The many lenses through which to read La Vorágine

Professor Carlos Guillermo Páramo celebrates 100 years since the publication of this classic at FILBo 2024. Prof. Carlos Guillermo Páramo, Dean...

No single story can capture Adichie at FILBo 2023

Chimamanda Ngochie Adichie says, "Own what you like and own it without apologising" Photo: Ángela Forero-Aponte Books may have been replaced...

‘La literature está viva’: FILBo 2023 spotlights the children’s writers embracing Indigenous and Afro-Colombian culture 

Oral tradition and Indigenous mythology take centre stage in the final week of FILBo 2023. Photo: Poppy Askham Just as the crowd are preparing...

FILBo 2023: Hitting the books

FILBo has opened its doors once again, flooding the capital with literature. Whether you want to be entertained, engage in some serious thinking, or...

FILBo 2022: Narrative Journalism and the Power of Stories

Three journalists tell very different stories, all of which are both moving and shocking. On stage at FILBo: Pablo Barrientos, Diana López...

FILBo is back! Here’s what FILBo 2022 has in store for visitors

Corferias will be full of books, authors, and a celebration of all things literary in FILBo 2022. Photo: Oli Pritchard  FILBo – the Feria...

A different way to see peace

'Our books discuss living in a community, conflict resolution, and ways to understand our differences,' says Mariana Vélez of Click...

Memorias de un hijueputa: Fernando…ah, Fernando!

Fernando Vallejo shows the FILBo audience yet again that he has no filter as he aims his acerbic words at several of the country’s...

Calle y Poché: homegrown Youtubers top the FILBo bill

"It’s going to be hard to get in for a photo, there’s just too many people," says a security guard in the melee outside Calle y Poché, clearly...

Seeing, thinking, feeling: Teju Cole at FILBo

[caption id="attachment_29503" align="aligncenter" width="696"] Cole and Vásquez being introduced in Gran Sala Ecopetrol F.[/caption] American...