran muralla

Los latidos de la tierra

Azul París

  An intimate novel that pays tribute to theater and love, as well as raising a toast to the unexpected opportunities that life gives us.  Hugo Montalbán, famous theater director, begins the year rehearsing the play he has been working on for some time and with which he hopes to end his career: Mrs. Làmbert's Return. It is a performance set in the Paris of 1945, when a family presumed dead reappears after the shameful night in which French Jews were rounded up with the connivance of General Petain and taken to the Auschwitz concentration camp. Among the members of the company is Silvia Carvajal, an actress with whom Hugo maintains a close friendship full of complicity and who, due to the affection that unites them, has become a constant presence in her life. Everything happens with the inherent difficulties typical of any stage production, till an unforeseen event forces a temporary halt to the rehearsals, something that will change the lives of all the characters involved forever.

El ingrediente secreto

Amanda Black 5 -El tañido sepulcral

The situation is as follows: the streets are besieged by a mob of what appear to be... living dead? The city has been surrounded and no one can enter or leave it. In the news and on the radio, they talk about a virus, but I know it was not a virus. It was the Jade Bell. It’s been its ringing. Reports are starting to come in from nearby cities where the exact same thing is happening. If anyone can stop it, it should be me. I am the chosen one... or so the Great Library said. Will Amanda be able to find the source of the chaos and stop the nightmare that has been unleashed all while she battles her own demons.

Amanda Black 5 - El tañido sepulcral

The situation is as follows: the streets are besieged by a mob of what appear to be... living dead? The city has been surrounded and no one can enter or leave it. In the news and on the radio, they talk about a virus, but I know it was not a virus. It was the Jade Bell. It’s been its ringing. Reports are starting to come in from nearby cities where the exact same thing is happening. If anyone can stop it, it should be me. I am the chosen one... or so the Great Library said. Will Amanda be able to find the source of the chaos and stop the nightmare that has been unleashed all while she battles her own demons.

Amanda Black 6 - La maldición del Nilo

I don't think I've ever been in a worse situation. Let me explain: I've been thrown into the Nile, I'm tied hand and foot, and I'm drowning. And, to top it all off, a huge crocodile is coming towards me. Aunt Paula thought spending a few days in Cairo would be fun. The plan was to see the Awakening of the Nile, a unique ritual held every two hundred years. But someone has stolen the statue of Hapi, the River God, and unleashed the plagues of Egypt. If I don't recover the figure in time, the fate of the Black family (and all of humanity) will be in jeopardy. Glups! Will Amanda manage to appease the wrath of the Egyptian god and save the world from the curse of the Nile?

Amanda Black 6 - La maldición del Nilo

I don't think I've ever been in a worse situation. Let me explain: I've been thrown into the Nile, I'm tied hand and foot, and I'm drowning. And, to top it all off, a huge crocodile is coming towards me. Aunt Paula thought spending a few days in Cairo would be fun. The plan was to see the Awakening of the Nile, a unique ritual held every two hundred years. But someone has stolen the statue of Hapi, the River God, and unleashed the plagues of Egypt. If I don't recover the figure in time, the fate of the Black family (and all of humanity) will be in jeopardy. Glups! Will Amanda manage to appease the wrath of the Egyptian god and save the world from the curse of the Nile?

Amanda Black 7 - El bastón del cuervo

I wish everything had happened differently. I don't know if I was overcome with pride or a bad mood because of my argument with Eric and Esme. What I do know is that everything got messed up. Big time! Director Lennon, the leader of a mysterious secret organization, showed up a few days ago with a tantalizing mission for me: to retrieve a Viking staff that allows me to see the future from the hands of Molrovia, a country ruled by a gang of criminals. This was the first time I was going to work for someone other than ourselves. And without the help of my best friend. I was hoping I was not making the biggest mistake of my life… Will Amanda be able to retrieve the magical Viking staff without Eric by her side?

Amanda Black 7 - El bastón del cuervo

I wish everything had happened differently. I don't know if I was overcome with pride or a bad mood because of my argument with Eric and Esme. What I do know is that everything got messed up. Big time! Director Lennon, the leader of a mysterious secret organization, showed up a few days ago with a tantalizing mission for me: to retrieve a Viking staff that allows me to see the future from the hands of Molrovia, a country ruled by a gang of criminals. This was the first time I was going to work for someone other than ourselves. And without the help of my best friend. I was hoping I was not making the biggest mistake of my life… Will Amanda be able to retrieve the magical Viking staff without Eric by her side?

Amanda Black 8 - El reino perdido

I remember Aunt Paula's words when we heard what was happening: "I wish it hadn't been our turn." But, of course, it had to be me.... It all began on an island in the Pacific, where a volcano erupted. Until then, everything was normal. Barely a week later, the entire planet is about to be destroyed by a sea of lava. And the only way to stop the end of the world is for you to find an idol lost more than two millennia ago and perform a ritual in a temple of the mythical kingdom of Atlantis, an island that, sure enough, no one knows if it really existed or where it could be. A piece of cake, right? Will Amanda be able to find the lost kingdom and save humanity from its demise?

Amanda Black 8 - El reino perdido

I remember Aunt Paula's words when we heard what was happening: "I wish it hadn't been our turn." But, of course, it had to be me.... It all began on an island in the Pacific, where a volcano erupted. Until then, everything was normal. Barely a week later, the entire planet is about to be destroyed by a sea of lava. And the only way to stop the end of the world is for you to find an idol lost more than two millennia ago and perform a ritual in a temple of the mythical kingdom of Atlantis, an island that, sure enough, no one knows if it really existed or where it could be. A piece of cake, right? Will Amanda be able to find the lost kingdom and save humanity from its demise?

Te encontraré en el silencio

Amy is like a lost puzzle piece, with smooth, rounded contours, who has never fit into the square mold her parents forced her into. Alan is full of sharp, rough edges, and can only see life in black and white. She leaves New York in search of the light and color she longs for. He leaves London to carry out a promise before finally surrendering to the darkness. When they meet in a bay of infinite beaches south of San Francisco and embark on an unexpected journey down the California coast, they discover that they are two very different pieces that complement each other, no matter how much they struggle against it. Sometimes, a camera is all one needs to capture the truth that silence insists on hiding.

El verano en que llegaron los lobos

Winner Premio Gran Angular It's hard to fit in in a bird town when you're a deer. The summer I saw lights on the island, I expected lots of things. Some big and some small. I was hoping my father would agree that I leave the village; I was hoping Samuel would come down to the beach; I was hoping Alicia and Clara would see me as I was, and not as they wanted me to be; I was hoping I would fit in somehow, if only to say goodbye....

Ciudad de cenizas

In the Barcelona of the Tragic Week of 1909, a young night watchman and an experienced inspector must solve a crime in which the body and the city are covered in ashes. In Barcelona in the year 1909, Enrique Hernández, a young night watchman, encounters a strange burning smell while patrolling the streets of the La Seca neighborhood. Upon entering the residence, the police discover a mountain of ashes on a pair of women's shoes in front of an armchair. The rest of the furniture is intact and both the door and the windows were closed from the inside. How could such a tragedy occur? Eloy Pavía, a reputed inspector of the new surveillance force and a former commissioner of the Scotland Yard, takes charge of the case. Pavía's keen insight and unconventional style will make an excellent match with the enormous passion and youth of Hernández, who, from the first moment, will be involved in the investigation. Together, they embark on a tireless search for clues, entering into the shadows of a working-class city agitated by the Tragic Week. City of Ashes is a fascinating detective novel that will immerse you in the Barcelona of the beginning of the 20th century, a beautiful and wild city that becomes another proganist of the story. Kike Corella, with his unforgettable characters and ability to recreate the atmosphere of the time, transports us to a world full of intrigue and surprise that will captivate readers. 

