The filmmaker raised concerns about film-funding criteria and proposals he says could restrict works on ideological grounds. He also described the obstacles facing young creators as he presented his first novel.
The people behind Xeito Libreros said they had started the process of transferring Pérgamo’s registered brand to Ana Serrano. EL PAÍS reported that the handover still depended on legal paperwork after the mark was registered in 2024.
Umar’s journey sits alongside Julia Otero’s choices of classics and contemporary books. Her selection also includes books about identity and power, as well as an essay on cancer.
The Sociedad Fabiana Española has presented a new edition of Fernando de los Ríos’s ‘El sentido humanista del socialismo’ at the University of Granada’s Faculty of Law. The publication includes a preliminary study by José Antonio Montilla Martos.
Around 15 published authors from Cabanillas del Campo read at the Biblioteca León Gil for Día de las Escritoras 2026. More than 60 people attended a programme ranging from professional essays to literary work in prose and verse.
Allende won the one-million-euro prize for “La hora antes del alba”, a sequel to her 1982 debut, “La casa de los espíritus”. The ceremony took place on the award’s 75th anniversary.
Felipe VI and Letizia presided over the 75th Premio Planeta ceremony in Barcelona. The winner receives €1 million, and this year’s contest drew a record 1,424 entries from around the world.
Queen Letizia wore a customised black Sybilla gown with PDPAOLA earrings at the 75th Premios Planeta in Barcelona. The winner received €1 million from a record field of 1,424 manuscripts.
Hundreds of primary pupils took part in a book challenge at Cartagena’s fair. Local booksellers say interest in reading is growing among children and teenagers, while paper books continue to hold their ground.
The 33rd Feria del Libro runs from 14 to 18 October, with 32 stalls and a programme featuring Sergio del Molino. School visits and children’s events are also scheduled.
King Felipe and Queen Letizia are due to attend the Barcelona ceremony on Thursday. The contest drew a record 1,424 manuscripts, and nine finalists remain after one entry was removed for prior publication.
At Sir Victor, curved limestone and a library connect the hotel to Caterina Albert i Paradís, who wrote under the name Víctor Català.
In Barcelona, Hoare traces Blake’s sea creatures through Melville and T. E. Lawrence. His 520-page book takes an associative route that can leave readers searching for the thread.
Gardiner Harris accuses Johnson & Johnson of lethal marketing and corruption. His book links major products to millions of deaths and describes a Spanish health scandal, while its estimate of two million deaths remains unverified.
Anne Carson turns translation into a literary act. Her Nobel recognition follows books where damaged texts, modern lives and classical forms occupy the same page.
Isabel Díaz Ayuso will publish Íntimo on 2 December 2026. The book covers her childhood and private life, along with her political career and the COVID-19 pandemic, while its treatment of a disputed Chamberí penthouse remains unknown.
Spotify is shaking up Spain’s audiobook scene with Audiolibros Plus. The new subscription brings more than 350,000 titles and new listening features to users across the country.
Margarita de Borbón y Parma, once erased from Spain’s royal narrative, takes center stage in a new novel that frames Madrid as a city of ambition and ability to recover. The book challenges the silence around her legacy.
Miriam Garlo won the Goya for best new actress. Her novel revisits years of isolation and the struggle to accept deaf identity, after sign language changed how she understood herself.
Jerez's 2026 Book Fair drew 18,154 visitors, up from 17,300 at the previous edition. Its wider family and cultural programme helped push the event beyond the usual book-fair format.
Julio Llamazares has received Spain's 2026 National Narrative Prize for 'El viaje de mi padre'. The novel follows his father's wartime route across Aragón, including the Battle of Teruel, and extends a connection with the region that began with Ainielle.
Julio Llamazares will receive Spain's National Narrative Prize for El viaje de mi padre. The €30,000 award recognises a career shaped by memory and abandoned landscapes, with war's human cost running through it.
Julio Llamazares has received Spain’s National Narrative Prize for 2026. His book follows his father’s journey through the Civil War and the scars it left behind.
Maruja Torres returns with a book that refuses to look back. She threads Beirut through grief and political letdown in a raw look at happiness and the failures of those once trusted. Her voice cuts through as sharply as ever.
At Casa Velázquez in Madrid, Emmanuel Macron honoured Pedro Almodóvar as an officer of the Legion of Honour and Javier Cercas as an officer of the Order of Arts and Letters. His speech linked their work to Spain's democratic story and Europe's shared culture.
Manuel Jabois recalls meeting Gonzalo Suárez in Madrid. Suárez's work in film and literature, alongside his journalism and acting, stayed with him as the bookseller who showed him the shelves, even after Suárez's death brought his long public career back into view.
Gonzalo Suárez died at home in Madrid on September 29, 2026, aged 92. His restless career crossed cinema and literature, then journalism and fantasy, outside the usual rules of success.
Gonzalo Suárez has died at his Madrid home, aged 92. He leaves 21 films and a literary career shaped by experimentation.
After a devastating Moto2 crash left him in a wheelchair, Carlos Tatay refused to give up competition. His long rehabilitation and battle with depression led him to a new career in adapted motorsport, where his example now inspires a new generation.
Eduardo Rodríguez 'Rodway', Triana's founding guitarist, died at 81 in Cádiz. He was the last surviving member of the original lineup, and his death closes a long fight over the band's name.
Marcos Ordóñez has been reported dead at 69 after a major career in Spanish theatre criticism. His work linked performance with literature, cinema, music and popular culture, though the death report has not been independently confirmed.
More than 90 literary festivals now operate across Spain. A sponsorship dispute in Madrid tested the model, but the programme went ahead with leading international and Spanish authors.
Spain’s judiciary faces mounting pressure as political interference and public distrust grow. Leading lawyer Javier Cremades warns that without mercy and respect for the courts, the rule of law is at risk. His new book examines the roots of the crisis.
Zadie Smith's new book gathers essays written over nearly a decade. She examines art, politics and personal memory, placing uncertainty and change at the collection's center.
At 74, Arturo Pérez-Reverte calls witnessing Europe's decline a privilege. The acclaimed author plans to release new novels while reflecting on the erosion of the world he once knew.
