Invitations are for Saturday, February 8 and Monday, February 10.

A new version of the traditional La Serena Book Fair, in its XXXV literary meeting, will take place between January 30 and February 15 in the Gabriel González Videla square. On the occasion, the Publishing House of the University of La Serena, in addition to participating with a stand, as is usual on these dates, will present 2 of its most recent publications, titled “The indigenous toponyms of Norte Chico” (2019), by the author Herman Carvajal Lazo, and “Touring the Elqui Valley with Gabriela Mistral” (2019), a selection by Gabriela Mistral, made by Jaime Quezada.

Alejandro Abufom, manager of the ULS Publishing and Bookstore, highlighted that "book presentations are a way to bring authors closer to the public and contextualize the work in the words of the author or through a presenter. I like to call them launches. since officially the world is told 'here we have another human work, another prodigy of our species: language encoded in words'”.

The presentation of “The indigenous toponyms of Norte Chico (2019)” will be introduced by its author and CEHRC (Center for Historical Studies of the Coquimbo Region) on Saturday, February 8, at 19:00 p.m.; and “Touring the Elqui Valley with Gabriela Mistral” will be presented by Paula Ceballos (Mg. Gender and Culture; professor and editor) and Camipepe (Illustrators of the book) on Monday, February 10, at 20:00 p.m.

In response to the launch location and the opportunity to do so in the showcase provided by this fair, Abufom added that "launching them at the La Serena Book Fair is very significant for our University, because we are the state University of the Coquimbo Region and Our contents are mainly local and designed for our communities. We are grateful that this fair continues to be held year after year, despite the difficulties and challenges, because it is one of the important fairs we have in Chile. A tremendous effort from the Serenense municipality, a whole tradition that makes us proud".

Written by Jenifer Araya, DIVULS