Valentina Ríos was born in Bogotá and grew up reading García Márquez under the impression that magic realism was simply the way things were. She studied journalism at the Universidad Nacional before moving to Barcelona on a cultural journalism grant. She has spent the last eight years writing about Latin American literature, music, and publishing.
Patricio Pron's new novel is unpredictable — and in these times, that is worth more than it might seem. A writer who empties himself onto the page and invites you to do the same.
The Publishing Triangle Award announces its 2026 finalists. Every year this list reminds me why queer literature is not a separate genre — it is the centre of something.
Lauren J. Joseph's <em>Lean Cat, Savage Cat</em> takes the trans rock muse archetype and returns it its voice, body, and desire — a novel that refuses every apology.
Workers at HarperCollins ratified a new contract this week featuring the highest starting salary in US publishing history — a reminder that books are made by people who deserve to be paid fairly.
The author of 'Ségou' and 'Tituba' left a finished manuscript before she died. Now it reaches French bookshops. Valentina Ríos thinks about what it means to publish the dead.
