Paulo Coelho speaking at The Erosion of The Freedom of Expression in Brazil

Paulo Coelho is one of the speakers at the symposium The Erosion of the Freedom of Expression in Brazil (A Erosão da Liberdade de expressão no Brasil), within the framework of the 47th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, supported by the ARNS Commission and the OAB in Brazil. Here are the links to watch it (in Portuguese with simultaneous translation into English): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B427XqNPavc https://www.facebook.com/CFOAB https://www.facebook.com/ComissaoArns

Kiosk collection in Italy

For the first time in Italy, a collection with 21 books by Paulo Coelho will be available in kiosks with the magazines “Donna Moderna” and “TV Sorrisi e Canzoni.” Starting with The Alchemist on November 24th and ending on April 13th 2021, every week there will be a new title on sale for €8.90. Watch the TV spot here!

“The Alchemist” in Maori.

Today the Maori edition of The Alchemist is published by Auckland University Press as part of a national project to preserve the language spoken by 150,000 speakers in New Zealand, along with three other works by Dr. Seuss, J.K Rowling and Tīmoti Kāretu.  Only four books for adults have been published in Maori over the last decade.  With this new edition, at present, The Alchemist has been translated into 83 languages.  During the presentation of project at the University of Auckland, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said, “It encourages us to experience the joy of reading, but also brings te reo to the world.”  https://www.facebook.com/tekareremaorinews/videos/352231946070065/ https://www.facebook.com/kotahiraupukapuka/photos/a.372492527493411/394742158601781/?type=3&eid=ARCBDZ16dGie5w5icKTCbsiQHbRVtXmmTS93iZqQ5OZO-Q0QfFhTOLhDp40T4ly13VlpIWqatBumi9rw&__tn__=EHH-R

Pocket edition of “La Voie de l’Archer” and new pocket library in France

The pocket edition of “La Voie de l’Archer” is available in France by J’ai Lu. This format also includes illustrations by Christoph Niemann and is printed in full colour. At the same time, the new Paulo Coelho library in pocket format appears with the first four titles: “The Spy”, “Aleph”, “Manual of the Warrior of Light” and “The Witch of Portobello”. The new cover collection was created by DJOHR.

“Encounters”, day planner 2021

Encounters, is a diary for 2021 with quotes from Paulo Coelho’s works and illustrations by Colombian artist Catalina Estrada It is available in 21 different languages: Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovakian, Slovenian, Spanish and Swedish. “Each encounter brings within it an eternity.”