The Topka editor has lined up another reading for the T-Tales collection, including Bubbles.
This time we will be reading in Moralzarzal, just north of Madrid. It’s their feria del libro next weekend – following close on the heels of Thursday 23rd, Cervantes’ and Shakespeare’s birthdays, St. George’s Day and el día del libro – and there are cuentacuentos, book signings and other activities.
Sadly, there was a slight scheduling mix up, so Bubbles is to be read in the library rather than the feria precinct, but never mind.
The reading is at 12 noon and the librarian says the sessions usually last 30-40 minutes. Even taking time over waving balloons around and reading Bubbles in both English and Spanish, it’d be difficult to stretch it to that length, so they’ve asked if I can read another book, too. I’m hoping to read El Amor de Todos los Colores – The Many-Colored Love – (also from the T-Tales collection) that I translated in 2007.
Though it’s not been confimed yet, we’re still hoping to take the Topka books to Seville for their feria del libro at the end of May, so this is all good practice.
Oh, and Topka has had a write up on Kindsein. If you read Spanish, it’s worth visiting this high quality, magazine-style site “con un único hilo conductor: la infancia“.
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