Two weeks have passed since the start of the International Book Fair.
Photo: El Espectador – Gustavo Torrijos
Two weeks have passed since the start of the Bogotá International Book Fair. The programming of the fourteenth day of the International Book Fair will be marked by activities that continue the theme around The Vorágine, and also the presence of Brazil as a guest country, with the central theme of “Reading nature.” The day will offer a varied cultural agenda for all tastes and ages. Filbo 2024 will be open from 10:00 am to 7:00 pm, with tickets sold at the box office from 9:00 am The prices are $12,000 for adults, $9,500 for children from 6 to 12 years old and $10,000 for students with license.
For its part, the El Espectador stand, located in pavilion 16, at stand 1224, will continue with special programming, where different guests will meet for talks on literature, current communication challenges and others. issues of national and international reality.
The Spectator at FILBo
Democracy at risk? The challenges that artificial intelligence brings for the 2024 elections in the world
10:30 a.m.
From the analysis of massive data to manipulation on social networks, we will seek to understand how these digital tools are rethinking the world’s electoral landscape.
Conversing: Pilar Sáenz, coordinator of the Civic Participation line of the Karisma Foundation. Alejandro Bohórquez Keeney, professor and analyst in International Security and Geopolitics.
Moderator: Hugo Santiago Caro, journalist from El Espectador
We need more scientists in Colombia. How do we achieve it?
11:30 a.m.
Conversing: Carolina Pardo, dean of the Faculty of Natural Sciences of the U. del Rosario. Alba Ávila, professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering at the Universidad de los Andes
Reading aloud of the literary event of the decade, “See you in August” by Gabriel García Márquez
12:30 pm
They talk: Federico Díaz Granados, cultural manager and poet, and Laura Camila Arévalo, journalist from El Espectador
crossed books
2:30 pm
Book made with drawings and opinions of children about the work *Don Quixote of La Mancha”.
They talk: Óscar Godoy and Pedro Badrán
Moderator: Anthony Pulgarín
What is the rescue of the San José galleon about?
3:30 pm
The writer and journalist Nelson Padilla, Sunday editor of El Espectador, explains the progress of the Colombian State’s efforts to rescue the San José, a galleon sunk by English ships in the Colombian Caribbean during the Battle of Barú, more than 300 years ago.
Dialogue with Élber Gutiérrez Roa, general producer of El Espectador.
Coming out as a family
5:30 pm
Guests: Victoria Flórez Beltrán, trans woman, activist and Haute Couture student, Magdalena Beltrán, Victoria’s mother and Víctor Flórez, Victoria’s father
Moderator: Mariana Escobar, Gender and Diversity journalist at El Espectador
Housing and poverty demographics
6:30 pm
Where are the people that Bogotá is expelling going to go, if, as recent sociodemographic studies show, the population will not grow and, on the other hand, the calculations of real family income do not allow us to think that these people can acquire new housing in, for example? For example, municipalities of the Sabana de Bogotá.
Conversing: Carlos Roberto Pombo, Civil Society. Sandra Forero, councilor. Felipe Jiménez Ángel, former Secretary of Planning.
Moderator: Álex Marin, editor of the Bogotá section of El Espectador.
Being a writer in the times of artificial intelligence
7:30 pm
The writer and editor Freisman Toro presents his point of view on the use of Artificial Intelligence in the writing process. Is it plagiarism to write works with AI? Could the writer stop being the creator of worlds and narratives? What risks does a writer who uses AI face?
These and other questions are addressed in this master class with the author of four novels.
Some events on the cultural agenda at FILBo
Pioneering writers of great Caldas
10:00 am
MARÍA MERCEDES CARRANZA ROOM
During 2023, the first stage of the Centenary Women Writers of Greater Caldas conference cycle was held from the Cultural Center of the Banco de la República in Manizales. Regarding this literary legacy and some anniversaries of several of these Caldensian writers, their contribution to the academic and literary construction of the department of Caldas and the country is made visible, inviting new generations to recognize such an important role and promoting memory processes. collective that preserve the literary legacy of the region.