La Fábrica Creator

On his twelfth birthday, Carlos is given a sur-prising gift, something he would never have imagined. The time has come to learn that his parents are the guardians of Éldonon and he must go through the gates and enter that world. There he will meet the Creators, the Imagi-natos, the Somnios and the Muses, and he will face different creatures that are intro-duced in our reality. Together with his com-panions from the Creátor Factory, he will have to solve a crime that the adults have not been able to prevent. Will the power of imagination be enough?

Amanda Black 9 - El camino del ninja

That evening, nothing made me think that, just a few days later, I was going to meet the coolest person of all the people I know. Nothing made me think I was going to have to let her go either. When we heard about the earthquake that had hit Japan, it didn't seem serious to me. I was wrong! The tremor, apparently harmless, had produced a series of landslides that had exposed a cave system where a dangerous ancient weapon was hidden. And, of course, someone had to make sure it didn't fall into the wrong hands. This is how my trip to Japan began, believing it would be one like so many others. I had no way of imagining that this mission would change my life forever.

Amanda Black 9 - El camino del ninja

That evening, nothing made me think that, just a few days later, I was going to meet the coolest person of all the people I know. Nothing made me think I was going to have to let her go either. When we heard about the earthquake that had hit Japan, it didn't seem serious to me. I was wrong! The tremor, apparently harmless, had produced a series of landslides that had exposed a cave system where a dangerous ancient weapon was hidden. And, of course, someone had to make sure it didn't fall into the wrong hands. This is how my trip to Japan began, believing it would be one like so many others. I had no way of imagining that this mission would change my life forever.

Amanda Black - 51 Enigmas por resolver

The new and fun Amanda Black activity book, full of riddles, enigmas, and mysteries.   Solve the mystery of the Black archives!   For centuries, the Black family has protected humanity. Along the way, its members have faced dark secrets and dangerous mysteries... some of them still unsolved today. However, none of these enigmas are too difficult for Amanda Black. Accompany the heiress of the Maat cult on her raid into the Black archives and help her solve the strangest cases of her ancestors.   In this book you will find:   - A collection of enigmas, mysteries, and riddles to solve with Amanda Black - Adventures and missions to explore the Amanda Black universe

Amanda Black - 51 Enigmas por resolver

The new and fun Amanda Black activity book, full of riddles, enigmas, and mysteries.   Solve the mystery of the Black archives!   For centuries, the Black family has protected humanity. Along the way, its members have faced dark secrets and dangerous mysteries... some of them still unsolved today. However, none of these enigmas are too difficult for Amanda Black. Accompany the heiress of the Maat cult on her raid into the Black archives and help her solve the strangest cases of her ancestors.   In this book you will find:   - A collection of enigmas, mysteries, and riddles to solve with Amanda Black - Adventures and missions to explore the Amanda Black universe

Amanda Black - Escape Book

The Amanda Black escape book has arrive! Solve the riddles and mysteries to escape the Black Mansion.   Irma Dragon want to steal the Gargantilla Dark, a jew that is able to manipulate people's will. If it falls into her hands, we're doomed! She has sent her men to the Black Mansion and they won't stop until they find it. I have to take the relic and escape without being seen, but I can't use doors or windows because they would see me. Luckily, this house has its own mechanisms. In order to open every secret door and go through every passage, we need a numeric key. However, we only have some clues that Aunt Paula has prepared to keep the secrets of the mansion safe and preserve the artifacts inside that may be dangerous to humanity. I'm going to need your help to unravel the secret of the Black Mansion. Will you join this interactive adventure?  Don't miss the Amanda Black escape book! An interactive book that will put to the test your abilities to escape danger. Will you be able to solve the riddles and mysteries to help Amanda protect the relics of the Black Mansion? Find out in The Secrects of the Black Mansion!

Amanda Black - Escape Book

The Amanda Black escape book has arrive! Solve the riddles and mysteries to escape the Black Mansion.   Irma Dragon want to steal the Gargantilla Dark, a jew that is able to manipulate people's will. If it falls into her hands, we're doomed! She has sent her men to the Black Mansion and they won't stop until they find it. I have to take the relic and escape without being seen, but I can't use doors or windows because they would see me. Luckily, this house has its own mechanisms. In order to open every secret door and go through every passage, we need a numeric key. However, we only have some clues that Aunt Paula has prepared to keep the secrets of the mansion safe and preserve the artifacts inside that may be dangerous to humanity. I'm going to need your help to unravel the secret of the Black Mansion. Will you join this interactive adventure?  Don't miss the Amanda Black escape book! An interactive book that will put to the test your abilities to escape danger. Will you be able to solve the riddles and mysteries to help Amanda protect the relics of the Black Mansion? Find out in The Secrects of the Black Mansion!

En el país de Lindabrina y Ratón Perez

When Ana's teeth start to move for the first time, her parents place a little wooden door in the hallway of their house with a mouse drawn on it: it is the door of the tooth fairy, which opens onto a world of wonders that only children like her can enter. It is there that she meets Don Mouse, always busy with his sack full of teeth. And he is not the only extraordinary being there: the fairy Lindabrina, a kindly creature, rules this magical and precious world, made up of children’s drawings, which come to life there.In this world things also get spoiled and damaged, but Ana and her friends fix it very easily with more drawings. And so, again and again, harmony reigns in Lindabrina's coun-try, until some strange and evil beings in-vade the country and the tooth fairy dis-appears...

Furia

A story about the loss of loved ones at an early age, the search for sexual identity, and the world of boxing in equal parts. This novel tells the story of Cecilia, a 16-year-old girl who, after the death of her mother, moves to live with her great-aunt. The protagonist's anger is channeled through box-ing, a stigmatized sport that becomes her lifeline. It is precisely thanks to boxing that Cecilia meets M, a 47-year-old woman with whom she shares her family conflict, the frustrations of adolescence, and first loves. But Furia is not only the story of a teenager looking for her place in the world; it is also a story of three women of different ages and social conditions who, through their life experiences, concerns, fears and insecurities, weave together realities that make the main plot points of the novel as im-portant as those that take place in the background. It is a story that conveys very positive values of self-improvement and sacrifice and that gives a glimpse of hope in the face of certain situations suffered by adolescents.

Cada seis meses

A todos nos falta algo. Diario 2000-2002

Time Keeper 1: El eco del destino

“EVERY TIME THE AMULET OF TIME IS SET IN MOTION, THE REST OF THE WORLD SUFFERS” Nathan Tabiz learned that lesson many years ago, just as he learned that the world beyond the walls of the Holy Kingdom of Daiva is dangerous and full of demons. He learned, too, that the power of time is coveted and pursued and that it is the duty of the celestials to protect it. So when he inherited the Amulet, he knew never to use it. He has sworn all his life that he won’t: he swore it when his mother left it in his hands, he has sworn it a thousand times to the god he serves, he has sworn it a thousand times to his friends. However, he has never told anyone all the times he has wanted to break his word: When his mother died. When he was appointed Bearer. When he gave his first kiss. Yes, Nathan Tabiz knows better than to use the Amulet. What he doesn’t know is that the person he’s fallen in love with will die in three days.

