Book night returns in Filgua 2025

Home Health Book night returns in Filgua 2025
Book night returns in Filgua 2025

Scenery

Filgua 2025 revives its most anticipated event with the sale of midnight: a pijamada loaded with activities for all ages.

AME9227. Guatemala City (Guatemala), 04/07/2024.- People visit the Guatemala Book Fair (Filgua) that began this Thursday with special dedication in its 21st edition to the Spanish writer Francisco Pérez de Antón, who since 1963 lies in the Central American country with a "legacy" of "impact" In his works, in Guatemala City (Guatemala). The Spanish writer, born in Oviedo in 1940, valued the importance of the fair to show "Our love of reading and books"since they are "The entrance doors to places that we never imagined that would have existed". The inauguration of this Thursday had the unprecedented presence of President Guatemalteco, Bernardo Arévalo de León, the first president to participate in an edition of Filgua. EFE/ Danilo Ramírez

The books of the books return to the International Book Fair 2025. (Photo: Free Press / EFE)

Gathering authors and fans of literature in a single space, the sale of midnight returns in the XXII edition of the International Book Fair, where the literary pijamada will open the event, while a live concert is scheduled for 22.30, with the aim of delighting the public.

The appointment will be on Friday, July 11, when exhibitors, authors and artists will share with the attendees cinematographic projections and special activities, in the place where critical thinking, literary creation, cultural dialogue and imagination converge.

With the presentation of poems, the activity will have different literary approaches, so that each person can participate in their favorite spaces. More than 163 stands dedicated to literature will be enabled.

Filgua will be held from July 1 to 13 in Forum Majadas, Zone 11 of Guatemala City, with the participation of 85 national and international authors, in an event that promotes love for reading in the country.

Date

Friday, July 11, 2025

Hour

From 18.00 to 24.00 hours

Place

Forum Majadas, 27 Avenida 6-40, Zone 11, Guatemala City

Prices and locations

Ticketing

Tickets will be available online through the official ticketera of Filgua.

Midnight Sale Activities, Filgua 2025

  • 18.00 hours: Literary Pijamada in the Children Sala, with the participation of Delmy Felipe, Edgar Molina “El Pollo” and Alexis storyteller.
  • 19.00 hours: Conversation with Irene Vallejo about his work The infinity in a reedin the Miguel Ángel Asturias room.
  • 20.00 hours: Presentation of the novel Black reportby Francisco Hinojosa, in the Miguel Ángel Asturias room.
  • 21.00 hours: Projection of the documentary short film Sacratávicaon the work of the teacher Joaquín Orellana, in the Miguel Ángel Asturias room.
  • 22.30 hours: Concert of the Basque artist Izaro, who will present her album Cerodeneroin the musical square.

Other events in Guatemala

See other events that will be held in the country:

https://www.prensalibre.com/tema/que-hacer-en-guatemala/

Source