Continuing our literary series, this month’s contemporary Argentine author, Guillermo Martínez, talks to Jess White about his most recent book: ‘I Also Had a Bisexual Girlfriend’, which is excerpted here.

Jess White presents an original translation of the first three chapters of ‘Yo también tuve una novia bisexual’ (‘I Also Had a Bisexual Girlfriend’), by Guillermo Martínez

If you’re finding our 2001-2011 crisis series has whet your appetite for more information on the subject, Cintia Dabes provides a round up of the best films and books that look at the economic meltdown in a more comprehensive way.

The Beyond Borges series continues with Macedonio Fernández, one half of the most pivotal friendship in Argentine writing and one of the most innovative and iconoclastic authors in Latin American literature.

Continuing our series on contemporary Argentine authors, Jessica White speaks to Ana María Shúa and excerpts an original translation of some of her microfictions.

In an ABC of Argentine literature, you’d expect to find three of the hardest-hitting household names. Kate Bowen continues the Beyond Borges series with the author whose name is first on everyone’s lips.

Below are original English translations of a variety of Ana María Shua’s fictions, translated by Steven Stewart. Click here for an interview with the author. A Bearded Woman Some stories don’t even give your imagination a chance. On a trip through Mexico in 1854, a circus promoter noticed the servant girl of one of his hosts. She […]

As a city which possesses a wealthy literary legacy and places such a strong modern day emphasis on reading, it’s hardly surprising that Buenos Aires boasts a bountiful selection of libraries. Blanka Hay begins with the most beautiful to bring you five of her favourites.

For this edition of BA Lives, Kate Bowen catches up award-winning author Maxine Swann to find out more about her third book, ‘The Foreigners’, set in the city of Buenos Aires.

This week our Beyond Borges series turns the spotlight on Ricardo Güiraldes, one of the greatest regional novelists to emerge from Latin America and the creator of an instant classic.