Mona Carmona y el misterio de Chichén-Itzá

The time of the beasts

When the boundaries between good and evil are blurred, it is our actions that define us. In the time of the wild beasts, we are either predators or prey.A police officer on the brink of retirement is exiled by his own people to the peaceful island of Lanzarote, where he must spend the last years of his career. What neither he nor anyone else can imagine is that the investigation into the hit-and-run case of a nineteen-year-old girl from the East will uncover a web of crime and power across several European cities. In a spiral of intrigue that gives the reader no respite, we will discover the intimate motivations of unforgettable characters as well as the high economic interests that move the unsuspecting pieces of the game. A masterful novel that brings us closer to the heart of ordinary people and shows us how the lust for power can transform people in this era we live in: the era of the beasts.

Seven Dandelions

In the thick of a forest there was a gray house where an old gray woman named Iris lived. But one night she dreamed of a color, and in the morning, on her pillow, she found a dandelion that was not gray. The second night, the old woman dreamed of another color that she had not seen and the second morning she found a second dandelion that was not gray either.... However, the earth is still gray... Iris will have to find a solution for this world without colours...

A day with Dad and Dadda

The families of our times can be very diverse: Look around and see for yourself. But something that almost all families have in common is love. With a sweet story and amusing illustrations, this book teaches that there are many valid ways to relate to and love each other. AUTHOR WINNER OF THE CHILDREN AWARD PREMIO CAMPOYADA FOR 2020

The Queens of Asia

Celia, Amparo, María, and Andrea are around seventy. Their lives are routine and filled with obligations: sick husbands, demanding daughters, health issues, meager pensions, and, occasionally, loneliness. They’ve spent so much time thinking about others that they no longer know who they are. Until they decide to embark on an extraordinary journey to prove to themselves that there’s still much left to discover. As they travel through exotic Thailand, savor the peace of Bali, and delve into the heart of India, they will reconnect with their own essence. They are not old women; they are women. They always have been. And they’re ready to prove it. Do you dare to join them?

The intruders

“Terrifyingly funny”.Lucia is a very imaginative girl who always gets into trouble. After “accidentally” flooding her house, her parents send her to spend a few days with her eccentric great-aunt Agatha, in a dark and ramshackle house. What a nuisance!From the very first moment, Lucia senses that something strange is going on in the house. The curtains close by themselves and three suspicious cats stalk her at all hours. She is determined to find out the truth. With the help of her inseparable friend Miguel, she embarks on an exciting adventure to solve the mysteries that surround her. But will she be prepared for what is to come?

Pimpollo: the influencer dog

The new children’s saga by Ledicia Costas, starring Pimpollo, the most famous dog on the Internet.Pimpollo needs no introduction: he is the most famous dog on the Internet! And the cutest, obviously. I’m sure you already follow him on all the networks.He lives like a king, of course! He sleeps in his human’s bed, is fed with imported food and is groomed three times a week - just what a star like him deserves, come on!Unfortunately, Pimpollo is about to discover that life outside his mansion with seven bathrooms, a jacuzzi, and a sea view is much harder than he thought it would be. EXCLUSIVE: INFLUENCER ELI, OWNER OF PIMPOLLO, HAS DISAPPEARED!

Pimpollo 2: Welcome to the Gang

Pimpollo is having a terrible day—in the worst possible sense: he’s been kicked out of his mansion, had to rummage through trash, and still hasn’t recovered his precious fur! And that pesky tick is still stuck to his neck. What a disaster! To make things worse, the streets are full of dangers. For instance, there’s King Kong, the terrifying dog with a booming bark who stands guard in front of the supermarket and isn’t thrilled that Pimpollo has set foot on his territory. Will the help of his new friends, Flecha and Gordon, be enough to face him?

All the King's Men

A story of true love that continues the universe of All the Fairies in the Kingdom, the twist 50,000 readers didn’t know they were waiting for. Felicia has reached her happily ever after and has returned home hand in hand with her disenchanted prince. She has paid a high price for it: renouncing the protection of her fairy godmother. However, whe2024n she discovers that her parents, the King and Queen of Vestur, have ordered her godmother’s execution behind her back, she must consider whether her life is truly the fairy tale it seems. When life ceases to seem like a fairy tale, the most powerful magic emerges where you least expect it...

Amanda Black 10 - The Cursed Movie

I know what you’re all wondering: what’s a girl like me doing on a Hollywood film set? Could there be a dangerous object lost in the most famous movie studios on the planet? That’s exactly what I’m here to figure out! A series of mishaps is threatening the production of the new movie starring the famous Rita Turner: screenwriters are disappearing, safety ropes are snapping, and the production budget is on the brink of collapse. The film's director, none other than Lord Thomsing’s brother, has come to us for help, as he suspects these disasters might be connected. To get to the bottom of it, we’ve come here to investigate in person. And, of course, what better way to blend in than to become a stunt double? It’s time to step into the spotlight and find out what—or who—is behind all this. Lights, camera… action!

Amanda Black 10 - The Cursed Movie

I know what you’re all wondering: what’s a girl like me doing on a Hollywood film set? Could there be a dangerous object lost in the most famous movie studios on the planet? That’s exactly what I’m here to figure out! A series of mishaps is threatening the production of the new movie starring the famous Rita Turner: screenwriters are disappearing, safety ropes are snapping, and the production budget is on the brink of collapse. The film's director, none other than Lord Thomsing’s brother, has come to us for help, as he suspects these disasters might be connected. To get to the bottom of it, we’ve come here to investigate in person. And, of course, what better way to blend in than to become a stunt double? It’s time to step into the spotlight and find out what—or who—is behind all this. Lights, camera… action!

Amanda Black 11 - The Forgotten Temple

I have to find Eric, I need to know what happened to him. I can’t leave him here. Somehow, I still have hope that he’s alive… We knew the mission would be dangerous when Lord Thomsing warned us that Irma Dagon’s men were on the move, closing in on a perilous spirit, hidden deep in the jungle and protected by two powerful ancient tribes. However, it was Benson’s warning, his bad feeling about us splitting up, that worried my best friend and me the most. And with good reason. At that moment, we still didn’t know that none of our plans would go right.

Cago de guerra

One sausage. Two dogs. A man. A woman. A wolf. The Three Little Pigs. Pelé. Maradona... Where will this dispute end? There were so many people on both sides that the confusion only grew.

You Are Not Sherlock Holmes

In the midst of the economic crisis shaking Spain, Ubaldo Contador, a psychologist with the National Police, finds himself immersed in an investigation that will take him far from his home and his daily problems. Sent to Prague, Ubaldo must face not only the challenges of a serial killer, but also his own insecurities and failures. At his side, Czech investigator Janka Kopecká struggles to decipher the mind of the ruthless criminal known as the Prague Mutilator. Meanwhile, Cirilo Castiñeiras flees his village in Spain and discovers a new and dangerous world in Prague’s nightlife. Edmundo Ciscar, director of the Aula Cervantes, confronts his personal demons and the complexities of human relationships, while pianist José Manuel Calatrava returns to a city he no longer recognizes, desperately searching for a place to belong. You are not Sherlock Holmes is a novel that intertwines the lives of these and many other characters, each struggling to find his or her way in a city that seems to devour its inhabitants. David Llorente, faithful to his social commitment, offers us a raw and sincere look at desperation, the struggle for survival, and the search for identity in times of a crisis that was more atrocious than the bloody trail of the most ruthless serial killers. Because in 2008, the most powerful refused to acknowledge the crisis and looked the other way while several million Spaniards were forced to emigrate, in search not only of food and a place to live, but of dignity. Llorente, who lived in Central Europe, was a first-hand witness to these events, and reflects this in his novel.

