During its 19 days open to the public, 1,245,000 visitors explored the Fair\u2019s 41,590 m2 of exhibition space, which featured 486 exhibitors, 1,483 publishing houses, 2,137 cultural activities, and visits from more than 200 international authors. In addition, more than 1,000 public libraries from across Argentina participated in a new edition of CONABIP\u2019s \u201cLibro %\u201d Program, and during the Professional Sessions, more than 12,000 representatives from the book industry attended. Furthermore, looking ahead to 2024, it was announced that Lisbon will be the Guest of Honor City at the 48th Buenos Aires International Book Fair.<\/p>\n
The Buenos Aires International Book Fair concluded on May 15th, an edition whose programming focused on the 40 years of uninterrupted democracy in the country and the celebration of the hundredth anniversary of the publication of Fervor in Buenos Aires, Jorge Luis Borges's first work.<\/p>\n
The Buenos Aires International Book Fair in numbers
\n1,245,000 attendees.
\n41,590 m\u00b2 of exhibition space.
\n15,500 m\u00b2 of stands.
\n\u2713329 stands.
\n486 exhibitors (local and international).
\n\u27131,483 publishing houses.
\n\u27139 Pavilions (Ocher, Blue, Green, Yellow, Red, White, Central, 8, and 9).
\n12 event rooms: Jos\u00e9 Hern\u00e1ndez, Adolfo Bioy Casares, Alfonsina Storni, Victoria Ocampo, Domingo F. Sarmiento, Tulio Halper\u00edn Donghi, Javier Villafa\u00f1e, Julio Cort\u00e1zar, Alejandra Pizarnik, Carlos Gorostiza, Ernesto S\u00e1bato, Rodolfo Walsh, and Horacio Gonz\u00e1lez.
\n\u271310 semi-open auditoriums: Children's Zone (Library, Storytelling, Workshop), Future Zone, Explore Zone, Digital Space, Functional Diversity and Disability Space, Pride and Prejudice, Autograph Area, Semi-open Auditorium (Image of Fair and Hand in Hand with Emb\u00f3n).
\n12 countries (Germany, Saudi Arabia, Armenia, Brazil, Chile, Cuba, Spain, Italy, Paraguay, Peru, Ukraine, and Uruguay) and 3 participating collectives (Catalunya, Argentine Basque Foundation, and Xunta de Galicia).
\n\u2713 21 provinces present with their own stands (Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Chubut, C\u00f3rdoba, Corrientes, Entre R\u00edos, Jujuy, La Pampa, La Rioja, Mendoza, Misiones, Neuqu\u00e9n, R\u00edo Negro, Salta, San Juan, San Luis, Santa Cruz, Santa Fe, Santiago del Estero, Tierra del Fuego, and Tucum\u00e1n) + 5 cities (Buenos Aires, Escobar, The Metropolitan Region of Chile, Merlo, and Malvinas Argentinas).
\n12 publishers participated in the New Neighborhood.
\n\u2713CONABIP's Libro% Program: 200 publishers, more than 1,000 libraries, and over 2,200 representatives.<\/p>\n
Professional Days
\n\u271312,000 book professionals (publishers, booksellers, distributors, illustrators, translators, among others) from Germany, Argentina, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, Spain, United States, France, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Netherlands, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, United Kingdom, Dominican Republic, Sweden, Switzerland, Uruguay, and Venezuela.
\nFriend Bookseller Program, with the participation of 610 exhibitors.
\n\u2713Friendly Library Program, with the participation of over 200 exhibitors.
\nDomestic logistics: 30,842 kg in 2,450 boxes shipped to bookstores in Argentina.
\nInternational Logistics: 12,000 kilograms in 400 shipments to bookstores worldwide, with the main destinations being Chile, Bolivia, Peru, and Uruguay.<\/p>\n
Cultural and teacher programming
\n970 cultural events in venues.
\n378 cultural events in spaces of the Fundaci\u00f3n El Libro.
\n789 activities registered at the stands.
\n\u2713 23 performances in halls and 72 at their stand, organized by the Metropolitan Region of Santiago, Chile, Guest City of Honor.
\n4543 signatures registered.
\n1446 teachers participated in the three educational activities and in Teacher Zone.
\n522 storytellers participated in the International Oral Storytelling Encounter
\n24,737 students along with 2,134 accompanying teachers.<\/p>\n
Media and Social Networks
\n\u27132100 accredited journalists in the Press Room.
\n\u2713460 accredited bookfluencers in the Press Room.
\n332,000 followers on Facebook.
\n152,000 Instagram followers.
\n6,000 followers on TikTok.
\n\u271378,000 followers on Twitter.
\n\u271366 videos produced especially at the Fair by the National University of Avellaneda (UNDAV) which are uploaded to the YouTube channel.
\n10 activities with streaming.
\n\u2713 Two organized interview cycles produced by Fundaci\u00f3n El Libro and recorded entirely from the Fair: \u201cImagen de Feria\u201d (31 interviews with writers hosted by Osvaldo Quiroga) and \u201cMano a mano con Emb\u00f3n\" (11 interviews with political and cultural figures hosted by Horacio Emb\u00f3n).<\/p>\n
Featured News
\nInauguration of the Horacio Gonz\u00e1lez Room in the Ochre Pavilion.
