Annika Darling CTLatinoNews.com It is estimated that Latinos in the U.S. will purchase over $500 million in books this year – in both English and Spanish. This is a reflection of how rapidly the Latino literary world is growing,…
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Conversation with Ruth Tobar, 2014 Pura Belpré award comm chair: How publishers can do better job of publishing writers from Spanish-speaking backgrounds
Apr 7, 2014, 1:30 PM 0
By Wendy Lamb Children’s Book Council Diversity Wendy Lamb: Can you please tell me something of your background, and your work in children’s books? Ruth Tobar:I worked as Publisher and Executive Director at Children’s Book Press and have been…
By Corina Martinez Chaudhry The Latino Author This week we are grateful and pleased to present you an interview with the critically renowned author Rudolfo Anaya. Mr. Anaya provides us with a heartfelt perspective on what it took to…
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Video: Latina book editor shares insights on how to get published in today’s book industry
Sep 24, 2013, 12:00 AM 0
LatinaLista — “We don’t need more Latino authors. We need more Latino acquisition editors.” It’s a bold statement by a woman by the name of Marcela Landres but one that reveals the crux of the problem as to why…
By Adriana Dominguez CBC Diversity English is not my first language, though this statement doesn’t ring quite as true now that I have spent most of my life living in the United States, speaking and working in English. But…
