
The University of Guadalajara, through a project created by the Environmental Sciences Museum as part of the University’s Cultural Center, and with the support of the Guadalajara International Book Fair, has established the José Emilio Pacheco City and Nature Award. The prize, which will be given for the first time this year, will be dedicated to poetry. The winning author, who must write in Spanish and have at least ten unpublished poems or poems published in the last five years that are related to nature, urban sustainability, socio-ecological harmony and environmental conservation, will be given a purse of US $10,000. The award is dedicated to poet José Emilio Pacheco, whose work explores the duality between cities and nature.

Created by the University of Guadalajara, and with the collaboration of the National Institute for Indigenous Languages, the Culture Ministry, the National Commission for the Development of the Indigenous Cultures and Jalisco’s Department of Education, the American Indigenous Literature Award is granted to enrich, protect and promote the legacy and richness of Mexico’s indigenous peoples through literature in all its forms, and to and acknowledge and further develop the careers and works of indigenous authors. The award, which carries a purse of US $25,000, will be given for the fourth time at the 2016 FIL Guadalajara.

The SM Ibero-American Award for Literature for Children and Young People was implemented in 2005, the year of Ibero-American literature, with the goal of promoting literature for children and young people throughout Ibero-America. The award is given out each year during the Guadalajara International Book Fair to recognize writers of literature for children and young people and carries a purse of US $30,000.

With the goal of creating a network that helps to encourage the work of illustrators of books for children and young people in Ibero-America, the SM Foundation and the FIL Guadalajara invites illustrators to submit their work to be included in the Annual Ibero-American Illustration Catalog. The 45 works selected will be displayed in an exposition at the Guadalajara International Book Fair. In addition, illustrators will have the opportunity to work on an illustrated book with Ediciones SM and the winner will be given US $5,000. You can find more information at: www.iberoamericailustra.com
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Conference: “Children's literature seen by a 77-year-old child”
Literature for Children: Shaping the World for Young Readers
In its twenty-second edition, the Reading Promoters Meeting at the Guadalajara International Book Fair (FIL) will share experiences and projects designed to ignite a passion for books and reading. To celebrate this, we will dedicate three days to discussing and reflecting on new strategies for fostering reading habits in children as an essential part of emotional and social development.
Undoubtedly, in recent years, the world of children's literature has been enriched by the collaborative efforts of writers, illustrators, and publishers. Extraordinary stories are told through images, verses, tales, and plays. As the publishing world grows and reinvents itself, the role of the reading mediator faces increasing challenges.
How do we create new generations of readers in an environment full of distractions? How do we choose the right story? How do we maintain the interest of young minds accustomed to brevity and immediacy? These and other questions will be addressed by professionals and specialists who will gather in Guadalajara for this event.
With the organization of the Reading Promoters Meeting, the Guadalajara International Book Fair reaffirms its commitment to leveraging the efforts of various national and international institutions involved in the training of reading promoters, aiming to contribute to their professionalization and the recognition of the reading mediator as a fundamental link between the book and the readers.
The Reading Promoters Meeting at FIL Guadalajara is sponsored by the SM Foundation and benefits from the collaboration of the Jalisco Secretariat of Culture through the National Reading Rooms Program.
Participant: Jordi Sierra i Fabra

Jordi Sierra i Fabra
Invitado de HonorBorn in Barcelona in 1947. His connection with rock music (he directed and in many cases founded some of the leading Spanish magazines in the genre in the 70s: Disco Expres, Popular 1, Super Pop, etc.) established his reputation. He published his first book in 1972. Since then, he has written 600 works in all genres, many of them best sellers; he has won 60 literary awards, received hundreds of honorable mentions and appeared on multiple honor lists, and his works have been translated into more than 40 languages.
In 2006, 2010, 2020 and 2022, he was nominated by Spain for the Youth Nobel, the Hans Christian Andersen Award. In 2007, he received the Spanish Ministry of Culture's National Literature Award, the Cervantes Joven in 2012, and in 2013 the Iberoamerican Prize for all his work and the social work of his foundations. He also received the Gold Medal of Merit in Fine Arts in 2017 and the Creu de Sant Jordi in 2018.
His works have sold over 15 million copies. Tireless, romantic, sentimental and passionate traveler, he considers himself a utopian possibilist and a lover of the written word and the freedom that entails.
In 2004, he created the Jordi Sierra i Fabra Foundation in Barcelona, and the Jordi Sierra i Fabra Writing Workshop Foundation in Medellin, Colombia, as the culmination of a career and his ethical and social commitment. Ever since, every year a prize is given to a young writer under 18. In 2010, his Foundations received the IBBY-Asahi Reading Promotion Award, the most important in the world, and in 2015, the Barcelona Medal of Honor.
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Matters of death (or life)
Wednesday December 04
13:30 to 14:20
Salón Enrique González Martínez, Área Internacional, Expo Guadalajara