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Due to inclement weather, Arte Público Press will be closed on Monday, January 26, 2026. We appreciate your patience as we prioritize everyone’s safety.

Alejandro Murguía appears in San Francisco this Jan. for 2 events celebrating his book The Other Barrio: New and Selected Stories. 🎬 Keeper of the Fire (film premiere) Jan. 24, Brava Theater 📖 Reading Jan. 29, Medicine for Nightmares 📚 Book: artepublicopress.com/product/the-...

¡Feliz Día de Reyes! 👑 Looking for ways to celebrate #ThreeKingsDay this year? Your family will love these two #bilingual #childrensbooks: getting to prepare sweet treats with Mónica in LA SEÑORA DE LA PANADERÍA and helping Flaca solve her latest mystery in EL CASO DE LOS REYES MAGOS!

Our staff picks of the year are here! These are the stories we love and can’t wait for you to discover. 📚Shop these titles on the Arte Públilco Press website or support your favorite local bookseller. artepublicopress.com/browse-and-o... @artepublico.bsky.social #StaffPicks #BooksWeLove #Read #Books

One more week to order books before we close for the holidays! 📚🎁✨ ¡Una semana más para ordenar libros antes de que cerremos por vacaciones!

At Arte Público Press, stories are always at the heart of the season. Our students helped decorate our holiday tree with tiny books! 🎄📚 Browse and order books: artepublicopress.com/browse-and-o... @artepublico.bsky.social

La lectura abre puertas a la imaginación, la identidad y nuestras raíces. En este video de Univisión, Gabriela Baeza Ventura habla sobre la importancia de contar nuestras historias y tener acceso a libros bilingües desde Arte Público Press. www.univision.com/local/housto... @artepublico.bsky.social

Looking for something to do this weekend? If you're in the #SanFrancisco area, drop by the Bernal Heights library's open house event to enjoy a #bookreading by TWO of our authors: EARTHQUAKE SHACK by Susie Hara and THE OTHER BARRIO by Alejandro Murguía. Don't miss out on this incredible afternoon!

📣 New from Arte Público Press! Latino Leaders Speak, Vol. II—25 inspiring stories from Latino leaders across public service, business, the arts & more. Edited by Mickey Ibarra & María Pérez-Brown (LatinoLeadersNetwork) artepublicopress.com/product/lati... @artepublico.bsky.social

This #GivingTuesday, consider supporting our mission of making available contemporary and recovered #Latinoliterature for all audiences. Every act of generosity counts, no matter how small, and everyone has something to give. 🤝 Visit artepublicopress.com/donate to make a contribution today.

December is #ReadANewBookMonth and we have #recommendations! 📖 Consider picking out one of our newest titles to read next, and share another with a friend or family member—books make great #holiday #gifts! 🎁 Visit our website to browse all available titles and place an order.

Arte Público Press will be closed Thursday and Friday to celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday! This year—and every year—we're thankful for you. 🦃 Estaremos cerrados jueves y viernes para celebrar Thanksgiving. Este año—y todos los años—estamos agradecidos de ustedes. #Thanksgiving2025

The holidays can be a particularly difficult time of year for #grieving children. Take time to check in on and support them—and let them see themselves and find #hope in these #stories. #ChildrensGriefAwareness

THIS SATURDAY! 🎉✨ Mark your calendars for the #pajamaparty #booklaunch of MARISOL CAN'T SLEEP / MARISOL NO PUEDE DORMIR by Sandra Martín Denis at Children's Book World! 📆 Saturday, Nov. 22 ⏰ 10:30am 📍 10580 W Pico Blvd, Los Angeles, CA #PiñataBooksparty #bilingualpicturebook #bilingualstorytime

November is #PictureBookMonth & we have dozens of #bilingual #picturebooks to choose from! Our #PiñataBooks are dedicated to authentically reflecting themes, characters and customs unique to US #Hispanic and #Latino #communities. Browse our extensive #collection: artepublicopress.com/.../pinata-b...

It's never too early to start #holidayshopping, especially for the #readers in your life! Browse our latest collections, including our 2025-26 Complete Catalog, to find the perfect stories to share with your friends and family this year! 🔗 artepublicopress.com/catalogs-fliers

Happy National #Nonfiction Day! We're super excited to get our hands on these new titles: a look at 41 indispensable #Chicano #documentaryfilms, and #wordsofwisdom from 26 #Latino leaders. Browse these and more nonfiction titles on our website, artepublicopress.com!

Spend this weekend remembering and celebrating loved ones who are no longer physically present, and share these #bilingual #picturebooks with the young readers in your family. Happy #DíadelosMuertos from all of us at Arte Público Press!

Save the date: Celebrate the Legacy of Dr. Nicolás Kanellos Join us for a special fundraising luncheon honoring Dr. Nicolás Kanellos, founding director of @artepublico.bsky.social and distinguished University of Houston scholar. 📅 Oct. 7, 2026 artepublicopress.com/celebratekan...

If you're in the #BayArea join Susie Hara next week to celebrate the launch of her new #mystery #novel, EARTHQUAKE SHACK! The author will be joined in conversation with investigator Alejandra Vera. Find out more information about the book on our website: artepublicopress.com/product/eart...

Adriana Camacho-Church's bilingual EL CABELLO DE ABUELA LE LLEGA HASTA LOS TOBILLOS is this year's winner of the CLEL's Spanish Bell Award in the "Hablar / Talk" category! Join us in congratulating the author, and learn more about this beautiful book at: artepublicopress.com/product/gran...

Are you ready for #Halloween? Treat your kids to these fun #reads to celebrate this year's holiday!

'Tis the season for tricks and treats! Share these #spooky #stories of creepy creatures and lore with your kids as a #Halloween treat!

