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In ’93 Mallorca could have been a German, now a new novel explores this and other island stories

MALLORCAN architect and writer, Jose Luis Pujol Reines is launching his collection of short stories Land 17 and other Mallorcan rondallas (stories). In a dark comedic escapade Pujol Reines plays with the

20 Apr, 2023 @ 12:45

Balearic Islands·La Cultura·Mallorca·Olive Press Travel·Other News

James Bond inspired by iconic expat and British spy Alan Hillgarth who lived in Mallorca

The author confessed ‘the Bond character is a compound of all the secret agents I knew'

11 Sep, 2022 @ 17:00

Jack Gaioni: Jack's Corner·La Cultura·Lead·Mallorca

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EXTRACT: A Chancer’s Guide to Rural Spain by Andy Bailey

BRIT Andy Baily, an ex-farm manager, rugby player and inseminator, moves his family from Somerset to a remote mountainous region in Andalucía. In his book, ‘Orgiva: A Chancer’s Guide to Rural Spain’, he

28 Jun, 2022 @ 10:36

Granada·La Cultura·Lead

EXCLUSIVE: This is no comedy – Madeleine McCann prime suspect has no right to call a new book on the case ‘a comic’

THE author of a new book on Madeleine McCann has hit back at claims by the current prime suspect that it is ‘no better than a comic’. Olive Press editor Jon Clarke

4 Oct, 2021 @ 21:30

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Troll campaign on Amazon aims to stifle sales of a new book on the Madeleine McCann case

Anti-McCann lobby launch evil attack on well-researched book My Search for Madeleine

22 Sep, 2021 @ 13:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Other News

EXCLUSIVE: Brave WPC confirms hunt for ‘blonde accomplice’ of Maddie suspect Christian Brueckner

It came after she arrested Brueckner in a children's park during a local fiesta

8 Sep, 2021 @ 11:15

Crime & Law·Lead

MADDIE MCCANN: From Portugal to Spain and Germany, the search goes on

OLIVE Press editor Jon Clarke is publishing an explosive new book on the Madeleine McCann case. His investigation is the most comprehensive look at the current prime suspect Christian Brueckner, who he

28 Aug, 2021 @ 15:43

Lead·Must Read·National News

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LIMITED TIME OFFER: Free book download from Andalucia-based author

EXCLUSIVELY for Olive Press readers, author Sabina Ostrowska is offering a free download of her book The Crinkle Crankle Wall: Our First Year in Andalusia, for a limited time only! Ostrowska moved

28 Jul, 2021 @ 20:30

Lead

Religion blocks progress and the advancement of science, claims author ahead of Gibraltar visit

Moller’s book charts the way scientific discoveries were brought into Europe by Arabic writers.

17 Nov, 2019 @ 12:30

Gibraltar·Lead

Revealing new book chronicles the founding of the Olive Press, ‘Spain’s most popular expat newspaper’

"A publisher wanted to cut out all the juicy bits so I said no and put it in a draw and only discovered it again recently."

3 Aug, 2019 @ 11:54

Granada·La Cultura·Lead

That perfect Spanish afternoon can prove more elusive than first thought, writes Lesley Keith

When I first moved here I had an impression in my mind of how it was going to be

7 Jul, 2019 @ 12:19

Columnists·Mallorca

PAGE-TURNER: Pedro Sanchez becomes first Spanish leader to publish book while in office

As well as current affairs, readers will be treated to ‘the unknown side of the President’, who acts as the book’s narrator

6 Feb, 2019 @ 12:42

Lead·National News·Politics

Learn how to cook like a true Andalucian with new expat recipe book

In the third part of our exclusive serialisation, Fiona Dunlop shares two tasty fish recipes from her book Andaluz – a Food Journey through Southern Spain, available on amazon.es at the end

25 Nov, 2018 @ 11:00

Almeria·Cadiz·Food & Drink·La Cultura·Lead·Malaga·Other News

BOOK REVIEW: Carlos Ruiz Zafón’s The Labyrinth of the Spirits

In the second part of our new book review section, Alicia Duggan immerses herself in the long-awaited final instalment of the Zafon quartet that began with The Shadow of the Wind

29 Oct, 2018 @ 11:10

La Cultura·Lead

The beef about The Story of Ferdinand – Spain’s most controversial children’s book

Franco banned it, Hitler burnt it and Gandhi loved it. How a loveable Spanish toro in a children’s book has raised hackles all over the world

1 Sep, 2018 @ 10:14

La Cultura·Lead

Rare book printed by Spanish Civil War Republicans goes on display

Soldiers made books from bandages in Catalunya’s Montserrat monastery in 1938

14 Oct, 2017 @ 07:13

Barcelona·Lead·Mallorca

Sotogrande expat reveals touching life journey in new golf love novel

Sotogrande-based Calum McGregor, who said the sport helped him battle his ‘demons’, has released Touching Distance From Africa

5 Jan, 2017 @ 10:00

Cadiz·La Cultura

Expat novel banned from Granada’s Alhambra Palace in surprise censorship

Song of Granada, by Anne Sikking, has been banned from all three of the Alhambra’s bookshops as well as the state-run hotel, The Parador

13 Oct, 2014 @ 19:40

Granada·Lead

New book set to honour British actress Diana Dors

A Diana Dors fan is compiling a book on the life of the British actress

4 Oct, 2014 @ 14:00

Gibraltar

New tax threatens Spain’s budget-bereft libraries

Critics say the financial crisis has already pushed libraries to the limit

4 Sep, 2014 @ 14:38

Lead

School book accused of airbrushing Franco’s rule

The children's history book brushes over the real details of Spain's civil war

8 May, 2014 @ 12:20

Education·La Cultura·Other News

New expat book about exploring Almeria

Kevin Borman’s 'Flamingos in the desert – Exploring Almeria' has been four years in the making

22 Apr, 2014 @ 10:30

Almeria·La Cultura

Expat author releases latest novel

Jane Finch, of Almeria, hopes 'The Black Widows' will be a success

21 Mar, 2014 @ 13:51

Almeria·La Cultura·Other News

New book reveals web of spies in First World War Spain

During the Great War, Britain’s ambassador to Spain got caught out by a female spy, who was the sister of the man who later inspired dictator Franco

19 Mar, 2014 @ 11:50

La Cultura

Censorship in Spain

A new book will tell the story of censorship in Franco's Spain

23 Dec, 2013 @ 07:30

La Cultura

Wild wonders of yesteryear

A new book will trace the steps of two 19th century naturalists across the Iberian Peninsula

1 Dec, 2013 @ 14:30

Environment·Gibraltar·Nature·Other News