Spanish language publishing

Broadcast:
Wednesday 13 February 2008 10:27AM (view full episode)

If you're a struggling writer keen to find a market for your work, the time may be right to brush up on your Spanish.

The market for Spanish-language books is now expanding at break-neck speed, particularly in developing countries, where literacy rates are rising.

In fact, marketing books to the world's 400 million speakers of Spanish is now a multi-billion dollar business, making Spanish the second most published language in the world.

Interestingly, books in translation -- mainly from English -- account for a fifth of all titles published; that's still a big chunk of the market.

But as we're about to hear, that could be good news for Australian writers.

Antonia Kerrigan is a literary agent representing writers from both the new and the old parts of the Spanish-speaking world. She's speaking to The Book Show from Barcelona.

And Adriana Lopez was, until recently, the editor of Criticas magazine, the sister publication of Publishers Weekly, and still writes for the magazine. And while Adriana is an American, this morning she joins the program from Madrid.

Credits

Presenter
Ramona Koval
Producer
James Panichi
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