A VERY SPECIAL EDITION. With Lisbon as the Guest City of Honor and prominent international personalities arriving from all over Latin America, but also from the United States, Ireland, Israel, Germany, France, Italy, China, and Canada, among others, this year the fair adds to its multicultural programming a new dialogue space for writers from indigenous peoples. Furthermore, different voices and perspectives will cross paths in a new proposal, \u201cThe Fair's Debates,\u201d with the aim of stimulating the exchange of ideas, which is necessary in these turbulent times. The inaugural address will be given by the essayist, short story writer, novelist, and mentor to writers, Liliana Heker. With a brilliant career, it is expected that the author, who at 81 years old has just released a new novel, \u201cNoticias sobre el iceberg\u201d (News about the iceberg), will inspire us with powerful content. The program includes almost 1500 activities in rooms and stands for readers, editors, librarians, booksellers, illustrators, teachers, students, and the entire community that comprises the book's value chain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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The Fair will be open to the public from Thursday, April 25 to Monday, May 13 and will take place at La Rural, Buenos Aires Exhibition Centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Professional Days<\/strong> \u2013 From Tuesday, April 23 to Thursday, April 25. Publishers, booksellers, distributors, literary agents, illustrators, librarians, designers, and translators, both from Argentina and abroad, will participate in our Professional Conferences with the aim of strengthening professional networks and encouraging connection and networking among all players in the book ecosystem. This year's highlights include training sessions on Artificial Intelligence and Copyright, marketing strategies, agreements with streaming platforms, podcasts, audiobooks, and libraries of the future. More information HERE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n OFFICIAL INAUGURATION<\/strong> \u2013 Thursday, April 25th, 6 PM The Fair's opening ceremony will be attended by government authorities and cultural figures. The inaugural address will be given by Argentine writer Liliana Heker. \u201cI feel my designation to deliver the opening address as a recognition. I was very happy to know it was unanimous. Several people told me, \u2018How lucky that it's you.\u2019 And I must meet those expectations. Alejandro Vaccaro (president of Fundaci\u00f3n El Libro) told me when I was proposed: \u2018You can say whatever you want, we never set limits,\u2019\u201d she expressed. Her photo and information HERE <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n The opening ceremony \u2013 which will be broadcast live via streaming on the Book Fair's YouTube channel \u2013 will feature simultaneous interpretation into LSA (sign language).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Educational Activities<\/strong> \u2013 From Friday, April 26 to Saturday, May 11. The Fair once again offers excellent programs for educators: the International Education Conference; the International Oral Storytelling Encounter; the Congress for the Promotion of Reading and Books; and the International Forum for the Teaching of Science and Technology. As every year, the El Libro Foundation also promotes the Isay Klasse Award for Educational Books. Additionally, there are activities for educators in the Teacher's Zone every weekday. More information HERE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Conabip\u2019s % Book Program \u2013 Friday, May 3, and Saturday, May 4 This event is being held for the nineteenth time, bringing together nearly a thousand community librarians from across the country, who come to purchase materials at a 50% discount and thus update their book collections. A classic event at the Buenos Aires Book Fair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n NEWS I: TRIBUTES and A FANTASTIC JOURNEY<\/strong> Two anniversaries surrounding the writer Julio Cort\u00e1zar are celebrated, and to honor him, the Fair dedicates its Reading Marathon to him. For two hours on Tuesday, April 30th, starting at 7 PM and for the first time in Zona Futuro, writers, actors, and actresses will explore the literature of Julio Cort\u00e1zar, author of unforgettable fantastic short stories in Argentine literature and \u201cHopscotch,\u201d the novel that captivated and challenged readers in the 60s: \u201cJulio Cort\u00e1zar is our playful and experimental, enthusiastic and committed, exquisite and popular writer. This year we remember him on a double anniversary: his birth, 110 years ago, on August 26, 1914, and his death in Paris, 40 years ago, on February 12, 1984,\u201d clarifies Alejandra Rodr\u00edguez Ballester, coordinator of the event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Among the participants will be Claudia Pi\u00f1eiro, Liliana Heker, Mauricio Kart\u00fan, Cristina Banegas, Paula and Mar\u00eda Marull, Rub\u00e9n Szchumacher, Sylvia Iparraguirre, Jorge Consiglio, Gabriel Goity, Ingrid Pelicori, Federico Jeanmaire, Josefina Delgado, M\u00f3nica Sporra and Miguel Gaya, Patricio Zunini, and the special participation of Michi Strausfeld. But, in addition, there will be music specially composed by Marcelo