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Due to Covid-19, the 2021 meetings took place virtually for the second consecutive year. Thanks to the cooperation of the members of the panel, the meetings ran smoothly and were as productive as ever. The panel for the 2021 edition was formed by Gala Sicart (editor and translator from English into Spanish and Catalan), John Newman (children´s book buyer at Newham Bookshop), Miranda France (linguist, translator and writer) and Nick Caistor (Literary translator from Spanish, Portuguese and French). The following people have translated book summaries or/and written reports for this issue: Ariadna Garcia Llorente, Beth Fowler, Catherine Mansfield, Chris Moss, Christina Macsweeney, Faye Williams, Hebe Powell, Joe Williams, Judith Willis, Kathleen March, Laura McGloughlin, Lindsey Ford, Mara Lethem, Peter Bush, Rahul Bery, Richard Mansell, Ruth Clarke, Suky Taylor and Tim Gutteridge.
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On Monday They Will Love Us is the story of a young woman of 17 seeking the freedom to discover what will make her happy. But the conditions for that are complicated.
From Franco's prisons to Nazi extermination camps, Mercedes Núñez Targa, a twentieth-century woman of conviction, (Barcelona 1911-Vigo 1986), tells her incredible odyssey.
Ten stories by ten Galician women writers who range in narrative style, experience, recognition and other aspects, but are united by their willingness to speak up, with their own voice, placing women at the centre of the story.
Guillem Agulló was assassinated in Montanejos in the early hours of April 11, 1993. Anti-fascist. Antiracist. Independentist. He was eighteen years old. The case convulsed and marked an entire generation of young people.
Gus is a hunting dog. Gus does not tolerate being obliged to do things he doesn't Want to. Gus teaches us to give everything and expect nothing in return. Gus just wants to be happy.
The new novel from Eloy Moreno, an icon of more than 110,000 sales and twenty editions! This special 2020 edition includes a bonus chapter, El Dragón (The Dragon). Exciting, moving, different...
This book chronicles the Homeward Bound expedition to Antarctica, in which 100 women travelled to the South Pole to fight for a more sustainable planet and demand more female leadership in conversations about our relationship with our planet.
This is a story about two little fish in a fishbowl who, one day, decide to have a race.
The novel is told in the voice of Mary Magdalene, an old woman remembering the time she spent with Jesus Christ and the sequence of events that shaped the man who became one of the most powerful icons in human history.
It's bath time, a daily routine that with a little imagination can become a true adventure. The soap box is like a flying saucer, the sponge reminds us of the car-wash, and the shampoo foam is a lot like an iceberg.