Overview
- The fair closed with 953,112 visitors, surpassing last year’s 907,300 and setting a new attendance high.
- Barcelona’s pavilion staged a Sant Jordi celebration with author signings, 10,000 books available and roughly 3,000 roses handed to readers.
- More than 20 writers engaged packed audiences, with Spanish translations boosting Catalan literature’s reach and several women authors becoming top sellers.
- Joan Manuel Serrat drew standout crowds and received an honorary doctorate from the University of Guadalajara.
- Commentators urged coeditions or local print runs to counter high import prices and called for strengthening Casa Amèrica Catalunya to sustain the new links.