As Bologna Children’s Book Fair announces its 2023 dates, Feria Internacional del Libro confirms its October program.

As the international springtime book-fair and trade-show (and travel) blitz heads for its conclusion, you’ll see organizers now beginning to stake their claim to various dates on the latter parts of the year’s calendar.

Spain’s Feria Internacional del Libro, “Liber 22,” is today (May 27) reaffirming its October 5 to 7 dates in Barcelona for the 40th edition of the show—with an emphasis on the export potential of Spanish literature.

That puts it less than two weeks ahead of Frankfurter Buchmesse, which this year will welcome Guest of Honor Spain.

The Federación de Gremios de Editores de España (the Federation of Publishers’ Guilds of Spain (FGEE) is working with the Federación de Asociaciones de Ilustradores Profesionales, the Federation of Professional Illustrators (FADIP), to produce an award for illustrators who belong to the association, while administrators say they expect some 350 exhibitors to be engaged.

The promotional language about the show reads, in part, “The event will promote business opportunities, business meetings, and knowledge of the book sector to boost the publishing market and boost sales, especially abroad.

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