Overview
- The 13th edition opened March 20 under the motto “Utopías nómadas. Jánhaskakwa Xanharatiicha,” with activities scheduled through March 22 across Morelia, Jiquilpan, Pátzcuaro, La Piedad, Zacapu, and Zamora.
- ENES Morelia (UNAM) coordinates the festival in collaboration with Michoacán’s secretariats of Culture and Education, highlighting a strengthened link between national academia and regional cultural policy.
- Organizers report close to 200 invited participants and more than 140 activities, including editorial presentations, workshops, conversatorios, and children’s programming.
- Local imprint Cuarta República is presenting 12 titles across the weekend, with day‑two sessions featuring the 2025 Palabras de Colibrí state prize winners by Adrián Ortega Iturriaga, Nora Isis Olaya Escobedo, Fredy Israel Villanueva Martínez, and Cristina Bustamante Penilla.
- Authorities recognized honorees of this edition, including poet Coral Bracho, researcher Mariana Masera Cerutti, editor José Mendoza Lara, writer Luis Girarte Martínez, and UNAM’s CEIICH.