Siltala Publishing is an independent, family-owned publishing house with an emphasis on international and Finnish literary fiction and narrative, literary non-fiction. The press publishes approximately 25 titles each year.

Aleksi is interested in widening his horizon in publishing and learning more about the Mexican and Latin American book market and its connections to Spain, Portugal and the United States. He is particularly interested in finding new, interesting authors to add to his publishing list and to learn more about the current literary trends in Latin American literature. He believes that by attending FIL he will be able to strengthen his knowledge of the book market and expand his networking in that area.

Fandango Libri was founded in 2005 by the publisher Domenico Procacci and four writers who also serve as shareholders. Now is linked to the film industry and the aim of the publishing house reflects the spirit and the nature of the larger company. It's focused on Italian writers, a very distinguished selection of highly literary foreign contemporary writers, a series of portraits of the major Italian writers of the 20th century accompanied by a DVD with the writers speaking and a compelling controversial non-fiction collection. In 2009 Fandango acquired other established Italian presses including Coconino Press, Playground, Orecchio Acerbo, Becco Giallo and Alet. Sharing a common passion for good, strong stories, they want to explore together new ground and new languages and the crossover between literature, cinema, graphic novel, music and visual arts.

Alessia was really impressed by colleague accounts of the amazing FIL Guadalajara. She thinks that it's important for Fandango Libri, a publishing house focused for years on American literature, to establish direct contact with Latin American and Spanish publishers or agents and to have a complete view of their best books.

In contrast to many French publishing houses, Belfond specializes in foreign authors, both in fiction and non-fiction. Before 1995, Belfond was especially known for sagas and women`s fiction. Currently they are seeking authors to expand their Belfond Noir list with Latin America literary crime novels. Already it has bought the rights to Gabriel Rolón's Los Padecientes and Se eu fechar os olhos by Silvestre Abd, both to be published in 2013. Since Belfond has a long tradition in Hispanic Literature, it is always looking for new authors to add to their literary list (they published early works of Abel Posse, Manuel Puig, Mario Benedetti, Manuel Scorza, Rafael Alberti, Álvaro Cepeda Samudio, Augusto Roa Bastos and Edgardo Rodríguez Julia).

Ast is very interested in establishing direct contact with Latin America and Spanish publishers and to discover the many Chilean authors whose work will be presented at the FIL.

W.W. Norton & Company, the oldest and largest U.S. publishing house owned wholly by its employees, strives to carry out the imperative of its founder to "publish books not for a single season, but for the years" in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, college textbooks, cookbooks, art books and professional books for psychotherapists and architects.

Kerr hopes to broaden Norton's awareness of Latin American Literature, especially for the newly-revived imprint Liveright which can be a potential publisher of Spanish and Portuguese language literature, as well as to expand her contacts with publishers in these growing markets.

Since its founding by Meter Suhrkamp in 1950, Suhrkamp`s focus has been on the publication of 20th century German and international literature. Suhrkamp`s second area of focus is its social science and humanities program, particularly in the field of philosophy. With its distinguished list of authors and the variety of its renowned series of books, Suhrkamp continues to shape German literature and influence cultural discourse. Insel Verlag rounds out the company picture with its focus on literary entertainment at the highest level, on literary classics, and on various topics of cultural history. The main objective at FIL is to find new authors for all lists.

Wegner is very interesting in enlarging Suhrkamp`s international network by getting to know authors, editors, agents, foreign rights people. Since Chile is the FIL Guest of Honor, he looks forward to meeting some of his authors again. And finally, he is always happy to share insights and information regarding the German and European scene and market.

Throughout the years, Athenaeum has specialized in publishing translations of fiction, both modern and classical. Their list contains various celebrated authors including Gadda, Homer, Kafka, Cervantes and Gracian, among many others. In contemporary fiction, they publish authors like In recent years they have been expanding into the field of non-fiction on the subjects of religion, science, art, food and history. They intend to expand their list with more modern Latin American writers.

Frederike is convinced there is much great literary talent yet to be discovered in the Spanish and Portuguese language territories and that the FIL Rights Exchange gives her the opportunity to go beyond what is offered in the traditional European book fairs.

Gryphus Editora started in 1995 as an imprint of a larger company, Cia. Editora Forense. In 2006 it became an independent publishing house specializing in fiction, non-fiction and children's books. The fiction list has an important collection of Portuguese and Spanish speaking authors, focusing on Angolan and Mexican writers.

Zincone is interested in the FIL Rights Exchange because she has participated in the Frankfurt, Turin and Jerusalem Fellowship Programs which were extremely helpful to shape her vision of international acquisitions. Since the Guadalajara International Book Fair is the most important fair in the Spanish language, this fellowship program interests her the most, because it specializes in Spanish/Portuguese rights since Gryphus Editora became known in the Brazilian market for its excellence in choosing high quality authors that write in Portuguese and Spanish.

Farrar, Straus and Company was founded in 1946 by Roger W. Straus and John C. Farrar. The firm is renowned for its international list of literary fiction, nonfiction, poetry and children's books. Farrar, Straus and Giroux authors have won extraordinary acclaim over the years, including numerous National Book Awards, Pulitzer Prizes, and twenty-three Nobel Prizes in literature. Poetry has always placed a pivotal role on list, which boasts some of the greatest names in modern verse including Elizabeth Bishop, Ted Hughes, and Philip Larkin. Fiction has an even greater international reach and is distinguished by Michael Cunningham, Jonathan Franzen, Meter Hoeg, Amitav Ghosh, Roberto Bolaño and Mario Vargas Llosa.

Jesse is personally committed to literature in translation, and has made it his mission at FSG to bring the best emerging voices from the Spanish- speaking world to an American audience. He is looking forward to meeting with and developing long-term relationships with Spanish-language publishers and agents and reaping the rewards of a fellowship at Guadalajara for years to come.

Established in Milan in 2004 and operating independently since 2009, ISBN publishes approximately 35 titles each year. The company has built a strong list of literary fiction written by young award-winning writers and cult figures. Sara is interested to enlarge ISBN`s international network by getting to know publishers, editors, agents and foreign rights people from all over the world. In particular, she is looking forward to scouting Portuguese and/or Spanish speaking young, talented authors.