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 The winning author, who must write in Spanish and have at least ten unpublished poems or poems published in the last five years that are related to nature, urban sustainability, socio-ecological harmony and environmental conservation, will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.
Juan Carlos Quezadas
Karime Cardona Cury
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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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.
Monday December 02
09:30 to 10:00
Salón Enrique González Martínez, Área Internacional, Expo Guadalajara
Activities for Professionals
Annual Reading Promoters Conference
Keynote Conference: "Mediating with the shadows in children's literature: books that disturb"
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: Fanuel Hanán Díaz
Fanuel Hanán Díaz
Soy licenciado en letras por la Universidad Católica Andrés Bello, y especialista en comunicación social. Coordiné el Departamento de Selección de Libros para Niños y Jóvenes del Banco del Libro de Venezuela, y edité la revista Parapara.
He dictado conferencias y talleres en diferentes países latinoamericanos y en universidades de América Latina, Europa y Asia. Soy autor de libros y artículos teóricos sobre un abanico amplio de temas en literatura infantil y juvenil, con un enfoque en el ámbito latinoamericano. Además, he escrito libros para niños, especialmente en el área de no ficción, algunos de los cuales han quedado seleccionado en la lista White Ravens, en la lista de Honor de la IBBY, en el Premio Los Mejores del Banco del Libro y en el Premio Cuatrogatos. Co mi libro, No, tú, no, gané el Premio Tatoulou en Francia.
Recibí la beca de la Internationale Jugendbibliothek en Alemania para desarrollar investigaciones sobre libros antiguos para niños; con el apoyo de la Embajada de Francia realicé una investigación sobre la obra de Julio Verne, y con el apoyo de la Embajada de Canadá publiqué un panorama de la literatura infantil canadiense contemporánea. He sido jurado de distintos premios internacionales como el Hans Christian Andersen, el Bologna Raggazi, el Catálogo Iberoamericano de Ilustración y la Bienal de Ilustración de Bratislava. He sido profesor del máster gretel de literatura infantil y de la especialización de literatura infantil de la Pontificia Universidad Javeriana.
Actualmente soy editor externo de Editorial Norma de Colombia, y soy coordinador académico del diplomado de literatura Infantil de la Universidad Metropolitana en Venezuela. Desarrollo propuestas de investigación como Independent scholar y coordino proyectos educativos en formatos multimedia para distintas instituciones. Soy miembro correspondiente de la Academia Venezolana de la Lengua.
Monday December 02
10:00 to 10:50
Salón Enrique González Martínez, Área Internacional, Expo Guadalajara
Activities for Professionals
Annual Reading Promoters Conference
Conference: “Poetry to arouse emotions”
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: Ernesto Rodríguez Abad
Ernesto Rodríguez Abad
Ernesto Rodríguez Abad nació en Los Silos (Tenerife). Estudió Filología hispánica y filología francesa. Es profesor de la Universidad de La Laguna, aunque ha impartido clases en el máster de literatura infantil de la UCLM o en la UNAM de México.
Su vida artística ha girado en torno al teatro, la narración oral y la escritura. Ha creado y dirige en la actualidad el Festival Internacional del Cuento de Los Silos y la revista Mnemosyne dedicada a la narración oral y al cuento. Ha obtenido reconocimientos y premios como Ateneo de La Laguna, Premio a la investigación teatral en Monastir (Túnez), Premio Pajarita de papel (Argentina), premio de Teatro Santa Cruz de La Palma o el reconocimiento a su labor en educación y literatura en Quito (Ecuador) otorgándole el Premio Noûs a la excelencia educativa.
En su trayectoria nacional cuenta con libros infantiles como Quijote (2015), Lazarillo (2019), El príncipe durmiente (2017), El rey que bordaba estrellas (2020), Soy un dinosaurio (2020), Cuentos africanos (2013), El niño que no sabía jugar al fútbol (2016), Escritos en la corteza (2013) o La tinta oscura (2018). Entre sus libros para adultos podemos encontrar Tres relatos fugaces de pasión (2001), Cosas de dioses (1999), Madreselva (2018), Lazos de humo (2018) o Garajado (2021).
Monday December 02
12:00 to 12:50
Salón Enrique González Martínez, Área Internacional, Expo Guadalajara
Activities for Professionals
Annual Reading Promoters Conference
LIJ Authors Panel
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).
