In its third edition, which will be held between May 8 to 11 in the Historic District of San Bartolomé, both the organization and the sponsoring administrations have agreed that the beast of the book of Lanzarote is already a consolidated and future activity.
This was revealed on the morning of Wednesday, International Book day, during the celebration of the public presentation of the program to the media, with the presence of the Minister of Culture of the Cabildo de Lanzarote, Jesús Machín, the Councilor for Culture of the City of San Bartolomé, Carmen Medina, the head of the publications service of the first corporation, María José Alonso, the president of Isla Literary, Tomás Pérez-Esa Pérez, who will debut in La Fiera as a writer.
In his speech, the counselor Jesús Machín emphasized the distinctive nature of the fierce “that responds to the organization behind and that has made the people be this activity.” He also expressed his desire that “words serve to build bridges and not to build barriers.” For its part, María José Alonso described this meeting as “the star activity of the publications service, for its willingness to promote unbeatable reading and showcase for the dissemination of literary production and the editorial industry of the island.”
The mayor Carmen Medina influenced the honor of hosting the Lanzarote Literary Fair at the third stop of her island island and highlighted her commitment to the event, “that we materialize in a own house for the promotion of authors and authors of the municipality, the premiere of a short film about the first library of San Bartolomé, María Teresa Martín, and the exhibition of school drawing in the open air. pedestrian from the Sardinia “.
The Lanzarote monologuista monologuist Kike Pérez closed the interventions, who showed his satisfaction “for this wonderful disubication.” “In my life I have always been very lucky, the same one that, after allowing myself to take my first steps as a humorist on my island, brings me home again to present this book. Thinking in a literary career overwhelms me in a superdivertida way and at the same time, it is a great responsibility,” he said.
Thanks
After thanking the sponsoring entities the possibility of celebration of the beast of the book, Tomás Pérez-Esaú detailed some of this year’s novelties, such as the relevance to the theatrical genre in a municipality recognized by his fondness for the performing arts. An express dramatic writing activity, on Thursday, May 8, from 5:30 p.m. to 8.30 pm in the courtyard of the Sardinian House, or the show once in Borbonia, of Concostrin Nieves and Fetén Fetén on May 11, with tickets already on sale since April 23, corroborate this purpose.
He also recalled that, in collaboration with Cine Club Lanzarote, and within the complementary activities of the FIERA The Umbríaby Pepe Dámaso, an adaptation of the theatrical poem of Alonso Quesada, a writer honored on the Day of the Canary Islands 2025.
He mentioned the extensive catalog of presentations to Nieves Concostrina, Carmen Mola, Miriam Tirado or Juan Gabriel Vásquez. “We will also have school workshops, playroom, book signatures, and of course, the presence of our bookstores and editorials and a stand available for the use of reading clubs, which we invite to participate.”
The president of the Literary Island showed his gratitude in a particular way to those who will present the books, “Communication professionals and journalism who collaborate with the fair in a selfless way, for the love of reading and literature, and Jaime Quesada, that one more year, and there are already three, we dedicate us a few beautiful tenth, which will be read in the opening day,” he said.
The detailed information about the fierce and its contents is available on the lafieradellibroanzarote.com website and in the profiles of Lafieradelibro, on Facebook and on Instagram.
