For four days, a total of 22.100 visitors gathered at the new edition of the Publishers Fair (FED), the annual event that encourages face-to-face encounters between readers and publishers.

Unlike previous editions, this Fed had one more day, with a greater number of activities to enjoy freely and for free at the C Art Media Complex, on Corrientes avenue 6271.

About this new edition, Victor Malumian, one of the organizers of the meeting expressed his happiness since "once again the reading public supported us" and added that the fact of "adding Thursday significantly reduced the wait over the weekend, and we achieved a better circulation to discover new titles”.

for four days, more of 300 Argentine stamps, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, Uruguay and Spain, offered the public the best of their catalogs. Was, also, fourteen face-to-face talks, starred by prominent personalities and references in the cultural field, local and international, among them, American author Peter Rock, the feminist author and benchmark of anti-racist struggles in Brazil, Djamila Ribeiro.

As well, Beatriz Sarlo was there, Hinde Pomeraniec and Silvia Saitta; Mexican authors Isabel Zapata and Jazmina Barrera; Chilean Matías Celedón; the Cuban Marcial Gala and the Venezuelan author Gabriel Payares. Among the Argentines participated: Ariana Harwicz, Romina Paula, Osvaldo Baigorria, Martín Kohan, Alejandra Kamiya, Paula Puebla, Edgardo Scott, Malena Higashi, Iosi Havilio, Guido Herzovich and Roque Larraquy.

For the first time, along with La Fuerza Vermú, the distinction was given to the creator of the official FED poster 2023, the painter and illustrator Teresita Olhaberry. As well, dos menciones especiales a la ilustradora Valentina Seoane y al humorista gráfico y dibujante Gustavo Sala.

further, Awarded the Prize for Bookseller Work, for the third consecutive year, that the Vuelvo al Sur bookstore obtained, Parque Patricios, CABA. Recibieron la distinción Tamara Cefaratti y Jorge Cefaratti, father and daughter who are in charge of the bookstore.

As usual, was the post for blood donation of the Hemocentro of Buenos Aires, organized by Céspedes Libros and a group of bookstores.

By last, at the entrance, a book on the subject of betrayal was delivered as a gift, with texts from texts by Nicolás Artusi, Luis Chitarroni, Maria Sonia Cristoff, Camila Fabbri, Betina González, Violeta Gorodischer, Luis Gusman, Carla Maliandi, Edgardo Scott, Javier Sinai, Damian Tabarovsky and Soledad Urquia.

Photos: matias moyano