The professional program at this year’s Guadalajara International Book Fair focuses on children’s books and the fair stages its first special focus on graphic novels and comics.

Opening at the end of November, the Guadalajara Book Fair will feature Madrid as its region of honor. And since the city was selected, Spain’s constitutional court and parliament have become embroiled in the Catalonian independence effort. The dynamics of the situation should add energy to many discussions at the book fair. —Porter Anderson

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