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 The winning author, who must write in Spanish and have at least ten unpublished poems or poems published in the last five years that are related to nature, urban sustainability, socio-ecological harmony and environmental conservation, will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.
Important:
The call closed the past June 17th
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.
Important:
The call closed the past July 12th 
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
Important:
The call closed the past April 25thProgram Search
Annual International Booksellers Forum - Meeting of Ibero-American Independent Bookstores and Publishers: “Otra Mirada”
Two Shores, One Ocean, Multiple Accents
On the occasion of Spain being the Guest of Honor at the Guadalajara International Book Fair 2024, the 5th International Booksellers Forum and the 6th Meeting of Ibero-American Independent Bookstores and Publishers, "Another Perspective," will be held jointly. These two internationally renowned professional events are key references for the book sector in Spain and Latin America.
The dual event, organized by Librería Carlos Fuentes, the Guadalajara International Book Fair, the University of Guadalajara Press, and Librería Cálamo, is sponsored by the Spanish Ministry of Culture. It aims to analyze the current state of editorial relationships between Mexico, Spain, and Latin America, glimpse their future, and contribute to the creation of permanent networks for cultural, social, and economic collaboration.
The events will take place from December 1 to 3, 2024, as part of the FIL Guadalajara professional program, and will feature debate panels, conferences, workshops, and networking opportunities.
Participants: Verónica Mendoza, Armando Montes de Santiago, Ana Cañellas Haurie, María José Gálvez
Verónica Mendoza
She is the director of the Carlos Fuentes Library at the University of Guadalajara, with over 20 years of experience in the publishing industry. During this time, she was part of the FIL Guadalajara as the director of exhibitors and professionals. In this role, she significantly contributed to the growth of the fair, especially in the international arena, and led the consolidation of various programs for the professional development of the sector.
In 2015, she founded Base Tres, a company dedicated to developing book-related projects, from which she has contributed to various areas of the sector. Her work includes the creation of the International University Book Fair of UNAM (FILUNI), managing the business center of the International Book Fair of Panama, and advising foreign publishing companies on entering the Latin American market. She has also participated in coordinating several publications and collaborating on growth programs for the University of Guadalajara Publishing House and the Association of University Publishers of Latin America.
Since 2020, she has been involved in different initiatives to enhance the visibility and role of bookstores, such as the creation of the Latin American Network of Independent Bookstores.
Armando Montes de Santiago
For the past 18 years, she has worked on the organizing committee of the FIL, where she was responsible for international sales for many years. She is currently in charge of the General Coordination of Exhibitors and Professionals, as well as other important projects for the FIL, such as the Comic + Graphic Novel Hall and Books to Taste.
Other activities involving the participant:
Opening Ceremony
Presentation of: Foráneo
Presentation of the Pura Pinche Fortaleza Graphic Novel Award
Ana Cañellas Haurie
Invitado de HonorWith a background in psychology, a passionate reader in multiple languages, and a bookseller with a foot in cultural management, she has worked across the film industry, pharmaceuticals, and the world of books. For eight years, she specialized in designing bookstore spaces in Portugal, France, Germany, and Spain. She is currently the director of Librerías Cálamo, which has received numerous awards and recognitions, including the Premio Librería Cultural, the Boixareu Ginesta, and the Open Bank by Vanity Fair Award for Best Bookstore in Spain 2023.
She has conducted bookstore training courses and workshops in Guatemala, Mexico, and Costa Rica, and has collaborated with book fairs in Frankfurt, Bogotá, and Guadalajara. She advised the University of Guadalajara (Mexico) on the design and launch of the Carlos Fuentes Library. As part of her role at Librerías Cálamo, she oversees the Talento Editorial project at the Hay Festival and the Ibero-American Independent Bookstores and Publishers Meeting “Otra Mirada.”
Other activities involving the participant:
Mosaic I
María José Gálvez
Invitado de Honor(Valencia, 1975) Es actualmente la directora general del Libro, del Cómic y de la Lectura del Ministerio de Cultura y Deporte del Gobierno de España, donde es la encargada de elaborar y ejecutar planes, programas y acciones para la promoción y difusión de la creación literaria y de la traducción, con medidas específicas para el medio del cómic; potenciar el desarrollo de la industria de la edición y la preservación de la bibliodiversidad y pluralidad lingüística, así como favorecer el fomento de la lectura en todos los ámbitos y, especialmente, en la coordinación bibliotecaria, donde contribuye al desarrollo equilibrado e innovador de las bibliotecas en su proyección pública.
Entre otros, forma parte de los patronatos de la Biblioteca Nacional de España, de la Fundación Max Aub, de la Fundación Francisco Brines y de la Fundación María Zambrano. Además, es miembro del Consejo de Administración del Instituto Cervantes.
Doctora en derecho por la Universidad de Valencia (con estancias de investigación predoctorales en la Universidad de Harvard, en la Universidad de Pisa y en la Universidad Libre de Bruselas). Es experta en derecho constitucional, y ha realizado un curso de especialización en el Centro de Estudios Políticos y Constitucionales de Madrid. Ha sido profesora asociada de derecho constitucional en la Universidad Carlos III de Madrid y profesora-tutora en la Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED) y en la Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC).
Fue directora de edición de la Editorial Tirant lo Blanch durante varios años, y corrdinadora de la producción editorial del grupo Tirant en distintos países en lengua española.
En el ámbito institucional fue subdirectora del gabinete del presidente del Congreso de los Diputados, y asesora en distintos gabinetes de la Vicepresidencia Primera del Gobierno.
Activities for Professionals
Annual International Booksellers Forum - Meeting of Ibero-American Independent Bookstores and Publishers: “Otra Mirada”
Panel 1: Of Ants and Titans: Selling Books in Our Language(s): Nuances and Perspectives. Bookstores
Two Shores, One Ocean, Multiple Accents
On the occasion of Spain being the Guest of Honor at the Guadalajara International Book Fair 2024, the 5th International Booksellers Forum and the 6th Meeting of Ibero-American Independent Bookstores and Publishers, "Another Perspective," will be held jointly. These two internationally renowned professional events are key references for the book sector in Spain and Latin America.
The dual event, organized by Librería Carlos Fuentes, the Guadalajara International Book Fair, the University of Guadalajara Press, and Librería Cálamo, is sponsored by the Spanish Ministry of Culture. It aims to analyze the current state of editorial relationships between Mexico, Spain, and Latin America, glimpse their future, and contribute to the creation of permanent networks for cultural, social, and economic collaboration.
The events will take place from December 1 to 3, 2024, as part of the FIL Guadalajara professional program, and will feature debate panels, conferences, workshops, and networking opportunities.
Activities for Professionals
Annual International Booksellers Forum - Meeting of Ibero-American Independent Bookstores and Publishers: “Otra Mirada”
Panel 1: Of Ants and Titans: Selling Books in Our Language(s): Nuances and Perspectives. Bookstores
In the year 2000, at the beginning of the new millennium, Spain was the Guest of Honor at the FIL. It returns as the Guest of Honor in 2024. How have bookstores changed during this period?
Books and bookstores survived apocalyptic predictions and experienced the emergence of new business models, enduring the effects of a pandemic and the natural ebb and flow of the economy. It may be timeto take stock.
