The book fair the largest spanish language book fair in the world takes place in the city of guadalajara, mexico. For example, the 2005 edition of the fair featured about 2,800 cultural activities, and this number is growing every year. Created 34 years ago by the university of guadalajara, the fair is aimed at professionals and the general public alike, a characteristic that sets it apart from other book fairs around the globe. Acquiring good books in spanish for our libraries is a perennial challenge. Fil guadalajara guadalajara international book fair. The space highlighted in this blog is the madrid pavilion that resembled an amphitheatre. Guadalajara international book fair 2017 notes from book shepherd wendy december 31, 2017 december 31, 2017 bigpondlittlegirl over 700 authors participated in this years guadalajara international book fair filferia internacional del libro, considered the second largest book fair in the world following the worlds oldest literary. The guadalajara international book fair, or fil as its better known, is a huge and hectic event. However the guadalajara numbers, as with book fair numbers across latin america, show a healthy interest in books. The guadalajara international book fair is the goto event for spanish language content. More than 1900 publishers attend with over 20,000 professionals from 44 counties and 700,000 attending from the public.
Products sectors, books, magazines, cdroms, multimedia. Around the world, people love to connect with, share, and discover great stories. Guadalajara is considered the fashion capital of mexico with several glamorous fashion events taking place in the stylish city. Santillana and loqueleo, guadalajara international book fair 2017 the fil, the second largest international book fair in the world after the frankfurt book fair, santillana and loqueleo have shown the strength of the book industry. We wanted to make the most beautiful pavilion in the world to represent madrid at the guadalajara international book fair 2017 in mexico. The main goal of this tradition is to showcase the best of the cultural and literary heritage of different countries. Books exhibited at 2017 guadalajara international book fair. In 2018, 2,280 exhibitors from 47 countries and more than 21,000 international professionals participated. Guadalajara book fair builds a bridge between mexico and the. Madrid has taken center stage, showcasing the best of its literature and culture at its newlyopened exhibition pavilion at the guadalajara international book fair the most important gathering of publishers in the spanishspeaking world. Guadalajara international book fair the savvy newcomer. The staff is very professional, breakfast buffet is. Year after year publishers, book professionals, translators, distributors, booksellers, authors and librarians from around the world take part in fil. Guadalajara international book fair welcomes guest of honor madrid.
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The first edition was held on april 23, 1992 as part of the activities program of the guadalajara book fair, which included oral narration. Nielsen launches bookscan and bestseller lists in mexico. Its main goal is to support and promote mexicos publishing industry. During an earlier visit to the fil for mcl she had the opportunity to make a presentation to the staff of 10 guadalajara libraries on americanstyle early literacy library practices. Alemania 70, colonia moderna, guadalajara, jalisco, mexico c. That first edition lasted 24 hours, from 12 noon on friday to 12 on saturday, with the goal in turn to enter the guinness book of records. Created 32 years ago by the university of guadalajara, the fair is aimed at professionals and the general public alike, a characteristic that sets it apart from other book fairs around the globe. Ipa global book fair report 2017 guadalajara international book fair. We wanted to make the most beautiful pavilion in the world to represent madrid at the guadalajara international book fair 2017 in.
Dec 07, 2015 the guadalajara international book fair, or fil as its better known, is a huge and hectic event. Created 30 years ago by the university of guadalajara, the. Author gitlitz gathered a team to put together an lsta grant proposal for a project called libros for oregon, with a goal of increasing. Explore this photo album by combined book exhibit on flickr. The international book fair in guadalajara, mexico is the most important editorial meeting of latin america, one of the most important cultural festivals of the world and it is also the second best international book fair of the world, after the frankfurt book fair in germany and the international book fair of buenos aires. Over 100 books were added to our collection including photography, poetry, literature, art, history, sociology, politics, maps, and more. To view the complete details for the book and its publisher or author, simple click details.
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The guadalajara international book fair fil wrapped up its nineday run on december 3 and. It is the most important publishing gathering in iberoamerica. In addition, the ipaled educational publishers forum open meeting will be hosted on october by frankfurt book fair, and its transatlantic counterpart, the educational publishers forum americas, will be staged at guadalajara book fair. The guadalajara international book fair is the most important publishing gathering in iberoamerica. However, we are always looking for diverse content to allow different kinds of professionals to analyse and discuss global trends, to deal with the changes and challenges in the pub. Guadalajara book fair wraps a busy event publishers weekly.
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We recommend going to the guadalajara fair because it is a complete experience. Deborah also works as a library consultant and literacy trainer. A t guadalajara international book fair on wednesday november 29, nielsen announced the launch of its bookscan service, making mexico the 10th country in which the service operates the others are uk, ireland, australia, new zealand, india, italy, spain, brazil, and south africa. The idea at the heart of the project is to create a recognizable space which all the attendees at this major fair will have to pass through.
The festival gather storytellers or cuentacuentos from around the world who narrate uninterruptedly stories over the weekend. Dec 03, 2017 hilton guadalajara is an ideal location for the filguadalajara book fair, as it is across the street from expo guadalajara and many of the writers presenting at the fair stay there, which makes it a very enjoyable experience. Its why over 45 million people spend more than 15 billion minutes on wattpad every month. At last years event we were proud to have had three wattpad authors, published by nova casa editorial, signing books at the fair. Guadalajara international book fair visitor numbers top 815,000. Guadalajara international book fair book ambassador.
The thirtyfirst guadalajara book fair in december 2017 featured the city of madrid, spain. Nov 09, 2017 guadalajara international book fair this year welcomes guest of honor madrid in feature articles by adam critchley november 9, 2017 at the guadalajara book fair, the capital of spain is guest of honor, and the rights center looks strong with tables booked, 31 countries represented. It is an amazing cultural festival where storytellers and audiences connect in person. Guadalajara international book fair this year welcomes guest of honor madrid. Here you will find a detailed program of our 31st edition and the precise coordinates of the stands and halls where book presentations, discussions, lectures, tributes and autograph signings will take place. Each year, the fair exhibits books and carries on its activities at expo guadalajara, the largest convention centre in mexico, located in the southern part of the city. The guadalajara international book fair fil will run from november 25 to december 3 this year, with professional dates set for november 2729. Free passes will be awarded to 150 librarians who work in the area of spanish language acquisitions andor are working to build their spanish language collection to better serve their. The guadalajara international book fair fil wrapped up its nineday run on december 3 and attendance was even with 2016, holding steady at 815,000 people. The madrid pavilion at the guadalajara international book fair. The fair feria internacional del libro is the largest market in the world for spanish language publications. Participate in the 2017 guadalajara international book fair for book promotion in a very unique and special market. The conference is hosted by the guadalajara international book fair, or feria internacional del libro. It is also considered the most important cultural annual event of its kind in the spanishspeaking world.
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