The New York City International Book Fair (FILNYC) is an initiative of the CUNY Institute of Mexican Studies, which celebrates and makes visible Spanish-language literature in the United States, in a space of convergence that brings together book professionals, writers, editors and publishers, librarians and their audiences.
Founded in 2019 under the leadership of its director, Dr. José Higuera López, FILNYC has four thematic axes: literature, bibliodiversity, humanism and academia, which together shape one of the most interesting cultural events in Spanish in New York, which over four editions has brought together more than 260 writers from 13 Latin American countries, as well as Spain.
The format of FILNYC is plural, dynamic and inclusive, allowing both panelists and the audience to travel through the variety of nationalities, accents and aesthetics of the most recent titles in the editorial offering. In our 6th edition we will have the presence of renowned literary personalities, such as Mexican writers Cristina Rivera Garza and Socorro Venegas; Peruvian writer Gabriela Weiner and Argentine writer Gabriela Cabezón Cámara.
FILNYC is also possible thanks to the support of institutions such as New York University (NYU), Columbia University, the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS), City College Downtown, the New York Public Library, NYU Creative Writing in Spanish (CWS), King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center (KJCC), the Instituto Cervantes in New York, the North American Academy of the Spanish Language (ANLE), Sundial House and Hablemos, escritoras.
The event and its activities are free.