Overview
- The 56th Feria del Libro de Bilbao has opened on the Paseo del Arenal with 56 casetas offering new releases and a program of presentations and signings.
- The 85th Feria del Libro de Madrid has also begun as a 17-day edition that brings publishers, author events and a concentrated public program to the capital.
- Bilbao's fair is sponsored by Kutxabank with collaboration from Fundación BBK and the Ayuntamiento de Bilbao, which helped deliver the event's stands and schedule.
- Around thirty authors from the Region of Murcia are taking part in Madrid under a coordinated presence funded through an ICA aid line, with scheduled signings including poet Magdalena Sánchez Blesa.
- Both fairs illustrate how municipal bodies, banks, foundations and public cultural funds work together to fund publishers' participation and to promote regional publishing on national stages.