BUENOS AIRES BOOK FAIR

 THE 49TH BUENOS AIRES BOOK FAIR

The International Book Fair of Buenos Aires is taking place in a venue that extends over 45,000 square meters, is the most popular book fair in the Spanish-speaking world. The three-week event is being visited by more than thousands and thousands of readers, and more than 12,000 book professional training stands and activities with authors, editors, publishers, book sellers, literary agents, distributors, illustrators, translators and many more coming from different cities and countries.

The Fair is organized by Fundación El Libro, a non-profit organization whose mission is to promote books and reading habits. It was held for the first time in 1975; and has grown over the years. In the present days is one of the most important cultural events in the world.

On Thursday April 24th, the Fair opened to the public offering an extensive program that includes conferences, book presentations, courses, talks, book signings among many other activities. The Fair has been honored with the visits of authors of the stature of José Saramago, Paul Auster, John M. Coetzee, Mario Vargas Llosa, José Mauro de Vasconcelos, Italo Calvino, Jorge Amado, Susan Sontag, Ray Bradbury, Elena Poniatowska, Doris Lessing, Julián Marías, Edgar Morin, Hanif Kureishi, Eduardo Galeano, José Donoso, Camilo José Cela, Tom Wolfe, José Mauro de Vasconcelos, Wilbur Smith, Marc Augé, Cees Nooteboom, Carlos Fuentes, and Henning Mankell, to name just a few.

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Access points

The entrance gates and the respective ticket offices was located at:

Avenida Santa Fe 4201
Avenida Sarmiento 2704 and parking lot
Avenida Cerviño 4474 (ticket office enabled for debit payment) and parking lot