The thematic axis of the FILSD 2025 will be children’s and young adult literature, with the aim of promoting reading in the new generations.Santo Domingo.- The XXVII Santo Domingo International Book Fair (FILSD 2025) will be held from September 25 to October 5 in the Plaza de la Cultura Juan Pablo Duarte, with the Latin American Literary Fairs and Festivals Network as the guest of honor and a central tribute to the outstanding historian Frank Moya Pons.
The announcement was made on Tuesday night during a press meeting led by the Vice Minister of Cultural Identity and Citizenship of the Ministry of Culture, Ramón Pastor de Moya, and the director of Book Fairs, Joan Ferrer.
Pastor de Moya highlighted that dedicating this edition to Frank Moya Pons is also a way of honoring all Dominican historians.
“He is the best-selling and most-read writer in our country,” the official emphasized.
The organizers announced that this edition will mark a milestone by receiving, for the first time, representatives from events such as the Madrid Book Fair, the Buenos Aires FIL, and the Bogota FIL, as well as writers linked to the Vargas Llosa Chair.
“Nuestro país será cita, como nunca, de uno de los eventos internacionales más importantes”,
Writer Taina Almodóvar, based in Spain, will celebrate her ten-year career in children’s literature within the program, while more than 59 international authors will participate in the activities, including Héctor Abad Faciolince, author of El olvido que seremos.
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The FILSD is solidifying its position as the country’s largest cultural event. In 2024, it attracted more than 600,000 visitors, with sales exceeding 75 million pesos, the participation of 19 countries, 377 publishing houses, and 38 international authors.
This year, the program will include more than 600 activities: 182 book presentations, 33 conferences, 125 talks, 65 workshops, and 103 colloquiums. In addition to recitals, artistic and cinematographic shows.
The fair will feature 15 thematic pavilions, three conference rooms, two auditoriums, and 123 exhibition spaces, with a special emphasis on school and children’s literature.
One of the big bets will be the Business Room, destined for the internationalization of Dominican authors. A professional literary agent and a prestigious digital publishing house will be present there. Likewise, the Multiplicando Letras program will integrate 75 workshop participants and cultural managers from all over the country, who will receive lodging and meals to participate in the fair.
The Ministry of Culture confirmed that the successful Bonolibro will return this year, an initiative that in 2024 distributed more than 21,000 free copies and strengthened the circulation of works in the different pavilions.
Among the international publishing houses that confirmed their attendance are Grupo Editorial Planeta, Grupo Anaya, Fondo de Cultura Económica, Ediciones Akal, Sial Pigmalión, Huerga & Fierro, Páginas de Espuma and the University of Salamanca, among many others.
In addition, the National Film Archive will have its own space within the fair, with screenings of short films, documentaries and cycles of national and international cinema, establishing a bridge between literature and the seventh art.
