Críticas Connection for September, 2006

CRÍTICAS Connection

September, 2006

Liberation and Literacy at the
La Paz Book Fair

Carlos Monsiváis Wins
Juan Rulfo Award

Hudson Group Partners with
Martínez in Airport

Joint Conference of Librarians
of Color To Address
Hispanic/Latino Issues

Scholastic to Join Children's
Multi-Media Venture

Bridging the Gap

The First Joint Conference of Librarians of Color To Address Hispanic/Latino Issues
The first Joint Conference of Librarians of Color will take place from October 11 to 15 at Adam's Mark Hotel in Dallas, TX. The conference will provide an opportunity for librarians, library supporters, providers of library services to communities of color, and minority community members to come together to discuss how libraries can best serve the country's increasingly diverse communities. See Críticas's picks of the events.

.....................................

Scholastic to Join Children's
Multi-Media Programming Venture
Scholastic, NBC Universal, Corus Entertainment, and Classic Media/Big Idea joined forces with the national TV distribution systems of ION Media Networks and NBC Universal to launch QUBO, a multi-platform children's television network. The network will broadcast in both Spanish (Telemundo) and English (iNetwork) starting this month.

.....................................

Hudson Group Partners with Martínez in Airport
In March, airport retailer Hudson Group partnered with Librería Martínez Books and Art Gallery owner Rueben Martínez on a winning bid to add three bookstores at John Wayne/Orange County International Airport. Martínez owns a 15 percent interest in the new stores, which will open this fall with several bays of Spanish-language books and magazines.

more News
more Industry Moves

Daniel Silva's best selling thriller Confessor—featuring ex-Mossad operative Gabriel Allon—begins when Israeli spymaster Ari Shamron asks Allon to assist in exposing a secret society known as the Crux Vera. A colleague of Allon's has already been killed by the group and none other than Pop Paul VII is the next target. Now available in Spanish: El confesor. 8408067028. $10.95. planetausa.net.

CONSPIRACION MAINE
THE MAINE CONSPIRACY
BY MARIO ESCOBAR

A US battleship is anchored in the port of La Habana, but an unexpected explosion blows it to pieces...Suspicions regarding the perpetrator of this catastrophe lead to a conflict which leads the US to become the leading world power.

MASESMAS
1-866-448-7266


Adult—Fiction Chilean Short Stories	Children's Family Secrets	Video Vera

See This Month's Titles

	Wendy Guerra—Documenting Life
Born in 1970, Wendy Guerra was already a respected poet before she won the 13 de marzo (March 13th) prize at 17. Her writing recreates the spontaneity of poetry and performance art, but grounds it in a personal journal form through which she candidly talks about Cuba from the inside. Her originality and privileged vantage point make her a writer to watch in the years to come. more

The Language Debate is About Fear
When I think about that strange and wonderful and not so newborn child of the publishing world known as the bilingual book, other inextricably related issues seem to spin ceaselessly about in my thoughts. I, too, have my own bilingual editions of Neruda and Lorca that I treasure. Such texts inspire and motivate me to continue my too random, too often interspersed efforts to learn Spanish, a language I wholly regret not acquiring as a child, the most fertile and facilitating period for a person to learn a language.

ADVERTISEMENT
Click Here for more information

Audio Best Sellers – September

Un nuevo día. Frankie J. (Sony. 2006.)

King of Kings. Don Omar. (Machete Music. 2006.)

Sigo siendo yo. Anthony, Marc. (Sony International. 2006.)

Amor. Boccelli, Andrea. (Universal Latino. 2006.)

Limón y sal. Venegas, Julieta. (Sony International. 2006.)

See All Best Sellers Lists

If you cannot read this email please go to: criticasmagazine.com/article/CA6373345.html

Unsubscribe | Sign up to receive Críticas Connection | Contact Us | Advertise | Past Issues

Questions?

For advertising inquiries, contact Roy Futterman, 646-746-6825, r.futterman@reedbusiness.com
For all other questions, contact:
   Online Support Team
   Reed Business Information
   2000 Clearwater Drive, Oak Brook, IL 60523
   MediaSupport@reedbusiness.com?Subject=Criticas-CTS--

Please visit these other Reed Business sites

All Magazine and eNewsletter Subscriptions