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Most book fairs have set dates. They are listed here in chronological order with the general time of year that the book fair is usually held. When availalble, a link to the most recent year's web site or the country's "cámara del libro" is given. The cámara web sites, listed under Library & Booktrade Organizations, are also good places to look for information about smaller regional fairs.

Start Date
Name Location Years Held Website
February Feria Internacional del Libro de la Habana Havana 16th (2007) http://www.cubaliteraria.cu/instituciones/camaradellibro/convocatoria.htm
Late Februrary Feria Internacional del Libro del Palacio de Minería Mexico City 29th (2008) http://feria.mineria.unam.mx/infogral.html
April Feria Internacional del Libro de Buenos Aires Buenos Aires 34rd (2008) http://www.el-libro.com.ar/
April Feria Internacional del Libro de Santo Domingo Santo Domingo 10th (2007) http://www.ferilibro.com/
Late April Feria Internacional del Libro de Bogotá Bogotá 20th (2007) http://www.feriadellibro.com/
Late May Feria del Libro de Madrid Madrid 2008 http://www.ferialibromadrid.com/
Late May Feira Internacional do Livro de Lisboa e de Porto Lisbon 77th (2007) http://www.feiradolivrodelisboa.pt
Late June Feria Internacional del Libro de Costa Rica (FILCR) San José 10th (2008)  
July Feria Internacional del Libro en Ecuador (Expolibro) Guayaquil 2007 http://www.expolibro.com.ec/
July Feria Internacional del Libro de Lima Lima 12th (2007) http://www.filperu.com/
Late July Feria Internacional Centroamericana (FILCEN) Guatemala City 12th (2008)  
Late July Feria Internacional de Guatemala (FILGUA) Guatemala City 5th (2008) http://www.filgua.com/
August Bienal do Livro de São Paulo São Paulo 20th (2008) http://www.feirabienaldolivro.com.br/feirabienaldolivro_v3/index.asp
August Feria Internacional de Bolivia La Paz 12th (2007) http://www.cabolib.org.bo/inicio.html
August Feria Internacional de Honduras Tegucigalpa    
September Bienal Internacional do Livro do Rio Rio de Janeiro 13th (2007) http://www.bienaldolivro.com.br/home/index.php
Late September Feria Internacional del Libro de Uruguay Montevideo 30th (2007) http://www.camaradellibro.com.uy/
Late September Feria Internacional del Libro (LIBER) Madrid or Barcelona 25th (2008) http://www.federacioneditores.org/Convocatorias/LIBER.asp
October Feria Internacional del Libro de Monterrey Monterrey 17th (2007) http://fil.mty.itesm.mx/2007/
Late October Feria Internacional del Libro de Santiago Santiago de Chile 27th (2007) http://www.camlibro.cl/filsa/
November Feria Internacional del Libro de Puerto Rico San Juan 10th (2007) http://www.filpuertorico.org/
November Feria Internacional del Libro de Venezuela (FILVEN) Caracas 3rd (2007) http://www.cenal.gob.ve/
Late November Feria Internacional del Libro de Guadalajara (FIL) Guadalajara 21st (2007) http://www.fil.com.mx/default.asp

Originally compiled by David Block & Adán Griego. Updated by Claude Potts and Martha Kelehan.

Last modified 04/22/08

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