The 74 edition of the Fair Book Madrid began today with an extensive program of activities including book presentations, seminars, literary events, book signings and children’s workshops, among others.
Honored Queen Sofia inaugurated the event of May 29 to June 14 meet at the Buen Retiro Park to 471 exhibitors in 368 booths and numerous institutional spaces, plus conference halls and spaces for children’s reading.
The fair begins with the presentation of the writer Dolores Redondo, author of the thriller trilogy Baztán , one of the most widely read in recent years in Spain.
In addition, it will highlight for various activities V Centenary of the Birth of Saint Teresa of Avila, and remind the writer Carmen Martín Gaite, 15 years after his death, as well as Ana Maria Matute, who died last year.
It will also remind Damaso Alonso on the 25th anniversary of his death, so that writers and academics will gather to read his poetry at the “Just know that I am a man and I love you” .
This year the fair expects to also be a platform for improving sales of books, then that in recent years the libraries have noted the impact of the economic crisis.
In the inaugural tour, Queen Sofia received several books from booksellers and publishers, such as essays Hunger , Martin Caparros; Beauty lawless , Juan Goytisolo; Books and freedom , Emilio Lledo.
Also, the exhibition catalog of the National Library of Spain on the V Centenary of St. Teresa, online PhotoEspaña 2015 and in poetry Eye to viewer , the number was 900 Editorial Visor, and Near hundred , an anthology of Ida Vitale.
The Queen was interested in a book about the objects of the painter Joan Miró, but mainly books of children’s literature, for her grandchildren.
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