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Latin America Viva
Monday December 02
13:30 to 14:20
Salón Enrique González Martínez, Área Internacional, Expo Guadalajara
Activities for Professionals
Annual Reading Promoters Conference
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: Juan Mata, Ana Garralón
Juan Mata
Invitado de HonorHa sido profesor en la Facultad de Ciencias de la Educación de la Universidad de Granada durante más de cuatro décadas e impartido clases y conferencias en instituciones académicas españolas y extranjeras. Sus campos de investigación son la pedagogía de la lectura y la escritura, la educación literaria, la literatura infantil y juvenil, la mediación lectora, la promoción de la lectura o las relaciones entre literatura y ética, cuestiones que ha desarrollado en revistas científicas y obras colectivas, así como en libros como El rastro de la voz y otras celebraciones de la lectura, Como mirar a Luna. Confesiones a una maestra sobre la formación del lector o 10 ideas clave. Animación a la lectura. Asimismo, es autor de Al otro lado del bosque, un libro de filosofía y ética para adolescentes.
Es autor de dramaturgias para compañías de danza contemporánea y de títeres que trabajan para niños y jóvenes. Colabora asiduamente con el Parque de las Ciencias de Granada, para el que ha redactado glosarios para sus cuentos de ciencia, ha organizado exposiciones, promovido proyectos de pensamiento crítico para adolescentes y escrito guiones para su planetario.
Su dilatada labor de promoción de la lectura y la literatura ha merecido, entre otros, el Premio Feria del Libro de Granada 1998, el Premio Andaluz de Fomento de la Lectura 2002, el Premio Comunicar 2003 por el montaje audiovisual Elogio de la lectura o el Premio Washington Irving 2011 por su trayectoria como divulgador de la lectura.
Es miembro fundador y presidente de la Asociación Entrelibros, organización no gubernamental dedicada a introducir los libros y la conversación en espacios de vulnerabilidad, exclusión o desvalimiento, y que en 2019 recibió el Premio Nacional al Fomento de la Lectura otorgado por el Ministerio de Cultura y Deporte de España.
Ana Garralón
Invitado de Honor(Madrid, 1965) desde finales de los años ochenta estudia y trabaja con libros infantiles. Recibió una beca de la Biblioteca Internacional de Múnich (IJB) que le posibilitó documentarse para el libro Historia Portátil de la Literatura Infantil (2001, Anaya/2017, Prensas Universitarias de Zaragoza: nueva edición revisada). Ha colaborado con instituciones en España y América Latina formando mediadores de lectura y participando consultorías referidas a literatura infantil.
Ha sido jurado de prestigiosos premios, y los más recientes han sido el BRAW de la Feria del Libro de Bolonia (2021) para Ficción, No Ficción, Opera Prima y Nuevos Horizontes, y el XVII Premio Internacional Compostela para álbumes ilustrados (2024).
Ha sido profesora invitada en el ya desaparecido Máster de Literatura Infantil de la Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona (UAB), así como de la Universidad de Zaragoza. Durante su trabajo como crítica ha escrito en numerosas revistas especializadas. Mantiene un blog https://anatarambana.substack.com/ donde analiza regularmente cuestiones relacionadas con los libros infantiles.
Uno de sus libros es fruto de años de trabajo en un tema que investiga con regularidad: Leer y saber. Los libros informativos para niños (2013). En 2024 ha visto la luz el ensayo Las incursoras, publicado por la editorial Las Afueras y dedicado a la labor de las mujeres en todos los ámbitos de la literatura infantil.
Por su trayectoria ha recibido el Premio Nacional de Fomento a la Lectura 2016 otorgado por el Ministerio de Cultura, Educación y Deporte.
Tuesday December 03
10:00 to 10:50
Salón Enrique González Martínez, Área Internacional, Expo Guadalajara
Activities for Professionals
Annual Reading Promoters Conference
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: Pamela Ferreira, Melissa Cárdenas
Pamela Ferreira
She is a professor of Spanish and communication and a reading mediator, although for some years she has been trying to devote herself exclusively to mediation and research in children's and youth literature (LIJ).
