Allow me, to begin, to express the pride and satisfaction, as someone would say, that a day as well celebrated as yesterday's Sant Jordi provokes. We can congratulate ourselves. We can congratulate ourselves.We know Regina well, at ARA, especially the newspaper's audiovisual team, of which she was a part. Regina, more than connecting with readers' tastes, has connected with readers' hearts, and such a phenomenon is unbeatable. Regina conveys truth. Added to this is the mastery of fresh and fun narrative technique, the result is yesterday's: number 1. This morning I spoke with her and she told me she was happy, for among other reasons, because it was also the triumph of humor in Catalan. has connected with readers' hearts, and such a phenomenon is unbeatable. Regina conveys truth. Added to this is the mastery of fresh and fun narrative technique, the result is yesterday's: number 1. This morning I spoke with her and she told me she was happy, for among other reasons, because it was also the triumph of humor in Catalan.

The Cambra del Llibre released this Thursday a provisional but quite accurate list of the best-selling books for Sant Jordi. In Catalan, the top positions are held by Regina Rodríguez Sirvent (fiction), Òscar Andreu (non-fiction), and Míriam Tirado (children and young adult). In Spanish, the best-sellers have been Eduardo Mendoza (fiction), Ana Garriga and Carmen Urbita (non-fiction), and Emma Gil (children and young adult). According to data from the Cambra del Llibre, total sales for Sant Jordi 2026 are close to 27 million euros, almost a million more than last year.

The Catalan Book Chamber published this Monday the list of best-selling books in the week before Sant Jordi in fiction, non-fiction, and children's and young adult books, both in Catalan and Spanish. As usual, new releases are climbing to the top positions.

Regina Rodríguez Sirvent (Alp, 1983) started writing her second novel right after the birth of her second child, who was premature and He spent the first months of his life in the ICU at Vall d'Hebron.After that harrowing and profoundly unsettling experience, the writer could have continued to delve into the darkness, but instead, she chose the light: she unearthed from her memory one of the most beautiful and transformative moments of her life and turned it into Early morning popcorn (La Campana), which is published this Tuesday in Catalan and Spanish. He did it with the help of a pillow and the pressure of the enormous success of Panties in the sun (La Campana, 2022), which has sold over 100,000 copies in Catalan and 25,000 in Spanish, has been translated into English and is being adapted into a film. In his new novel, Rodríguez Sirvent revisits his alter egoRita Racons, when she's already over thirty. The protagonist ends up in a coworking Full of dreamers who will reveal to you a friendship and a love rarely found in life.

"Panties in the sun It is one of those books that reconciles you with life," says journalist Marina Romero (Barcelona, 1985), editor and presenter of the program More than 324She is one of the many people who has been captivated by the first novel by a writer with whom she shares a generation: Regina Rodríguez Sirvent (Puigcerdà, 1983).