Katz, who will perform it on the piano, an evocation of Cort\u00e1zar's passion for jazz and his youthful spirit of a \u201ccronopio\u201d always ready for joyful transgression. This year, the Marathon will take place in the Future Zone of the Fair, with a more experimental spirit, in line with Cort\u00e1zar's own literary explorations. Future Zone also offers, in this edition, virtual reality experiences based on fragments of the short story \u201cHouse Taken Over\u201d by Julio Cort\u00e1zar and the novel \"The Invention of Morel\" by Adolfo Bioy Casares. Regarding the latter writer, who was awarded the Cervantes Prize in 1990, on the 110th anniversary of his birth on September 15, 1914, and the commemoration of the 25th anniversary of his death on March 8, 1999, the exhibition \"The Side of Light: Bioy the Photographer,\" curated by Daniel Martino, will be displayed in the Ochre Pavilion. Furthermore, to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Mafalda, the Ministry of Culture of the Government of the City of Buenos Aires has prepared a tribute to the unforgettable Quino with the participation of Rep, Max Aguirre, and Ver\u00f3nica Ram\u00edrez, coordinated by Ronnie Arias. Additionally, there will be public trivia about this iconic Argentine comic strip character and a giant Mafalda for photos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n NEWS II: OTHER VOICES, OTHER SPHERES<\/strong> To the essential Dialogues of Argentine and Latin American Writers, which form a central part of the programming, this year a new space for exchange and reflection is inaugurated, called, precisely, Indigenous Word. Dialogues of Indigenous Writers. For the first time in its history, the Buenos Aires Book Fair, in its 2024 edition, is opening a space specifically dedicated to listening to, interviewing, getting to know, and reading these indigenous writers. They are joined by indigenous writers from other geographies (Chile, Peru, Paraguay, and Canada) for a broad perspective on indigenous literature and reality on the continent. Coordinators: Fabi\u00e1n Mart\u00ednez Siccardi, Diego Antico, and Fiona Mart\u00ednez. Programming, photos, and information HERE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n NEWS III: CLOSING WITH DEBATE<\/strong> On Sunday, May 12th at 5 PM, a closing debate for the Fair will be held for the first time. Under the slogan \u201cCulture at the Center of the Stage,\u201d this event \u201cwill give rise to the issue that concerns us so much: the financing of culture; a debate with a plurality of voices and disciplines that seeks to relaunch the effects of the Fair beyond itself and be an invitation to critical thinking.\u201d This is how Gabriela Said\u00f3n and Natalia Zito, coordinators of this initiative, express it. Participants: Beatriz Sarlo, Mart\u00edn Kohan, Hern\u00e1n Lombardi, and Lucas Llach. Moderator: Mar\u00eda O\u2019Donnell. Photos and information HERE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n International Guests<\/strong> Buenos Aires is the cultural epicenter of Latin America, a cosmopolitan city characterized by a rich intellectual activity. During the Fair, this movement intensifies and is enriched by the participation of numerous local authors and guests from abroad. Among the international guests who will participate in this edition are David Foenkinos (France), Luigi Zoja (Italy), L\u00eddia Jorge (Portugal), Zhao Xi (China), Michael O\u2019Loughlin (Ireland), Rosa Oliveira (Portugal), Michi Strausfeld (Germany), Mario Montalbetti (Peru), Pedro Vicu\u00f1a (Chile), M\u00f3nica Ojeda (Ecuador), Joan Garriga Bacardi (Spain), Diamela Eltit (Chile), Elvira Sastre (Spain), Daniela Catrileo (Chile), Alina Gadea (Peru), Sergio Rodrigues (Brazil), Virginia M\u00f3rtola (Uruguay), Gemma Ruiz Pal\u00e1 (Spain), among many others. Photos and information HERE <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n GUEST CITY. LISBON, PURE INSPIRATION<\/strong> A large delegation of writers, illustrators, and musicians will make Lisbon shine as the Guest City of Honor. The program includes poetic voices such as Rosa Oliveira and Frederico Pedreira, imaginary (and real) visits to the world of Fernando Pessoa and Jos\u00e9 Saramago, and meetings with comic artists and illustrators who are creating a neural network between Lisbon and Buenos Aires. In fact, in the tunnel leading into the Book Fair, you can see the exhibition \u201cAlameda,\u201d which offers a passage into the richness and diversity of Portuguese illustration. And even a replica of the mythical Tram 28 (which travels through Lisbon's most important tourist centers) will be parked in an open space near the tunnel for a virtual tour. With an exquisite program, the activities are not only concentrated at the stand located in the Yellow Pavilion, but a cycle of Portuguese cinema can also be enjoyed in the Leopoldo Lugones Room of the San Mart\u00edn Theater (between April 30 and May 5), along with a series of activities at the National Library, the Congressional Library, and the Col\u00f3n Theater. On the Book Fair Night, Saturday, April 27, Lisbon will present a special performance in the Jos\u00e9 Hern\u00e1ndez Room with the participation of the Lisbon Poetry Orchestra (LPO), the multidisciplinary collective that is coming to the Buenos Aires Book Fair with the idea of bringing together different