Houston, TX January 2014— Prolific Mexican-American author Rolando Hinojosa has been selected by the National Book Critics Circle as the recipient of the prestigious Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award. Named after the first president of the NBCC, the award is given annually Read More

HOUSTON, TX March 2014—Three titles published by Arte Público Press were nominated as finalists in the 16th annual International Latino Book Awards sponsored by Latino Literacy Now, a non-profit organization that supports and promotes literacy and literary excellence within the Read More

HOUSTON, TX January, 2014—Our Lost Border: Essays on Life Amid the Narco-Violence, edited by Sarah Cortez and Sergio Troncoso, is one of only twelve titles that has been selected to receive a 2013 Southwest Book Award by the Border Regional Library Association. This collection Read More

HOUSTON, TX January, 2014—The Patchwork Garden / Pedacitos de huerto  by Diane de Anda with  illustrations by Oksana Kemarskaya has been chosen for inclusion in Reading Is Fundamental’s (RIF) 2013-14 Multicultural Collection of Children’s Literature. Containing only 40 titles, Read More

Three Piñata Books for Kids Chosen for Tejas Star Reading List HOUSTON, TX January 2014—Three books published as part of Arte Público’s imprint for children and young adults, Piñata Books, were chosen for the 2014-15 Tejas Star Reading List. The Tejas Star Reading List (TSRL) is Read More