Terradraga

An epic fantasy novel that follows a unique “hero’s journey” (Cycle 984 after Argia) In the last and bloodiest war among men, one faction wielded the forbidden power of dragons through Argia, the most powerful mage ever to walk the planet of the two suns. It’s said that after the destruction of that war, the mage gave birth to the first drago: half human, half dragon. Many Cycles later, in the unusual peninsula of Terradraga, amidst kórtodos, suargos, dracknodones, and bograx, two orphaned dragos begin piecing together the story that binds them. They embark on a thrilling adventure in which magic, love, and courage become the flame that fuels the fire of freedom. This epic tale unveils the secrets of the Forge—the forgotten school of the blue dragos, the hidden power within a mysterious book, and how music becomes a symbol of resistance and unity for the rebels of the Flame, an army of outcasts banded together to fight against the tyranny of Queen Tëesha and Prince Crimson.

Terradraga

An epic fantasy novel that follows a unique “hero’s journey” (Cycle 984 after Argia) In the last and bloodiest war among men, one faction wielded the forbidden power of dragons through Argia, the most powerful mage ever to walk the planet of the two suns. It’s said that after the destruction of that war, the mage gave birth to the first drago: half human, half dragon. Many Cycles later, in the unusual peninsula of Terradraga, amidst kórtodos, suargos, dracknodones, and bograx, two orphaned dragos begin piecing together the story that binds them. They embark on a thrilling adventure in which magic, love, and courage become the flame that fuels the fire of freedom. This epic tale unveils the secrets of the Forge—the forgotten school of the blue dragos, the hidden power within a mysterious book, and how music becomes a symbol of resistance and unity for the rebels of the Flame, an army of outcasts banded together to fight against the tyranny of Queen Tëesha and Prince Crimson.

Love and Disgust

Bebi Fernández, the best-selling Poetry Phenomenon and Twitter’s most irreverent voice, returns with an incendiary new diary. BEBI FERNÁNDEZ embodies genius, poetic commitment, and a sharp discourse. Concise, provocative, and brutal, these poetic diaries are a symbol of rebellion, a call for authenticity, and the struggle of women.

The Land of the Golden Sunset

October 1961. A plane full of women takes off from Madrid, bound for Australia. One hundred and fourteen souls, armed with dreams and fears, head to the ends of the earth. A JOURNEY TO THE LAND OF THE GOLDEN SUNSET A LOVE IMPOSSIBLE TO FORGET A SECRET ABOUT TO EXPLODE Among the green sugarcane fields of Queensland and the golden Australian sky stands the Santa Ana plantation. Elisa, a young woman from Asturias and part of a Francoist and Catholic Church initiative to populate Australia, known as Operation Marta, secures a job on the estate, though she has another goal: to find the father of her child, who disappeared some time ago. However, the more she investigates, the more mysteries she uncovers surrounding the plantation, its owners, and the harsh labor of the workers. Under the watchful eyes of the plantation priest and guard, Elisa searches for the truth, finding the wise and courageous company of local Aboriginal people and others who, like her, have lost too much to fear anything. Celia Santos brings to life Operation Marta or “the brides’ plane,” a historic journey in which hundreds of women were sent to Australia with the promise of a better future. The Land of the Golden Sunset reveals the dark mystery behind this promise in a story filled with love, struggle, and hope, alongside unforgettable characters.

Lambskin

Catarina belongs to a line of witches. She inherited the trade from her grandmother and delves into the secrets of medicinal plants. She is raised in a medical practice, where patients with all kinds of ailments come to seek her and her grandmother’s help. In the last years of the Spanish Inquisition (19th century), in the midst of hunger and misery, the two of them are the closest thing to a doctor that exists in Merlo, but with one difference: they are necessary, but they are also hated. Lola is a 21st century woman going through a personal crisis. She comes into contact with forces she does not understand. The breakup with her partner, her doubts about motherhood, and the unblocking of memories long since forgotten cause her to collapse. In Lambskin, Ledicia Costas delves into sexual awakening, violence, and magic, accompanied with large doses of fantasy. A hypnotic novel that explores eroticism and darkness and envelops us in an atmosphere as terrible as it is beautiful. Rights sold: Bulgaria (Tonipress)  

Delirium

Renata has a premonition: a vision of a savage and cruel murder. She doesn’t recognize the victim but does recognize the place where the crime is going to be committed: Delirio, a hotel located in the city of Guanajuato, Mexico, owned by Juanjo, an old friend and literature professor. Kika, a young transgender woman and Renata’s best friend, arrives at Delirio with the need to hide. She is fleeing from her lover, an influential politician. Because of his position, she knows he has unleashed the dogs to hunt her down; that and because of the bag full of money with which she arrives at Delirio. And with that money, she intends to buy herself a new life; but first, she must preserve the one she has. Risking her reputation and even her marriage, Renata decides to do whatever it takes to prevent the homicide. The problem is that destiny always wins the game even if it shows us its cards. Natalia M. Alcalde debuts with this overwhelming noir novel where violence, social criticism, and magical realism are masterfully mixed in an intoxicating cocktail that passes through the reader’s stomach to ascend to their heart and linger in their brain. Hypocrisy and social prejudices, systemic police and political corruption, sensationalism in the media, and a rotten judicial system are present on every page of Delirio. Alcalde portrays contemporary Mexico with universal elements such as the search for justice; although it is difficult to find when your life is worth less than the coins that jingle in your pocket.

Arca

The novel presents a complex and multifaceted plot that narrates the life of Laura, a talented musician and lesbian activist around 35 years old, who lives with her alcoholic father, Roberto, and works for ARCA, an NGO dedicated to investigating the massive stranding of Zei whales that occurred in southern Chile in 2015. Laura carries the weight of a dark episode of abuse in her childhood, which took place in a sect known as the Refugio, deeply affecting her character and relationships. During a concert, Laura meets siblings Alia and Lucas, who are actively involved in ARCA. This encounter triggers a bizarre and existential love triangle that intensifies throughout the story through the desires and crossed projections among the three characters. Alia, a 40-year-old journalist who has left behind a failed marriage and multiple unsuccessful attempts at assisted reproduction, feels deeply attracted to Laura, discovering new facets of herself and finding inspiration to write a science fiction novel. Lucas, in turn, becomes a fundamental support for Laura, with whom she eventually moves to a remote island in southern Chile. The novel also explores Laura’s relationship with her sister Camila and their father Roberto, an alcoholic with mystical inclinations, who has left deep scars on his daughters, influencing their decisions and adult relationships. The omniscient narrator, with a humorous and reflective tone, structures the novel in three parts. In the first part, the story of Laura, Alia, and Lucas is told in a realistic tone that alternates times and memories as their relationships develop and complicate. The second part follows the journey of ARCA members to the Gulf of Penas and Melinka Island, where they investigate the deaths of the Zei whales. The third part focuses on Camila’s search for her father, now part of a biblical group in northern Chile, revealing details of the traumatic experiences that marked the sisters’ childhood and youth. Additionally, it narrates Camila’s tumultuous adventure with Gabriel. The novel weaves an intricate mosaic of stories where the past and present intertwine, exploring themes of trauma, love, self-discovery, and redemption, in the context of environmental activism and complex human relationships.

