Book A Trip To Guyana
The Bogota Post speaks to a teacher who believes books could change the way of life in her Guyanese village Joyce Simon has spent the last ten years taking English books back to her home – the small...
View ArticleA Spirited Trek Through The Enchanted City
With ‘Bogota! A Bilingual Guide to the Enchanted City’, partners Toby de Lys and Tigre Hall set out on a labour of love, to set the record straight about Bogota The pair had had it with New York....
View ArticleColombia snapped up!
A new book brings beauty and diversity in an instant... When photographer Matthew O’Brien came to Colombia in 2003, to cover the Concurso Nacional de Belleza and Reinado Popular beauty pageants, little...
View ArticleWhat to read: Books
‘Mad Outta Me Head’ A few years ago a foreigner was riding his bicycle through Parque Lourdes in Bogota and noticed another foreigner walking down the street wearing an old, green St. Patrick’s Day...
View ArticleGift of the Gabo
One of the authors behind Was Gabo an Irishman talks to Charlotte Mackenzie about the inspiration behind the anthology, magic realism and her favourite Márquez book
View ArticleReading Macondo
The Universidad de los Andes is offering free registration to its new virtual course, Reading Macondo, an educational initiative that offers the general public the opportunity to learn about the...
View ArticleColombo Americano Library: A secret sanctuary for readers
Bogotá Rewind brings back memories from the past. Photos: Phil Stoneman Hidden inside an unassuming building in the centre of Bogotá is the country’s best English-language library. The Colombo...
View ArticleFILBo 2019: It’s my party
Even if you don’t make it to a single talk, it’s worth going to FILBo to stock up on books. Photo: FILBo The guest of honour at Colombia’s FILBo 2019 is…ahem…Colombia. It’s FILBo o’clock. The annual...
View ArticleECM Records: Between Sound and Space
Take a deep dive into contemporary music with American music journalist Tyran Grillo. One of the many international faces at FILBo this year is US music journalist Tyran Grillo, whose book, Between...
View ArticleCreative industries: Interview with Nick Barley, director of the Edinburgh...
In the third of our series of interviews with leaders in the UK creative industries, we speak to Nick Barley, director of the Edinburgh International Book Festival. Nick Barley welcomes Omani author...
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