DR1 Daily News - Dominican Republic

Who said the Dominican people are not interested in reading? The Feria Internacional del Libro Santo Domingo 2025 (FILSD 2025) proved the contrary. FILSD 2025 closed on Sunday, 5 October with record-breaking sales and attendance. That the Dominican people are avid to read and learn was apparent to all who attended.

The Ministry of Culture hailed the event as a monumental achievement, solidifying its status as the most important literary gathering in the Dominican Republic and the wider Caribbean region, El Caribe reported.

The success of the book fair says lots to the real mindset of the population in regards to cultural activities. The people responded in droves to the event that delivered comfortable air-conditioned pavilions, participation of hundreds of Dominican and international authors, and the many book and culture free activities that were...