by alanleites | Feb 3, 2026 | With My Accent! 🇬🇧
Dear reader friend,Today I would like to share some news that fills me with emotion and gratitude. My book “Raji, My Family: A Story of Immigration, Resistance, Courage and Love” is now part of the library catalogue of the Community of Madrid. This means that from now...
by alanleites | Jan 1, 2026 | With My Accent! 🇬🇧
Dear reader friend, «Follow the Yellow Brick Road» (Arlen/Harburg/The Wizard of Oz) Warm regards,Alan Leites 🌻 Seeds for Your Garden in 2026 I begin 2026 by sharing two literary seeds I have just planted.It is my small gesture towards helping to build a better world:...
by alanleites | Dec 9, 2025 | With My Accent! 🇬🇧
Dear reader friends,December has arrived, and I believe that at this time of year almost all of us begin a countdown to the New Year, which in Spain is celebrated with the twelve chimes and the grapes, while in Brazil the ritual is marked by jumping seven waves at the...
by alanleites | Nov 17, 2025 | With My Accent! 🇬🇧
Dear friends,Autumn has arrived in Spain, the season in which the leaves fall to make way for the new, while in Brazil spring announces the blossoming of so many flowers. How fascinating it is to realise that different places live similar cycles, yet at different...
by alanleites | Oct 1, 2025 | With My Accent! 🇬🇧
Dearest reader friends,What an immense joy it is to share these moments with you, readers who give meaning to this journey. Each encounter reminds me that literature is, above all, a shared embrace.A few days ago, I experienced the excitement of the gathering with...
by alanleites | Sep 23, 2025 | With My Accent! 🇬🇧
Dear reader friends,In this edition, I invite you to share with me the emotion of the blossoming of the exhibition “Focus on Poetry”, recently inaugurated in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil). I brought along a poem and a photograph that I keep as small fragments of my own...
