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2010 Festival |
Sunday, February 21,
2010
Exhibition, Sales
and Book Signing
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FESTIVAL NEWS
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(See
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See photos of
Past Festival |
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ACTIVITIES |
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Exhibition and
book sale
in Spanish and
English.
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Local writers
present their
published books.
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Poetry readings
by local
authors.
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Performance of
traditional and
contemporary
Latin music.
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Seminars about
writing,
business,
citizenship and
health.
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PARTICIPANTS |
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Local
bookstores, with
hundred of
Spanish and
English books
available.
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Book publishers
looking for new
talent.
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Houston’s
writers who
read, comment
and autograph
their books.
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Other people
affiliated with
the book
industry and
cultural
endeavors.
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General public
interested in
books and
reading.
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SPONSORS |
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The Houston Hispanic
Book Festival is
sponsored by a group
of companies and
institutions
interested in the
development of the
Hispanic Community
and funded in part
by grants from the
City of Houston
through the
Houston Arts
Alliance.
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FESTIVAL
PURPOSE |
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The purpose of the
Festival is to
promote the local
Hispanic book
industry, which
includes writers,
publishers and
self-publishers,
book stores, and
printers. It also
seeks to enhance the
reading habit among
our Hispanic.
Any
profit derived from
the Festival is used
in financing the
Millenum Press
book
publishing program,
which produces books
about Hispanic
themes, that sell at
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(Ver
mapa) |
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Ver fotos de Festivales
Pasados |
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ACTIVIDADES |
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Exhibición y
venta de libros
en español e
inglés.
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Presentación y
firma de libros
por autores
locales.
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Lectura y
declamación de
poemas.
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Interpretación
de música y
danzas
tradicionales de
América Latina.
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Seminarios
gratis sobre
escritura,
negocios,
ciudadanía y salud.
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PARTICIPANTES |
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Librerías
locales con
cientos de
libros en
español e inglés.
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Editores en
busca de talento
nuevo.
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Escritores
locales que
presentan y
firman sus
libros.
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Compositores,
declamadores,
cantantes y
poetas.
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Empresas e
instituciones
vinculadas a la
industria del
libro o la
cultura.
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Público en
general
interesado en la
lectura.
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PATROCINADORES |
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El Festival Hispano
del Libro de Houston
es patrocinado por
un grupo empresas e
instituciones
interesadas en el
desarrollo de la
Comunidad Hispana y
financiado en parte
por un “grant” de la
ciudad de Houston a
través de la
organización
Houston
Arts Alliance.
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PROPOSITO
DEL FESTIVAL |
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El objetivo del
Festival es promover
la industria local
hispana del libro,
que incluye a
escritores, editores,
auto-editores,
libreros e
impresores. También
busca promover el
hábito de la lectura
entre la comunidad
hispana.
Cualquier beneficio
derivado del
Festival, se usa
para financiar el
programa de
Millenium Press de publicar libros
sobre temas hispanos
para vender a bajo
precio.
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To see
a calendar of cultural events visit |
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Organization Committee /
Comité Organizador
Remberto Rangel, MD, Honorary
Chair, (Institute of Hispanic
Culture)
Andrés D. Puello, Festival
Director, (Millenium Press)
Dr. Habib Chamoun-Nicolás (Key
Negotiations)
Donaji Stelzig, M.P.H. (M. D.
Anderson Cancer Center)
Gladys Brokate-Puello (Millenium
Press)
Lilia J. Pivetta (Millenium
Press)
Angélica
González (Fotoriginal)
María Elena Cortés (Kids Write
to Know)
Nelly Fraga
(International Ambassador
Folkloric Ballet)
Julia Mercedes Castilla
(Published Author)
Rose Mary Saloum
(Literal Magazine)
Carlos Rusca (Rusca Libros)
Juan Bernal (CCP-Houston)
Julie Pujol-Karell
(Published Autor)
Marcelo Marini (Published
Author)
Hortensia Wellborn (Institute of
Hispanic Culture)
Lizzette Diaz & Pedro Arevalo (Sucesos
Newspaper)
Advisors
Hon. Miriam Sera (Honorary
Consul of Panama)
Víctor
Cárdenas, MD (Millenium Press)
Thusnelda Valdés, Ph.D
(University of Houston)
Luis Valdés Larralde, MD
(Millenium Press)
Grace Olivares (Univision)
Volunteers
Nurys Brokate,
Edith Brokate, Aida Molano,
José Liboy,
Wilma Liboy, Maria Scliris, Alix
Pivetta, Victor G. Pivetta,
Edilma Alvarado, Ducely Keifer,
Marina Bonsanti, María Bernal.
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LINKS/ENLACES
DPA International
Millenium Press
Recuerdos de Cuba
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Hispanic Book Festival
6420 Richmond Ave., Suite 231, Houston, TX 77057
Festival Director: Andrés D. Puello
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