Tribute to the Angra group and Brazilian poetics. poetry and rock show
10:00 am
CULTURAL TENT
Conversation and musical show about the importance and beauty of Brazilian poetry and the virtuosity of Angra, the legendary Brazilian progressive power metal group. Seven musicians and six poets on stage celebrate a poetic act under a musical atmosphere that will allow us to delve deeper into the texts of the songs from a literary perspective.
How to learn more about Colombian comics and register your comics?
11:30 a.m.
GREAT ROOM F
It will teach about how the largest national comic digital catalog there is works. How to search by: genres, authors, and more keywords. In addition, it will be shown how to collaborate, registering more comics, in order to help create a more complete catalog.
Theater: “Swallow my head” by Lima Barreto
12:00 pm
BRAZIL, GUEST OF HONOR COUNTRY
Written by Luiz Marfuz, especially to celebrate the 40-year career of actor Hilton Cobra, directed by Onisajé (Fernanda Júlia), the award-winning show shows an imaginary autopsy session of Lima Barreto’s head, carried out by eugenicist doctors, defenders of Racial hygiene in Brazil, in the 1930s.
Launch of the book “Electric Shamans at the Sun Festival”.
1:00 pm
GREAT ROOM F
Launch of Mónica Ojeda’s new book, Electric Shamans at the Sun Festival. Year 5560 of the Andean calendar (2063). Two friends escape from their homes together to enter the Chimborazo volcano where El Ruido is celebrated annually, a popular festival that, as a great tribute to music and the land, brings together thousands of people.
Launch of the book “Therapy to go”.
2:30 pm
GREAT ROOM F
In Takeaway Therapy, 20 key psychology concepts and 5 practical tools are proposed to better manage your daily life. It will explain how to relativize, avoid intrusive thoughts and set limits that make you feel good. Also, how to increase your self-esteem, stop procrastinating and trust yourself more.
Flavors of contemporary Cauca.
2:30 pm
COLOMBIA TENT TO THE TABLE – BOOKS TO EAT
Live cooking show by renowned chef Rodrigo Pazos, who presents innovations in preparations inherited from the Caucasian gastronomic culture.
FLAVORS OF CONTEMPORARY CAUCA, RODRIGO PAZOS.
We are many
3:30 pm
BRAZIL, GUEST OF HONOR COUNTRY
Eliane Potiguara and Auritha Tabajara – They will talk about how the ancestral wisdom of indigenous peoples influences contemporary arts and literature
The Voragine, first edition 1924
4:00 p.m.
MARÍA MERCEDES CARRANZA ROOM
The first edition of “La Vorágine” was more daring than the others: its prose, photographs and notes have encouraged multiple invitations to read it, from different perspectives in the Faculty of Human Sciences and other programs of the National University, demonstrating its originality and inexhaustibility validity.
Batucada
5:00 pm
BRAZIL, GUEST OF HONOR COUNTRY
A display of energy and swing, like in the Brazilian carnival to the rhythm of samba. Each movement is a verse that celebrates Brazilian culture, its music and cadence.
Changing the beat: powerful voices in music. This conversation will be led by Leiden, a Cuban-Mexican singer-songwriter, who visits Colombia, to share experiences and knowledge.
6:00 pm
COLOMBIA TENT TO THE TABLE – BOOKS TO EAT
This conversation will be led by Leiden, a Cuban-Mexican singer who visits Colombia, to share experiences and knowledge. Joining her will be Catalina Ceballos, Briela Ojeda, Adriana González Hassig and Lilu Mae with whom she will share her personal experiences, challenges overcome and lessons learned throughout her career.
Book presentation: Small book of musical instruments by Pablo Montoya
7:00 p.m.
FILBo LIJ ROOM
Presentation of the Little Book of Musical Instruments, by Pablo Montoya. In the stylized poetic prose that characterizes the work of Pablo Montoya, this book brings to life a striking “bestiary” of musical instruments. From a very playful and pedagogical approach, the connoisseur presents each instrument in an intimate and loving conversation with the music and the reader.
