The public will be welcome at the 2021 Guadalajara International Book Fair (FIL) although the massive event will be scaled back in line with current Covid-19 regulations and to limit potential contagion.
Scheduled November 27 to December 5 at Expo Guadalajara, the “hybrid” fair will host 255 publishing houses from 25 countries exhibiting in 10,000 square meters of floor space.
Around 600 writers from 46 countries will be showcased, with 700 hours of face-to-face events and 300 hours of virtual programming, said FIL Director Marisol Schulz Manaut.
Visitor capacity will be limited to 25,000 each day, in two shifts, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. Over the nine days of the fair, 225,000 people will be admitted, just over a quarter of the total of 842,000 that attended in 2019. (FIL is the second largest fair of its kind in the world, based on the number of publishing companies represented and the number of visitors – second only to the Frankfurt Book Fair.)
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