The International Book Fair for University Students and Faculty (FILUNI) launched its eighth edition this Tuesday, August 25, with more than 370 events and nearly 350 publishers from 14 countries at UNAM's Centro de Exposiciones y Congresos. The University of Valencia and publisher Manual Moderno are the guests of honor, according to El Universal.
The fair, which UNAM is hosting for the eighth time, is one of the largest platforms for university publishing in Ibero-America. According to the official FILUNI description, the gathering brings together publishers, academics, librarians, students, and the general public from various countries around more than 20,000 titles from across the region. Its purpose is to connect those who research and write with those who edit, distribute, teach, and read, and to give visibility to catalogs that rarely make it onto commercial bookstore shelves. For the Mexican and Latino community in North America, it serves as a gateway to university books in Spanish: authors, new releases, and academic voices that connect readers in Mexico, the United States, and Canada.
The inauguration included the presentation of the Rubén Bonifaz Nuño Award for University Editorial Career 2026 to Argentine publisher and academic Patricia Piccolini. UNAM Rector Leonardo Lomelí affirmed that culture and knowledge "must always be at the service of progress and the well-being of the population," while University of Valencia Rector Juan Luis Gandía defended the role of universities in sustaining "rigorous knowledge" in the face of disinformation. UNAM Culture Director Rosa Beltrán recalled the reconstruction of the Valencian institution's library, destroyed by fire, as an example of the value of protecting bibliographic heritage.
FILUNI will continue through Sunday, August 30, with editorial presentations, workshops, talks, and cultural activities open to the public at UNAM's Centro de Exposiciones y Congresos. The full program, with schedules and venues for each activity, is available on the event's official website.
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