The Immortal Collection 1: A Saga of the Ancient Family

After the successful “The White City Trilogy” and the Detective Kaken Series, Eva García Sáenz de Urturi - winner of the 2020 Planeta Award - publishes for the first time the complete trilogy with which she began her career. NEVER FORGET THAT BEING LONG-LIVED DOES NOT MAKE YOU IMMORTAL When Adriana, a brilliant young archaeologist, accepts a position at the Museum of Archaeology in her hometown of Santander, Spain, she never imagined that her new boss could have lived through the history she can only study. Iago, the charismatic technical director of the museum, is more than ten thousand years old but appears to be only twenty-five. Iago and his family are longevos: people who never seem to age after reaching adulthood. The ancient family is divided: Iago’s brother and sister seek the source of their longevity in hopes of creating more like themselves, while Iago and his father fear the repercussions of the true Fountain of Youth. A dangerous game of power and knowledge that has played out over eons becomes even more complicated when Adriana attracts both brothers’ attention and learns their secret. Filled with science, history, and passion, The Immortal Collection transports the reader through time and space, from the days of cavemen, through the Roaring Twenties, to the charming plazas of contemporary Spain. Ancient history meets cutting-edge research in this modern love story and sweeping historical saga.

When the storm passes

Manel Loureiro redefines the thriller genre with his latest novel, winner of the 2024 Fernando Lara Award. Stranded on Ons, a small island off the Atlantic coast of Galicia, Roberto Lobeira has no way to reach the mainland or communicate with the outside world due to a storm that feels like a harbinger of tragedy. When he finds a mysterious bundle washed ashore, its contents ignite decades-old resentment, jealousy, unresolved grudges, and a thirst for revenge among the island's few inhabitants. To make matters worse, a sinister, lurking presence leaves a bloody offering at his doorstep, a cryptic message he can’t decipher. Caught in a whirlwind of hatred, unspeakable secrets, and unrestrained ambition, Lobeira must survive on the island… until the storm passes. Rights sold:  English World Rights (Amazon Crossing)

We need to talk

Let’s imagine an ordinary woman with a peaceful marriage and a preadolescent son. A life that is more or less happy, more or less normal. Until one day, her husband asks her for permission to sleep with another woman. Just once, he promises. And she says yes. However, the same night he goes to see his lover, she meets a friend and tells her what is happening. It is then, with a glass of wine in hand, that she realizes she doesn’t feel jealous or angry. Much worse: she feels absolutely nothing. With a style full of tenderness and humor, this novel weaves together the stories of two women in very different moments: Tima, who has been living in indifference for far too long, and Eva, a successful professional with a fear of commitment until one day she meets someone who makes her rethink everything. Bárbara Montes speaks to us about real-life relationships, without sugarcoating them, and about that moment when you realize that all the rules you had set and the plans you had made actually mean nothing. Because true love is untimely, difficult, and sometimes absurd. But it is always worth it.

The Fairies' Great Swindle

THE GREATEST LITERARY MAGICIAN RETURNS WITH A NEW AND SPECTACULAR WORLD FULL OF ILLUSION AND MYSTERY. From the author of the internationally acclaimed “Victorian Trilogy,” with over 600,000 readers.If the heart wishes to believe in something, reason cannot prevent it. London, 1922. Alan and Violet Schofield are England’s leading experts in magical photography; a rogue couple taking advantage of the fever for capturing fairy beings that spread throughout gullible London society after the Great War, following the Cottingley girls’ having convinced none other than Conan Doyle that they had photographed fairies. Bombs no longer fall from the sky, and the entire city awaits its turn at the famous Schofield studio to obtain the prized photograph that will prove to family and neighbors that one’s attic or garden has been blessed with the presence of one of these mysterious creatures. Unfortunately for the Schofields’, their luck will change when a new client knocks on their door: the feared and powerful Percival Drake, lord of London’s underworld. A man of great cunning, brutally ruthless, and above all, a man who does not believe in magic. As they embark on a dangerous race against time to save their lives, Alan and Violet will discover that to outwit a gangster who doesn’t believe in fairies, they must be smarter than the fairies themselves. Only Félix J. Palma could combine fairies and gangsters in a novel brimming with love and magic. A delightful and thrilling cross between Peter Pan and Peaky Blinders. Rights sold:  Czech Republic (HOST)

Kissing an Elf

THIS YEAR, SANTA COMES WITH COMPANY. GET READY FOR CUPID...HE’S GOT AN ARROW FOR YOU! For Lola, going to Minnesota to work as a nanny to improve her English seemed like the perfect idea. What she didn’t expect was that the children she would be taking care of would be THE VERY REINCARNATION OF EVIL.Well, maybe that sounds a bit dramatic.... But they are a real challenge for her and her temperament. Sometimes she fantasizes about letting them out of her sight for a while to have a break, but she never imagined that the magic of Christmas would make her innocent wish come true. THE TWINS HAVE ESCAPED. Luckily, who better to cooperate in the search than Santa’s helper: an Elf. A new adult Christmas romantic comedy, perfect for anyone who wants to have a good time. A fresh and original novel that will make you laugh out loud.

Your Nights and My Days

For Unai, she was always the most beautiful girl in the world: the sun of every summer. Now, she’s a woman who has given up on too many things. For Lorena, he was the boy with a hundred smiles: as shameless as he was charming. Now, he’s a man who doesn’t know which path to take. Unai Azurmendi and Lorena Segarra met at the Voramar campsite on the shores of the Mediterranean, back when vacation days seemed endless. On one of those starry nights, they promised each other eternal friendship. Years later, when their paths cross again in the same place, much has changed for both of them. Yet the beach remains, along with shared memories and secrets they dare not reveal, fearing it might cloud the skies and unleash a wild storm. Your Nights and My Days is the story of a boy who has been dazzled by the sun for many years and a girl who has always fled the subtle spell of the moon.

Everything dies

"Not in a million years could you imagine an ending like this." — Zenda The most-read Spanish author returns. THE GREATEST THRILLER UNIVERSE EVER WRITTEN Publisher's Note:This novel is the key to the Red Queen Universe, the narrative project that Juan Gómez-Jurado has dedicated the last fifteen years to. At the author’s express request, this book does not include a traditional synopsis of the story.

Red Moon

"When the moon is full and has a red halo inside, a terrible crime will be committed that night." Madrid, 1954. Young Margot Sanz Peters returns to Spain after studying fashion journalism in London. As a member of a distinguished family of diplomats and a close friend of the most elegant ladies of the time—from Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart to Aline Griffith, the future Countess of Romanones—Margot quickly gains access to the most exclusive circles in a city moving beyond the worst years of the post-war era and beginning to embrace modernity. But Margot is much more than a fashion expert. A voracious reader of Sherlock Holmes novels, she's been fascinated by the criminal mind since childhood. So when the mysterious murder of a marquise shakes Madrid’s high society, she seizes the opportunity to join the most popular crime magazine of the time and begins collaborating with the police, testing her investigative skills in an increasingly dangerous game. In this novel that weaves glamour with threads of mystery, Nieves Herrero introduces us to a sharp-witted journalist trying to solve a series of murders in the captivating Spain of the 1950s. A true homage to the golden age of crime reporting.

