BOOK REVIEW The English (non-indicted) witness 21-05-2022 06:00 El Testigo Inglés, Luces y sombras del Buenos Aires Herald (1876-2017), by Sebastián Lacunza; Paidós, 2021, 632 pages. by Michael Soltys
Feria del Libro Buenos Aires bids farewell to record-breaking Book Fair with 1.3 million visitors 17-05-2022 12:24 This year's Feria Internacional del Libro de Buenos Aires welcomed 1,324,500 visitors, making it the most successful event in its history. Among the most popular activities were those led by Florencia Bonelli, Camila Sosa Villada, Mario Vargas Llosa, and Javier Milei, among others.
Feria del Libro Author Mario Vargas Llosa launches short story contest at Buenos Aires Book Fair 09-05-2022 13:42 The Spanish-Peruvian Nobel Prize winner launched a short story contest Friday at the Feria del Libro de Buenos Aires (Buenos Aires Book Fair). The first edition of the award will be presented in a year’s time at the next Feria del Libro.
Feria del Libro Buenos Aires’ famed Book Fair returns after two-year absence 29-04-2022 19:55 Palermo welcomes back its sprawling city of books as patrons flock to this year’s Feria Internacional del Libro de Buenos Aires. by Hannah Gonzalez
IRISH CULTURE Emerald Isle meets the Silver River 11-03-2022 10:57 Book review: Irlanda y la Argentina del siglo XX: Diplomacia, diáspora, Iglesia Católica, derechos humanos y la guerra de Malvinas; by Dermot Keogh. by Michael Soltys
And that reminds me… Chronicles of a horror retold 12-02-2022 09:47 Never attempting to share the fame won by her husband Robert Cox as the Buenos Aires Herald editor defending human rights against the 1976-1983 military dictatorship, Maud Daverio de Cox has forged her own career as an author. by Michael Soltys
FOOD & WINE Malbec: The past, present and future of Argentina’s most-famous grape 21-01-2022 23:22 Laura Catena and Alejandro Vigil, authors of the book ‘Malbec mon amour,’ relate the history and the myths of the grape which identifies Argentina with the world. by Vicky Guazzone di Passalacqua
BooKS & LITERATURE Ex-editor presents book detailing 140-year history of Buenos Aires Herald 04-12-2021 00:40 Sebastián Lacunza presents 'El testigo inglés: Luces y sombras del Buenos Aires Herald (1876-2017),' a new book charting the course of the newspaper’s history, from its founding to to its 2017 closure.
BOOK REVIEW Tales of amazing coincidences 05-06-2021 00:18 A look at Maud Daverio de Cox’s new book, 'El misterio de las causalidades.' by Michael Soltys
TIME FOR A SUBSTITUTION? Macri returns, but is unable to turn the page 20-03-2021 07:35 Taking a page from Cristina Fernández de Kirchner’s playbook, Mauricio Macri has used a book launch to reset his political career in the midst of an electoral campaign. by Agustino Fontevecchia
'PRIMER TIEMPO' Macri returns with book, offers rallying cry for opposition 19-03-2021 02:52 Former president slams Kirchnerism as “final expression of populism,” criticises government's vaccine efforts and predicts opposition return to power in 2023 as he flogs new book.
UK IN ARGENTINA British Embassy takes annual Harry Potter Book Night online 03-02-2021 09:33 The British Embassy in Argentina is taking this year's incarnation of their popular annual Harry Potter Book Night online, with a live stream on YouTube at 7.30pm this Thursday.
MIDDLE EAST 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."