Category: Ibero-America
Galician Poet Chus Pato Wins 2024 Spanish National Poetry Prize
Chus Pato’s works have been widely translated and published abroad, including in Argentina, Chile, Portugal, the Netherlands, Bulgaria, Russia, France, and Belgium. One cannot help but notice no English-language countries make the list.
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Colombia – 18th Medillin Book and Culture Festival clocks a half million visitors, record revenues
Medellín’s festival is celebrated for its grassroots approach, attracting a diverse local audience and fostering a strong sense of community that makes the half-million footfall all the more impressive.
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One month until the 27th São Paulo Biennial
This year’s theme, “Those who read make great friends,” really sends out the right message that books are to be enjoyed, not rote-memorised to pass an exam.
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Wattpad Webtoon signs deals with PRH US, Spain’s Zeta Studios and Australia’s Screen Queensland
Wattpad Webtoon will support three Queensland-based screenwriters or teams to develop film and series projects arising from Wattpad Webtoon content.
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Brazil book sales and revenue tumbled in 2023
“There was talk that only an end-of-year miracle. It didn’t happen.” Nielsen...
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Mexico – FIL Guadalajara pulls in 857,000 visitors, buoyed by interest in the Spanish-speaking US market
The number of US librarians was up on previous events, to meet growing supply from publishers...
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Brazil’s Rio Biennial clocks 600,000 visitors buying 5.5 million books
Many publishers reporting double or even triple sales compared to previous years. While not quite...
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Costa Rica International Book Fair underway in San José
Organised by the Costa Rican Book Chamber (CCL), the fair is a public-facing event. Spanning nine...
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Honduras International Book Fair wraps up in Tegucigalpa
Sadly the only coverage I could find of FIL Honduras this year was highly-politicised reportage...
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Brazil’s Rio Biennial is almost here. Can the two-day Jornada Profissional beat last year’s $650k deal tally?
The Rio Biennial itself is a public-facing event that typically sees 600,000 visitors buy...
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Peru – Lima International Book Fair (FIL LIMA) clocks 430,000 visitors that spent $5 million
Sadly the event has yet to return to its pre-pandemic glory. In 2019 FIL Lima clocked 590,000...
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El Salvador censors book at Guatemala International Book Fair
El Salvador’s populist dictator has been banning books in his own country and has now found...
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