International Book Fair Returns to Bogota
Colombia’s book lovers are flocking to the nation’s capital for Bogota’s annual...
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Cocaina: A Book on Those Who Make it
It is Saturday night in one of Medellin’s more affluent districts. At a local hostel popular with...
Medellin exudes books and culture in its annual festival
Colombia’s second largest city Medellin invites you to explore the sixth Festival of Books and Culture from September 7 to 16. Starting Friday, the Festival of Books and Culture of Medellin summons communities to live,...
Marquez’s stories published together for the first time
Every published story written by the Colombian literary master Gabriel Garcia Marquez will be sold in a single volume, in Spanish, for the first time in Latin America on Friday. “All Stories” compiles the Nobel Prize winner’s 41...
Fernando Vallejo wins award at FIL international book fair
The Colombian novelist Fernando Vallejo, who wrote “La Virgen de los Sicarios” (The Lady of the Assassins), will receive the Romantic Language prize at the Guadalajara Book Fair (FIL). The FIL is the largest Spanish-language...
Book lovers find bargains in Bogota
A Bogota book fair will offer over 5,000 half-price works of fiction, theory, history, economics, law, philosophy and politics to the public from Thursday to Sunday, announced El Espectador. The first “Great Outlet of...
Piracy levels in Colombia remain at 55%
Piracy in Colombia remained at 55% despite efforts to reduce it according to a report by the company Business Software Alliance (BSA). According to Caracol Radio, BSA representative Katalina Rojas said that in Colombia items...
Bogota prepares for international book fair
Colombia’s bookworms are getting ready for the 24th International Book Fair, which will be held in Bogota May 4-16. The cultural and academic program is designed to entertain the whole family with exhibitions,...
Diving into the archives of Colombia’s National Library
Colombia’s National Library owns a treasure trove of old books and documents that are not publicly available. Colombia Reports was allowed a peek in the library’s archives. Over its 300 years of existence the library...
