In a world obsessed with launches, perhaps the greatest value lies in permanence. In our industry, we have always had an almost ritualistic relationship with novelty. The release of the week. The pre-order. The featured table at the bookstore. The bestseller list. The next TikTok phenomenon. The hype of the moment. It’s no coincidence that every month publishers define their bets: the titles that will be highlighted and receive the largest share of the marketing budget. And there is nothing...

The carnival is over, and it’s time to bring this column back. But that doesn’t mean there won’t be beach and mate in this first piece of 2026. It was a Sunday in February — with less sun than we would have liked — at Flamengo Beach in Rio. Even so, there were beach umbrellas open, people walking along the promenade, and vendors selling mate . The best part was that, in the middle of all that, there were people reading on the beach, exchanging books with one another, authors chatting with...

Living in Rio de Janeiro brought me back to spaces of reading. Not just to bookstores and libraries themselves, but to the habit of moving through those environments — both professionally and personally — with time, curiosity, and, above all, a desire for exchange. Returning to those places is, for me, a way to reconnect with the city and with the ideas that flow through it. It also means recognizing the importance of something I’ve been calling “circular culture.” I’m talking about a culture...