In light of these factors and many more, three bookstore projects of varying dimensions and locations will share their perspectives on the past, present, and future of a profession in constant transformation.
Participants: Antonio Ramírez, César Aguilar, Natalia Miranda
Antonio Ramírez
Invitado de HonorBorn in Medellín, Colombia, in 1959, he began his university studies in his hometown, first in Engineering and later in Economics and Finance. He continued his studies at the Faculty of Economic Sciences at UNAM in Mexico City. In this city, he started working as a bookseller at El Juglar bookstore in 1980 and later at Librerías Gandhi. In 1985, he moved to Barcelona, where he has lived since then. He studied Anthropology and History at the University of Barcelona.
Between 1987 and 1994, he worked at Librería Laie, serving as its director from 1991 to 1994. In 1991, he took professional development courses at ASFODELP in Paris. In 1995, he co-founded La Central with Marta Ramoneda, a company he has directed ever since. In 2004, he participated in the founding of Editorial Arcadia, which publishes both Catalan and Spanish, and served on its editorial board until 2018. Between 2013 and 2019, he was part of the editorial board of the magazine La Maleta de Portbou.
From 1998 to 2005 and from 2018 to 2022, he was a board member of the Gremi de Llibreters. From 2017 to 2022, he served as vice president of the Consell de Cultura de Barcelona, an advisory body of the Barcelona City Council. Since 1998, he has been a lecturer in the Master’s in Publishing program at UPF BSM and is a regular professor at the Escola de Llibreria of the University of Barcelona. He has also been a visiting professor at the Scuola per Librai Umberto e Elisabeta Mauri in Venice, Italy, and has served as a juror for the Premis Ciutat de Barcelona and the Grand Prix Livres Hebdo des Librairies (2019) in France.
César Aguilar
He holds a degree in Accounting from the Universidad Intercontinental and a master's degree in Management from the Universidad del Valle de México. He served as General Manager of the Fondo de Cultura Económica in Guatemala and Bogotá, and as Project Manager for the Arnaldo Orfila Reynal bookstore in Buenos Aires. With over 30 years of experience in the public and private publishing sectors across Mexico City, Monterrey, Guatemala, Bogotá, Buenos Aires, and Panama, he has played a significant role in various projects.
Notably, he coordinated the establishment of the Centro Cultural Gabriel García Márquez in Bogotá and was awarded the Order of Tlatelolco by the Mexican Foreign Ministry for his cultural management abroad. He was a board member of the Gremial de Editores de Guatemala from 2004 to 2007 and of the Cámara Colombiana del Libro from 2007 to 2011. From September 2012 to 2019, he was the Deputy Director of Linkage at the General Directorate of Publications and Editorial Promotion at UNAM. He is currently the General Manager of the Panamanian bookstore chain El Hombre de la Mancha. From 2017 to 2020, he taught courses in Accounting, Management, Marketing, and International Relations at the Universidad Intercontinental in Mexico City.
Natalia Miranda
She is a bookseller and editor with over 20 years of solid experience in the book world. She graduated in Literature and as an Editor from the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters at the University of Buenos Aires. Throughout her career, she has held key roles including Sales Coordinator at the Fondo de Cultura Económica in Argentina, Manager of Librería Universitaria Argentina, and Bookstore Coordinator at FCE Colombia. She has also represented several Argentine publishers in sales.
She is the founder of Libros del Arrabal, a small but influential bookstore located in the Liniers neighborhood of Buenos Aires. An active member of the Board of Directors of the Cámara Argentina de Librerías Independientes (CALI), she also collaborates with the Red Latinoamericana de Librerías Independientes (RELLI), where she works with colleagues to strengthen the role of bookstores in the community and promote a love for books.
Activities for Professionals
Annual International Booksellers Forum - Meeting of Ibero-American Independent Bookstores and Publishers: “Otra Mirada”
Panel 2: One for All and All for One? New and Old Associative Models
Two Shores, One Ocean, Multiple Accents
On the occasion of Spain being the Guest of Honor at the Guadalajara International Book Fair 2024, the 5th International Booksellers Forum and the 6th Meeting of Ibero-American Independent Bookstores and Publishers, "Another Perspective," will be held jointly. These two internationally renowned professional events are key references for the book sector in Spain and Latin America.
The dual event, organized by Librería Carlos Fuentes, the Guadalajara International Book Fair, the University of Guadalajara Press, and Librería Cálamo, is sponsored by the Spanish Ministry of Culture. It aims to analyze the current state of editorial relationships between Mexico, Spain, and Latin America, glimpse their future, and contribute to the creation of permanent networks for cultural, social, and economic collaboration.
The events will take place from December 1 to 3, 2024, as part of the FIL Guadalajara professional program, and will feature debate panels, conferences, workshops, and networking opportunities.
Activities for Professionals
Annual International Booksellers Forum - Meeting of Ibero-American Independent Bookstores and Publishers: “Otra Mirada”
Panel 2: One for All and All for One? New and Old Associative Models
At what point did we forget that teamwork is important, that "unity is strength"? In recent years, publishers and booksellers have discovered that association and guild management allow for the creation of spaces for dialogue and collaborative work, which help grow the publishing industry and increase reading rates.
Participants: Mónica Dinerstein, Miguel Iglesias, Edgar Blanco
Moderator: Carlos Armenta
Mónica Dinerstein
A prominent figure in the Argentine publishing world, she is currently leading Librería Tiempos Modernos and serving as president of the newly established Cámara Argentina de Librerías Independientes (CALI) since December 2023. Her career began at the age of 18 at Editorial Galerna, where she gained diverse experience and learned about editorial operations and bookstore management.
In the 1980s, she moved to Mexico to manage the prestigious Editorial Nueva Imagen, working alongside notable figures such as Carlos Ulanovsky. During her tenure, she also coordinated Mexico's stand at the Buenos Aires Book Fair, enhancing her international experience. Since 1990, she has successfully run her own bookstore, dedicated to promoting literature and culture in Buenos Aires.
Simultaneously, she has played key roles in the Cámara del Libro and CAPLA, where she directed the Revista CAPLA for a decade. Her commitment to the bookselling sector and advocacy for the interests of independent bookstores led her to become one of the founders of CALI, an initiative that achieved legal status in April 2024. With a strong background in editorial management and cultural promotion through her bookstore, she remains an influential voice in the Argentine literary community. Her leadership in CALI is expected to strengthen the role of independent bookstores in disseminating knowledge and culture in Argentina.
Miguel Iglesias
Invitado de HonorMiguel Iglesias is a computer scientist and owner of the bookstore "Letras a la Taza," located in Navarra, which he opened in 2014. With a strong commitment to promoting reading, he has dedicated his career to fostering a love for books in his community and beyond. His dedication to the sector has led him to serve as president of the Confederación Española de Gremios y Asociaciones de Libreros (CEGAL), where he works to support and strengthen the role of bookstores in society.
He is an active member of the groups Kirico, Zona Cómic, and Todos tus libros, all of which focus on promoting reading among children and youth. Through these initiatives, he has developed and implemented various programs and activities aimed at instilling the reading habit in younger generations, ensuring that they discover the benefits of reading.