Tipping point

The prestigious neurosurgeon David Evans faces a terrible dilemma: if his next patient comes out alive from the operating table, his little daughter Julia will die at the hands of psychopath. A desperate countdown begins for Dr. Evans when he discovers that the patient that must die so that his daughter lives is none other than the President of the United States. With his usual deftness in the literature of intrigue, Juan Gómez-Jurado immediately seizes the reader. A passionate and gripping novel that takes place in sixty-tree frantic hours, which does not let up and presents a moral dilemma that can change the course of history. “In Tipping Point Juan Gomez-Jurado has delivered a roller coaster ride of fear and excitement unparalleled in modern fiction. Imagine holding in your hands the decision between the death of your own child versus the President of the United States. An intimate and astonishing view of life inside the Washington DC world.”  Katherine Neville, NY Times and #1 international bestselling author of THE EIGHT  “Juan Gómez-Jurado demonstrates that with El Paciente, his riskiest wager yet, his realm is the thriller” ABC Magazine  “A frenetic 63 hour race full of moral shortcuts”. El Mundo  “Moving, frantic, spectacular”. RNE  “There is no better movie theater than the pages of El Paciente” MasLeer

Rey

“There are three things she knows how to do well: clean, fuck, and kill. She learned early and is now an expert in the skills that saved her life.” Blanca Rosa González was thirteen years old when she was raped for the first time. Her father had sent her to live with her grandmother Candida and her partner, El Recio, in Ciudad del Este. She took two things with her from her adolescence: the systematic abuse and an obsidian stone kept by her grandmother, a sort of magic amulet that transported her to other worlds. Once settled in Villa 31 in the city of Buenos Aires, Blanca began her transformation through the sale of drugs, until she became the head of a gang of Paraguayan drug traffickers. This is how Rey was born. But things get complicated and she has to flee to Spain, where she falls prey to a human trafficking network and is forced into prostitution. There she will be involved in a violent plot that will link her to the Museum of Natural Sciences in Madrid, where a valuable obsidian mirror is kept, which will help her find the keys to her past. In this new novel, Reynaldo Sietecase deepens his unique style, which mixes the thriller, detective, and current affairs genres, to offer us a vibrant story that begins in Ciudad del Este, passes through Buenos Aires, and ends in Madrid, with a character so powerful that readers will not be able to forget about her.

The Difficult Light

A Moving Novel About a Father’s Love for His Son, Celebrating Life in All Its Brightness It’s seven in the morning when David is jolted awake by a pang of anguish in his gut: the day has come when his son Jacobo is scheduled to die. Paralyzed after a car accident, Jacobo suffers from excruciating pain that has made life unbearable. His brother has taken him to Portland, far from their family apartment in New York, where a doctor will assist him in ending his life. Meanwhile, David waits for news, enduring the slow passing of hours, wondering if Jacobo might change his mind at the very last moment. Almost twenty years later, with dimming eyesight but vivid memories, David recalls those New York days, his son’s devastating accident, and, above all, the long wait on that fateful day—desperately wishing time would stand still as he loses himself in working on his last painting. In this work, he painstakingly strives to capture the elusive reflection of light on water, as though everyone’s lives depend on it. A novel of serene emotion and vibrant beauty, perfect in its understated simplicity, The Difficult Light firmly establishes Tomás González as one of the most significant authors in the Spanish language. It is a story about pain and the nearness of death, yet it celebrates life in all its luminosity. "Upon its release in Colombia, The Difficult Light was hailed as a quiet masterpiece. Years ago, a literary magazine called González ‘the best-kept secret in Colombian literature’; since then, he has become one of his country’s most important novelists and continues to gain readers. Perhaps it’s time to call him something else.”—Juan Gabriel Vásquez, The Guardian "One of the best Latin American writers of recent years."—Carlos Pardo, Babelia "Reading him, I felt that Tomás González is a writer of great purity, someone with the potential to become a classic of Latin American literature."—Elfriede Jelinek   Rights sold to:  Italy (La Nuova Frontiera); Denmark (Aurora Boreal); English World (Archipelago Books); Brazil (Bertrand); France (Seuil); Germany (Fischer); Korea (Thousand Books);The Netherlands (Signatuur)

In the Beginning Was the Sea

The author of the hit The Difficult Light returns with a story of love and heartbreak, the chronicle of a paradise that turns into hell. J. and Elena decide to put an end to the bohemian and disordered life they lead in the city and start anew in a remote corner on the coast: a small house nestled between the shoreline and the jungle, an hour’s walk from the nearest village. However, the promise of a peaceful existence in this idyllic setting soon begins to crumble. As the brutal climate, growing debts, and even the sea itself seem to conspire to drive them away, the relationship between Elena and J. becomes more and more tempestuous, and the paradise they thought they had found starts to resemble hell. Recognized as one of the great works in Spanish of our time, Tomás González’s first novel, inspired by real events, tells a universal story: the reckless disregard of one’s own limits, which inevitably ends in tragedy. Written in vivid and immersive language and with a narrative that meticulously constructs the collapse of a dream from the first page, reading In the Beginning Was the Sea reminds us that the belief that we are masters of our destiny is but a vain illusion. "A story that builds its unique intrigue with subtlety, with a touch of sinister threat in the manner of Patricia Highsmith." - Eileen Battersby, The Irish Times "The expression ‘tour de force’ could have been coined for this bold novel... The vivid descriptions of a glorious and terrible nature make the atmosphere of this novel extraordinarily evocative."- Kirkus   Rights sold to:  Brazil (Bertrand); The Netherlands (Meridiaan Uitgevers); English World (Pushkin Press); Germany (Fischer); Turkey (Nora Kitap); Czech Rep. (Dybbuk)

Misha Zhukov must die

Competition, passion, and a thrilling television adventure! EIGHT CELEBRITIES. A REMOTE ISLAND. TWO MILLION DOLLARS AT STAKE. They must race to find the treasure before time runs out, because… every second counts! 1, 2, or 3! The most thrilling and interactive survival reality show is about to begin. Carrie Brennan and Misha Zhukov crossed paths a year ago when she posted a video of them kissing, using him to boost her fame. That night changed everything: the influencer gained followers, money, and opportunities, while the musician lost it all. Now, both have joined 1, 2, or 3!, the reality show everyone is talking about. When things get tough, what will prevail—revenge or survival instinct?

The Caviar Crimes

The latest novel in the Judge Lola MacHor series Six deaths, all at the same time, linked by a single connection: an exclusive and secretive group known as the Caviar Club When his superior summons him to a luxurious restaurant, Interpol Commander Juan Iturri immediately realizes he’s been trapped in a dangerous game. There, he is introduced to two men with a mission he cannot refuse: investigating the deaths of six wealthy and powerful individuals in the elite enclave of Sotogrande. All on the same day. All in the same manner. An impossible coincidence that has claimed the lives of a pharmaceutical mogul and his wife, an Arab prince, a cardinal in line for the papacy, a well-known businessman, and, most shockingly, a distinguished doctor Iturri knew well—Dr. Jaime Garache. He was the husband of Lola MacHor, the judge Iturri has never stopped loving. Now, fate will reunite them once more, forcing them to do what they do best: investigate.

Ladies, Villainesses and Lolitas

Witches, mothers, virgins, or helpless damsels. Is that all women can be? For decades, film and television have been shaped by a male gaze that has erased women and diversity from the narrative. Women with non-normative bodies, women of color, lesbians, trans women, or those confined to rigid archetypes have often been sidelined, reinforcing a narrow and unrealistic portrayal of who we are. Who has been in charge of telling the stories on screen? What kinds of violence have we normalized in cinema? What role do women play behind the camera? How is fiction evolving today? Sandra Miret, feminist film analyst and educator, invites us to question the narratives we grew up with and examine how they have shaped our perception of the world. With a fresh approach and a sharp perspective, she poses a fundamental question: Does the screen reflect us, or do we reflect what we see on it?