We're so excited and honored that two of our #PiñataBooks were selected for inclusion in the Lincoln Public Schools' 2025-26 MOSAIC Multicultural Book Display!

"Bad Bunny's artistry, influence, and unapologetic pride in his heritage have made him a cultural icon, not just for Puerto Ricans but for Latine communities everywhere."

The Bank Street College of Education selected two #PiñataBooks for inclusion in its 2025 Best Children's Books of the Year in Spanish list! 📚 Read the full press release and more about each #bilingual #picturebook by visiting: artepublicopress.com/bank-street-...

Coming up next week! Join our authors @bydianarojas.bsky.social and Jose Skinner next Thursday for un cafecito as part of the McAllen Public Library's #SouthTexasBookFestival!

The third week of October is #TeenReadWeek and we've got plenty of new #books for your teen and tween #readers! Find more information about each of these new titles and every other teen/tween book in our backlist by browsing our latest #completecatalog: artepublicopress.com/wp-content/u...

Arte Público Press Director, Dr. Gabriela Baeza Ventura speaks at the Greater Houston Arts Forum about the importance and role of literacy for our communities of color. @artepublico.bsky.social

“Latino leaders see their success as a community achievement. We’re not self-made; we’re community-made.” —Dr. Nicolás Kanellos, founder of Arte Público Press, is featured in the latest edition of the @cafeconpam.bsky.social #podcast! #HispanicHeritageMonth

Celebrate #TeachCentralAmericaWeek with these #books, available from us via artepublicopress.com! #CentralAmerica

It's #NationalTacoDay so we know what we're having for lunch! Consider celebrating the holiday with these fun, family-friendly #bilingual #stories for young readers, available on our website: artepublicopress.com.

“Censorship is the child of fear and the father of ignorance.” ―Laurie Halse Anderson Read banned books. #BannedBooksWeek #FreedomToRead

In this debut collection, Diana Rojas’s “characters grapple with their self-perception as they consider what they’re supposed to be and who they want to be.” Read LITANY OF SAINTS: A TRIPTYCH from @artepublico.bsky.social this #NationalHispanicHeritageMonth: artepublicopress.com/product/lita...

Tune in to this latest #podcast episode from Vanguardia America to hear Dr. Gabriela Baeza Ventura and authors Jovi de la Jara and Daniel Chacón discuss a range of topics including #poetry, geckos, and the value and complexities of #Latinidad #representation in #childrensliterature!

Recovery scholar & Arte Público Press author Cynthia Orozco has been named National Historian of LULAC. Her latest book, Pioneer of Mexican American Civil Rights: Alonso S. Perales (Arte Público, 2020), profiles the org’s principal founder. lulac.org/m/U2FsdGVkX1... @artepublico.bsky.social #LULAC

Join us for "Binding Media: Hybrid Print-Digital Literature from across the Americas," a public lecture by Prof. Élika Ortega-Gizmán via Zoom (Friday, October 3, 2025, 11:00am-12:00pm CT) RSVP: bit.ly/bindingmedia #digitalhumanities #print-digital #literature #usLdh @artepublico.bsky.social

The Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs has honored Xavier Garza's latest #VincentVentura adventure as a 2025 Américas Book Award Commended Title! Join us in congratulating Xavier Garza & learn more about the book and the #MonsterFighterMystery series on our website: bit.ly/VincentVentu...

Come out on Saturday to see us during Harris County Precinct 4's #HispanicHeritageMonth festival and to enjoy a #bilingual #storytime of ¿QUÉ ES UN POEMA? / WHAT IS A POEM? with Jovi de la Jara!

Grateful to Dr. Baeza Ventura for attending the conference this past weekend!

Join Raquel Ortiz at her presentation for kids about the Puerto Rican #dance and #music genre #bomba. There will be puppets, singing, dancing and free #books at Harris County Public Library's Baldwin Boettcher Branch (22248 Aldine Westfield Rd, Humble, TX 77338) this Saturday, Sept. 20, at 1 pm.

Don't miss this virtual #bilingual #storytime with Julio Molinete and his new book, EL EMPACHO DE ISABEL / ISABEL'S TUMMY ACHE, hosted by MakeMake, on Wednesday, September 24, at 5 pm CST. Sign up to tune in: makemake.com.co/eventos/form...

Today marks the start of #HispanicHeritageMonth—but that's every month here at Arte Público! Support US #Latino authors by #reading and sharing our #books and learn more about Latino #history and #culture by exploring the @apprecovery.bsky.social project and our #digitalarchives!

Latinidad in the making: DH projects and collective futurities, a symposium focusing on Hispanic-serving digital humanities by connecting DH scholars who do community-engaged research: Friday, September 12, from 4:00 to 5:30 PM (EST time). Registration is open on tinyurl.com/LatinidadDH

In addition to publishing books in print and electronic editions, we offer #digital access to #archives no longer available in any other format. As important as this work is, however, it’s still not enough without #literacy. Learn more at unesco.org/en/days/literacy. #InternationalLiteracyDay

This #TranslationMonth, gift a copy of Daniel Chacón’s GECKO GIRL / LAGARTIJITA (@artepublico.bsky.social) to a young reader in your life! This picture book translated by Alaíde Ventura Medina “follows a young girl who wakes up to an unfamiliar face in the mirror.” bookshop.org/p/books/geck...

Tomorrow is #NationalReadABookDay and that's one of our favorite things to do! #Reading promotes better concentration and communication skills, builds critical thinking and promotes core components of #socialemotionallearning, like empathy. What will you be reading this weekend?

“‘For us, regional is not a negative word, it’s a positive word. Because everybody lives in a region, and they deserve to have their culture come into print.’” Read the full @uh.edu article on our transition into the next chapter—and see what Drs. Kanellos and Baeza Ventura recommend as must-reads!