Currently, Miguel continues to work on making "Letras a la Taza" a gathering place for book lovers in Navarra and remains at the forefront of national efforts to promote reading across all age groups.
Edgar Blanco
Editor, bookseller, and cultural promoter. Co-founder of Animal Extinto, an independent publishing project. In 2018, he created Colectivo Huracán, a group of independent publishers focused on the distribution and circulation of editorial content and products. In 2020, he founded El Cuarto Plegable, a bookstore specializing in independent publishers with a physical location in Bogotá. He has been involved in the programming of the Boyacá International Culture Festival (FIC) since 2021, and he is the organizer of the "Doble por aquí" publication fair, which has been held four times. He also conducts workshops for district schools of booksellers and editing (IDARTES), programs the Boyacá International Book Fair (FILBOY) based in Tunja, and has been a board member of the Colombian Association of Independent Booksellers (ACLI) since 2024.
Carlos Armenta
Carlos Armenta (Guadalajara, 1989) is an editor and bookseller at Impronta Casa Editora. He currently serves as the president of the Committee of Independent Publishers of CANIEM.
Activities for Professionals
Annual International Booksellers Forum - Meeting of Ibero-American Independent Bookstores and Publishers: “Otra Mirada”
Inaugural Talk: The Recovery of the Lost Home… That Perhaps We Don’t Want to Recover
Two Shores, One Ocean, Multiple Accents
On the occasion of Spain being the Guest of Honor at the Guadalajara International Book Fair 2024, the 5th International Booksellers Forum and the 6th Meeting of Ibero-American Independent Bookstores and Publishers, "Another Perspective," will be held jointly. These two internationally renowned professional events are key references for the book sector in Spain and Latin America.
The dual event, organized by Librería Carlos Fuentes, the Guadalajara International Book Fair, the University of Guadalajara Press, and Librería Cálamo, is sponsored by the Spanish Ministry of Culture. It aims to analyze the current state of editorial relationships between Mexico, Spain, and Latin America, glimpse their future, and contribute to the creation of permanent networks for cultural, social, and economic collaboration.
The events will take place from December 1 to 3, 2024, as part of the FIL Guadalajara professional program, and will feature debate panels, conferences, workshops, and networking opportunities.
Activities for Professionals
Annual International Booksellers Forum - Meeting of Ibero-American Independent Bookstores and Publishers: “Otra Mirada”
Inaugural Talk: The Recovery of the Lost Home… That Perhaps We Don’t Want to Recover
A Mexican writer living and working in Spain. A Spanish writer living and working in Mexico. Paradoxes of a Globalized World?
An ocean separates and unites us at the same time. A shared language brings us closer while highlighting our differences amidst thousands of nuances. Mexican novelist Brenda Navarro resides in Madrid, while Spanish philosopher Pau Luque lives in Mexico City. What did they seek on the other side? What do they miss from their places of origin? What have they found in their new destinations?
Participants: Brenda Navarro, Pau Luque
Moderator: Camilo Hoyos Gómez
Brenda Navarro
She was part of the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa in 2023. Her debut novel, Casas vacías (2018), won the Premio Tigre Juan and the Pen Translation Award in the United Kingdom. Her second novel, Ceniza en la boca (2022), received the Premio Cálamo, the Premio de la Asociación de Librerías de Madrid, the Premio Todos tus Libros, and the Premio San Clemente as the best book of 2022, in addition to being a finalist at the Bienal Vargas Llosa 2022.
She has worked as an editor and screenwriter and teaches creative writing workshops both nationally and internationally, including at the City University of New York (CUNY), New York University (NYU), the University of Iowa (UI), and the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). She has been invited to give lectures at Harvard, Brown, Wesleyan, Iowa, and New York universities. Additionally, she has contributed to media outlets such as El País, Pikara Magazine, La Marea, El Salto, Milenio, Tierra Adentro, among others.
In 2021, she served as the General Coordinator for the diploma course Encuentros y Desencuentros de la lengua española y de las literaturas hispánicas, organized by the Cátedra Extraordinaria Carlos Fuentes de Literatura Hispanoamericana and the Centro de Estudios Mexicanos en España (CEM-España). This course brought together over two dozen Ibero-American speakers to discuss Spanish-language literature. She also coordinated the project “No hay lugar en este país” (2021) with the Centro de Análisis e Investigación Fundar México, which included a literary workshop that resulted in the publication of a book in 2022.
Pau Luque
Invitado de HonorBorn in Barcelona in 1982, he has lived in Mexico City since 2014. He trained as a legal philosopher at the University of Genoa (Italy) and as a humanist at Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona (Spain). In 2020, he published Las cosas como son y otras fantasías (Anagrama Argumentos), a literary essay offering a way out of the deadlock that has constrained the relationship between art and morality in the 21st century. He argues that neither superficial moralism, which demands art to be correct, nor the moral indifference promoted by a misunderstood liberalism captures the essence of ethics or its relation to artistic impulse. Luque suggests that imperfect moral virtues, literary or narrative imagination, and worldly vicissitudes are the ethical sources from which any work with something human to say draws.
In collaboration with Natalia Carrillo, he published Hipocondría moral (Nuevos cuadernos Anagrama) in 2022, where they identify a strange but omnipresent contemporary phenomenon: we feel guilt when we are guilty, but especially when we are not. In this essay, they critique the contemporary choice (or imposition) of guilt as the primary emotion structuring our relationship with the world's calamities. They propose that it would be much more fruitful politically, morally, and even philosophically to replace guilt with responsibility.
With Ñu (Anagrama Narrativas hispánicas), published in 2024, Luque gives a new twist to genre hybridization, inventing the essay with characters. Real and fictional creatures wander and converse in Ñu about their lives, their ideas, love and friendship, and the unsettling possibility that what we call "solution" might be nothing more than an inevitable fantasy.
Camilo Hoyos Gómez
Director of Paredro, Center for the Promotion of Reading, Writing, and Orality, host and director of Paredro Podcast, the podcast about books, authors, and other figures in the literary world. He holds a PhD in Humanities from Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona, 2010, Spain) and a degree in Literature from Universidad de los Andes (Bogotá, Colombia). He has taught at Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona, Universidad de los Andes, Universidad Javeriana, and Instituto Caro y Cuervo in Bogotá, among others. He is a founding member of the Fundación Gratitud. He served as Academic Deputy Director of Instituto Caro y Cuervo from 2014 to 2016, an advanced studies center affiliated with the Ministry of Culture of Colombia.
Other activities involving the participant:
Workshop 2: Paredro Podcast and the construction of reading communities
Activities for Professionals
Annual International Booksellers Forum - Meeting of Ibero-American Independent Bookstores and Publishers: “Otra Mirada”
Panel 3: Time to Study: Bookstores and Publishers at the Desk
Two Shores, One Ocean, Multiple Accents
On the occasion of Spain being the Guest of Honor at the Guadalajara International Book Fair 2024, the 5th International Booksellers Forum and the 6th Meeting of Ibero-American Independent Bookstores and Publishers, "Another Perspective," will be held jointly. These two internationally renowned professional events are key references for the book sector in Spain and Latin America.
