{"id":241886,"date":"2025-09-25T07:27:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T11:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/?p=241886"},"modified":"2025-09-25T09:01:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T13:01:12","slug":"santo-domingo-international-book-fair-opens-at-the-plaza-de-la-cultura","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2025\/09\/25\/santo-domingo-international-book-fair-opens-at-the-plaza-de-la-cultura\/","title":{"rendered":"Santo Domingo International Book Fair opens at the Plaza de la Cultura"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The 27th Santo Domingo International Book Fair (FILSD) opens Thursday, 25 September at the grounds of the Plaza de la Cultura. The leading annual cultural event continues through 5 October. This 2025, the country’s most popular cultural event is dedicated to Dominican historian Frank Moya Pons. A pavilion at the fair will present most of his books in print for sale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joan Ferrer, director of the FILSD said Moya Pons is recognized for his lifelong dedication to historic researhc and educating on Dominican history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year the central theme of the book fair is children\u2019s literature with an expanded section.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year\u2019s event will also welcome the Latin American Network of Literary Fairs and Festivals as guest of honor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ambitious program includes over 600 activities, featuring 182 book launches, 33 conferences, 125 talks, 65 workshops, and 103 colloquiums.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The fairgrounds has 15 themed pavilions, three conference halls, two auditoriums, and 123 dedicated spaces for the exhibition of children\u2019s and educational literature\u2014further cementing FILSD\u2019s reputation as a premier literary event in the Caribbean region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Those attending the book fair at the Plaza de la Cultura can also visit the Museum of Modern Art where the works of the Visual Arts Biennial are on exhibit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rains are forecast for the week, but the activities are mostly indoors. People should bring umbrellas, though, to go from pavilion to pavilion. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read more in Spanish:
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2025 FILSD program <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The 27th Santo Domingo International Book Fair (FILSD) opens Thursday, 25 September at the grounds of the Plaza de la Cultura. The leading annual cultural event continues through 5 October. This 2025, the country’s most popular cultural event is dedicated to Dominican historian Frank Moya Pons. A pavilion at the fair will present most of … <\/p>\n

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