The Ibero-American Book Fair in Canada (FILibro Canada), is a dedicated space for promoting reading, literature, and the sale of books by authors from Latin America and the Iberian Peninsula. This event also provides an opportunity to foster relationships within the book industry.
This fair holds great significance for writers, publishers, distributors, booksellers, translators, and illustrators who aim to share their work across the country. The audience, eager for books in Spanish and other languages spoken in these countries, will have the opportunity to discover works written by Ibero-American writers.
FILibro Canada is the first book fair in this country that opens its doors to all those who wish to participate. It is 100% inclusive, with literary events and book sales directly managed by publishers and authors. Its mission is to promote literature in Canada through the reading of good books, book presentations, roundtable discussions, poetry and prose readings, as well as various literary activities where public participation is encouraged.
During the first four editions, the fair welcomed authors and publishers from several cities in the provinces of Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec, and Saskatchewan. Among the writers who participated in person were: Alejandra Martinez, Alejandro Saravia, Antolina Ortiz, Aspasia Worlitzky, Camila Reimers, Camino Aparicio, Carlos Andrés Torres, Carlos R. Somocurcio, Claudia Cáceres Franco, Cristián Rosemary-Del Pedregal, Dalia Mendoza, Erik Martinez, Esther García, Francisco Ucán-Marin, Hebert Poll Gutiérrez, Hugo P. Briones, Inés Melara, Jessica Carrasco, Jocy Medina, Jorge Etcheverry, José Campione-Piccardo, José Del Pozo, Lady Rojas, Lidice Megla, Luciana Erregue, Marcelo Donato, Marcelo Puente, Marisol Vera, Mauricio Ortíz, Mirta Casañas, Nubia Cermeño, Pedro Verges Ciman, Ramón Fexas, Ramón Sepúlveda, Roxana Orué, Roberto Hervas, Yannis Lobaina, Yolanda Duque Vidal, Zeyda R Santana, among others. Many writers also participated virtually coast to coast to coast.
During the virtual fairs held during the pandemic, we welcomed authors residing in Canada as well as writers from other countries. Among them, in Argentina (Cecilia Nuria Gil Mariño and Daniel Frini), in Brazil (Carola Saavedra), in Chile (María José Ferrada, Pia Barros, and a special communication from Isabel Allende supporting this initiative), in Colombia (Héctor Abad Faciolince, Enrique Serrano, Javier Saldarriaga, Medardo Arias, and Alberto Aguilar Bernal), in Costa Rica (Roxana Pinto), in Cuba (Leonardo Padura), in Ecuador (Daniela Alcívar Bellolio, Sandra Araya, María Auxiliadora Balladares, and Leonor Bravo Velásquez), in Spain (Ana Montojo, Rodolfo Serrano, Ismael Serrano, and Fran Fernández), in Guatemala (Gerardo Guinea Diez and José Luis Perdomo), in Honduras (Rebeca Becerra), in Mexico (Angélica Santa Olaya), in Uruguay (Camilo Baráibar), in Paraguay (Susana Gertopán and Lourdes Espínola), in Peru (Alberto Benza González), and in Venezuela (Violeta Rojo).
Teachers, cultural managers, illustrators, bookstores, Latin American embassies in Canada, distributors, and other stakeholders in the book world also participated in it.
This fair holds great significance for writers, publishers, distributors, booksellers, translators, and illustrators who aim to share their work across the country. The audience, eager for books in Spanish and other languages spoken in these countries, will have the opportunity to discover works written by Ibero-American writers.
FILibro Canada is the first book fair in this country that opens its doors to all those who wish to participate. It is 100% inclusive, with literary events and book sales directly managed by publishers and authors. Its mission is to promote literature in Canada through the reading of good books, book presentations, roundtable discussions, poetry and prose readings, as well as various literary activities where public participation is encouraged.
During the first four editions, the fair welcomed authors and publishers from several cities in the provinces of Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec, and Saskatchewan. Among the writers who participated in person were: Alejandra Martinez, Alejandro Saravia, Antolina Ortiz, Aspasia Worlitzky, Camila Reimers, Camino Aparicio, Carlos Andrés Torres, Carlos R. Somocurcio, Claudia Cáceres Franco, Cristián Rosemary-Del Pedregal, Dalia Mendoza, Erik Martinez, Esther García, Francisco Ucán-Marin, Hebert Poll Gutiérrez, Hugo P. Briones, Inés Melara, Jessica Carrasco, Jocy Medina, Jorge Etcheverry, José Campione-Piccardo, José Del Pozo, Lady Rojas, Lidice Megla, Luciana Erregue, Marcelo Donato, Marcelo Puente, Marisol Vera, Mauricio Ortíz, Mirta Casañas, Nubia Cermeño, Pedro Verges Ciman, Ramón Fexas, Ramón Sepúlveda, Roxana Orué, Roberto Hervas, Yannis Lobaina, Yolanda Duque Vidal, Zeyda R Santana, among others. Many writers also participated virtually coast to coast to coast.
During the virtual fairs held during the pandemic, we welcomed authors residing in Canada as well as writers from other countries. Among them, in Argentina (Cecilia Nuria Gil Mariño and Daniel Frini), in Brazil (Carola Saavedra), in Chile (María José Ferrada, Pia Barros, and a special communication from Isabel Allende supporting this initiative), in Colombia (Héctor Abad Faciolince, Enrique Serrano, Javier Saldarriaga, Medardo Arias, and Alberto Aguilar Bernal), in Costa Rica (Roxana Pinto), in Cuba (Leonardo Padura), in Ecuador (Daniela Alcívar Bellolio, Sandra Araya, María Auxiliadora Balladares, and Leonor Bravo Velásquez), in Spain (Ana Montojo, Rodolfo Serrano, Ismael Serrano, and Fran Fernández), in Guatemala (Gerardo Guinea Diez and José Luis Perdomo), in Honduras (Rebeca Becerra), in Mexico (Angélica Santa Olaya), in Uruguay (Camilo Baráibar), in Paraguay (Susana Gertopán and Lourdes Espínola), in Peru (Alberto Benza González), and in Venezuela (Violeta Rojo).
Teachers, cultural managers, illustrators, bookstores, Latin American embassies in Canada, distributors, and other stakeholders in the book world also participated in it.
