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Too many books? How critics find their way through the vast amount of literature today

Querétaro 2018, 

Antón Castro, Ariana González Santos and José Luis Martínez S. in conversation with Laura García

Mexican and Spanish printing presses publish around 100,000 new books each year, a gigantic wave of paper that floods the bookshops. Why do the media talk about one book, and not another? How does new talent reach the critics? Is there room for surprises, for unforeseen discoveries? Laura García talks to Antón Castro, editor of Artes y Letras, the Heraldo de Aragón’s cultural magazine (Zaragoza, Spain); Ariana González Santos, manager of the Almadía publisher; and José Luis Martínez S., editor of Laberinto, Milenio’s cultural supplement.

Organized together with Librería Cálamo and with the support of the Government of Aragón