New on Barcelona Llibres
On Sant Jordi’s Day, Barcelona City Council has a book stall in Passeig de Gràcia (between Provença and Rosselló) and the Sala Ciutat bookshop (Carrer de la Ciutat, 2) will also be open. You can purchase newly published books, along with those from previous years, all at a 10% discount Check out all the publications and books on the Barcelona Llibres website, with free download.
Barcelona. La meva ciutat
Marina Luz García (author) and Neus Caamaño (illustration)
Laia, a very curious 11-year-old girl, will give you an in-depth look at Barcelona and its neighbourhoods in a highly visual way through illustrations and graphics.
Estimada Collserola. Barcelona Carnet de Voyage
Raúl Deamo
Walking, stopping, listening and observing. That’s what this book invites you to do, calmly created by strolling around Collserola. A mountain range that needs to be rediscovered.
Gegants i gegantes de Barcelona. 52 retallables
Nico Alonso (text), Laia Berloso (illustration) and La Japonesa (design)
52 giants from our city, designed for playing with and getting to know them well. You’ll find curious aspects, anecdotes and lots of details about the figures.
Sketching Barcelona
Lapin
A great illustrated book for strolling around Barcelona and taking inspiration from the city through one of the most renowned sketchers.
La Barcelona fotografiada de Ginés Cuesta
Ginés Cuesta (photography), Isabel Segura i Soriano (text)
A posthumous book which makes the case for a forgotten photographer. The book brings together the everyday beauty of the people and spaces of the Verdun neighbourhood, as well as his paths through life in Barcelona.
Barcelona desapareguda de Giacomo Alessandro
Jorge Álvarez, Víctor Oliva and various authors (photography)
Here we have another vanished Barcelona, the images you had never seen with the typical thoroughness and mastery left to us by Giacomo Alessandro.
Barcelona desapareguda de Giacomo Alessandro II
Víctor Oliva, Jorge Álvarez, Enric Comas and various authors (photography)
The second volume of this book —as bold and worthwhile as the first— again offers an unparalleled collection of old photographs of the city.
Barcelona, gener de 1939. La caiguda
Francesc Vilanova Vila-Abadal
The chronicle of the fall of Barcelona and the Francoist occupation, as well as the symbols and celebratory ceremonies based on written, documentary and graphic accounts.
Barcelona Means Curiosity
Alfons Cornella and Carlota Rubio
A book reflecting on how curiosity drives the progress of Barcelona, through 50 personal interviews with a wide variety of characters.
Les aventures de l'Editorial Joventut
Julià Guillamon and Mònica Baró
This book offers a visual account of the past and the present of the centenarian publishing company Joventut, with a spectacular graphic approach.
Estoy hablando de mi generación. Artículos 1972-1977
Claudi Montañá and Josep Maria Ripoll (anthology)
We regain the figure of a Barcelona counter-culture writer who should be a leading figure in cultural journalism and literary creation.
L'últim naturalista: Jordi Sabater i Pi
Toni Pou
This book is the first to reconstruct the history of Jordi Sabater i Pi based on the correspondence he maintained while living in Africa.
