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The first Friday of the International Book Fair has special guests such as the Guatemalan astrophysicist winner of the Wiley Heroes of Research Heroes and the concert of the iconic group, Alux Nahual.
The Guatemalan rock band, Alux Nahual, will offer a concert on Friday night July 4 in Guatemala. During the 25th anniversary of Filgua. (PHOTO FREE PRESS: PL hemeroteca)
The International Book Fair of Guatemala (Filgua) He is having an intense agenda with activities for the whole family.
The first Friday will be participating a Spanish writer who will bring the public closer to literary creation. Jorge Gonzalvo is a writer, cultural manager and president of CATAIENCES, a Zaragoza organization specialized in children’s and youth literature and to create reading animation campaigns. In addition, he presides over the Children’s and Youth Literature Observatory of Zaragoza and directs the Laboratory of Young Novelists, a meeting space for young people who want to learn the trade of novelists.
Gonzalvo will invite the Guatemalans to create their own superhero, in addition to putting the seed to create new proposals. Also, Mafer Jiménez and Pavel Vega will give a dynamic and interactive workshop that will help children better understand people with different disabilities.
Do not miss the activity to meet José Rodrigo Sacahui, the Guatemalan astrophysicist winner of the Wiley Heroes of Research Award.
The closure is the expected concert of Alux Nahual that is anniversary. In 2025 he turns 46, The group that was founded on June 16, 1979 It has transcended in the country and in the Central American region due to its musical proposal and the focus of its lyrics.
Date
9 hours
Reading with the athlete: the language of peace
In this workshop directed by Daniel Quiyuch (exatleta) it is important to discover how words are the ideal bridge to build a peaceful society.
The stories with chicken
Edgar Molina tells stories to learn by playing.
- Miguel Ángel Asturias Room
Workshops on racism and discrimination
An activity led by Glenda Ixtabalan, Ixmucané Álvarez and tours guides.
The suitcase and the blanket
Karen Fernández offers stories of your favorite books.
10 hours
Navigate to your dreams, let go
Marisaleth Solórzano Casillas and Doris Vega have a practical manual, with tools to release the moorings that do not let them advance and identify the personality with the numberology.
Once upon a time, two, three stories of Janosch
Alexis storytelling will be the star of this moment organized by the German embassy. Janosch’s works invite you to unleash the imagination and find the joy in the simple things of life. The activity is aimed at children and families.
- Miguel Ángel Asturia Rooms
Baja visit
11 hours
Brave parents. Strategies to educate without fear
Brave parents Marina Guzmán Mijares is a book that addresses some of the great challenges of parenting: the role of authority, excess protection, the importance of children not getting bored and much more.
- Miguel Ángel Asturias Room
Workshop “Creation of superheroes”
Do you want to create your own superhero? This workshop allows you to discover the key elements: name, suit, superpower and logo. Everything necessary to give life to a unique and fascinating character with a lot of imagination, by the hand of Jorge Gonzalvo, writer, editor, screenwriter and Spanish creative writing professor for more than 15 years.
Traveling through Spain
Karen Fernández will take with her voice to have a trip to Spain to meet one of the most famous mice in the world and, without a doubt, the wealthiest. Who is it?
12 hours
Special storytelling
Stand McDonald’s
14 hours
The books demolish barriers and strengthen the friendship of the big little little ones
Mafer Jiménez and Pavel Vega will carry dynamic and interactive underground that allows children to understand people with different types of disability.
- Miguel Ángel Asturias Room
The suitcase and the blanket
Karen Fernández offers stories with her dynamic voice.
The inhabited character
Another moment with Jorge Gonzalvo. This autobiographical writing workshop invites you to find the character that we all carry inside, exploring memories and words that overcome the fear of the blank page. This space, led by Jorge Gonzalvo, National Prize for Reading Development in 2022, is dedicated to writing without blockages, only for the pleasure of discovering writing.
Baja visit
15 hours
Conversing with Jessika Aceituno about astronomical dissemination.
- Miguel Ángel Asturias Room
VicoCounts and his Bibli-Ajedrez Workshop
Activity by the National Library of Guatemala Luis Cardoza y Aragón.
Storyteller and poems for young people today
Ana Reyes-Castro will direct this activity a series of three stories and two poems aimed at young people will be read, then they will talk about them to spend a pleasant moment.
Leading Stories of Experience
16 hours
Q’inal – Time and life
Víctor Muñoz, Rosa Chávez and Víctor Montejo will read a series of stories and poems aimed at young people.
- Miguel Ángel Asturias Room
An appointment with the sky, let’s talk about astronomy
Conversation with the Guatemalan astrophysicist winner of the Wiley Heroes of Research Award, José Rodrigo Sacahui, who has stood out for promoting astronomical sciences within the region.
Magic book stories and stories
Alexis will fill this space with fantasy and imagination.
Leading Stories of Experience
17 hours
Utopia time memories
Gabriel Aguilera Peralta shares anecdotes as a diplomat, which are part of the country’s recent history.
- Miguel Ángel Asturias Room
The Kab’likot
Describe when the Spaniards arrived in 1528 to Alta Verapaz. They wore Tz’utujile warriors. Ajpop B’atz ‘convinces them for a military alliance with the q’eqchi’es. They defeat the Spaniards. Marco Antonio Sagastume Gemmell Raxche ‘Rodríguez Guaján, by Maya’ Wuj commentators: Mario Recinos, Luna Ixmucané Cojtí, Luis Escobedo, Mario Palacios and Juan Antonio Canel
Tales of heaven
Know the talent of the Guatemalan Alexis storytelling.
18 hours
Workshop after bambalins of the independent edition: a dialogue with Ana Cecilia Calle
The Colombian Embassy in Guatemala organizes an in -depth conversation with Ana Cecilia Calle about the world of independent edition in Latin America. It will be an opportunity for those interested in literature and edition to closely know this exciting process.
- Miguel Ángel Asturias Room
An appointment with the sky, let’s talk about astronomy
Conversation with the physicist/mathematician Luis Mijangos about astronomy in Guatemala.
19 hours
Three of four soles, the tree of the cross and the architecture of the new life, by Miguel Ángel Asturias
F&G Editores will present reissues of Miguel Ángel Asturias to bring them back to light and publicize the author’s literary quality. A conversation with Javier Mosquera Saravia, Denise Phé-Funchal and Carolina Escobar Sarti.
- Miguel Ángel Asturias Room
Mario René Matute
The book shares two semblances and two interviews conducted by Julio C. Palencia and Sergio García El Choco Matute during his long stay in Mexico City. Julio C. Palencia, Ilonka Matute and César Medina will be.
20 hours
Alux Nahual He will celebrate a concert tonight that will close with the participation of one of the most emblematic groups in Guatemala.
Place
Forum Majadas, Peripheral Ring, 27 Avenue 6-40, Zone 11.
Tickets
The cost of admission to the Book Fair will be Q5 for adults and the general public.
Access will be free for children under 12, students with current card and older adults. For the student sector, university, school or public institutions will be accepted.
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