The dual event, organized by Librería Carlos Fuentes, the Guadalajara International Book Fair, the University of Guadalajara Press, and Librería Cálamo, is sponsored by the Spanish Ministry of Culture. It aims to analyze the current state of editorial relationships between Mexico, Spain, and Latin America, glimpse their future, and contribute to the creation of permanent networks for cultural, social, and economic collaboration.
The events will take place from December 1 to 3, 2024, as part of the FIL Guadalajara professional program, and will feature debate panels, conferences, workshops, and networking opportunities.
Activities for Professionals
Annual International Booksellers Forum - Meeting of Ibero-American Independent Bookstores and Publishers: “Otra Mirada”
Panel 3: Time to Study: Bookstores and Publishers at the Desk
The continuous transformation of the book world necessitates ongoing training for its participants. Two innovative experiences: The Independent Bookstores Network RELI's Laboratory (Mexico) and the Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León and Parix: a School for Spanish Book Publishing.
Participants: Luis González Martín, Antonio Ramos Revillas
Moderator: Claudia Bautista
Luis González Martín
Invitado de HonorHe is the General Director of the Fundación Germán Sánchez Ruipérez (FGSR), a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting reading and innovating in the book industry. He holds a degree in Law and a master's degree in Labor and Tax Consulting from the Autonomous University of Madrid. In 1992, he joined the Senior Corps of State Administrators, and since then has held various senior positions within the Spanish Administration. In his most recent role at the Ministry of Culture, he launched the Reading Promotion Plan 2001-2004. During these stages, he also served on the Steering Committee of the international nuclear fusion project (JET) and on the Board of Directors of Enresa, and was awarded the Distinguished Cross of Saint Raymond of Peñafort. Since joining FGSR in 2004, he has launched projects such as Readmagine, Renodo, Lecturalab, Canal Lector, Lectylab, and PARIX, and has led or participated in European projects like Tisp, Aldus Up, Sidt, Creative Shift, ThinkPub, and 1234redes. He is the 3rd Vice President of the Spanish Association of Foundations and a member of the Madrid City Council’s Council of Culture, appointed by unanimous decision of all political groups.
Antonio Ramos Revillas
He is a graduate of Spanish letters of the Autonomous University of Nuevo León (UANL), a university institution that in 2015 awarded him the Arts Prize for his literary career. He was part of the Mexico 20 selection, organized by the British Council, the National Council for Culture and the Arts (Conaculta) and the Hay Festival as one of the 20 best writers under 40 in the country. His work is divided into the genres of children's, youth and adult literature, for which he has received more than a dozen national and international awards, the most recent the English Pen Award for the translation of Savages. His most recent novel is Playa Bagdad, published in Alfaguara. He is a member of the National System of Art Creators.
Other activities involving the participant:
Literature with eggs and machaca
Claudia Bautista
She holds a degree in International Relations from UNAM, a master's in Government and Public Affairs from FLACSO, Mexico City, and is a doctoral candidate in Regional History at Universidad Veracruzana. At the beginning of her professional career, she ventured into international trade and later into academic research on organic agriculture and its dynamics. She participated in the founding and leadership of several community-based productive projects related to small-scale farming and the environment.
In 2010, she moved to Xalapa and became a co-founder of Hyperion Librería, one of the most recognized independent bookstores in the state of Veracruz. In 2018, she established the Network of Independent Bookstores, the first Mexican initiative focused on raising the profile of these businesses, managing initiatives for their professionalization, and ensuring their influence on public policies that guarantee their well-being.
In 2020, she completed a diploma in Bookstore Management and Creation at UNED and was a scholarship recipient of the international program for booksellers organized by the Frankfurt Book Fair. In the same year, she participated in the creation of the Latin American Network of Independent Bookstores (RELLI). In 2022, she took part in the CONACYT project “Towards an Observatory of Reading in the State of Mexico” with researchers from the Colegio Mexiquense.
Activities for Professionals
Annual International Booksellers Forum - Meeting of Ibero-American Independent Bookstores and Publishers: “Otra Mirada”
Mosaic I
Two Shores, One Ocean, Multiple Accents
On the occasion of Spain being the Guest of Honor at the Guadalajara International Book Fair 2024, the 5th International Booksellers Forum and the 6th Meeting of Ibero-American Independent Bookstores and Publishers, "Another Perspective," will be held jointly. These two internationally renowned professional events are key references for the book sector in Spain and Latin America.
The dual event, organized by Librería Carlos Fuentes, the Guadalajara International Book Fair, the University of Guadalajara Press, and Librería Cálamo, is sponsored by the Spanish Ministry of Culture. It aims to analyze the current state of editorial relationships between Mexico, Spain, and Latin America, glimpse their future, and contribute to the creation of permanent networks for cultural, social, and economic collaboration.
The events will take place from December 1 to 3, 2024, as part of the FIL Guadalajara professional program, and will feature debate panels, conferences, workshops, and networking opportunities.
Activities for Professionals
Annual International Booksellers Forum - Meeting of Ibero-American Independent Bookstores and Publishers: “Otra Mirada”
Mosaic I
Bookstore and Publishing Experiences Worth Admiring and Healthy Imitation. A series of engaging and essential micro-conferences.
Participants: Paca Flores, Lola Larumbe, Alejandro Katz, María Mur Dean, Muns Brunet Navarro, Ana Cañellas Haurie, Dores Tembrás, Antía Otero, Paco Goyanes Martínez
Paca Flores
Invitado de HonorShe holds a degree in Journalism. In 2006, she, along with Julián Rodríguez, launched the independent publishing house Periférica, which has over three hundred titles in its catalog and has been operating for 18 years.
Other activities involving the participant:
Panel 4: Books about Books and Bookstores: Fashion? Business? Romanticism for Book Lovers? Poetic Justice?
Lola Larumbe
Invitado de HonorA bookseller with a background in biological sciences, she began her journey in the world of books in 1980 at the Rafael Alberti bookstore in Madrid, where she is currently responsible and director. In 2005, she was awarded the V Premio Librero Cultural by the Ministry of Culture and the Confederación Española de Gremios y Asociaciones de Libreros (CEGAL) for her project Encuentros en Alberti. This initiative has transformed the Rafael Alberti bookstore into one of Madrid’s cultural landmarks, hosting major figures in Spanish and Latin American literature as well as emerging writers and creators over the years.
She views the bookstore as a vital space in the city and neighborhood, a cultural echo chamber and meeting place, and advocates for the role of the bookseller in fostering enthusiasm for books and reading.
She has published Pasión de papel. Cuentos sobre el mundo del libro (2007), the preface to Mujeres y libros by Stefan Bollmann (2015), “Los lectores que conozco” in Elogio del libro (2016), and ¡A las librerías! (2016).
She collaborates with the Master's program in Publishing at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, the Complutense Summer School at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, and the Cultural Project Management course at La Fábrica. In 2022, she served as the literary director for the Festival Eñe in Madrid.
She has received the Premio Bibliodiversidad from the Asociación de Editores de Madrid, the Boixareu Ginesta Award for Bookseller of the Year 2019 from the Federación de Gremios de Editores de España, and the AMEIS de Plata 2023 from the Asociación de Escritoras e Ilustradoras.
