The publisher golden anniversary is October 2014, but the celebration started a few months earlier with the first toast at the Guadalajara International Book Fair and a very entertaining event with authors Mario Vargas Llosa, Sergio Ramírez, Xavier Velasco and Joël Dicker.

“No one knows for sure if there was more laughter, applause or emotional silences. And all for a double literary journey in which Alfaguara embarked yesterday to celebrate its 50th anniversary in October 2014. The truth is that in the auditorium named after one of the fundamental Spanish-speaking writers of the twentieth century, Juan Rulfo, the festivities began with hundreds of people attending the 27th International Book Fair in Guadalajara (FIL).” Read the complete story here.