She was born in Talcahuano, a port city in the south of Chile, but since she never felt comfortable living in the same place for a long time, she set off towards the Araucanía region, a little further south. There, she graduated as a professor of Spanish at the University of la Frontera and, as the south of Chile is very large, she continued to travel, so she came to the Los Lagos region to work as a professor for several years. It was during those years that she began to discover the mediation of reading and literature for children and young people in a diploma in reading appreciation and children's and youth literature, which she was offered to take, almost by chance. That diploma opened a door to an infinite journey, the classrooms became narrow and boring for someone who discovers the power and beauty that books have.
After some years of trying to balance the curricular demands with her passion for the mediation of children's and youth literature, Pamela decided to leave pedagogy to study a master's degree in books and literature for children and young adults at the Autonomous University of Barcelona.While studying, she began working on school library projects, where she was able to support in the implementation of these and accompany mediators in training to launch their libraries together with their communities.
Today, Pamela continues to firmly believe in education as an engine of change in people's lives. However, she also believes that it is even more important for people to have experiences that allow them to find themselves and connect with others. For her, that happens through books. That's why she continues reading, learning, forming reading communities and giving life to initiatives such as Calzaslargas, an instance that invites to think, mediate and read LIJ literature with a gender perspective.
Melissa Cárdenas
She was born in Valdivia, a beautiful city located in the south of Chile, a long and narrow country in the south of the American continent. She constructs this geography as a woman made of the south, a lover of rain, greenery, parks, the sea, coffee and books. Valdivia is considered a large green and rainy wetland, where the days pass through fog, routine and a multitude of clouds. In this city she studied journalism at the Austral University of Chile, since she always liked the power of the word and reading as a symbolic and social act; for her, language unites us through its meanings, allows us to cross borders, drags us and shakes us, but also allows us to understand the world we inhabit, at times compassionate and others implacable. Melissa is also a cinema lover (her other idea was always to study it as a profession).
After working for some time broadcasting news on the radio, generating communication plans in environmental projects and advising dissemination strategies in a network of school libraries, she studied a certificate program in children's and youth literature at the Austral University of Chile, at which time she decided to stop being a nomad and choose and inhabit a place: reader and reading promotion, which is why, she continued perfecting her career through a master's degree in books and literature for children and young people at the Autonomous University of Barcelona.
Melissa currently enjoys reading, writing, working with children and young people, building school libraries, creating new ideas and projects such as Calzaslargas, an initiative focused on children's and youth literature with a gender perspective. Her focus and effort is on building constellations through various routes, organizing and referencing a grouping of knowledge and significant experiences in this constant space that she calls "struggle and resistance".
Tuesday December 03
12:00 to 12:50
Salón Enrique González Martínez, Área Internacional, Expo Guadalajara
Activities for Professionals
Annual Reading Promoters Conference
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.
Participant: Óscar Barrientos
Óscar Barrientos
(1974). Es escritor y profesor de literatura. Tiene en su haber varios títulos de narrativa y crónica, entre ellos El diccionario de las veletas y otros relatos portuarios (2003), Cuentos para murciélagos tristes (2004), Remoto navío con forma de ciudad (2007), El barco de los esqueletos (2015), Saratoga (2018), Paganas patagonias (2018), El correo del viento (2022), Cuaderno antártico (2022) y El rencor vino del frío (2023). Ha sido publicado en Venezuela y Croacia. De igual manera, ha presentado su trabajo en algunos países de Europa y América Latina.
Entre los galardones obtenidos se encuentran el Premio Municipal de Valdivia Fernando Santiván, versiones 1997 y 2013; el Premio Nacional de Narrativa y Crónica Francisco Coloane 2014; el Premio Iberoamericano Julio Cortázar 2015 y el Premio a la Trayectoria Poética Fundación Pablo Neruda 2018. Es miembro correspondiente de la Academia Chilena de la Lengua.
Pertenece al Colectivo Pueblos Abandonados.
Reside en Punta Arenas, donde ejerce la docencia en la Universidad de Magallanes.
Tuesday December 03
13:30 to 14:20
Salón Enrique González Martínez, Área Internacional, Expo Guadalajara
Activities for Professionals
Annual Reading Promoters Conference
Conference: “What grown-ups don't want children to know”
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: Irene Vasco
Irene Vasco
Es una escritora y formadora de lectores colombiana. Ha publicado numerosos libros para niños y jóvenes en la Editorial Juventud (España), el Fondo de Cultura Económica (México), Pulo do Gato (Brasil), Panamericana, Alfaguara, Penguin Random House, estos últimos en Colombia.