Other activities involving the participant:
Panel 6: Of Ants and Titans: Selling Books in Our Language(s): Nuances and Perspectives. Publishers
Alejandro Katz
He holds a degree in Language and Literature from UNAM and completed postgraduate studies in Administration at the Di Tella University in Buenos Aires. For nearly twenty years, he directed the Argentine branch of the Fondo de Cultura Económica (FCE) and served as an essay editor for the organization. In 2006, he founded Katz Editores, a publishing house specializing in humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences, with offices in Buenos Aires and Madrid. A translator and essayist, he regularly publishes articles in major media outlets across Argentina, Latin America, and Spain. In 2020, he won the first prize in the essay competition organized by the National Academy of Political Sciences of Argentina. He is also a Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters of the French Republic.
Other activities involving the participant:
Panel 6: Of Ants and Titans: Selling Books in Our Language(s): Nuances and Perspectives. Publishers
María Mur Dean
Invitado de HonorShe has been working at the independent publishing and cultural space consonni since 1999. Consonni, which has been producing and editing critical culture since 1996, is written in lowercase and is a mutant, androgynous, and polycephalous entity, with feminism and listening as its "superpowers." In addition, Mur uses written, spoken, or even silenced words in various formats, publishing in different media, and contributing to debates on cultural policies, feminism, and the potential of culture to create a public sphere.
www.consonni.org
Other activities involving the participant:
Mosaic II:
Muns Brunet Navarro
Invitado de Honor(Sabadell, 1987), a feminist and graduate in Fine Arts, is captivated by the capacity of everyday and collective practices to impact production methods as well as the direction of projects and editions. She has been a driving force behind multiple neighborhood collaborative projects, which operate from a self-managed model focused on sovereignty and feminism. Since 2010, she has been part of the editorial and cultural space consonni, which has been producing and editing critical culture since 1996. Consonni is written in lowercase and is a mutant, androgynous, polycephalous entity, with feminism and listening as its superpowers.
www.consonni.org
Other activities involving the participant:
Mosaic II:
Ana Cañellas Haurie
Invitado de HonorWith a background in psychology, a passionate reader in multiple languages, and a bookseller with a foot in cultural management, she has worked across the film industry, pharmaceuticals, and the world of books. For eight years, she specialized in designing bookstore spaces in Portugal, France, Germany, and Spain. She is currently the director of Librerías Cálamo, which has received numerous awards and recognitions, including the Premio Librería Cultural, the Boixareu Ginesta, and the Open Bank by Vanity Fair Award for Best Bookstore in Spain 2023.
She has conducted bookstore training courses and workshops in Guatemala, Mexico, and Costa Rica, and has collaborated with book fairs in Frankfurt, Bogotá, and Guadalajara. She advised the University of Guadalajara (Mexico) on the design and launch of the Carlos Fuentes Library. As part of her role at Librerías Cálamo, she oversees the Talento Editorial project at the Hay Festival and the Ibero-American Independent Bookstores and Publishers Meeting “Otra Mirada.”
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Opening Ceremony
Dores Tembrás
Invitado de Honor(Bergondiño, La Coruña, 1979) holds a degree in Spanish Philology, completed in 2001, and specializes in Hispanic American literature. In 2008, after years of research and various stays in Sweden, Madrid, and Buenos Aires, she defended her doctoral thesis: La obra poética de Alejandra Pizarnik. Arquitectura de un desencuentro (The Poetic Work of Alejandra Pizarnik. Architecture of a Disencounter).
In 2009, she published her first poetry collection, O pouso do fume (The Landing of Smoke). Since then, her poetic works have included Esquiagrafías, Diapositivas a clareo, Silabario, and Opium. In 2016, she published the pamphlet Auga a través (Water Through), and in 2023, the poetry collection Enxertos (Grafts). Her first children’s poetry book, O peizoque Roque, was released in 2012.
In 2013, she won the Premio de Poesía Concello de Carral with her work Cronoloxía da urxencia (Chronology of Urgency). Her texts have been translated into various languages (Basque, Catalan, Spanish, English, German, Ukrainian, Croatian, Bulgarian, and Estonian) and included in magazines, collective works, and international anthologies.
Her poetic work is characterized by brevity and precision. Ancestry, memory, childhood, and the connection to the rural environment shape a space where the poetic self delves into language, giving silence a place of preference.
In 2014, she co-founded the cultural project Apiario with fellow writer Antía Otero. Apiario focuses on two main areas: a school dedicated to training, offering creative and poetic writing courses, and another area dedicated to publishing. It is an independent project that emphasizes the importance of the book as an object. Its catalog, focused on poetry, aims to give each original work individual identity, with the design of each book tailored to its specific needs. Over the past decade, Apiario has received recognition and awards highlighting the excellence of its editorial work.
www.dorestembras.com
www.apiario.eu
Other activities involving the participant:
Mosaic II:
Antía Otero
Invitado de Honor(A Estrada, 1982) holds a degree in Art History from the University of Santiago de Compostela and has received academic training in the fields of performing arts and cinema. She works between the worlds of writing and publishing.
Since 2014, she has co-directed the cultural project, writing school, and independent publishing house Apiario, alongside poet Dores Tembrás. Over the years, Apiario has been recognized by readers and critics as one of the leading Galician publishers, noted for both the artisanal care in the creation processes and the excellence in editing. The originality of the volumes in their catalog has earned them multiple accolades.
As a poet, she has published individual poetry collections including O Son da Xordeira (2003, Espiral Maior), Retrovisor (2010, Edicións Xerais; finalist for the Premios AELG), and O cuarto das abellas (2016, Edicións Xerais; Award for Best Book of Poetry at the II Gala do Libro Galego). Her most recent collection, Barroco (2022, Apiario), was awarded twice at the Premios Follas Novas do Libro Galego in the categories of Book of Poetry and Edition. In 2017, she published O branco non pinta! (Apiario), her first foray into children’s literature, which was selected by the Spanish Organization for Children’s and Young Adult Books (OEPLI) for its catalog that same year.
Her poetic work seeks the gaps of what cannot be seen at first glance, the light and its frames, the possibilities of the ephemeral and memory, the challenging dialogue between image and word, the tension of the domestic, and the margins of history.
Her work can be found in various magazines (Dorna, Olga, Grotta, Ínsula), collective works, and anthologies.
Her texts have been set to music by Galician musical bands such as Chicharrón, Fanny & Alexander, Xosé Manuel Budiño, and Guadi Galego.
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Mosaic II:
Paco Goyanes Martínez
Invitado de Honor(Born in Zaragoza, 1958) founded Cálamo in 1983, a bookstore known for its vibrant cultural activity, including the renowned Cálamo Awards. Cálamo has received the Premio Librería Cultural, the Boixareu Ginesta, and the Open Bank by Vanity Fair Award for Best Bookstore in Spain.
In 2012, he was selected as one of the 50 most influential professionals in the Ibero-American publishing industry by the Fundación El Libro in Buenos Aires. He was honored as the Favorite Son of Zaragoza in 2010.
He has taught bookstore training courses and workshops in various countries and has collaborated with the book fairs in Frankfurt, Bogotá, and Guadalajara. He oversees the Editorial Talent projects at the Hay Festival and the Ibero-American Independent Bookstores and Publishers Meeting, Otra Mirada. He also advised the University of Guadalajara (Mexico) on the design and launch of the Carlos Fuentes Library.
