On Sunday, July 6, there will be options for the whole family in Filgua. Among the activities, the participation of Andrés Panasiuksocial entrepreneur and recognized educator in personal finance and organizational leadership issues, with a career in both in the United States and in Latin America. Panasiuk is also an international lecturer and has traveled thousands of kilometers for more than 25 years, serving executives, individuals and families in 52 countries.
His books have been recommended by important Latin American leadership figures and selected among hundreds of titles to compete for international awards. Your first book, How do I get to the end of the month?, He was awarded as the best original book in Spanish in one of the most relevant literary exhibitions in the United States.
The day will also include a concert designed for babieswith sounds designed to share with the little ones in the home. In addition, there will be the presence of the Spanish company Ultarinos de Lucas, which will offer a conference on Spanish cradle songs, originally given by Federico García Lorca. The group presents a sober staging, with a single actor, a singing voice and a guitar.
Another of the surprises of the day will be the visit of the writer and Booktuber Alberto Villarreal, who will present his most recent work: Nothing ends, but you have to say goodbye. The book addresses the love disappointments and the role that the ex -partners play in our lives, and part of the author’s personal experience. Also know the children participating in the program CGive me your story that seeks to encourage children to write and publish their first book.
Hour
9 hours
The power to know how to sell you
The author Coca Sevilla will teach us how to place ourselves in the minds of our target audience with propositive advice and tools.
- Miguel Ángel Asturias Room
Mari encourages
Mother Agua lost a drop, accompany her in her duel. An activity with Javier Vides, Juanita Escobar and Diana López.
Mix, shake and burn. Recipes for taking (in) consciousness
The literative collective that gives can write this set of poems and recipes of cocktails as a collective statement of freedom in thought and action. He will be in charge of Norma Liliana Chamala, Tania Hernández, Marilinda Guerrero, Ruth Vaides, Diana Morales, Vanessa Ramos.
Tell me your story
Delivery of works created by boys and girls who participated in the project Tell me your story.
10 hours
Coffee with Andrés
A space to meet Andrés Pansiuk who will eths in book signature. Questions and Answers about Finance with Purpose. You will have a talk in the afternoon.
- Miguel Ángel Asturias Room
Presentation and Workshop: Evasaurio and Footprint
Manual of what not to do to be bookfluencer
A conversation between content creators where they share their experiences and learning (with humor and without filters) for those who want to start in the Bookfluencer world. Danny (@dannywonderbooks), Kim (@el_librero_de_Soferly), Ale (@standdeloslibros), Belén (@_labelu_) and Claudia (@suncloud.books) participate.
11 hours
Beyond the imaginable, Central American stories and legends
The children’s book, contains 32 Central American stories and legends illustrated by the author. The stories are told by Itzé, Guatemalan who lives in Norway.
The public’s voice
A space led by Jass Academy.
- Miguel Ángel Asturias Room
Grandma Tales
Karen Fernández will explore how is a grandmother? Not all are the same; There are as varied as people. On this tour, Opalina will be known, a very peculiar grandmother, and the story reveals why. It is also discovered where Lilolá’s flower is located and how the memory of El Bosque were born.
Without mom’s costume
It is a book about postpartum depression from another perspective. It seeks to help people better understand depression. Amelia Mazariegos, Antonieta Arrecis, Rocío de Abril and Samuel Calva will be in charge.
- Margarita Carrera Sala, Once Majadas Center (second level)
Robbourgers visit
12 hours
Illustration workshop “What do I have asleep in my mouth”
The Spanish illustrator Andrea Ganuza explores the limits of the graphic narration between illustration, comic and contemporary art. In this workshop for young people, strategies will be shared to draw the “bugs” that we carry inside, combining image and text through various experiments.
- Miguel Ángel Asturias Room
Mathematical Chronicle
The book addresses the experience of Santiago Martínez during the Olympics of Mathematics, where he won the silver medal, and his trip to Indonesia in 2024. Author Selene Mejía, Santiago Martínez (medalist), Javier Martínez (father) and Luisa Velásquez (mother) will be.
Magic in words
I will enjoy magical stories and playful activities that will unite hearts. A story trip for all ages! Jeni the storyteller, Cecyfeliiiz storyteller, that storyteller, regina story
WatSahi no Sōrumeito (my soulmate)
His obsession of being the most powerful led him to tour the world hunting legends; His sins led him to hell and his trip to know love, directed by JAG (José Alejandro Girón).
- Margarita Carrera Sala, Once Majadas Center (second level)
Q´Ojonel
Small square
14 hours
LESSONS OF THE MAYANS FOR THE XXI CENTURY, Popol Vuh, Darío’s son and the last battle
Maya lessons for the 21st century: the Maya were one of the first civilizations. Its development and validity lasted more than three thousand years. Its culture remains in villages of Mexico and Guatemala. He directed by Franco Sandoval.
