31st Book Fair at Tijuana's Cultural Center Offers Storytelling, Readings and Concerts Sandra Dibble - The San Diego Union-Tribune
go to original June 9, 2013

Tijuana’s 31st Book Fair, which runs through June 17, is one of the city’s main annual cultural events. More than 130,000 are expected to gather for readings, storytelling and concerts. (Sergio Ortiz/Frontera)

TIJUANA — Publishers, bookstore owners, writers and readers are converging at Tijuana’s Cultural Center this weekend, celebrating the little-recognized literary side of this city where musicians and visual artists have been winning much of the attention.

Tijuana’s 31st Book Fair, which started Friday and closes June 17, is one of the city’s main annual cultural events, underwritten by the Municipal Institute of Art and Culture with support from the Cecut and city’s Booksellers’ Union. More than 130,000 people are expected to gather for readings, storytelling, concerts, or just the chance to quietly wander among many book stalls.

... Baja California has one of Mexico’s highest adult literacy rates. Statewide, 97 percent of the population is able to read and write, compared with the national average of 93 percent, according to Mexico’s 2010 census. Still, in Baja California and across Mexico, writers, booksellers and cultural officials bemoan the fact that too few Mexicans are buying — or reading — books.

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