Porto Alegre Book Fair
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2007 Porto Alegre Book Fair - partial view
The Porto Alegre Book Fair is held annually since 1955, between late October to mid-November, in the downtown Porto Alegre, Brazil. It is the largest outdoors book fair[1] in Latin America and the most important cultural event in the city. Nowadays, the Fair sprawls itself between the Alfândega Square, the Sepúlveda Avenue and some docks at Porto Alegre Harbor.
The Porto Alegre Book Fair was an idea from Say Marques, then manager of the Diário de Notícias newspaper. Marques wanted to make books available to the majority of the citizens, as bookshops were deemed to be snobbish. The first edition of the Book Fair had 14 book stands and it was inaugurated on November 16, 1955.
