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 The winning author, who must write in Spanish and have at least ten unpublished poems or poems published in the last five years that are related to nature, urban sustainability, socio-ecological harmony and environmental conservation, will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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Annual International Booksellers Forum - Meeting of Ibero-American Independent Bookstores and Publishers: “Otra Mirada”
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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:
Mosaic 1: Book and publishing experiences
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 1: Book and publishing experiences