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Annual Reading Promoters Conference
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.
Participants: Kelly Barnhill, Sensi Romero, Virginia Mórtola
Kelly Barnhill
Kelly Barnhill es una reconocida novelista. Escribió La niña que se bebió la luna, con el que ganó la medalla John Newbery en el 2017 y se convirtió en un bestseller del The New York Times. También ganó el premio World Fantasy Award, y resultó finalista para el premio Andre Norton Nebula Award, y el PEN America Literary Award. Vive en Minneapolis con su familia.
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Sensi Romero
From a very young age she began to develop a creativity worthy of a girl, which later served her to work with children, carrying out her work through reading and books. With thirteen published books of prose, poetry, theater, games, etc., she seeks to awaken in children the love of reading with games, these being a hallmark in all his activities, both when he works directly with children and when giving conferences with parents and educators. Her books have been translated into different languages, including the Braille system.
Sueños de un niño, Con los ojos del corazón, ¿Quieres jugar conmigo?, El balón mágico, or Un colegio sin niños, are some of the titles which you can enjoy reading as when you were a child. Within her facet as a lecturer, she develops her work in giving conferences with teachers, parents, educators and teenagers, always working on topics from values education and taking reading and games as an essential tool in early childhood education.
In her career within the world of children's literature, she also conducts creative and didactic workshops with the little ones, taking them to reading through fun and creative activities for them. In the world of communication, she has also developed her work in different programs, both radio and television, always taking reading and culture as a reference.
Virginia Mórtola
(Uruguay, 1975)
Es escritora. Psicoanalista. Magíster en libros y literatura para niños y jóvenes por la Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona. Creadora y responsable de Túquiti. Portal de literatura infantil y juvenil. (https://tuquitiportal.com/portal.html) Es docente de literatura infantil en la Universidad Católica de Uruguay, y dicta charlas y talleres para diversas organizaciones e instituciones públicas y privadas. Difunde literatura en el programa radial No toquen nada, Emisora del Sol, (https://delsol.uy/notoquennada/virginiamortola) y en Intervalo, Portal Cultural de Escaramuza (https://escaramuza.com.uy/authors/view-collaborator/177 ). Ha publicado los libros para niñas y niñas: La ventana de papel (Fin de Siglo, 2018), Premio Opera Prima del MEC; Cuentos de disparate y terror (Fin de Siglo, 2019), ¡Sim sala bim! Tres palabras mágicas (Criatura, 2019), Estrafalarius. Postales de una vida (Alfaguara, 2021) y Jardín ambulante (Criatura, 2021), Primer Premio en Literatura Infantil, MEC, y destacado por Fundación CuatroGatos, Ema y las abejas (Syncreticpress, 2022), Un mar de preguntas (Syncreticpress, 2024) y el álbum poético PasaTiempo (Alfaguara, 2024).
Creó, para el Plan CEIBAL (Conectividad Educativa de Informática Básica para el Aprendizaje en Línea) y para la Administración Nacional de Educación Pública (ANEP), una serie de cuatro libros informativos sobre ciudadanía digital: SOMOS ciudadanos digitales, CREAMOS huella digital, CUIDAMOS nuestro entorno digital y QUEREMOS participar y crear. https://ceibal.edu.uy/institucional/articulos/coleccion-de-libros-de-ciudadania-digital-para-ninos-y-ninas/
Para adultos: Ni Dios sabía (Fin de Siglo, 2022) Primer Premio en Narrativa, MEC; y coordinó la antología de cuentos de autores uruguayos: La existencia está en otra parte. Relatos en homenaje a los 100 años del manifiesto surrealista. (Fin de Siglo, 2024).
Other activities involving the participant:
Latin America Viva
Monday, December 02
13:30 to 14:20
Salón Enrique González Martínez, Área Internacional, Expo Guadalajara
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