Mexico holds the main publishing fair for Latin America, where Galicia will also be present. The Regional Ministry of Culture and Tourism and the Galician Publishers’ Association will have a stand at the twenty-third edition of the Guadalajara International Book Fair in Mexico. This year, the guest of honour is the American city of Los Angeles.
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The organisers are expecting more than 1,600 publishers to take part in the event, from some 40 countries from all over the world. Around half a million people visit the fair every year.
The writers Manuel Rivas, Fina Casalderrey and Alfredo Conde, invited by the Galician Editors’ Association (AGE), will be present in Guadalajara, together with the comic authors Kiko da Silva (illustrator) and Carlos Portela (writer), who were invited by Galicia’s Regional Ministry of Culture and Tourism. On Sunday 29 November, da Silva and Portela will be holding an illustration workshop, ending with a talk on the current situation of illustration in Galicia.
In turn, the AGE has organised Galician Publishing Week in Mexico, with the financial support of the Spanish Ministry of Culture. The three invited writers will be involved in a busy programme of activities, as well as a round table debate between independent Galician and Mexican publishers.
This is the complete programme of Galician activities at the International Book Fair in Guadalajara:
Sunday 29 November:
9.30 a.m. to 11.30 a.m. Illustration workshop with Kiko da Silva and Carlos Portela.
Monday 30 November:
18.30. Editorial Kalandraka presents the winner of the II International Award 'Compostela' por Illustrated Albums, A big dream. With the writer and illustrator, Felipe Ugalde, the Kalandraka's director, Xosé Ballesteros, and the publishing responsible of Libros para Soñar, José Manuel Mateo. Salón Mariano Azuela, Expo Guadalajara.
Tuesday 1 December:
Fina Casalderrey will visit a school as part of the "Echoes of the International Book Fair" programme, and give a talk to a group of women training to be teachers and reading promoters.
Wednesday 2 December:
Fina Casalderrey will visit a school as part of the "Echoes of the International Book Fair" programme.
12.00 midday to 2.00 p.m. Round table debate entitled "Galician publishers and Mexican publishers, the challenge of independent publishing: present and future," which will be presented and chaired by Amelia Guardiola, with the presence of Xosé Ballesteros (Kalandra), Francisco Villegas (Edicións do Cumio), Victor F. Freixanes (Galaxia), Mauricio Volpi (Nostra Ediciones), Guillermo Quijas (Editorial Almadía) and Francisco de la Mora (Sexto Piso).
Thursday 3 December:
Manuel Rivas will visit a school as part of the "Echoes of the International Book Fair" programme.
Friday 4 December:
Alfredo Conde will visit a school as part of the "Echoes of the International Book Fair" programme.
Fina Casalderrey will visit a school as part of the "Echoes of the International Book Fair" programme.
6.00 p.m. Manuel Rivas presents The disappearance of snow. Room 5, ground floor, Expo Guadalajara.
Saturday 5 December:
5.30 p.m. Alfredo Conde in "The pleasure of reading". Juan José Arreola Room, upper floor, Expo Guadalajara.
6.00 p.m. Manuel Rivas in the "Poetry Salon". VIP Room of Tequila Herradura, upper floor, Expo Guadalajara.
