Book Fair 2025: Today's Recommendations, May 2

After the Labor Day holiday, a different Friday was announced thanks to the long weekend established by the government. For those staying in the city, the Book Fair is a great option for enjoying the afternoon. For now, at 5 p.m., an interview with actor Gonzalo Heredia will take place at the Clarín/Ñ cultural space about his novel Extranjera .

At 2:00 PM, writer Cecilia Pisos , author of several beautiful children's literature books, and illustrator Mey will share their knowledge in the workshop "How to Draw and Enchant a Character" in the Zona Futuro. At the same time, the official opening of the 28th International Storytelling Conference "Storytellers and Storytellers" will take place with a tribute to storytellers from Casa Cuna Cuenteros and the Garrahan Hospital. The opening lecture will be given by Elena Santa Cruz in the Victoria Ocampo Room.

Nearby, in the Children's Area at 2:30 p.m., a talk titled "Healthy Food Chefs" will be held for children to learn about food, its tastes, what it means to eat, and what it means to be celiac. "We play with picture cards, show what a plate should have to be healthy, and invite them to become "chefs" for a while by assembling the options on a cardboard plate," the invitation says. For children ages 5 to 9.

At 4 p.m., it's time for social media and books. Judith Gómez, Belén Sancho, Érika Muñoz, and Victoria Resco will meet in the new Youth Forum to analyze The Evolution of TikTok and its Impact on BookTok .

At the same time, Magui Solodovsky, Jini Hwang, and Ayelén Vegagil Espósito will discuss Inclusive Representations : Redefining Functional Diversity in Manga, Webtoons, K-Dramas, and K-Pop. It will be held in the Horacio González room. And at 4 p.m., Dr. Daniel López Rosetti will also be present to present Recipes for Living Better and Longer in the José Hernández room.

At 5 p.m., also with the new generations in mind, authors Daniel Meca and Antonio Santa Ana will star in Borges for Centennials in the Youth Tribune; while in the Future Zone, a panel discussion will be held among award-winning translators of Argentine literature into English, with Frances Riddle, Sarah Moses, Maureen Shaughnessy, and Mallory Craig-Kuhn in attendance.

The mid-afternoon of the long weekend offers many activities. Queer Nosferatu. Reunited as Dracula and Renfield, Mariano López Seoane and Nicolás Colfer bring to the table a series of speculations to interpret the different versions of a classic from a queer perspective. From Bram Stoker to Pepe Cibrián, how many detours did the most famous vampire take on his journey through pop culture? With Mariano López Seoane and Nicolás Colfer in the Pride and Prejudice room.

Also at 5:30 p.m., the first reading panel of the 18th International Poetry Festival will take place with Ricardo Añez Montiel (Venezuela), Graciela Aráoz, Silvia Camerotto, and Lolita Campani Beretta (Brazil – bilingual reading) in the Adolfo Bioy Casares room.

And one of the most anticipated presentations is the book "El loco de Dios en el fin del mundo" (The Madman of God at the End of the World) by Spaniard Javier Cercas , which rekindles his connection with Pope Francis during a trip to Mongolia. The author will speak with journalist and writer Hinde Pomeraniec in the Victoria Ocampo Room.

At 6 p.m., the topic will be bullying in the classroom , and will be analyzed through the novel "From the Corner" by Márgara Averbach . "We'll discuss how young adult literature helps us see things from the perspective of those who experience it, giving us tools to listen and understand better," they invite. It will be held at Zona Explora.

The day will conclude with several proposals at 7:00 p.m. The Dialogue of Argentine Writers will address narratives of the self in Roundtable III, with participation by Alejandra Kamiya, Magalí Etchebarne, and Marina Mariasch , in the Domingo Faustino Sarmiento Room. In the Victoria Ocampo Room, the topic will be politics, with the presentation of the book "Argentina Federal" featuring economist Martín Redrado and lawyer José Urtubey, moderated by Luciana Geuna.

Also at 7 p.m., two very different books will be presented: in the Rodolfo Walsh room, Chilean author Paulina Flores will talk with Camila Fabbri about her novel The Next Time I See You, I'll Kill You ; while in the José Hernández room, journalist Ernesto Tenembaum will talk about his book Milei .

To close the day, at 8:00 PM, there will be a Freestyle discussion on the history and current status of the genre in Argentina with Walter Lezcano and Yumber Vera Rojas in Zona Futuro. At 8:30 PM, as part of the Dialogue of Argentine Writers , panel IV will take place. "The Rise of the Crime Novel : The Relevance and Reasons for the Expansion of a Genre," with Jorge Consiglio, María Inés Krimer, Horacio Convertini, Reynaldo Sietecase, and Patricia Kolesnicov in the Domingo Faustino Sarmiento Room.