The Three Deaths of Sarah Colbert

My life shattered into pieces three times: first, when I was seven and lost my parents. Second, at twenty-two, when my sister Rachel vanished without a trace. Third, two months ago, when she finally reappeared… but not in the way I had hoped. Sheriff Sarah Colbert's life has been defined by grief and loss. After eleven years missing, her sister's body has been discovered in the woods. The autopsy rules it an accident, but there's something unsettling—when they found her, she had only been dead for a few hours. The subsequent murder of the person who discovered the body convinces Sarah that the two events must be connected. Where had Rachel been all these years? Why had she never reached out? And, most terrifying of all, who was she running from when she died? A sheriff haunted by guilt A mystery from the past that tears open old wounds A dangerous investigation where the truth may be more terrifying than the lies

To See You Smile

Every time Sofía steps into the elevator, a wave of heat rushes through her. It’s not due to any virus she might have caught at the hospital where she works as a resident, but because of Marcos—his lopsided smile, strong arms, and those dimples that make her melt. For him, ever since he first saw that stunning girl with her uniform on backward, riding the elevator has become his favorite pastime. In that small space, all he can think about is how much he wants to be closer to her. But… is he ready to open his heart again? A medical resident and a nursing technician… Elevator rides have never been this electrifying.  

Hunger

  One morning, Sylvie wakes up to find a note confirming the inevitable: her partner has left her. After years of companionship, she is now facing solitude for the first time. Daily life feels overwhelming—the sheep covered in filth, the rotting vegetables in the garden, the mud-caked boots, the damp clothes that never seem to dry, the gnawing fear, the suffocating isolation. Desperate to make some extra money, she decides to offer her services as a private detective, even though her only experience comes from devouring classic crime novels. Her first case—a series of brutally slaughtered cows—leads her into a web of secrets and pain. The desolate landscape looms over her like an unrelenting wall, and loneliness weighs down on her like a curse. She doesn’t know how to be alone. She feels hunger, but it’s an empty kind of hunger—one without dignity, without comfort, without anyone to hold her hand. It’s a sickness that dries out her skin and seeps into her veins. It’s not the abandonment that tortures her, but the certainty that this solitude will drive her mad. Soon, she realizes that the idea of absolute love is nothing more than a childish fantasy and that, once the fairy tale is over, a journey of revenge and transformation begins.  

The Loyal Friends

Cabo de Gata, Almería. On a secluded cove, two bodies surrender to passion when a boat suddenly appears, carrying a disturbing mannequin. Is it a warning? A mere coincidence? Days earlier, two families, bound by a friendship forged in 1980s Madrid, arrived at an elegant house on the Almerian coast. What was meant to be a dream vacation quickly turns into a nightmare when a past full of secrets and a present weighed down by lies and guilt crash over them like a raging tide. With sharp prose and a suffocating atmosphere that hooks the reader, Javier Rovira showcases an extraordinary talent for exposing the darkest corners of human nature.

The Book of Beasts

This book is a selection of creatures that have haunted dreams, terrified, and even fascinated thousands of people throughout Mexico’s history. From the most well-known, such as La Llorona, Mexican versions of mermaids, or the feline witch, to strange and lesser-known monsters like Ek Chapat, the giant Wa Wa Pach, or Ñek. Thanks to the elaborate and detailed illustrations by Israel Barrón, children will be able to immerse themselves in the world of popular oral tradition and discover anthropomorphic and zoomorphic beings with chilling, amusing, and mysterious traits.

You and Me

If you had the chance to talk to the Earth, what would you ask? What do you think it would say? Through the author’s words, children express their concerns and curiosity by asking questions—eager to uncover the secrets, origins, and fate of this blue planet. And the Earth, with firm and honest yet hopeful answers, responds to all their inquiries.

The Master Plan

The highly anticipated return of the master of mystery to bookstores. In 1990, Javier Sierra had an unexpected encounter at the Prado Museum with an enigmatic figure. This person revealed the existence of a secret society that, for centuries, had been safeguarding select works of art that serve as gateways between worlds. That revelation led to the creation of El maestro del Prado (Planeta, 2013). Since then, the author has been attempting to meet that mysterious figure once more and, along the way, has uncovered the existence of a "master plan" that gives art a profound meaning. For centuries, enigmatic masters have shaped humanity in unimaginable ways. Some myths refer to them as divine instructors, others as daimons, angels, or spirits. Their knowledge has been instrumental in developing agriculture, astronomy, mathematics, and artistic expression. But who are they, really? A captivating novel that will take you on a journey through art to uncover a hidden chapter of civilization.

The Immortal Collection 2: Children of Adam

For an immortal, the past never fades… it always comes back with new dangers. THE COUNTDOWN IS COMING TO AN END DISCOVER THE MOST ANTICIPATED SAGA BY THE AUTHOR OF THE SILENCE OF THE WHITE CITY Iago del Castillo and Adriana have built a peaceful life in Santander, but everything changes when Iago's son, long believed dead in the Battle of Kinsale in 1602, unexpectedly returns. Gunnarr, a towering young man with golden hair and his father’s striking eyes, has come back with a single mission: to exact the revenge he swore five centuries ago. 23,000 B.C., Europe: Lür fears he may be the last man on Earth. Weak and nearly hopeless, he wanders through a continent left desolate by the Ice Age, searching for the legendary Children of Adam clan and their mysterious matriarch, Adana, who is said to never grow old. 800 A.D., Denmark: Gunnarr becomes a berserker, a fearsome Viking warrior among a band of mercenaries who fight half-naked and feel no pain. 1620 A.D., New England: Urko boards the Mayflower, setting sail for the shores of Massachusetts to help establish the Plymouth Colony. There, he meets Manon Adams, a strong and brilliant woman whose mark on his life will endure through the ages. Iago and the members of The Ancient Family are about to realize that their lives have been in danger since long before they were born. For an immortal, the past never disappears… and the real troubles are only just beginning. Eva García Sáenz de Urturi, one of Spain’s best-selling authors worldwide, presents for the first time the complete trilogy that launched her career: The Saga of the Immortals. A mesmerizing story, packed with gripping intrigue, where murder, mystery, ancient history, and an undying love intertwine. In 2024, she released the first volume, The Saga of the Immortals 1: The Ancient Family, followed in 2025 by The Saga of the Immortals 2: The Children of Adam and The Saga of the Immortals 3: The Father’s Path, the long-awaited conclusion to the trilogy.

Fourteen Fangs

The discovery presents a chilling enigma: in addition to the strange color of the victim’s skin around the neck, there is a wound that cannot be attributed to any known weapon or predator. The case is discreetly assigned to the Night Brigade, a division of the French police specializing in crimes deemed impossible to solve. Among the detectives deployed is the young Pierre Le Noir, who has a curious network of informants in the neighborhood. Thanks to them, Le Noir meets a striking woman with dark motives for taking an interest in the corpse. Through their encounter, he realizes that the case involves magic and hypnosis, illegal migrants and respectable millionaires. But above all, if he wants to catch the culprit, he must infiltrate the circles of surrealists and Dadaists—two unruly and explosive groups of artists, constantly clashing with the authorities. Among them are André Breton, Tristan Tzara, and Man Ray—all suspects, for each has something to hide.

