Cecut loses headquarters of the Book Fair; will be done in the spin

The Tijuana Cultural Center (CECUT) directed by Miriam García, agency under the Ministry of Culture of the government of Mexico headed by Claudia Curiel, lost to be the seat of the Tijuana Book Fair 2025, since this year it will take place in the El Trompo Museum. The Tijuana Book Fair had developed from 2013 to 2024, uninterruptedly.

This Wednesday, April 23, the XXV City Council of Tijuana headed by Mayor Ismael Burgueño Ruiz, through the Ministry of Culture of Tijuana entitled Illya Haro, the Union of Libreros de Tijuana that coordinates Vladimir López, and El Trompo Museum directed June 15, 2025.

“This year, the H. XXV Tijuana City Council, through the Secretary of Culture of the City, and the Tijuana Interactive Museum Truster celebrate a commemorative edition that seeks to strengthen the active bond of the border community with literature, culture and creativity,” the XXV City Council of the border city issued.

The Tijuana Book Fair “for the first time will be held in the east zone,” said Illya Haro, head of the Ministry of Culture of Tijuana during the signing of the agreement.

“It is a great honor to be part of the Tijuana Book Fair,” said María del Rosario Ruiz, director of the El Trompo Museum.

“This year was an atypical year in the organization of the Fair, in the sense that it implied the change both at the federal and municipal government level; that implied a challenge for the fair,” said Vladimir López, president of the Union of Libreros de Tijuana.

For Mayor Ismael Burgueño, the Tijuana Book Fair in Museum El Trompo will be “a dignified and inclusive fair”.

Founded in 1980 by the initiative of Don Alfonso López Camacho and seconded by the booksellers of Tijuana, the fair has been financially supported by the City Council and/or the CECUT, and has had headquarters such as Eighth Street (1980-1981), Plaza Río (1984, after its suspension in 1982 and 1983), Cecut (1985-1992), Municipal Palace (1993-2001) (2002-2008), Parking for Plaza Río (2009-2012) and Cecut (2013-2024).

The Federal Administration 2012-2018 of the Tijuana Cultural Center (CECUT) had managed to label 3 million pesos per year, more infrastructure and human resources for the organization of the Tijuana Book Fair, but the direction of Vianka Robles Santana (2018-2024) eliminated the resource, even in the Federation Expenditure Budget (PEF) 2025 was not appointed a budget for the editorial event.