En 2021 fue reconocida por el Ministerio de Educación de Colombia, por toda una vida de trabajo dedicada a la educación. En 2024 recibió el IBBY-iRead Outstanding Reading Promoter Award y el XX Premio Iberoamericano SM de Literatura Infantil y Juvenil.
Dedica gran parte de su vida a realizar talleres alrededor de la lectura y la formación de lectores. Con frecuencia participa en programas estatales e institucionales dirigidos a comunidades indígenas y campesinas remotas.
Ha traducido libros del portugués y del francés. Fue socia fundadora de la Librería Espantapájaros y de Espantapájaros Taller en Bogotá.
A menudo es invitada a congresos y seminarios internacionales como conferencista.
Other activities involving the participant:
SM Prize for Children's and Youth Literature 2024
Wednesday December 04
10:00 to 10:50
Salón Enrique González Martínez, Área Internacional, Expo Guadalajara
Activities for Professionals
Annual Reading Promoters Conference
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.
Participant: Barbara Pregelj
Barbara Pregelj
(Slovenia, 1970)
She has a PhD in literary sciences and is a full professor at the University of Nova Gorica. She has a degree in Hispanic philology and comparative literature. After finishing her studies in Ljubljana, she also studied at the University of Salamanca (Spain). She did her master's degree on the Spanish Baroque and earned her doctorate with a thesis on the kitsch elements in contemporary Slovenian literature. In her role as a translator into Slovenian and Spanish and from Basque, Catalan and Galician, she plays a mediating role between Slovenian, Iberian and Spanish-American cultural spaces. She is also a permanent sworn interpreter of the Spanish language. As a translator and interpreter she is passionately interested in the question of reading and interpreting texts, and as an editor how to spread the virus of good literature to as many readers as possible.
Since 2012 she has been actively participating in the Malinc Publishing House as a co-founder. Within the framework of this editorial project specialized in children's and youth literature by Spanish-speaking authors, she has designed several projects of animation to reading in progress (Leo, leo; pueblo español), teacher training on motivation to reading. She has directed several training projects at national (Inobra, Prino) and international levels.
Wednesday December 04
12:00 to 12:50
Salón Enrique González Martínez, Área Internacional, Expo Guadalajara
Activities for Professionals
Annual Reading Promoters Conference
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 HonorNació en Barcelona, en 1947. Su vinculación con el rock (fue director y, en muchos casos, fundador de algunas de las principales revistas españolas del género en los años setenta: Disco Expres, Popular 1, Super Pop, etcétera) le sirvió para darse a conocer. Publicó su primer libro en 1972. Desde entonces ha escrito 600 obras de todos los géneros, muchas de ellas best sellers; ha ganado 60 premios literarios, además de recibir un centenar de menciones honoríficas y figurar en múltiples listas de honor, y ha sido traducido a más de 40 lenguas.
En 2006, 2010, 2020 y 2022 fue candidato por España al Nobel Juvenil, el Premio Hans Christian Andersen. El año 2007 recibió el Premio Nacional de Literatura del Ministerio de Cultura español; en 2012, el Cervantes Joven y en 2013, el Premio Iberoamericano por el conjunto de su obra y la tarea social de sus fundaciones. También fue galardonado con la Medalla de Oro al Mérito en las Bellas artes en 2017, y la Creu de Sant Jordi, en 2018.
Sus cifras de ventas superan los quince millones de ejemplares. Viajero incansable, romántico, sentimental y apasionado, se considera a sí mismo un utópico posibilista y un enamorado de la palabra escrita y de la libertad que comporta.
En 2004 creó la Fundació Jordi Sierra i Fabra, en Barcelona, y la Fundación Taller de Letras Jordi Sierra i Fabra, en Medellín, Colombia, como culminación de toda una carrera y de su compromiso ético y social. Desde entonces se otorga cada año el Premio que lleva su nombre a un joven escritor menor de 18 años. En 2010 sus Fundaciones recibieron el Premio IBBY-Asahi de Promoción de Lectura, el más importante del mundo, y en 2015 la Medalla de Honor de Barcelona.
www.sierraifabra.com
Wednesday December 04
13:30 to 14:20
Salón Enrique González Martínez, Área Internacional, Expo Guadalajara