Activities for Professionals
Annual International Booksellers Forum - Meeting of Ibero-American Independent Bookstores and Publishers: “Otra Mirada”
Panel 4: Books about Books and Bookstores: Fashion? Business? Romanticism for Book Lovers? Poetic Justice?
Two Shores, One Ocean, Multiple Accents
On the occasion of Spain being the Guest of Honor at the Guadalajara International Book Fair 2024, the 5th International Booksellers Forum and the 6th Meeting of Ibero-American Independent Bookstores and Publishers, "Another Perspective," will be held jointly. These two internationally renowned professional events are key references for the book sector in Spain and Latin America.
The dual event, organized by Librería Carlos Fuentes, the Guadalajara International Book Fair, the University of Guadalajara Press, and Librería Cálamo, is sponsored by the Spanish Ministry of Culture. It aims to analyze the current state of editorial relationships between Mexico, Spain, and Latin America, glimpse their future, and contribute to the creation of permanent networks for cultural, social, and economic collaboration.
The events will take place from December 1 to 3, 2024, as part of the FIL Guadalajara professional program, and will feature debate panels, conferences, workshops, and networking opportunities.
Activities for Professionals
Annual International Booksellers Forum - Meeting of Ibero-American Independent Bookstores and Publishers: “Otra Mirada”
Panel 4: Books about Books and Bookstores: Fashion? Business? Romanticism for Book Lovers? Poetic Justice?
It is increasingly common to find books whose central themes include publishing, bibliophilia, bookstores, and more. Readers seem interested in understanding what lies behind the tables, display cases, and shelves of bookstores and libraries. Three editorial projects that have opened their catalogs to reflections on the book trades will be presented.
Participants: Paca Flores, Jacobo Zanella, Germán Touza
Moderator: Manuel Ortuño
Paca Flores
Invitado de HonorShe holds a degree in Journalism. In 2006, she, along with Julián Rodríguez, launched the independent publishing house Periférica, which has over three hundred titles in its catalog and has been operating for 18 years.
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Mosaic I
Jacobo Zanella
He is one of the editors at Gris Tormenta, a publishing house that reflects on the intersection of writing, reading, and editing. He writes for cultural media about books and occasionally translates essays.
Germán Touza
Germán Touza has been working in the book world for 20 years. He has worked in bookstores, publishing houses, and distributors focused on independent publishing. He is currently part of Ediciones Ampersand, a Buenos Aires-based project founded in 2012, aimed at producing elegantly designed books about books, following thorough editing, proofreading, and design processes. He is also a playwright, screenwriter, and theater director, roles he has been performing for over 10 years.
Manuel Ortuño
Editor. Director of Trama Editorial. Director of the magazine “TEXTURAS. On Editing and Books, Their Facts, and Some Ideas.” Currently, he is the president of the Association of Cultural Magazines (ARCE).
Activities for Professionals
Annual International Booksellers Forum - Meeting of Ibero-American Independent Bookstores and Publishers: “Otra Mirada”
Mosaic II:
Two Shores, One Ocean, Multiple Accents
On the occasion of Spain being the Guest of Honor at the Guadalajara International Book Fair 2024, the 5th International Booksellers Forum and the 6th Meeting of Ibero-American Independent Bookstores and Publishers, "Another Perspective," will be held jointly. These two internationally renowned professional events are key references for the book sector in Spain and Latin America.
The dual event, organized by Librería Carlos Fuentes, the Guadalajara International Book Fair, the University of Guadalajara Press, and Librería Cálamo, is sponsored by the Spanish Ministry of Culture. It aims to analyze the current state of editorial relationships between Mexico, Spain, and Latin America, glimpse their future, and contribute to the creation of permanent networks for cultural, social, and economic collaboration.
The events will take place from December 1 to 3, 2024, as part of the FIL Guadalajara professional program, and will feature debate panels, conferences, workshops, and networking opportunities.
Activities for Professionals
Annual International Booksellers Forum - Meeting of Ibero-American Independent Bookstores and Publishers: “Otra Mirada”
Mosaic II:
Bookstore and Publishing Experiences Worth Admiring and Healthy Imitation: A Series of Engaging and Essential Micro-Conferences.
Participants: Dores Tembrás, Antía Otero, María Mur Dean, Muns Brunet Navarro, Nicolás Leyton, Víctor Malumián, Genoveva Muñoz, Isabella Varela
Dores Tembrás
Invitado de Honor(Bergondiño, La Coruña, 1979) holds a degree in Spanish Philology, completed in 2001, and specializes in Hispanic American literature. In 2008, after years of research and various stays in Sweden, Madrid, and Buenos Aires, she defended her doctoral thesis: La obra poética de Alejandra Pizarnik. Arquitectura de un desencuentro (The Poetic Work of Alejandra Pizarnik. Architecture of a Disencounter).
In 2009, she published her first poetry collection, O pouso do fume (The Landing of Smoke). Since then, her poetic works have included Esquiagrafías, Diapositivas a clareo, Silabario, and Opium. In 2016, she published the pamphlet Auga a través (Water Through), and in 2023, the poetry collection Enxertos (Grafts). Her first children’s poetry book, O peizoque Roque, was released in 2012.
In 2013, she won the Premio de Poesía Concello de Carral with her work Cronoloxía da urxencia (Chronology of Urgency). Her texts have been translated into various languages (Basque, Catalan, Spanish, English, German, Ukrainian, Croatian, Bulgarian, and Estonian) and included in magazines, collective works, and international anthologies.
Her poetic work is characterized by brevity and precision. Ancestry, memory, childhood, and the connection to the rural environment shape a space where the poetic self delves into language, giving silence a place of preference.
In 2014, she co-founded the cultural project Apiario with fellow writer Antía Otero. Apiario focuses on two main areas: a school dedicated to training, offering creative and poetic writing courses, and another area dedicated to publishing. It is an independent project that emphasizes the importance of the book as an object. Its catalog, focused on poetry, aims to give each original work individual identity, with the design of each book tailored to its specific needs. Over the past decade, Apiario has received recognition and awards highlighting the excellence of its editorial work.
www.dorestembras.com
www.apiario.eu
Other activities involving the participant:
Mosaic I
Antía Otero
Invitado de Honor(A Estrada, 1982) holds a degree in Art History from the University of Santiago de Compostela and has received academic training in the fields of performing arts and cinema. She works between the worlds of writing and publishing.
Since 2014, she has co-directed the cultural project, writing school, and independent publishing house Apiario, alongside poet Dores Tembrás. Over the years, Apiario has been recognized by readers and critics as one of the leading Galician publishers, noted for both the artisanal care in the creation processes and the excellence in editing. The originality of the volumes in their catalog has earned them multiple accolades.
