McPherson and Company

16/09/2025

https://havanatimes.org/features/documentary-on-the-life-of-nicaraguan-author-sergio-ramirez/

CONFIDENCIAL presents a documentary on the life and work of Nicaraguan writer Sergio Ramírez, exiled in Spain.

17/05/2024

Many of the literary presses affected by the closure of SPD have moved to a new distributor, Asterism, which is worth checking into:

Online bookstore and wholesale portal for small presses.

07/05/2024

https://lithub.com/what-latin-american-literature-can-teach-the-current-leaders-of-latin-america/ Ariel Dorfman Has Some Recommendations for Culturally Illiterate Presidents and Autocrats

Daniel Noboa, the president of Ecuador, might have saved himself a lot of trouble, if he had only read more Latin American literature. Perhaps he would not have ordered the police to storm the Mexi…

09/04/2024

https://www.infobae.com/cultura/2021/09/25/el-destino-latinoamericano-de-sergio-ramirez-revolucionario-politico-escritor-y-otra-vez-en-el-exilio/ "The Latin American destiny of Sergio Ramírez: revolutionary, politician, writer and once again in exile" —
"He was persecuted by Somoza and now by Daniel Ortega. In 'Tongolele no sabia bailar' (lit. Tongolele did not know how to dance, issued in English as Dead Men Cast No Shadows) he describes the parapolice violence of 2018 and the esoteric customs of Rosario Murillo. Customs retained the copies of the book and the Prosecutor's Office ordered the capture of the Nicaraguan Cervantes prize-winner. The English translation of this very revealing and well illustrated essay is quite good.

Fue perseguido por Somoza y ahora por Daniel Ortega. En “Tongolele no sabía bailar” describe la violencia parapolicial de 2018 y las costumbres esotéricas de Rosario Murillo. La Aduana retuvo los ejemplares del libro y la Fiscalía ordenó la captura del premio Cervantes nicaragüense

05/04/2024

Ann Kjellberg's brief but illuminating take on the history of US book distribution and the unfortunate demise of SPD last week

by Ann Kjellberg, editor In a week with news in the usually hidden world of book distribution, we take a look inside how it works and what it means

08/11/2023

Sponsored: Daryl R. Hague translates Sergio Ramirez' Dead Men Cast No Shadows, the final installment of the Managua Trilogy, into English.

28/10/2023

El Festival Eñe, que se organiza desde 2009, es uno de los eventos literarios más importantes de Madrid. Congrega a los más destacados protagonistas de la literatura en español. El prestigioso Premio Festival Eñe que mañana tendré el honor de recibir, ha sido entregado a escritores de renombre como Mario Vargas Llosa, Almudena Grandes, José Manuel Caballero Bonald, Gioconda Belli, Javier Cercas y Rosa Montero.

Los invito a acompañarme en la ceremonia de entrega.

🏆 PREMIOS 🏆

En nuestro 15º aniversario le otorgamos el Premio Festival Eñe al escritor nicaragüense Sergio Ramírez () por toda su obra, hito en la literatura iberoamericana, en la que ha trazado un vasto y riquísimo recorrido acerca de la condición humana.

El Premio Festival Eñe , que reconoce el talento emergente de la mano de , es para la escritora canaria .

¡No te pierdas la entrega de premios mañana!

📅 Sábado 28 de octubre, 19h15
📍 (Marqués de Casa Riera, 2)
🎟 Entrada libre hasta completar aforo

Más info: http://www.xn--festivalee-19a.com/

02/09/2023

For National Translation Month, observed annually during the month of September, we asked our member magazines and presses to share some of the literature they have published in translation.   Fiction   Silence by Engin Akyürek Translated from the Turkish by Doina L. Kovalik and Atiye Erden Flexi...