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The prime minister also announced that Spain is purchasing 344,000 pills of a COVID-19 antiviral drug developed by the U.S. pharmaceutical giant Pfizer.

In a new FGEE survey of Spanish readers, the number of people reading weekly increased during the pandemic confinement, from 50 percent in 2019 to 57 percent in 2020. José Manuel Rodríguez Uribes, Spain’s minister of culture and sports, center, is joined by Grupo Planeta’s Patrici Tixis, acting president of the Federation of Publishers Guilds, left of Uribes, at a news conference presenting the new report on reading during the pandemic year 2020 in Spain. Image: Spanish ministry of cultur...

Health workers treating a Covid-19 patient in intensive care.Carlos Rosillo The Spanish Health Ministry reported 10,829 new coronavirus infections and added 337 Covid-19 fatalities to the overall death toll on Wednesday. The latest data consolidates the positive trend in terms of the epidemiological figures, but the situation remains delicate across Spain. With a 14-day cumulative number of coronavirus cases per 100,000 inhabitants above 250, the country continues to be above levels considered ...

The Spanish book business, filmmakers, and television executives converge in early April for the fourth edition of a curated content pitching event called ‘Rolling Pages.’ This year’s digital or hybrid edition of ‘Rolling Pages: Books to Screen’ is set for April 8. Image: FGEE This Year: 157 Submissions Our international readership has long been familiar with the Books at Berlinale program. That’s the event that–under normal, non-pandemic circumstances—convenes film and televisi...

The JJ Bola Emerging Writers Prize comes with £1,000 and a contract at the Pontas Agency, and is geared to writers from ‘Black, ethnic minority, LGBTQ+, and working-class backgrounds.’ A delivery cyclist rides by Barcelona’s Basílica de la Sagrada Família, April 9. Image – iStockphoto: Manel Subirats Submission Deadline: March 15 The Pontas Literary and Film Agency in Spain will have been in business for 29 years in May, and in a new announcement provided to Publishing Perspectives,...