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Setmana llibre en català por Lucas Amillano

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'La Setmana' and four eyes to discover how Catalan-language books are expanding

Given the sheer number of books being published all the time, endlessly expanding the reading universe, two eyes seem hardly enough to take it all in. But maybe even four wouldn't be enough. Because while we're finishing that novel that's been sitting on the nightstand, new ones have already arrived;...

Read, the second edition of the International Convention of Books and Ideas

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READ, when reading is also questioning the world

Books help us portray the world, but also to broaden our perspective. Through their pages and words, texts bring us closer to realities we may not know, give a voice to what we still struggle to explain, and sometimes force us to question our own understanding of reality. Because the...

Young person reading at the Setmana del Llibre en Català

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September is also a time for books (in Catalan)

Sant Jordi has April 23 marked in red on every reader’s calendar. But despite the importance of this celebration, the focus on books doesn’t end there: for more than four decades, every September La Setmana del Llibre en Català (Catalan Book Week) returns to put literature in the spotlight. For...