The two editorial groups that control more than half of the book market in Argentina have once again organized a series of lectures and roundtables at which readers can listen to and exchange ideas with their favorite authors. And it will be happening at the beach.

Nominated for an Oscar in the category of Best Foreign Film, El abrazo de la serpiente (The Serpent’s Embrace), directed by Ciro Guerra, has proven to be a resounding success on the international stage, having garnered, among other accolades, a standing ovation at Cannes and top prizes at film festivals in India, Peru, Mar del

Rodolfo Ledezma is an architect with a difference. Although he audited classes at the University of Chile, he does not have a degree. He started his career at the bottom and made it all the way to chief architect.

2015 was a record-setting year for the Colombian film industry, in terms of both the accolades its national cinema garnered at international festivals, as well as the unusually high number of foreign movies shot on location within its borders.

Victorina López Hilario greeted with elation the news that she had won the 2015 installment of Mexico’s National Science and Arts Award in the subcategory of Popular Arts and Traditions. “I’m 42 and I’ve been struggling since I was 16,” she told reporters upon receiving the distinction.

Twenty-five years after its debut in Buenos Aires’ Luna Park stadium, Pepe Cibrián Campoy and Ángel Mahler’s musical rendition of Bram Stoker’s iconic novel Dracula is set to make another run.

“A work of fiction it is not, but it begins and ends by offering the reader the story of two brothers with names invented for the occasion, both of whose lives revolved around political militancy, armed struggle, the Chilean path to socialism, and exile.” Cristián Pérez’s new book Cerca de la revolución is not exactly

Peruvian poet Willy Gómez Migliario was the winner of the fifth edition of the Poetry Festival of Lira, an event which took place in Cuenca and which involved over 80 writers from 13 countries. His book, Construcción Civil, a work that took over 10 years to complete and for which the author traveled extensively throughout

The second Latin American Conference of Lived Communal Culture in El Salvador “seeks to create a common space among the countries that make up the region.”

Mexican novelist Fernando del Paso expressed grateful surprise upon learning that he had won this year’s edition of the coveted Cervantes Award. An unexpected garland in the hat of the 80-year-old writer, the award has only been bestowed on five other Mexicans in the entirety of its history.