Poems from Niterói and a gift for theater actors

Niterói poems (autograph) by Marcos Jorge Nasser, cover - featured. Disclosure.

Anchored in marginalized daily life, Marcos Nasser launches Poemas de Niterói – 2nd volume and reinforces decadent aesthetics with autobiographical elements to address timeless existential doubts and social ills The second volume of Poemas de Niterói (autograph) is a collection of texts that has as a backdrop the time and space of the city that the Espírito Santo author chose to live … Read more

Marlon Silva releases All the Poems I Could Write

Marlon Silva, writer. Photo: Thiago Nunes.

Reading has become increasingly distant from reality in the digital world, where phrases, words and posts are enough in many people's lives. However, we can still believe in reading when we think of moments of reflection and distance from social networks, where many also make the option to distance themselves from … Read more

Book sales increase in Brazil and authors create expectations for Black Friday

Larissa Pessoa, Andrew Oliveira and Maurizio Ruzzi. Photo: Disclosure.

With growth in book sales during the Covid-19 pandemic, authors share their views on what to expect from Black Friday Brazil is the second country where the most talked about Black Friday on Twitter, according to a survey of the platform itself; in addition, the data states that 47% of people would buy books, comics … Read more

“Latin America 2051” enters campaign in Catarse

Livro "América Latina 2051" by Luís Cláudio S. Pear. Disclosure.

Set in a dystopian future, book by a national author needs your support to be released The writer Luís Cláudio S. Pereira opened a crowdfunding program in Catarse to publish “América Latina 2051”. The science fiction book, who also qualifies within the solarpunk genre, narrates the story of Aisha and Kauê in a possible and positive future. The campaign needs … Read more

Brazil registers increase in religious books in recent years

Larissa Pessoa. Photo: Disclosure.

Despite the considerable increase, authors and publishers expressed the difference in numbers Data from the Production and Sales of the Brazilian Editorial Sector survey indicate an increase in 2%, between 2006 and 2019, in sales of religious books in Brazil. The percentage is not big, but some national authors within the Christian segment noticed a difference … Read more

FLISP accounts for more than 5.000 books sold at a face-to-face event

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The 1st Literary Festival of São Paulo received 2,5 thousand rotating visitors and recorded growth figures in the publishing market Last Sunday (08) It happened, in person, the 1st Literary Festival of São Paulo. The event, with ten publishers present, lasted about 11 hours and counted 5.500 books sold with rotation of 2,5 thousand visitors among readers, editors … Read more

Five national romantic comedy books to read and fall in love with

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Discover some novel works by Brazilian writers Love stories have captivated readers for centuries. The lightweight structure of a romance narrative with the long-awaited happy ending has long been used and can even be considered saturated. But the truth is, good romantic comedies can be very … Read more

Champion of the springs of life

Celina Moraes. Photo: Disclosure.

Celina Moraes * To 6 years, Itamar cut sugar cane to help parents support their home. He dreamed big. I wanted to be a fighter pilot. At the age of 16 years, cut cane by day and studied at night, and dreamed of enlisting in the Air Force in Recife, but a few days before the enlistment, an unforeseen situation prevented him and this … Read more

Five Brazilian urban fantasy authors to meet in 2020

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Meet five national authors who have ventured into this genre A complicated year as 2020 it is approaching the end, and because it was a year that a pandemic took over the world, many people were quarantined, and in Brazil it was no different. The habit of reading gained strength during this period, among … Read more

Four books based on real history for you to read later this year

Livro "Tempo de (im) perfeição", by Lilian Vaccaro, featured. Disclosure.

Meet some authors acclaimed by national literature This year we are living, it was a very difficult year and was taken by many losses due to the COVID-19 pandemic, that took us by surprise, making us face a great challenge: social isolation. However, many managed to find themselves within the literary universes, what reflected in the … Read more