When: 24 April - 12 May 2008
Where: La Rural Exposition Center (Ave Santa Fe 4201 and Ave Sarmiento 2704 in Palermo, Buenos Aires)

Tomorrow La Rural Exposition Center will open its doors for one of Buenos Aires most celebrated events - the International Book Fair. This year, the program includes several conferences, book signings and presentations, workshops, round table discussions, poetry, lots of activities for children and even a reading marathon dedicated to humor in Argentine literature.

Amongst the various cultural activities is a series of cooking activities starting Friday, April 25. This event, “Ciclo de Cocina: “Placeres y Sabores” highlight authors and chefs of cookbooks every evening in the Julio Cortazar conference room with various demonstrations of cuisine. The popular “Sister Bernarda” - host of her own Argentine cooking show, will be doing demonstrations May 1-2. Other highlights on other days include demonstrations on cooking for celiacs and regional Argentine dishes.

Other cultural events include “City Night at the Book Fair” where doors are open until 2am on April 30th. Here, authors will be giving lectures, signing books and there will be some special activities, performances, raffles, games and entertainment going on throughout the night. Entrance is free that day after 21:00 (9pm).

The list of cultural events is varied throughout the duration of the exposition, so if you’re interested in finding out more information about the event please see the following links:

for Cultural Activities: http://www.el-libro.org.ar/34feria/culturales/

for General Info: http://www.el-libro.org.ar/