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More of 24 thousand people visited the Editors' Fair 2024

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For four days, the Editors' Fair (FED) 2024 attracted 24.600 visitors to the C Art Media Complex, surpassing last year's figures.

The fair, made of 8 al 11 of August, had the participation of more than 330 imprints from Latin America and Spain, and was a key meeting point for the literary community. The event, With free entry, was carried out 14 a 21 hours and recorded an influx of 3.400 people on thursday, 5.700 on Friday, 7.200 on Saturday and 8.300 on Sunday.

This year, the Award for book work 2024 was awarded to Céspedes Libros, a school bookstore, which stood out for its select catalog and the monthly activities it offers to its community.

Since 2013, the FED encourages dialogue between editors, readers, creating a space to discuss books, catalogs and reading experiences. Thursday and Friday, 347 bookstores participated in the Allied Bookstores Program, which allowed them to tour the fair at an exclusive time and buy with a 50% discount on participating stands. Through an agreement with OCA, Orders placed were shipped on Saturday.

Among the international visits, the Canadian writer Marie-Pier Lafontaine stood out., the Norwegian Thomas Reinertsen Berg, la francosenegalesa Seynabou Sonko, the Spanish Luna Miguel and the American Deborah Eisenberg. There was also a notable participation of national authors, as Luis Gusmán, Alejandra Kamiya and Federico Falco, among others.

La FED 2024 included the participation of both local and international publishers, highlighting the presence of publishers from countries like Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Ecuador, Uruguay, Venezuela and Spain.

On the other hand, the image of the FED 2024 was selected through the FED Poster and La Fuerza Vermú contest, Illustrator Oqui Paratz was the winner.. As usual, the fair gave a book to its visitors, whose theme in this edition was violence, with texts by authors such as María Sonia Cristoff and Betina González, and the support of the Cultural Center of Spain in Buenos Aires. further, The Hemocentro Buenos Aires had a post for blood donation, and activities were added on the terrace of the complex during the weekend, including talks and readings by figures such as Cecilia Bona and Nacho Damiano.

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