Latest news and stories about books in Portugal for expats and residents.
In 'The Forbidden Garden of Leningrad', British journalist Simon Parkin highlights an episode that remained buried in the grand history of the siege that the Germans subjected that Soviet city to between 1941 and 1943.
Morrer na Praia, by the Cuban writer, the Global Dictionary of Heresies, directed by José Eduardo Franco and Porfírio Pinto, and Thirty Million Orgasms are now in bookstores.
August is coming, and for this reason, ECO has selected 31 books, one for each day of the month, for an informed holiday. It is an editorial selection focused on the economy, politics, and power, built from a classical liberal perspective, but open to the confrontation of ideas, the contradictions of capitalism, and...
In a book now published in Portugal, historian Christian-Georges Schwentzel shows that there is much more to the history of the Queen of Egypt than romances with powerful men. We spoke with the author.
“Fósforos Riscados no Vento” is the title of a work that brings together chronicles originally broadcast on Antena 2.
Winner of the 2025 Oceanos prize, Brazilian writer Silvana Tavano has the protagonist of “Ressuscitar Mamutes” 'de-extinct' her mother: by writing about her, she reconstructs her, creating the only possible connection between those who feel loss and those who can no longer feel anything.
Craig Thompson tells his story in 'Ginseng Roots', his masterpiece, a comic book you will want to devour this summer. On the verge of August, we also present more comics and book suggestions about music and photography.
Venezuela for laypeople. Portugal, past and present. The Vatican's new discourse. Why and how we write. From politics to essays, readings that are worth it.
Portugal is the setting for an international conspiracy in this spy classic originally published in 1963. It was born from the author's holiday in the Algarve and arrives in Portuguese bookstores today.
With various characters and multiple perspectives, 'Broken Mirror' is a kaleidoscopic novel in which intrigue, secrets, the search for love, and, over time, death and despair reign.
A new translation reveals Kafka's first novel without Max Brod's edits – it is a surprise. Short narratives by Salman Rushdie show that short stories are the source from which novels spring. And there is Gregório Duvivier, José Gardeazabal, or Elizabeth Strout in this selection of great reads for your summer.
A selection of three literary works published in the current year by foreign writers where the plot takes place in Portugal.
Olivia Wilde's film is one of this week's suggestions, but there are also books by Belle Burden and Irene Vallejo, documentaries about mysterious disappearances, and Belle & Sebastian.
The books on this week's shelf are somewhat nihilistic, romantic and Brazilian. Discover this week's choices from Carlos Vaz Marques, Ricardo Araújo Pereira, João Miguel Tavares and Pedro Mexia
In the June edition of Advocatus magazine, Carlos Amaro, a partner at Pares since 2015 with extensive experience in Commercial and Corporate Law, Litigation, Arbitration, and Intellectual Property, shared his personal choices. These are his picks! His favourite book is War and Peace (Tolstoy). Conquerors: How Portugal Forged the First Global Empire (Roger Crowley).
The highly acclaimed work by Fernando Aramburu is now a graphic novel authored by Toni Fejzula. Additionally, the 2021 Cervantes Prize-winning writer has her work 'A Insubmissa' published in Portugal for the first time.
We have compiled suggestions for all ages to keep you and others entertained during the holidays, or to leave on your wishlist for the coming months.
Approaching her 80th birthday, the Uruguayan Cristina Peri Rossi returns to her childhood and youth in a beautiful autobiographical novel centered on the constant desire to become a writer
“Refractory Portugal” is a kind of extensive 512-page slideshow, profusely commented, with the breadth — and also the freedom — that only knowledge gives or can give.
Essays, analyses, reportage, and biographies. The past, present, and future are in literature, featuring facts and figures as protagonists. For the holidays (but not only), here are our suggestions.
The author's life fell apart during the pandemic. A family and financial purgatory followed, described in a book now published here. Sales have not stopped, even with unexplained doubts. Why?
This short 1972 Kafkaesque book is far from the brilliance of other Rothian works. But that could perhaps also be said for almost all of the fiction of the last century.
It is the result of several interviews by the RTP journalist with the architect, conducted over nearly a decade. The starting point was the documentary 'Architect of Dreams'.
The Penguin Random House publishing group has announced the acquisition of the Saída de Emergência group, a move described in a statement as a strategy to 'expand its ability to reach new readers through a diverse catalogue of genre literature.' The Saída de Emergência, Chá das Cinco, and Desassossego imprints will remain autonomous. The deal will allow Penguin to increase its catalogue to over eight thousand titles, continuing its growth strategy in the Portuguese market following the 2021 acquisition of 20|20 Editora. Saída de Emergência was founded in 2003 by Luís Corte Real, who built what Penguin considers a 'distinct and widely recognised editorial identity.' The catalogue includes fantasy, science fiction, horror, thrillers, romance, historical fiction, and non-fiction, featuring both national and international authors.
The publishing group Penguin Random House has acquired the Saída de Emergência group, strengthening its presence in Portugal and expanding its catalogue in the areas of fantasy, science fiction, horror, thriller, romance, and historical fiction, the publisher announced this Wednesday. In a statement, Penguin Random House says that the integration of the Saída de Emergência Group will allow for the expansion of...
Devir is reissuing the 6 volumes by Grant Morrison and the 3 from the 'Absolute' saga by Scott Snyder. We return to the moral ambiguity and the reconfiguration of the Freudian myth that give the character a unique density.
Women who give up their careers to be subservient to their husbands: this was the trend that gave Caro Claire Burke the idea. Publishers wanted it, it became a bestseller, and it is now published in Portugal.
The winner of the 2025 Oceanos Prize, the complete prose of Sylvia Plath, the latest book by Gerald Murnane, which the author announced as his farewell, and a new novel by Frederico Pedreira are some of the editorial novelties for July.
The challenges of AI, the defence of democracy, and the intersection of education, culture, health, and the economy are the “strategic pillars” of the fourth edition of the event, which takes place on September 15th and 16th.