As a poet, she has published individual poetry collections including O Son da Xordeira (2003, Espiral Maior), Retrovisor (2010, Edicións Xerais; finalist for the Premios AELG), and O cuarto das abellas (2016, Edicións Xerais; Award for Best Book of Poetry at the II Gala do Libro Galego). Her most recent collection, Barroco (2022, Apiario), was awarded twice at the Premios Follas Novas do Libro Galego in the categories of Book of Poetry and Edition. In 2017, she published O branco non pinta! (Apiario), her first foray into children’s literature, which was selected by the Spanish Organization for Children’s and Young Adult Books (OEPLI) for its catalog that same year.
Her poetic work seeks the gaps of what cannot be seen at first glance, the light and its frames, the possibilities of the ephemeral and memory, the challenging dialogue between image and word, the tension of the domestic, and the margins of history.
Her work can be found in various magazines (Dorna, Olga, Grotta, Ínsula), collective works, and anthologies.
Her texts have been set to music by Galician musical bands such as Chicharrón, Fanny & Alexander, Xosé Manuel Budiño, and Guadi Galego.
Other activities involving the participant:
Mosaic I
María Mur Dean
Invitado de HonorShe has been working at the independent publishing and cultural space consonni since 1999. Consonni, which has been producing and editing critical culture since 1996, is written in lowercase and is a mutant, androgynous, and polycephalous entity, with feminism and listening as its "superpowers." In addition, Mur uses written, spoken, or even silenced words in various formats, publishing in different media, and contributing to debates on cultural policies, feminism, and the potential of culture to create a public sphere.
www.consonni.org
Other activities involving the participant:
Mosaic I
Muns Brunet Navarro
Invitado de Honor(Sabadell, 1987), a feminist and graduate in Fine Arts, is captivated by the capacity of everyday and collective practices to impact production methods as well as the direction of projects and editions. She has been a driving force behind multiple neighborhood collaborative projects, which operate from a self-managed model focused on sovereignty and feminism. Since 2010, she has been part of the editorial and cultural space consonni, which has been producing and editing critical culture since 1996. Consonni is written in lowercase and is a mutant, androgynous, polycephalous entity, with feminism and listening as its superpowers.
www.consonni.org
Other activities involving the participant:
Mosaic I
Nicolás Leyton
He has worked as a contributor to written media and as a university professor for 10 years. Since 2010, he has been a partner and founder of La Pollera Ediciones, where he manages and directs projects as well as edits the books published by the editorial house. At the end of 2022, he joined Big Sur, a book distributor based in Chile and Argentina, as the head of New Business. He also participates in the La Furia del Libro team as the person responsible for the internationalization of the fair.
Víctor Malumián
Bachelor's degree in Communication Sciences (UBA). Along with Hernán López Winne, he founded Ediciones Godot in 2008. In 2012, they created the Feria de Editores, which, in its latest edition, welcomed over 330 publishers from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Uruguay, and Venezuela. In 2016, he co-authored the book "Independientes ¿de qué?" published by Fondo de Cultura Económica in Mexico. In 2017, he co-founded Carbono, a distributor providing logistical solutions to Ediciones Godot, Gourmet Musical, Sigilo, Barrett, Chai, and El Gato y la Caja. In 2023, they launched "Metonimia libros," a small bookstore in the northern area of Buenos Aires. In 2024, he published "El destino de una caja" with the editorial Gris Tormenta, which explores the vicissitudes of book distribution and cooperation among colleagues.
Other activities involving the participant:
Workshop 4: Metrics, Passion, and Truth
Genoveva Muñoz
Genoveva Muñoz Castillo (Mexico City, 1981) is one of the editors at La Cifra, a Mexican independent publishing house that publishes graphic novels, comics, and illustrated albums, as well as novels, short stories, and essays. A crucial part of her work has been establishing collaborative relationships with other publishers to find new ways to address distribution and exhibition challenges faced by independent publishers.
Isabella Varela
Bookseller, cultural manager, and editor with over ten years of experience in the publishing sector. She graduated in Social Communication with an emphasis on editorial and multimedia production from Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. She is currently the curator, head bookseller, and cultural manager at La Verbena, a bookstore and cultural center in northern Bogotá, recognized by the BibloRed Directorate of Reading and Libraries as an innovative practice in the mediation and promotion of reading, writing, and oral culture in the city. She has worked as a bookseller at Libélula Libros (Armenia) and FCE (Bogotá). Her mission as a bookseller is to create inclusive, gentle, and welcoming spaces to connect readers of all ages with books as a means of dialogue and to contribute to strengthening the community.
Activities for Professionals
Annual International Booksellers Forum - Meeting of Ibero-American Independent Bookstores and Publishers: “Otra Mirada”
Panel 5: The Different Accents of Spanish
Two Shores, One Ocean, Multiple Accents
On the occasion of Spain being the Guest of Honor at the Guadalajara International Book Fair 2024, the 5th International Booksellers Forum and the 6th Meeting of Ibero-American Independent Bookstores and Publishers, "Another Perspective," will be held jointly. These two internationally renowned professional events are key references for the book sector in Spain and Latin America.
The dual event, organized by Librería Carlos Fuentes, the Guadalajara International Book Fair, the University of Guadalajara Press, and Librería Cálamo, is sponsored by the Spanish Ministry of Culture. It aims to analyze the current state of editorial relationships between Mexico, Spain, and Latin America, glimpse their future, and contribute to the creation of permanent networks for cultural, social, and economic collaboration.
The events will take place from December 1 to 3, 2024, as part of the FIL Guadalajara professional program, and will feature debate panels, conferences, workshops, and networking opportunities.
Activities for Professionals
Annual International Booksellers Forum - Meeting of Ibero-American Independent Bookstores and Publishers: “Otra Mirada”
Panel 5: The Different Accents of Spanish
The ebb and flow of our languages are endless and will remain so. Projects with diverse accents and influences allow us to expand borders and libraries: a panel where the Caribbean breeze meets the Ávila Mountainsand converses with the mountains of the Aburrá Valley; where children's literature helps us rediscover Mexico's indigenous languages; where an independent Argentine publisher is dedicated to amplifying the voices of Latin American women writers shaking up expectations.
Participants: Rodnei Casares, Patty Salinas, Afri Aspeleiter
Moderator: Juan Casamayor
Rodnei Casares
Editor and bookseller Co-founder of the publishing house Libros del Fuego, founder of Ítaca Librería-Bar, creator of the Medellín Bookstore Map and the Bookstore Tour in Colombia, workshop leader at the Idartes Bookstore School, attendee of the Frankfurt, Guadalajara, Buenos Aires, and Bogotá International Book Fairs, promoter of reading and culture in Medellín, and passionate about bookstores.
Patty Salinas
Patricia Salinas (Oaxaca de Juárez, 1988) is an editor and writer. She studied Hispanic Languages and Literatures at UNAM. She worked at Surplus Ediciones and has been an editor at Almadía since 2019. She was a fellow of the FONCA Young Creators Program in Creative Essay during the 2019-2020 period, and is currently a fellow for the 2023-2024 period. She is the founder of the publishing house Fruta Bomba.
Afri Aspeleiter
She studied Literature at the National University of Mar del Plata and Publishing at the University of Buenos Aires. Since December 2017, she has been coordinating Concreto Editorial, a project dedicated to the poetry and narrative of Latin American female authors, with a catalog that aims to weave a map of the continent and a common understanding among its texts. Additionally, she works in the User Experience (UX) department at one of the region's largest multinational companies.
