The Bogotá International Book Fair (FILBo) 2024, organized by Corferias and the Colombian Book Chamber (CCL), takes place until May 2 with Brazil as the Guest Country of Honor.
The event, whose concept this year is ‘Read Nature’, is the ideal space for readers to share with writers. This is how at the fairgrounds there are different spaces for book signings and for authors to spend a few moments with the people who admire them.
Therefore, we present some book signing spaces that will take place on April 27 and 28:
SATURDAY, APRIL 27
Mario Mendoza – 2:00 pm, Firm Zone 6
One of the most popular Colombian authors today is Mario Mendoza, whose books narrate the urban realities of Bogotá effectively, frantically and without artifice. His most recent book is God’s wanderers, which follows a novelist with a broken body and a feverish mind.
Pilar Quintana – 2:30 pm, Signature Zone 5
The author, winner of the Alfaguara Novel Prize in 2021, is one of the most relevant names in contemporary Colombian literature. One of her best-known works is The dog, novel that this year has been republished with illustrations. In this way, Pilar Quintana’s book regains new life and puts issues such as motherhood, love and the suffocation of affections back on the table.
Andrés Cota Hiriart (Mexico) – 5:30 pm, Signature Zone 2
One way to attract people to reading is scientific dissemination, that is, saying complex or distant things in simple languages. The zoologist, writer and popularizer of science Andrés Cota Hiriart is dedicated to this, who through books such as family beasts o The axolotl has shared with readers the biological wonders of amphibians, reptiles, mammals and insects.
SUNDAY, APRIL 28
Rosa Montero (Spain) – 2:30 pm, Signature Zone 3
In her more than forty years of literary career, the Spanish writer Rosa Montero has received awards such as the Madrid Critics’ Award, the National Spanish Literature Award, the Ciudad de Alcalá Awards for Arts and Letters and the Eñe Festival. These awards are recognition of her work composed of books such as The ridiculous idea of never seeing you again, The danger of this rope, Good luck y The meat.
Amalia Andrade (Colombia) – 2:30 pm, Signature Zone 5
Amalia Andrade was born in Cali, Colombia. She is a journalist, illustrator and viral phenomenon on social networks. She has sold more than 1 million copies of her books and exhibited in several Colombian galleries.
Pablo Montoya (Colombia) – 2:30 pm, Signing Zone
The Colombian author who in 2015 won the Rómulo Gallegos Prize for Triptych of Infamy, This year he returns with his new work: Marcus Aurelius and the limits of the empire. In this novel, the author paints a portrait of one of the central figures in Western history.
Piedad Bonnett (Colombia) – 5:30 pm, Zona de firmas 1
One of the most recognized names in Colombian literature today is that of the Colombian author Piedad Bonnett, who through poems and novels has explored topics such as eroticism, motherhood, feminism, suicide, beauty and grief. .
To learn more information about the event and its programming, those interested can visit www.feriadellibro.com. The Bogotá International Book Fair is part of Econexia, the digital community of connections and businesses of Corferias.