Books and eBooks about Spain – in English
May 30, 2013
Books4Spain has a selection of classic Spanish literature and modern Spanish literature in translation and thousands of other books about Spain, ranging from subjects such Flamenco, the Spanish Civil War, Camino de Santiago as well as Crime Fiction books set in Spain, books about Living in Spain, Novels set in Spain, Spanish Cook & Recipe books and...
May 15, 2013
Meeting with catalan author Jordi Punti @CervantesLondon SPANISH REPRESENTATIVE AT EUROPEAN LITERATURE NIGHT 2013 When: 28th May at 6:30pm Where: Auditorium of Instituto Cervantes, London Jordi Puntí is considered one of the most promising voices in Catalan literature. His first novel, Lost Luggage, has been translated into 15 languages and won the...
May 12, 2013
Meet San Isidro in Madrid this week! San Isidro the Labourer is the patron saint of Madrid and he was a poor farm labourer who worked for a nobleman called Ivan Vargas and while he prayed angels came down from heaven to drive his plough. His son fell down a well but was miraculously resuscitated. He shared his meals with the birds and even with the ants....
May 8, 2013
José Pizarro at the Hay Festival of Literature and the Arts From: 23 May to 2 June 2013 At this summer’s Hay Festival visitors will find a rather unusual food emporium nestled amongst the books and crowds in the form of a pop up tapas bar hosted by José Pizarro and created by the Spanish Tourist Office. Tapas España by José Pizarro will...
May 4, 2013
EUROPEAN LITERATURE NIGHT 2013 SPANISH REPRESENTANTIVE JORDI PUNTÍ When: 15 May at 6:30pm Where: The British Library Conference Centre. The British Library, 96 Euston Road, London NW1 2DB European Literature Night (ELN), the British annual literary showcase bringing the best of the continent’s writers to the British Library is part of a number of...
Apr 28, 2013
Gastronomic Cheese Tour of Teruel Give them Cheese … sheeps, goat, mixed, sweet, semi-cured, aged, flavored with rosemary, saffron, cayenne pepper or even truffle, but always … from Teruel! The Teruel Association of Tourist Businesses, in collaboration with the Teruel Association of Dairy and Cheese Producers, have organized from April 26 to May...
Apr 24, 2013
Laying a wreath at Sir John Moore’s tomb I recently had the pleasure of participating in a tour of Galicia’s three provinces organised by Tesouros de Galicia for members of the UK’s National Trust and the International National Trusts Organisation. Part of the tour included a visit to the tomb of Sir John Moore in the San Carlos Gardens...
Apr 21, 2013
2nd Cervantes Forum @ University of Oxford – Eduardo Mendoza When: 30 April @ 5pm Where: Taylor Institution, St Giles’, Oxford OX1 3NA Under the generic heading “Foro Cervantes” (Cervantes Forum), the University of Oxford and the Instituto Cervantes began a collaboration to present to British academia some of the Spanish writers best known to critics...
