.newsThe stars are not the exclusive preserve of science, nor are books an abstraction removed from the material realities of the trade. On that double premise — a literature that raises its eyes to the universe while attending to the conditions that sustain creation — Chile has begun to build its presence as Guest of Honour at the 2027 Frankfurt Book Fair.
By Lorenzo Herrero · publishnews.es
When Joachim Kaufmann takes the helm of the Frankfurt Book Fair on 1 November, he will have to manage a calendar as fascinating as it is relentless. «I have a fiscal year of just five days», he joked on Friday morning at the Publishing Perspectives Forum, noting that this handful of days in fact accounts for 80% of the company’s business.
The Guadalajara International Book Fair (FIL) has unveiled the official programme for its 40th edition, which will take place from 28 November to 6 December at Expo Guadalajara and at various venues across the capital of Jalisco.
I don’t think there can be a good novel, whatever the genre, without a good love story
With ‘Pontecastello’, Rubén Mayoral delivers a thriller that blends historical mystery, investigation and a critical look at contemporary reality, all with a visual, polished and highly cinematic tone.
Michele Roul · Siruela
Michele Ruol finds a way to talk about grief: letting objects preserve the voices of those who are no longer here.
Diego Garrido · Anagrama
Leopardi is still unsettling because he pursued certain fundamental questions to their ultimate consequences: what is left when transcendence, consolation and the promise of meaning disappear.
Jordi Doce · Fundación José Manuel Lara
In Dime el regreso, Jordi Doce turns convalescence into a way of knowing. Rather than recounting a recovery, he explores the fragile relationship a person forms with the world in the aftermath of injury, doubt or bewilderment.
Galo Martín Aparicio · Anaya Touring
They are places for commemorating death. But they are also spaces for art, memory, meditation, social life… And at times true landmarks of architecture, landscape, history and heritage.
