Building Bridges: Spanish and English Language Writers in Conversation is a literary tour in major US cities featuring some of the Best Young Spanish Language Novelists, from May 16th to May 25th.

As part of this unique tour, Books Inc at Opera Plaza will host a roundtable/discussion between some of the Best Young Spanish Language Novelists Andrés Barba (Spain), Javier Montes (Spain), Alberto Olmos (Spain), and renowned American authors: Andrew Sean Greer and Yiyun Li. Oscar Villalon, Managing Editor of ZYZZYVA literary journal, and Valerie Miles, Publishing Director of Duomo Ediciones, will moderate the table.

View the writers' biographies.

The tour will start in Seattle on May 16th at the Elliot Bay Book Company; travel to San Francisco at Books Inc at Opera Plaza on May 17; then to Chicago on May 19 at the Cervantes Institute; Washington, D.C. on May 20 at Busboys & Poets, and end in New York at The Center for Fiction on May 23, McNally Jackson Bookstore on May 24th, and at the Book Expo America 2011 and 192 Books on May 25th.

A glass of Spanish wine will be offered to the attendees at the end of the roundtable. This event is free and open to the public.

Venue

Phone

415-776-1111

More information

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