Costa Rica Literary Projects 2025
PublishNewsEs has the list of literary projects that will be supported by the Colegio de Costa Rica, part of the Costa Rican Ministry of Culture and Youth.
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Category: Latin America
Colombia – FILBAC, the International Book Fair of Barranquilla, the Atlantic and the Caribbean launches this week
What especially appealed to me is that FILBAC will be city-wide, not just at a single venue, integrating the entire city into its celebration.
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Mexico – Falling school text book orders precipitate a more than 20% book market crash
Mexico’s publishing industry highlights the risks of over-reliance on de facto government subsidies.
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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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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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Brazil – 2024 Bahia Book Biennial dates announced
We are talking about the book as a starting or ending point, from a transversal approach with the...
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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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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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