Category: Ibero-America
Denmark’s podcast app Podimo launches in 20 Latin American countries as cash pours in
Podimo has launched across 20 Latin American countries – Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia,...
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Colombia’s hybrid Bogotá International Book Fair will have Sweden as Guest of Honour
Sweden will be the Filbo Guest of Honour and is preparing a “robust digital program”. Filbo, as...
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São Paulo Bienial attracts 1.3 million in its first online incarnation. One more digital genie that won’t be going back in the bottle
“This was an unprecedented event. For the first time, we brought together people from all over...
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Chile’s Virtual Santiago International Book Fair is underway
This week it’s the turn of Chile’s FIL Santiago (Filsa) to reach new audiences...
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Mapping the New Normal: Mexico’s Guadalajara, Ecuador’s Quito and the Costa Rica and Guatemala Int. Book Fairs will be online shortly
Let’s hope the industry has learned the real lessons of the pandemic beyond the mere survival of...
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São Paulo International Book Fair set for 2022 with a 2020 virtual event in December
This year’s São Paulo Bienial will be a virtual event in December. The next Bienial has been...
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Mexico’s FIL Guadalajara will be virtual this year. But time is now short to make this totally predictable pivot work
First it will mean divesting the notion that FIL Guadalajara will be virtual “for this year only”,...
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Mapping the New Normal: Mexico’s Hay Festival Querétaro will be online this September
Event organisers around the world are fast realising that while online must be different, it need...
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Panama International Book Fair will be virtual this year. Last year it attracted over 100,000 visitors
“Read about us” is the theme of this year’s FIL Panama, scheduled for August,...
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26th São Paulo Biennial postponed until 2022 as Brazil’s Covid-19 crisis worsens
Alternating with Rio de Janeiro, the São Paulo Book Fair is Brazil’s biggest literary event, and...
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The Santo Domingo Virtual International Book Fair is underway in the Dominican Republic
While I’m struggling here in West Africa with internet connectivity, as the irregular TNPS...
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Mapping the New Normal: “The digital book will occupy a special place” at Venezuela’s Caracas International Book Fair in November
With the 16th Caracas International Book Fair (FILVEN) still six months away, hopes are that at...
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