Death in the Garden of the Moon

To the dismay of the Night Brigade, Pierre Le Noir’s most loyal friend and protector is murdered using the same method as Jack the Ripper. When Scotland Yard confirms that the infamous killer is in France and that Pierre Le Noir may be his next target, the young agent is forced to flee Paris while his colleagues struggle to contain the situation. As he fights for his life, Pierre must also learn to harness the powers granted by the talisman he inherited from his grandmother. Along the way, he encounters increasingly bizarre and fantastical events, from a hospital that treats supernatural ailments to a meeting with Robert Desnos, the prophet of surrealism. His journey ultimately leads him to a mysterious island in the south of France, where the creature that inspired The Count of Monte Cristo may either be his salvation… or devour him in seven bites.

How I Saw the Naked Woman Entering the Forest

As he races against time to rescue Mariska, Pierre Le Noir is forced to travel to a haunted castle perched atop the cliffs of Normandy. There, he must confront a chilling apparition whispered about in fear even by the bravest of his peers. Over two stormy days filled with uncertainty and mistrust, Le Noir frantically interrogates André Breton and the enigmatic members of the Surrealist movement, desperate to uncover the answers that could save the woman he loves.

In Case One Day We Return

A moving journey through the lights and shadows of colonial Algeria.Oran. The 1920s, 20th century. In this African city of Arab origin, Spanish pulse and French administration, a young woman with the false name of Cecilia Canal disembarks. She appears to cross the Mediterranean Sea escaping from misery, like so many of her compatriots. Her reason, however, is more heartbreaking. The urgency to survive forces her to work her fingers to the bone on plantations and laundries, as a domestic worker and a piece-rate factory worker. Until one early morning, in the Bastos tobacco factory, she takes part in a crime for which she pays with her submission to a despicable man. Her fortitude will be what frees her and gives her the courage to rebuild herself and embark on an upward path through three vibrant decades. This is the story of a woman who lived through the colonial boom and the controversial end of French Algeria. And, in parallel, its pages rescue the memory of the unknown Spanish pieds-noirs who, dragged by emigration and exile, were part of that world.

Diagonal-Manhattan

THE BEST SELLING AUTHOR IN CATALAN LANGUAGE! In 1989, Edda Leveroni, a 21-year-old from Barcelona, receives a life-changing gift: a one-year stay in New York to work at the prestigious advertising agency of Bianca B. Miller, an environment run exclusively by women. Far from home and everything she knows, Edda plunges into the energy of Manhattan, a city that never sleeps, where professional and personal success seem to go hand in hand with ambition and constant struggle. While she learns to navigate a world where slogans can build or destroy empires, her father, Brauli Leveroni, remains at the helm of one of the most influential agencies on Barcelona’s Diagonal, where marketing and advertising are the driving forces of his life. Between these two cities and two different ways of understanding work and life, Diagonal-Manhattan is a novel that explores independence, the search for one's destiny, and second chances in a world of creativity, promises, and challenges.

Time Keeper 2: The Empire of Chaos

Timekeeper 2: The Empire of Chaos", by Iria G. Parente and Selene M. Pascual, follows the story of Nathan Tabiz, the Bearer of the Time Amulet, who, after the tragic loss of his beloved Adam, faces an Evren divided by the struggle for power over time. Determined to bring Adam back to life, Nathan is willing to sacrifice his own humanity to achieve it. By his side are Lilith Rheiz, the forgotten daughter of the Supreme Celestial, and Darien Veriz, an unexpected ally, who join him on this journey filled with political intrigue, surprising alliances, and secrets that could change the course of history. As the gods toy with the fate of mortals, these characters fight to control the power of time and find their place in a world on the brink of chaos.

Biting the Orchid

Biting the Orchid is the story of a man who, after years of precariousness and systemic violence, becomes convinced that justice can only be achieved from the margins. His life takes a turn when he is hired as a tutor for Júlia, the daughter of a wealthy family spending the summer in a villa in Tabarca. Fascinated by her warmth and the world of privilege she represents, he finds himself seduced by the idea of belonging to that universe. However, his past haunts him: a recent act of revenge torments him, and the tension aboard the yacht taking them to Lipari threatens to expose his secret. As their time together grows more intense and his traumas resurface, the protagonist is forced to confront an uncomfortable truth: perhaps the only way to survive is to confess his story… or take control before he is discovered. With sharp, immersive prose, Biting the Orchid is a hypnotic journey to the edges of morality, where desire, violence, and redemption intertwine in a tale as fascinating as it is unsettling.

Dance, Laia

Salva Rubio returns to the novel-genre with an optimistic story for these times when all we want to do is to go out and dance like crazy. Laia and Albert are a happy couple about to celebrate their ten-year anniversary, but she begins to think that maybe they need to recover the passion from the beginning of their relationship. Laia then decides to sign up for a lindy hop class, where in addition to the fun dance, she discovers the world of polyamory and open relationships with Helena, an experienced dancer and owner of the school. At the same time, Laia meets Zack, a charming and fascinating American dance instructor who begins to attract her irremediably. Amidst so many passions, Laia begins to rethink her life. Will the couple survive so many temptations, doubts, and dance steps? Dance, Laia is a story (or two? or three?) of seduction, a musical, a comedy of thirty-somethings, and a love letter to Barcelona. With influences of Nick Hornby, Billy Wilder, and Dirty Dancing, Salva Rubio combines in a fresh and funny novel the dynamic universes of swing and the fascinating world of polyamory.

Anita the Curious

Anita is a fearless girl living in a dilapidated old house that once belonged to the renowned inventor Gregorio Cuentamañanas. Surrounded by fascinating gadgets and quirky neighbors, her life is a series of discoveries and adventures. However, her world turns upside down when a mysterious figure arrives, threatening to evict them. Determined to protect her home and family, Anita embarks on a journey filled with mystery and courage, where she encounters the spirit of the inventor himself. Could this grumpy ghost be the key to saving everything she holds dear?

The Invisible Place

In "The Invisible Place", Lola Llatas transports us to the enigmatic village of Tiebana, where Gracia and her niece Estela seek a fresh start. Upon arriving at the ancestral Pazo Inanis, they are warmly welcomed by Ángela, the housekeeper, and her children, who integrate them into their home. However, the atmosphere soon turns unsettling. The villagers of Tiebana seem to have an ambiguous relationship with life and death, and supernatural events begin to disrupt Gracia and Estela's daily lives. As they unravel the dark secrets of the Pazo and its connection to ancient rituals, aunt and niece are confronted with decisions that test the boundaries of love and sacrifice. Llatas weaves a narrative where suspense and magic intertwine, exploring how far we are willing to go to hold on to those we love.

Jano Saves the World

In "Jano Saves the World," Lola Llatas introduces us to Jano, a curious and brave young boy who uncovers an ancient secret hidden in his small coastal town. As he unravels clues and faces unexpected challenges, Jano embarks on an adventure that leads him to understand the importance of friendship, courage, and environmental preservation. As the story progresses, Jano and his friends must join forces to protect their home from an imminent threat that could change their lives forever.

Toffana

In 17th-century Rome, where women's voices were suppressed and marriage often meant subjugation, emerges the enigmatic figure of Giulia Toffana. Inheriting her mother Theophania D’Adamo's alchemical knowledge, Giulia refines the Acqua Toffana, an undetectable poison that provides abused wives a lethal means to reclaim their autonomy. Together with her daughter Gironima and confidante Giovanna De Grandis, she orchestrates a clandestine network that challenges the patriarchal order and instills fear among Rome's elite.? Awarded the 2025 Premio Primavera de Novela, Vanessa Montfort crafts a historical and judicial thriller that delves into themes of justice, vengeance, and female solidarity amidst societal darkness. Through immersive storytelling, the author invites readers to ponder whether Giulia was a cold-blooded killer or a vigilante who empowered women in an era that sought to silence them.?