Being renowned for its art and culture, Buenos Aires also plays hosts to several important events that take place throughout the year. The city is holding one such important event in the year 2013, especially for the book lovers.
If you have great love for books and literary pursuits, it’s time that you book last minute flights to Buenos Aires without any further delay. The city will play host to the 39th edition of Buenos Aires International Book Fair, which is taking place from April 25 to May 13, 2013.
The Buenos Aires International Festival is considered to be the largest of its kind in the Spanish speaking world. This most significant cultural and editorial event in Latin America would be attracting a large number of visitors associated with books and book publishing industry.
Buenos Aires is highly accessible from most parts of the world. There are various international airlines operating direct flights to Buenos Aires. If traveling from European countries, you may consider book Air France flights or travel by British Airways, Iberia, Lufthansa and other carriers. Whether traveling from any part of the world, you’ll just revel in taking part in Buenos Aires International Book Fair.
A large number of trade visitors and other book lovers are expected to attend the Buenos Aires International Book Fair. The fair is being widely seen as an important platform for book publishers, distributors, sellers, librarians, editors, authors, social scientists, teachers and over 1,200,000 readers from across the world.
The Buenos Aires International Book Fair will be held at the vast La Rural exhibition complex. The fair will be featuring conferences, book presentations, round-tables, shows, talks with renowned Argentinean and international intellectuals, events for specialists and publishing professionals, activities for teenagers and children, and book sales of literature in all languages.
The participation on renowned authors from around the world would provide opportunity to interact with them and gain insight and increase knowledge. Some of the famous authors to participate in this year’s fair include Jean-Philippe Toussaint, Christophe Dejours and Mathias Enard (all from France); Vladimir Sorokin (Russia); Arturo Perez Reverte, Rosa Montero, Jesús Jiménez Domínguez and Javier Cercas (all from Spain); Sarah Lark (Germany), John Katzenbach and Claudia Grey (all from USA), Han Kang (South Korea), Miguel Gomes (Venezuela), Laura Esquivel (Mexico), Walter Dresel (Uruguay), Leonardo Boff (Brazil), Stefanno Benni (Italy), Nobel Prize winner John Coetzee (South Africa), among others.
Several events have also been lined up at the Buenos Aires International Festival this year, such as a Story-telling meeting, the International Poetry Festival, a Book Reading Marathon, theater, dance and music shows, free courses and workshops, and more.
