We have pleasure in inviting you to join us for the Exhibition Launch at the Music Library, Barbican Centre.
Wed. 23^rd of June, 6:30 p.m.
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Eurotoolbox on the road:
a travelling exhibition of Children and Youth literature from Europe

• Five specially chosen collections for children and youth literature from Europe on display
• Panel talk with Axel Scheffler (illustrator, Germany), Paloma Bordons (writer and illustrator, Spain) and John Lake (librarian, Barbican Library)
• Refreshments and snacks will be served

Wed. 23^rd of June, 6:30 p.m. Music Library, Barbican Centre. Silk Street, London EC2Y 8DS Barbican

Who’s it for?
Public librarians (incl. children’s librarians); school librarians; ‘special’ librarians; any librarian who wants to know more about meeting users’ needs for material in western European languages. The books could be displayed in staff areas or in public areas, as you wish.

What’s in it?
Five specially chosen collections of children’s and youth literature from Europe, in the original language (French, German, Italian, Portuguese, or Spanish, between 12 and 15 books in each language). The authors and illustrators selected represent some of the very best in children’s book production in these languages.

How much does it cost?
The exhibition is free to borrow. You will need to organise transportation to the next borrower yourself. The exhibition is packed into 2 boxes, total weight about 30kg.

How can I borrow it?
You can borrow the exhibition for about 2 – 4 weeks at a time. To book a time slot, please contact David Carrión at the Instituto Cervantes from the 1st of June 2010.

For more details:

biblon(at)cervantes.es

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A witty and energetic romp through the lives of two of history’s greatest writers, who died on the same date. We race through the lives of both these great historic figures, raking through their dirty laundry, failed marriages, brawls and successes, as they recite pieces from their own works and bring alive incidents from their personal stories through dance and song, comedy and drama, with the occasional piece of slapstick.

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WE DON’T do stand-up comedy at the Instituto Cervantes, we don’t even do sit-down comedy very often, but last night’s audience with Chris ‘Driving Over Lemons’ Stewart was the funniest evening LondonSpanish has had for some time.

Chris proved he is just as witty a speaker as he is a writer, and another packed house was soon laughing along as he recounted his latest adventures and embarrassments in the Alpujarras. Like the rest of Andalusia, the area has seen rainfall of epic proportions in the past few months, and Chris told how a flood swept away one of its many ham-curing houses.

Locals gathered downstream hoping to salvage some of the contents as they were washed up – only to find the meat had been smashed away by the torrent and just bones remained. As Chris would later point out, mountain people are a little, um, different.

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The Argentinian writer Tomás Eloy Martínez, who has died aged 75 of cancer, was one of the most innovative journalists and novelists of his generation. He belonged to the group of writers who renewed Argentinian journalism in the early 1970s, challenging authority as well as freeing it from old-fashioned rhetorical formulas. Forced into exile after the 1976 military coup, Eloy ­Martínez took his skills to Venezuela, where he founded a groundbreaking newspaper.

Read more: Guardian.co.uk

Tomás Eloy Martínez in our library:

   El cantor de tango / Tomás Eloy Martínez. — 1 ed. — Barcelona
: Planeta, 2004. — 251 p. ; 24 cm. — ((Autores españoles e
iberoamericanos))
   D.L.  M 17338-2004. — ISBN 84-08-05299-3
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   Santa Evita / Tomás Eloy Martínez; translated by Helen Lane. —
[S. l.] : Anchor, 1997. — 410 p. ; 20 cm
   ISBN1-86230-002-X
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   El vuelo de la reina / Tomás Eloy Martínez. — Madrid :
Alfaguara, 2002. — 296 p. ; 24 cm
   Premio Alfaguara de novela 2002
   ISBN84-204-6423-6
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