
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 The winning author, who must write in Spanish and have at least ten unpublished poems or poems published in the last five years that are related to nature, urban sustainability, socio-ecological harmony and environmental conservation, will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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Inauguration
Participants: Verónica Mendoza, Armando Montes de Santiago, Éric del Arco

Verónica Mendoza
Director of the Carlos Fuentes Bookstore at the University of Guadalajara, with over 20 years of experience in the publishing industry. During this time, she was part of the Guadalajara International Book Fair (FIL Guadalajara) as Director of Exhibitors and Professionals, where she contributed significantly to the fair’s growth and led the revitalization and consolidation of professional development programs for the sector.
In 2015, she founded Base Tres, a company dedicated to developing the publishing industry. Through this initiative, she has contributed to numerous projects, including the creation of the UNAM International University Book Fair (FILUNI), the management and expansion of the business center at the Panama International Book Fair, advising foreign publishing companies on establishing businesses in Latin America, and the development of publications, growth programs, and consolidation strategies for the University of Guadalajara Press as well as the EULAC Secretariat.
Other activities involving the participant:
Bookstores that transform the region, city, or neighborhood, with more than books.

Armando Montes de Santiago
He has been a member of the organizing committee of the Guadalajara International Book Fair (FIL) for 20 years. For several years, he led the International Sales department. He currently serves as General Coordinator of Exhibitors and Professionals and leads key projects for the fair, including the Comic + Graphic Novel Hall and Libros al Gusto.
Other activities involving the participant:
Inauguration
Inauguration
Opening Talk

Éric del Arco
Invitado de HonorBorn in Barcelona, he is a technical engineer and humanist, as well as a traveler and occasional missionary. He became a bookseller in 2014 under the guidance of Josep Cots, who founded Librería Documenta in 1975. Cots chose him to oversee the relocation of the bookstore from Barcelona’s historic Gothic Quarter to a more central location in l’Eixample, and later to lead a new project: modernizing an iconic space without losing its identity. Today, it can be said that they have succeeded. In 2022, he was appointed President of the Booksellers’ Guild, part of a highly collaborative board dedicated to promoting respect for the book industry chain.
Other activities involving the participant:
Cities that celebrate books and readers: Sant Jordi, orchids, spring, and more…
Sunday November 30
17:45 to 18:00
Librería Carlos Fuentes, Centro Cultural Universitario