Baby concert
A soft and enveloping tour with classical and popular Spanish melodies. A sensory experience designed to stimulate, accompany and connect the little ones with the sound world.
History about the fairs in Guatemala
An activity organized by the Center for Studies of the Cultures of Guatemala (CCEG).
Memories of the heart, a different perspective of the emergency
The emotions they feel in each service are shared, why they want to remain firefighters, what is lived within this social group and be light for those who need it. An activity organized by Alejandra Giraldo Montepeque and Silvia López de Giraldo.
- Margarita Carrera Sala, Once Majadas Center (second level)
15 hours
Conference: unleashes your financial potential with biblical principles
Andrés Panasiuk offers a transformative experience for those who seek to align their financial decisions with their fundamental values and beliefs.
- Miguel Ángel Asturias Room
Book presentation: “Alcaravea“
It is a book of twelve stories that injects a sunbeam with texts that approach poetry and the monologue of real or invented characters. Irene Reyes-Noguerol and Arnoldo Gálvez Suárez.
Clear moon
A dancer, who died tragicly and now appears every night to dance in the city that saw her die, falls in love with a literary and live an intense romance. A book presented by Alejandrina Rodas.
- Margarita Carrera Sala, Once Majadas Center (second level)
Exploring Guatemala
Explore Guatemala’s wonderful corners with Gaby, Luis and Quetzal.
15 hours
Special storytelling
16 hours
Book presentation nothing ends but you have to say goodbye
Alberto Villarreal and Flor de María Monzón will make the tour of the experience of the renowned Booktuber.
- Miguel Ángel Asturias Room
“Guatemala: narco -esteem and oligarchy“
In an impetuous story, the author tells from his particular perspective the social reality of the recent and current history of Guatemala. The author Edgar Rubio will feature the participation of Raúl Figueroa Sarti.
Mentisombra The traveler between nightmares and sleep paralysis
Mentisombra is a novel of psychological horror and dark fantasy, built from real nightmares, where dreams become battlefields for the soul. A book by Fernando Rodas (FJ Rhodes).
- Margarita Carrera Sala, Once Majadas Center (second level)
History of folk dances
Conversation about dances and ethnic dances of Guatemala that arise from a multicultural tradition with pre -Hispanic and Hispanic elements. CCEG activity.
17 hours
Emotional Equipment Workshop
Maya Alonzo presents different tools for mental and emotional health The development of self -concept, self -esteem and resilient attitude.
- Miguel Ángel Asturias Room
Manga Fest District
Amanda Calderón, editor of Penguin Random House, and Momo, founder of @comushoujosibt.
LIVE POETRY CONTEST
Poetry Slam Guatemala in Filgua
Presentation of the book “Venecos“
Collection of stories published by foam pages whose title alludes to the exiled Venezuelans of their country, more than eight million in recent years. Blanco Calderón is one of them. It will be Blanco and Jeanny Chapeta.
Robbourgers visit
18 hours
Nanas according to Lorca
This Conference of Spanish Cuna Songs was given by García Lorca at the Student Residence of Madrid in 1928. The Spanish theater company brings her to the stage in a sober staging with an actor, the song of a voice and a guitar.
- Miguel Ángel Asturias Room
Historical fiction – Novel History
Francisco Pérez de Antón and Juan David Morgan talk about “Historical fiction – Novel History” through their bibliography
Rafael Landívar, Mexican exile poet
In a detailed historical and literary research work on the life of Rafael Landívar. Virgilio Álvarez Aragón will present the reconstruction of the life of the Jesuit poet.
Seed and tire
Sandy, a forgotten seed, looks for a new garden. On his trip he meets Lenty, a punctured tire. Together they help fulfill their dreams: be sown and be repaired. Daniela Moreno, María Dávila and Otto Custodio participate
19 hours
The torch
The journalist Pavel Gerardo Vega presents a compilation book of reports on political and corruption plots, which illustrate how characters and patterns of impunity are concatenated during the last decade since everything broke out in 2015.
Lenina García, General Secretary of the AEU (2017-2019) will be; Jovanna García, journalist; Juan Francisco Solórzano Foppa, Superintendent of the SAT (2016-2017) criminalized politician; Angela Kuk, indigenous communicator and Manuela Castro, Quiché Multisectoral Assembly.
- Miguel Ángel Asturias Room
Rosario Castellanos and Claribel Alegría, two voices of Mesoamerica.
In 2024 and 2025 one hundred years of the birth of these two great writers in the region are commemorate. A conversation with writers from Mexico and El Salvador about the literary legacy of Rosario and Claribel. Chary Gumeta, Susana Reyes, Pablo Sigüenza Ramírez participate.
Relevance of the return of the remains of Miguel Ángel Asturias to Guatemala
Places
Forum Majadas, Peripheral Ring, 27 Avenue 6-40, Zone 11.
The Margarita Carrera and Luz Méndez de la Vega rooms are in the Majadas Once shopping center (second level)
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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