artists for the sonic celebration of literature. The complete program for Lisbon, Guest City of Honor, can be found HERE<\/a> Must-sees at the fair<\/p>\n\n\n\n International Poetry Festival<\/strong> \u2013 From Friday, April 26th to Sunday, April 28th. In its 17th edition, the festival honoring poetic word, coordinated by Jorge Fondebrider, commemorates the centenary of the birth of poet and poetry editor Jos\u00e9 Luis Mangieri and poet Joaqu\u00edn Giannuzzi. Throughout its three days, this gathering of poets will feature eight panels with authors from America, Europe, and Asia, along with a large number of Argentine poets, both established and emerging. Program, photos, and information about the participants. HERE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Dialogue of Argentine Writers<\/strong> \u2013 From Wednesday, May 1st to Friday, May 3rd. This space echoes new questions about our place in the world and our life together: this ninth edition of the Argentine Writers\u201c Dialogue seeks to reflect current trends and tensions. \u201dWe will celebrate fiction and non-fiction literature as that force capable of allowing us to glimpse infinite lives in one. Imagining ourselves in another's shoes and turning that distance into an intimate and emotional experience is what allows us to fully understand an experience and emerge transformed. Reading offers us this fabulous exercise in empathy,\" says its coordinator, Ver\u00f3nica Abdala. Program, photos, and information HERE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Dialogue of Latin American Writers<\/strong> \u2013 From Saturday, May 4th to Tuesday, May 7th. In its tenth edition, the Dialogue of Writers from Latin America echoes the concerns and problems shaking the world to discuss them from a regional perspective. \u201cAn invisible thread of problems and questions stitches together the debates of this Latin American dialogue. The territory and the realities that are configured within it \u2013 marked by political and social violence \u2013 seek to glimpse a way out. Staying on their own land or leaving is the first question its inhabitants face. Sometimes it is only possible to flee through imagination, and this can be terrifying. In any case, each story, however small, forges the link in an unstable identity, always under construction,\u201d says coordinator Jorgelina N\u00fa\u00f1ez. Program, photos, and information HERE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Young Readers <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n As has been proven at this Fair:<\/strong> Young people do read. In fact, attendance at events that bring them together grows every year. That's why the Fair is expanding its cultural offerings for young readers through talks, round tables, readings, poetry recitals, and, of course, the 8th International Bookfluencer Meetup. Under this concept, new social media trends for promoting literature that have emerged in the last three years are being incorporated. There will also be panels and talks to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Movida Juvenil (Youth Movement). Program, photos, and biographies of participants. HERE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n HERE ARE THE FAIR BOOTHS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n New Neighborhood<\/strong> Seventh Edition For the seventh consecutive year, this innovative space opens, where twelve publishers selected by a jury can exhibit their catalog with benefits within the Fair. The selected participants for NuevoBarrio at the 48th Fair: Colectivo Hallcofra, El hacedor, Ind\u00f3mita luz, La gr\u00e1fica que habla, Patronus, Carpe Literario, Ediciones del Sur, 188 ruta editorial, Buena Vista, Alastor (Peru), Pez en el hielo (Uruguay), and abducci\u00f3n (Chile).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Pride & Prejudice. Sexual Diversity and Culture Space<\/strong> \u2013 East Ochre Pavilion This space this year reclaims the double edge of its essence. It stands not only as a refuge for LGBT+ imagination but also as a trench and a dance floor. 40 years after the publication of \u201cThe Sex of the Mad Ones,\u201d N\u00e9stor Perlongher's dazzling essay, our space materializes the homage to \u201ccrazy sexuality, sexuality that is a flight from normality, that defies and subverts it.\u201d All programming, photos, and information HERE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Federal Stand<\/strong> This space, at the entrance of the Ochre Pavilion, brings together independent writers, the Poetry Zone, National Academies, and special material on Functional Diversity and Disability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As every year, the Fair will feature more than 400 exhibitors from Argentina and abroad. The complete list HERE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n KEY INFORMATION<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The 48th Buenos Aires International Book Fair will be held from Thursday, April 25 to Monday, May 13, 2024, at the La Rural Exhibition Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Days and Hours: Monday to Friday from 2:00 PM to 10:00 PM. Saturdays, Sundays, and Wednesday, May 1st from 1:00 PM to 10:00 PM. Saturday, April 27th: Due to the Fair Night celebration, the hours will be from 1:00 PM to 12:00 AM (midnight).<\/p>\n\n\n\n