The short version
- El Nuevo Día reported that 35 Puerto Rican authors and more than 15 guests from Spain, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, Chile, indigenous communities and the Boricua diaspora will participate
- Organizers announced the fair will run from Nov. 16 to 19 at UPR-RP and the Río Piedras urban area with over 30 independent bookstores and publishers
- El Nuevo Día reports the opening conference will be given by Ana Lydia Vega and artistic performances will honor Tite Curet Alonso
- The edition is dedicated to the memory of professor Juan Antonio Torres Martínez and student Elvis Ríos Resto according to the organizers
Event details and participants
The II Feria Intercultural del Libro de Río Piedras (FIL RÍO 2026) will take place from Nov. 16 to 19 in San Juan. El Nuevo Día reported that around 35 Puerto Rican authors and more than 15 guests from Spain, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, Chile, indigenous communities and the Boricua diaspora in the United States will participate. Organizers announced the event on Monday.
The fair will be held at the Río Piedras campus of the University of Puerto Rico (UPR-RP) and in the surrounding urban area. More than 30 independent bookstores and publishers are expected to take part. Activities will include book presentations, talks, workshops, film screenings, exhibitions and artistic performances, according to El Nuevo Día.
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Opening and special features
The event will open with a conference titled 'De la inmortalidad y otros mitos literarios' by Puerto Rican writer Ana Lydia Vega at the university's Centro Universitario, El Nuevo Día reported. Artistic presentations by the groups Agua, Sol y Sereno, which will pay tribute to composer Tite Curet Alonso, and Plena Pal Pueblo will follow.
A new feature is the 'Pabellón Ecológico', which will combine science, literature, education and community action through exhibitions, workshops and interactive experiences to promote sustainability and environmental awareness. The fair will also launch the campaign to raise funds for scholarships for first-generation university students, El Nuevo Día stated. Activities will occur at the Centro Universitario, the José M. Lázaro Library, the Faculty of Education and various spaces in the Río Piedras urban area.
Dedication and honorees
This edition is dedicated to the memory of Juan Antonio Torres Martínez, a professor in the Faculty of General Studies at UPR who served nearly 40 years, and student Elvis Ríos Resto of the Faculty of Humanities, who died in July at age 22, according to organizers cited by El Nuevo Día.
Torres Martínez joined the Department of Spanish in 1985, served as director from 2017 to 2019, and promoted Puerto Rican literature and culture by organizing literary events and collaborating on editorial projects with writers such as Olga Nolla and Rosario Ferré, the organizers told El Nuevo Día.
Where the sources differ
The two versions of the story from El Nuevo Diario and El Nuevo Día are nearly identical in content, numbers and details. Both attribute all information to the event organizers. The only minor differences are in wording, such as 'hispanoamericanos' versus 'hispanos' in the headline and slight variations in the abbreviation for the University of Puerto Rico campus. No numerical or factual conflicts exist between the reports.
What the reports do not say
The reports do not specify the exact number of international guests beyond 'more than fifteen' or name any of the invited authors from other countries or the diaspora. They also do not detail how much money the scholarship campaign aims to raise, the full schedule of activities, ticket prices if any, or expected attendance figures.
Sources
Every link below was opened and checked when this story was published. Official means a government body, agency or the organization itself; Reporting means a news outlet.
- Reporting Feria del libro en Puerto Rico tendrá invitados hispanoamericanos y de la diáspora boricua
- Reporting Feria del libro en Puerto Rico tendrá invitados hispanos y de la diáspora boricua
How we checked this
El Nuevo Día and El Nuevo Diario both reported the announcement by the organizers of the II Feria Intercultural del Libro de Río Piedras. All details about participants, the ecological pavilion, the fundraising campaign and the biographies of the honorees rest on statements from the organizers.
Compiled by the PuertoRico.com News Desk from the reports and statements listed above, and checked against them before publishing. It does not include original interviews. Spot an error? Email support@puertorico.com with a link to this story.
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