Sex, drugs and deception in the Barcelona night.

"Stunning debut: If you like Kerouac or Isherwood, you will love Celia's Room."

An LGBT+ novel about the Barcelona night in a year of sex, drugs and deception. Told through their own eyes, sensitive Joaquim – whose passion for painting will propel him into the artist’s life – and cynical Eduardo – addicted to a nightlife that thwarts his ambition to write – unveil a conflicted, shadowy city, personified by the enigmatic Celia. Despite their violently contrasting natures, Joaquim and Eduardo both fall under Celia’s aura. The games they are learning to play will draw all three into conflict – against the backdrop of a city that is also rehearsing a new identity – leading them inexorably towards the truth of Celia’s Room.

These are the heirs to Jean Genet’s underworld in A Thief’s Journal, a world which Nazario describes brilliantly in El bar Kike y Paca la Tomate and elsewhere. That collection of tawdry gay bars huddled around Plaça Reial in the late 80s and early 90s, long before the Gaixample existed, was perhaps even more vibrant, decadent, drug-fuelled and anarchic than the Madrid movida made famous by directors like Almodóvar – yet no less deservedly famous.

"Nothing is quite as it seems. This book rejoices in ambiguity and ambivalence, successfully capturing the zeitgeist of Barcelona."

A lone nomad in an alien ocean battles for survival.
A surfer pulls her brother from a poison slick.
Evil approaches through the whirlpool, threatening death and destruction.
Only by trusting each other can they save their worlds.

Through the Whirlpool, Book I in "Seeking the Jewel Fish", an environmental fantasy.

“... takes me back to the joy of reading Anne McCaffrey!”

An environmental series of magical fantasy spanning parallel dimensions. Adventures on the ocean and a fight to subsist on a supernatural tropical island while a poison slick leaches poison from our world into theirs. Kreh-ursh, Jade, Miguel and Kyle must struggle against the restless dead and corporate greed to ensure the survival of their separate worlds.

Adrift in an alien sea, he must find and destroy the evil attacking his world.
To save her sick brother, she vows to stop a new factory from polluting her home.
Alone, they are helpless. Together, they stand a chance.

Twilight Crosser, second book in "Seeking the Jewel Fish" resumes the story begun in Through the Whirlpool and to be continued in Lake of Stone.

An environmental series of magical fantasy spanning parallel dimensions. Adventures on the ocean and a fight to subsist on a supernatural tropical island while a poison slick leaches poison from our world into theirs. Kreh-ursh, Jade, Miguel and Kyle must struggle against the restless dead and corporate greed to ensure the survival of their separate worlds.

Seeking across worlds for his lost friend,
he meets a spirit greedy for what he has: life.
Miguel is pulled through the whirlpool;
Jade is alone in an alien world, while Kreh-ursh and Kyle lie dying.
To save them she must travel deep into this unknown land,
even to the lake of stone.
Lake of Stone, third book in “Seeking the Jewel Fish”, an environmental fantasy.

The idea for these guides sprang from hard times. Whether in boom or recession, art remains fundamental. But while free art is a great idea, not all great art is free. So this guide takes you places where there is no admission fee.
BCN Free Art 01: The Port and Barceloneta guides you around artworks on Barcelona’s waterfront and through the fishing district of Barceloneta, describing the city’s history, the artists who created these sculptures and the stories that bring Barcelona alive.
The Barcelona Free Art guides inform without being academic, helping you enjoy Barcelona’s culture as you wander or cycle around town. Check out our other books at poblesecbooks.com.

100 Meters – An EFL/ESL play about a girl who overcame disability, poverty and racism to become the fastest woman in the world.

This is the story of Wilma Rudolph, whom they called the “Black Gazelle”. At seven years old, she caught Polio and could no longer walk. But Wilma wanted to play basketball and that is what she did. She eventually became an athlete, winning three Olympic gold medals and breaking a world record at just 20 years old!

Written in clear US English at Level CEFR A2, 100 Meters is ideal for lower intermediate English learners and above, aged seven and upwards. Perfect for ESL classroom readings or student productions, the play emphasizes particular language features and grammar structures in each scene. A Teaching Pack is available to download, offering over 15 hours of classroom activities.

First written and premiered in 1992 for the occasion of the Barcelona Olympic Games, 100 Meters was performed over 200 times in Catalonia, Spain. Theater productions were also mounted in Argentina (1995) and the Canary Islands, Spain (2000) to great acclaim. Thirty years later, publication now makes this play available to English language students and English-teaching theater-in-education companies worldwide.

This edition is adapted to US English. A UK edition is also available.