The Costa Rica International Book Fair is back for another year with its latest edition

on Jul 27, 2022

The 21st edition of the Costa Rica International Book Fair will be held from August 26 to September 4. Organised by The Costa Rican Chamber of Books, it is supported by the Ministry of Culture and Youth and the Children’s Museum of the country respectively.

It is to be held in The Costa Rica Convention Center and this location was chosen because of its optimal sanitary conditions for the attention of visitors, plenty of parking and convenient and economical public transportation access, a food area for visitors, and other facilities for book-lovers to enjoy their time there.

Oscar Castillo, president of the Costa Rican Chamber of Books, pointed out that the Children’s Museum will act as the honoree of the book fair.

“Following the goal of promoting reading, the event will honor the Children’s Museum on this occasion, with which the Costa Rican Chamber of Books establishes a strategic alliance to stimulate reading among Costa Rican children and youth,” he said.

Also, The Children’s Museum will have an area designated for recreational activities and reading promotion, workshops, storytelling, and a lovely program for school visitors and families with children.

“We would like to thank the Costa Rican Chamber of Books and the Costa Rica International Book Fair 2022 for acknowledging the educational and cultural contribution of the Children’s Museum to the country; an institution that, since its foundation, has made important efforts to promote reading playfully among children,” said Mónica Riveros, Executive Director of the Children’s Museum.

Likewise, the director mentioned that this year there will be a special section for children named as ” Fantastic Letters (Letras Fantásticas).”

For this edition, the book fair will have more than 85 expositors offering the most extensive catalog of books and novelties for ten days.

For the first time, it will offer an area dedicated to comics with national and Mexican companies and artists. The public will be able to interact with illustrators and comic creators offering their art.

The schedule includes more than two hundred workshops, readings, book presentations, meetings with BookTubers, debates, and exhibitions presented by the exhibitors.

For more information and a detailed agenda of activities, people visit the Costa Rican Book Chamber’s Facebook and Instagram and the Costa Rica International Book Fair’s Facebook and Instagram.

The latest edition of the International Book Fair in Costa Rica promises great surprises with it to delight all kinds of book lovers.