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PROJECT // #HayCartoneras
Posted by Emma Balch on
Our #HayCartoneras project focuses on Latin American editoriales cartoneras (cardboard publishers) - a publishing movement which grew out of the Argentine economic crisis of 2001 but has now spread to countries as far apart as Mexico and Mozambique, but with a strong focus on the Spanish and Portuguese speaking world. Richly diverse, the cardboard publishers have in common the use (and love) of cardboard, a commitment to making literature accessible, and an interest in both the artistic and literary potential of artisanal book-making. Dr Lucy Bell and Dr Patrick O’Hare, (Hispanic Studies lecturer and Social Anthropologist at the University of Surrey), led...
NEWS // Our bookshop in Hay-on-Wye
Posted by Emma Balch on
Welcome to our new online bookshop. We're opening our doors today but over the coming days we'll be filling the shelves with lots of beautiful books and fantastic offers. Keep visiting!
Emma & Oliver Balch
24 April 2020