\n\u2713Forums \u201c40 Years of Vertigo: The Value of Democracy and What We Do With It.\u201d.
\n\u2713 Photographic exhibition \u201c40 photographs for 40 years of Argentine democracy\u201d, organized by Fundaci\u00f3n El Libro and ARGRA.
\n\u2713 \u201cOne Hundred Years of Buenos Aires Fervor\u201d Cycle.
\n\u2713Exhibition of manuscripts, objects, and originals by Jorge Luis Borges as part of the celebration of the 100th anniversary of \u201cFervor de Buenos Aires.\u201d.
\n\u2713\u201cIllustrated Diversity\u201d exhibition organized by Pride and Prejudice.
\n\u2713The opening ceremony included simultaneous interpretation into LSA (language of signs).
\n\u2713Bookfluencers were accredited for the first time.
\nIn this edition, and for the first time, the Ochre Pavilion is named BNA.<\/p>\n
Awards and distinctions
\n\u2713Critics\u201c Award: Hern\u00e1n Ronsino for \u201dEsa m\u00fasica\" from Editorial Eterna Cadencia.
\n\u2713El Coraz\u00f3n de la Ciudad: 1st prize for Spanish writer Elena Alonso Frayle for \u201cGeograf\u00eda e historia.\u201d 2nd prize for Paraguayan writer Sebasti\u00e1n Ocampos for \u201cPoliedro.\u201d.<\/p>\n
Book Professional Award
\n<\/u>\u2713 \u201cPublishers of the Year\u201d Award: Luciana Kirschenbaum and Manuel Rud from Editorial Limonero.
\n\u2713 \u201cTito Lafalce\u201d Award for Traveler of the Year: Gonzalo Oscar Navarro.
\n\u2713 \u201cElvio Vitali\u201d Award for Bookseller of the Year: Gabriela Pintos of Saber Libros, San Francisco, C\u00f3rdoba.
\n\u2713 Visiting Foreign Friend Award: Vidal M\u00e1rquez Flores, from Librer\u00eda Yachaywasi, La Paz, Bolivia.<\/p>\n
Isay Klasse Education Book Award
\n<\/u>\u2713 Theoretical Work Award: Andrea Goldin for \u201cNeuroscience in School. A Friendly (and No-Nonsense) Guide to Understanding How the Brain Works During Learning\u201d from Siglo XXI Editores.
\n\u2713 Practical Work Award: Magdalena Fleitas for \u201cA School in a Circle. Ideas and Resources for an Artistic Pedagogy,\u201d from (Siglo XXI Editores).<\/p>\n
Most engaging events
\n\u2713 Events in full halls of a thousand attendees: Inauguration of the 47th Buenos Aires Book Fair; \u201cSantiago de Chile Sings to Buenos Aires\u201d show during the Fair's Night; Activities for Armenia Day, Ukraine Day, and Santiago del Estero Day. Presentations by Joana Marc\u00fas, Arturo P\u00e9rez-Reverte, Agust\u00edn Lage, Dar\u00edo Sztajnszrajber, Felipe Pigna, Javier Milei, Ariana Godoy, Jos\u00e9 Luis Espert, Javier Santaolalla, Hugo Soriani, and the International Bookfluencer Meeting.<\/p>\n
Longer signatures
\nThe longest-lasting author signings were by Irene Vallejo, Joana Marc\u00fas, Clau Ram\u00edrez, Jaime Bayly, Benjam\u00edn Vicu\u00f1a, Daniel L\u00f3pez Rosetti, Javier Santaolalla, Naomi Novik, Mar\u00eda Mart\u00ednez, Eduardo Sacheri, Claudia Pi\u00f1eiro, Daniel Habif, Dolores Reyes, Viviana Rivero, Arturo P\u00e9rez Reverte, Dar\u00edo Sztajnszrajber, Javier Milei, Pamela Stup\u00eda, Chanti, Carlos Pagni, and Victoria Resco.<\/p>\n
Next Buenos Aires International Book Fair
\nThe 48th Buenos Aires International Book Fair will take place between Thursday the 25th
\nfrom April and Monday, May 13, 2024, at the La Rural Exhibition Centre.
\nThe 38th Professional Conference will be held from April 23rd to 25th, 2024.
\nThe guest city of the 48th Buenos Aires International Book Fair will be Lisbon, the capital of Portugal.<\/p>\n
Contact: Damian Gianfrancesco During its 19 days open to the public, 1,245,000 visitors toured the 41,590 m2 of exhibition space at the Fair, which featured 486 exhibitors, 1483 publishing houses, 2137 cultural activities, and visits from more than 200 international authors. <\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13036,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-noticias"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/larural.com.ar\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/larural.com.ar\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/larural.com.ar\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/larural.com.ar\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/larural.com.ar\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7445"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/larural.com.ar\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7445\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13037,"href":"https:\/\/larural.com.ar\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7445\/revisions\/13037"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/larural.com.ar\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/larural.com.ar\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/larural.com.ar\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/larural.com.ar\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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