Juan Casamayor
Invitado de Honor(Madrid, 1968) founded the independent publishing house Páginas de Espuma in 1999, which has become a reference in the genre of short stories in Spanish. Its catalog includes major contemporary short story writers as well as classics of world literature. The imprint also features a significant collection of essays, including literary criticism, memoirs, diaries, travel books, and correspondence.
In 2017, Páginas de Espuma received the Editorial Merit Award from the Guadalajara International Book Fair (Mexico). In 2019, it was honored with the Best Cultural Editorial Work Award from the Ministry of Culture of Spain, and in 2023, it won the Editorial Merit Award from the UANLeer International Fair of Monterrey, organized by the Universidad de Nuevo León (Mexico). He teaches classes in various master's programs and courses in editing and creative writing.
Activities for Professionals
Annual International Booksellers Forum - Meeting of Ibero-American Independent Bookstores and Publishers: “Otra Mirada”
Panel 6: Of Ants and Titans: Selling Books in Our Language(s): Nuances and Perspectives. Publishers
Two Shores, One Ocean, Multiple Accents
On the occasion of Spain being the Guest of Honor at the Guadalajara International Book Fair 2024, the 5th International Booksellers Forum and the 6th Meeting of Ibero-American Independent Bookstores and Publishers, "Another Perspective," will be held jointly. These two internationally renowned professional events are key references for the book sector in Spain and Latin America.
The dual event, organized by Librería Carlos Fuentes, the Guadalajara International Book Fair, the University of Guadalajara Press, and Librería Cálamo, is sponsored by the Spanish Ministry of Culture. It aims to analyze the current state of editorial relationships between Mexico, Spain, and Latin America, glimpse their future, and contribute to the creation of permanent networks for cultural, social, and economic collaboration.
The events will take place from December 1 to 3, 2024, as part of the FIL Guadalajara professional program, and will feature debate panels, conferences, workshops, and networking opportunities.
Activities for Professionals
Annual International Booksellers Forum - Meeting of Ibero-American Independent Bookstores and Publishers: “Otra Mirada”
Panel 6: Of Ants and Titans: Selling Books in Our Language(s): Nuances and Perspectives. Publishers
Mexico, Spain, Argentina, Colombia, Chile… the quantity and variety of independent publishing represent a vast cultural and business heritage, a wealth that deserves recognition and support.
Despite— or perhaps because of— the constant growth of major multinational book corporations, not a day goes by without the announcement of a new publishing house, a new professional, cultural, and personal venture.
Three editorial projects, from different scales and origins, share their perspectives with us.
Participants: Sandra Ollo, Alejandro Katz, María Fernanda Paz-Castillo
Moderator: Lola Larumbe
Sandra Ollo
Invitado de HonorBorn in Pamplona, where she lived until she was 29 and completed much of her academic training between the University of Navarra, where she earned a degree in Hispanic Philology, and the National Distance Education University (UNED), where she earned a degree in English Philology. Her early professional steps were also taken in this northern city, working as a research technician at the Félix Huarte Chair of Aesthetics and Contemporary Art, which she combined with teaching at the Institute of Language and Culture at the same university. It was at this chair where she came into contact with the editorial world, as she was responsible for the institution's publications and served as Chief Editor of the magazine Encuentros.
In 2006, she met Jaume Vallcorba, founder first of Quaderns Crema (1979), a reference imprint in Catalan, and later of Acantilado (1999). In 2008, she moved to Barcelona to share both her personal and professional life with him. The following years were a true immersion in the art of editing under the guidance of one of the greatest masters in the Hispanic world, and Sandra Ollo spent this time performing nearly every editorial task.
After Jaume Vallcorba's death in 2014, she took on the role of Editorial Director and completed her training with a master's degree from the Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona. In the ten years she has led the publishing house, she has continued to learn and make discoveries, hoping that Acantilado and Quaderns Crema will remain a space of passionate learning for those as eager to learn as she was 20 years ago. She is a member of the Navarre Council of Culture, a trustee of the Architecture and Society Foundation, and a member of the Board of the National Library of Spain.
Alejandro Katz
He holds a degree in Language and Literature from UNAM and completed postgraduate studies in Administration at the Di Tella University in Buenos Aires. For nearly twenty years, he directed the Argentine branch of the Fondo de Cultura Económica (FCE) and served as an essay editor for the organization. In 2006, he founded Katz Editores, a publishing house specializing in humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences, with offices in Buenos Aires and Madrid. A translator and essayist, he regularly publishes articles in major media outlets across Argentina, Latin America, and Spain. In 2020, he won the first prize in the essay competition organized by the National Academy of Political Sciences of Argentina. He is also a Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters of the French Republic.
Other activities involving the participant:
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María Fernanda Paz-Castillo
Editor, researcher, and reading promoter, she studied Political Science and Literature. She directed the Center for the Study and Promotion of Children's and Young Adult Literature at Banco del Libro and has worked as a promoter and trainer for teachers in various institutions.
She received a research grant from the Internationale Jugendbibliothek (Munich, 2004). She has published anthologies for children, including De pieles, plumas y escamas, Muertos de susto, leyendas de acá y del más allá (selected by The White Ravens 2005), and Poemas de mar y espuma. In recent years, she created and developed the Iguana collection (Ediciones B) and developed the children's line and reading plan for Random House Mondadori Colombia. She edited the Cuadernos de Literatura Infantil Colombiana collection for the National Library of Colombia. In 2015, she was a juror for the Ibero-American Illustration Catalog (FSM, El Ilustradero, and Guadalajara Book Fair), and in 2018, she was a juror for the International Illustration Prize at the Bologna Book Fair-FSM.
She is the founder and editorial director of Cataplum Libros.
Lola Larumbe
Invitado de HonorA bookseller with a background in biological sciences, she began her journey in the world of books in 1980 at the Rafael Alberti bookstore in Madrid, where she is currently responsible and director. In 2005, she was awarded the V Premio Librero Cultural by the Ministry of Culture and the Confederación Española de Gremios y Asociaciones de Libreros (CEGAL) for her project Encuentros en Alberti. This initiative has transformed the Rafael Alberti bookstore into one of Madrid’s cultural landmarks, hosting major figures in Spanish and Latin American literature as well as emerging writers and creators over the years.
She views the bookstore as a vital space in the city and neighborhood, a cultural echo chamber and meeting place, and advocates for the role of the bookseller in fostering enthusiasm for books and reading.
She has published Pasión de papel. Cuentos sobre el mundo del libro (2007), the preface to Mujeres y libros by Stefan Bollmann (2015), “Los lectores que conozco” in Elogio del libro (2016), and ¡A las librerías! (2016).
She collaborates with the Master's program in Publishing at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, the Complutense Summer School at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, and the Cultural Project Management course at La Fábrica. In 2022, she served as the literary director for the Festival Eñe in Madrid.
She has received the Premio Bibliodiversidad from the Asociación de Editores de Madrid, the Boixareu Ginesta Award for Bookseller of the Year 2019 from the Federación de Gremios de Editores de España, and the AMEIS de Plata 2023 from the Asociación de Escritoras e Ilustradoras.
Other activities involving the participant:
Mosaic I
