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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Category: Latin America
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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Argentina – Buenos Aires Int. Book Fair Professional Conferences April 25-27
With over one million visitors expected, there won’t be much space for publishers and other...
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Colombia – Bogota International Book Fair kicks off April 18
Hopes are that we’ll see a new record this year. In 2019 FILBo pulled in 605,000 visitors,...
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Argentina marks 40 years of democracy this year, and the Buenos Aires International Book Fair (FILBA) is marking the occasion
FILBA typically attracts 1.2 million visitors, so by far the largest book event in South America,...
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TNPS on LinkedIn – Round-Up # 7
With so much publishing industry news and debate, there’s never time for TNPS to cover it all. But...
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