The Guadalajara Book Fair, which is staged by Mexico’s University of Guadalajara, ended Dec. 8. It was the 33rd annual event and reportedly one of the largest in the Americas and the second-largest in the world. More than 800,000 visitors are said to have attended the nine-day event.
According to news reports, authors from 37 countries presented books at the event held at the Expo Guadalajara convention center in Jalisco. One of Latin America’s most important novelists, Vargas Llosa, spoke about his latest book Tiempos Recios (Fierce Times) as well as his classic 1969 novel Conversation in the Cathedral. Other writers at the fair included Argentinian Luisa Valenzuela, Spaniard Javier Cercas, American Siri Husvedt, Mexican icon Elena Poniatowska and U.S. comic book writer Frank Miller.
Mexican author Pedro J. Fernández presented his novel Morir de pie about revolutionary hero Emiliano Zapata. He described the Guadalajara FIL as the “most important book fair” in the country.
Some of the issues discussed at the 28 forums were gender-based violence, the dangers of being a journalist and migration.
Lydia Cacho, a journalist who has first-hand experience of the risks faced by media workers in Mexico, was among writers and artists who were formally recognized at this year’s FIL. She received the inaugural “Tribute to the Fight for Women’s Rights” award for her defense of the rights of women and girls.
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