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 The winning author, who must write in Spanish and have at least ten unpublished poems or poems published in the last five years that are related to nature, urban sustainability, socio-ecological harmony and environmental conservation, will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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Reading Promoters Conference. Books and Technology
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Reading Promoters Conference. Books and Technology
Conference: “Artificial intelligence, writing to read”
In its twenty-first edition, the Reading Promoters Conference of the Guadalajara International Book Fair (FIL) will share experiences and conceived projects, with the mission of spreading the passion for books and reading. To celebrate it, we will dedicate three days to talk and reflect on reading and technology, and how social networks can positively affect reading habits.
Ten years ago, the great question among book professionals revolved around the fate of printed books in the face of the imminent development of electronic books; at the same time, social networks were beginning to stand out as an extraordinary marketing channel, but what no one seemed to have anticipated was the great impact they currently have on the daily lives of societies around the world, and how they influence the way we know, learn and read the world.
Facebook Instagram, WhatsApp, TikTok, among other networks, have millions of enthusiastic users, eager to consume and create content. How to take advantage of these media in favor of reader promotion? These and other questions will be addressed by the professionals and specialists who, for this occasion, will meet in Guadalajara.
With the organization of the Reading Promoters Conference, the Guadalajara International Book Fair reiterates its commitment to capitalize on the actions of various national and international institutions linked to the training of reading promoters, with a view to contributing to their professionalization and the recognition of the figure of the reading mediator as a fundamental element in the link between books and readers.
The promoter's work and their leading role in the formation of readers continues to motivate the FIL to organize the Reading Promoters Conference sponsored by the SM Foundation.
Participant: Jorge Gonzalvo
Presenter: Pepe Gordon
Jorge Gonzalvo
(Zaragoza, España)
Es escritor, editor, guionista y gestor cultural. Lo que más le apasiona de la escritura es enseñar a crear historias; por eso, hace más de quince años que imparte cursos y talleres sobre el tema. Como autor ha publicado varios álbumes ilustrados en compañía de ilustradoras como Cecilia Varela o Elena Odriozola. Sus obras más conocidas son: Te regalo un cuento (Lóguez), Despedida de tristeza (Lóguez) y Tropecista (Bárbara Fiore).
Es socio fundador y director de la Asociación Atrapavientos, galardonada con el Premio Nacional de Fomento de la Lectura 2022 concedido por el Ministerio de Cultura de España. Atrapavientos es una organización española con más de trece años de experiencia y comprometida con el fomento a la lectura, especialmente entre los más jóvenes, pero también en el medio rural o con colectivos en riesgo de exclusión lectora. Atrapavientos ha colaborado con entidades como la Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo (AECID), el Centro Cultural España en México (CCEMx), Instituto Cervantes, Ministerio de Cultura de España, CaixaForum, Fundación Ibercaja, Escuela de Escritores, Aldeas Infantiles, Believe in Art o Atades, entre otras.
Algunos de los proyectos de fomento lector más reconocidos de Atrapavientos son: Libros que Importan (un intercambio de libros en espacios públicos que se creó en 2016 y que hasta la fecha ha conectado a más de doce mil lectores de casi un centenar de poblaciones españolas, pero también de México, Suecia y Países Bajos), Plantadores de Historias, Cuentos al Viento, RecoLectores, La Asombrosa Máquina de Generar Historias, Leer es un vicio (posiblemente la peor campaña de fomento de la lectura del mundo) o Magia en los Libros.
Más información en: www.atrapavientos.org
Pepe Gordon
Novelista, ensayista y traductor. Su trabajo en los medios de comunicación fue calificado por Augusto Monterroso como “dignificante de los programas culturales de la televisión”. Es creador y escritor de la serie Imaginantes, ganadora en el New York Film Festival. Desde 2007 conduce y dirige La oveja eléctrica, revista de ciencia y pensamiento del Canal 22 —el canal cultural de México—, en donde conversa con las mentes más brillantes del quehacer científico. En 2013 recibió el Premio Nacional de Periodismo en divulgación científica y cultural. Esta labor también se dirige a los niños que se asoman a la ciencia en su libro-historieta ilustrada por Ricardo García, Micro: La oveja eléctrica y la memoria del universo (Sexto Piso, 2013). Junto con un talentoso equipo, es creador de Mare Nostrum. El universo de la ciencia y la poesía, una nueva serie de cápsulas televisivas impulsada por el Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología de México, que será difundida en las televisoras culturales de Iberoamérica para compartir los nuevos mapas de la sociedad del conocimiento.
Other activities involving the participant:
Adventures in particle physics
The future of quantum computing
Monday November 27
13:30 to 14:20
Salón Enrique González Martínez, Área Internacional, Expo Guadalajara