The Bogotá Book Fair (Filbo) is one of the most anticipated events for literature lovers who gather at the Corferias facilities to find the different works of their favorite authors, as well as conferences and different activities.
In the edition that takes place during 2024, the guest country is Brazilrecognized for its cultural diversity and large number of prominent authors from around the world, so its wide offering is of interest to attendees.
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Although many people attend the fair to enjoy all the novelties offered there, some leave without any books in their hands, which is why in some pavilions at the fairgrounds copies are delivered free of charge.
One of the most recognized is the Libro al Viento program which, over the years, has benefited a large number of readers with its interesting texts, since many of them are delivered at no cost, which democratizes reading in the national territory.
The place where citizens can obtain the books for free is located in pavilion 5A, where the Leo for Nature Room is located, where hundreds of curious people arrive in the middle of the event to find out what it is about.
Over there, Attendees have a wide range of texts available, as there are 116 titles of universal, Latin American, canonical and non-canonical literature of the program that has been in operation since 2004.
It is necessary to highlight that this program is not only limited to operating in the middle of the Bogotá Book Fair, but has also been extended to spaces such as parks, hospitals, penitentiary centers, market squares, among other places in the country’s capital to reach more people.
Libro al Viento is based on one objective and that is that the people who receive these copies for free do not keep the book, but rather can share it with someone else, so It is a program with a circulation focus to reach many more capital residents.
During the Book Fair there is not only the participation of this renowned program, but the publishers have different spaces in which they carry out activities to promote reading, one of them is Confiar Cooperativa Financiera, which has more than 20,000 free books available. to deliver in the middle of the event that will take place until next Thursday, May 2.
One of the works that will be delivered to attendees is The emperor’s new suit, written by Hans Christian Andersen, a micro-story that stands out for the relationship between power, fear and authority. Although this will not be the only copy given to attendees.
In the midst of the launch of the anthology of stories and stories So much truth, so many lies The delivery of different texts will be brought forward in the middle of the day on Wednesday, April 24, 2024, at 6:00 pm in the Colombia a la Table Tent – Books to eat.
It is worth mentioning that this publisher has other events planned for attendees, in which it is estimated that it will be able to deliver many more copies. It is even known that since 2002 it has distributed 1,300,000 works for free.
“With the intention of creating many good readers, since 2002 we undertook the task of publishing the Collection of Trust Stories in Culture, which In a pocket edition and free distribution Confiar, annually delivers to readers and non-readers, the best of the stories of universal literature, through a thematic look that has diverse stories to its credit and with the selection of the Journalist and Writer Elkin Obregón S., which already guarantees the seal of quality of the work,” the publisher indicated about this work.
