Panels are formed by five or six industry experts, among them publishers, translators, academics, critics and booksellers. Panellists change every edition to allow as many people as possible to be part of the project. The panel meets twice, and decisions are based on their knowledge, experience and intuition, as well as on readers´ reports commissioned by this office. Members of the panel reach their decisions with complete independence.
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.
We greatly appreciate the work they have done in making this edition of New Spanish Books a great success, especially considering the current exceptional circumstances. Thank you!
Emotion and beauty, the profound love between a father and a daughter, and the ability to see beyond the visual limitations are all part of this book.
Bites and Nibbles is the latest title from Mar Benegas in the Marsupiflap collection, illustrated by Susie Hammer. What has happened to this book? Who has been at its pages? Whose are these teeth marks?
Eduardo is the most famous hairdresser in the neighbourhood. Everyone who enters his hair salon comes out satisfied, contented, happy - it's no coincidence that he's the ower of the Happiness Hair Salon.
Although Virginia never had a good relationship with her father, she feels duty-bound to visit him every day at the clinic where he lies in a coma. She is a woman obsessed with illness, and symptoms reveal more to her than words.
Sometime Mum has thunder in her head: she talks loudly and through clenched teeth. Sometimes she has clouds in her head: she forgets to make lunch and takes us to birthday parties late.