Spain will be the Guest Country of Honor at the Panama International Book Fair 2024 with the motto 'The language that embraces us'

• The Ministry of Culture has prepared a program in which a delegation of ten national authors will participate, including Manuel Vilas, Sergio Ramírez and Yolanda Castaño
• The official pavilion, with 135 square meters, will offer a bibliographic exhibition and another comic exhibition
• Participation is part of the sector's internationalization strategy, focused this year on Latin America

 'The language that embraces us' will be the motto of Spain's program as Guest Country of Honor of the Panama Book Fair 2024. This was announced today by the ambassador of Spain in Panama, Guzmán Palacios, in the presentation of the agenda of activities prepared by the Ministry of Culture, with the collaboration of Acción Cultural Española (AC/E); the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation, through the Spanish Embassy in Panama; and the Federation of Editors' Guilds (FGEE). The event will take place from August 13 to 18 at the Atlapa Convention Center in Panama City.
Spain will have an official pavilion of 135 square meters, where visitors will be able to consult a complete overview of the Spanish edition, as well as the exhibition 'The best of the Golden Age' by the Spanish-Japanese comic author Ken Niimura, which has led to manga the most prominent characters of that literary era. The venue will also have a professional space where the publishing houses Marge Books, Eunsa, Innovación y Qualificación, Edicions Perelló, Unión Editorial, CSIC and the Center for Political and Constitutional Studies (CEPC) will be present. interés.