Small Print: numbers can also tell stories
We can tally numbers and tell stories, but we can also tell stories with numbers. In this book, everything counts (and can be counted).
These books were fashionable: were they read or shunned?
This week we discuss books that, at different times and for different reasons, were much talked-about and which signalled a certain virtue. Where did the success come from? And did we actually read them?
Tim Spector and his three daily portions of fermented foods and Shigeru Mizuki’s Second World War
Ferment: The Life-Changing Power of Microbes, by the professor of epidemiology at King’s College London, and the first volume of Showa — A History of Japan by the Japanese author are now available in bookshops.
Pocket Library with Clara Rowland
Readings that leave indelible marks on our lives. An informal conversation about the relationship we form with books. With Inês Bernardo and José Mário Silva.
Is Ricky Gervais still funny? — Suggestions
Let's start the year well: the latest book from a great writer, the magic of a broken chair, that film everyone is (still) talking about, and conspiracies turned into a documentary — there's something for everyone.
Literary news: Grupo Guerra & Paz releases António Botto's 'Forbidden'
In the coming months, in the essays category, the forthcoming release of 'Delirium and Dreams' by Sigmund Freud is also worth highlighting.
Alma dos Livros launches new collection dedicated to the classics of world literature
A new collection devoted to the classics of world literature, which revisits “timeless works that continue to engage in dialogue with the present”, is the publisher Alma dos Livros' project in the year it celebrates its 10th anniversary.
Claudia Piñeiro, Richard Powers and Toni Morrison among Presença's new releases
The Portuguese publisher Presença's latest catalogue includes new titles by Claudia Piñeiro, Richard Powers and Toni Morrison.
What we want to see, read and hear in 2026
In this first Pop Up of the new year we tally up our greatest curiosities, the titles generating the most anticipation and the releases we've already marked in our diaries, including films, books and concerts.
Rui Zink, Thomas Mann and José Rodrigues Miguéis among Porto Editora's new titles
Porto Editora's latest list of new titles includes works by Rui Zink, Thomas Mann and José Rodrigues Miguéis.
New Year, Old Vices (fortunately)
The book Quotable Vices is a compilation of quotations and aphorisms arranged by theme. On these cold days, it puts us in the pleasant company of people who enjoyed their vices. Column by João Pedro Pereira
Return to Paradise: my kind of library for 2025
They are not gifts, nor are they necessarily recent editions, but they are the books that, for mysterious reasons known only to themselves, chose to be read during the year that is now ending. Opinion piece by Pedro Norton
The 60 books of 2025 we most enjoyed reading
For those seeking balance on the page in a disoriented world; for those who long for discovery or escape; for those who simply want to read: this is our list of favourite titles of the year.
Do you know who Juan Gabriel is? — Recommendations
The Mexican singer-songwriter is one of the highlights in this week’s Pop Up recommendations, along with Taiwanese cinema, Mark Ronson’s memoirs, stories about Portugal and capitalism, and aces in the air.