News of book

Obama in book wrestles with 'messy' Arab Spring choices

17-11-2020 16:26 Former US president Barack Obama offers a bleak portrait of much of the Middle East's leadership in his new memoir, as he reveals how he still agonises on where he applied pressure during the Arab Spring.

LITERATURE

My triumphant Scrabble novel

10-10-2020 09:02 Writer and translator Daniel Tunnard on representing Argentina at the Scrabble World Cup, his new novel and the irresolvable translation problems that came with it.

by Daniel Tunnard

UNITED STATES

Trump asked China's Xi for re-election help, claims Bolton

18-06-2020 00:44 Former US national security adviser John Bolton claims in book that at "the Osaka G-20 meeting, with only interpreters present, Xi explained to Trump why he was basically building concentration camps in Xinjiang" and that US president said Chinese leader backed the move, saying it was "exactly the right thing to do."

Life during quarantine

Bookstores can't open to public but can take orders online for home delivery

14-04-2020 15:54 Productive Development Ministry clarified today that while the sale of books was enabled and home delivery, it is forbidden to attend to the public in bookstores, fairs and other modalities.

CFK ON DEBT

From Havana, CFK demands ‘substantial haircut’ of Argentina's IMF debt

10-02-2020 17:01 With Cuban leader Miguel Díaz-Canel watching on, vice-president describes US$57-billion loan with IMF as "illegal" and demands institution take a haircut on repayments.

DIPLOMACY

Mexico's ambassador to Argentina resigns after book theft allegation

23-12-2019 14:22 Ambassador Óscar Ricardo Valero resigns post, as relatives say he may have suffered behavioural changes due to a brain tumour.

BOOK FAIR

Antique book fair restores romance to the printed word

01-11-2019 19:03 From first editions to six-century old texts, the Association of the Antique Librarians of Argentina brings an astounding exhibition of vintage literature and more to the city.

CFK TO RETURN

Fernández de Kirchner to return to Argentina on Friday

28-08-2019 09:28 Former president will return to the country from Cuba from Friday, ahead of a scheduled book presentation event in La Plata the following day.

People of the Book

A photo with books

22-07-2019 17:33 We saved the book from our homeland and the book saved us from extinction.

by Ariel Gelblung

Puerto Madero

Evangelical 'floating' bookstore raises ire of Buenos Aires vendors

02-07-2019 15:40 Local book sellers organisation expresses distaste at 'propagandistic' bookstore travelling the high seas and currently docked in Puerto Madero.