Artex’s Ediciones Cubanas at Cuba’s Book Festival + Programming

03 February 2017 11:11pm

The 26th edition of the Havana International Book Fair, slated for February 9-19, 2017, is already under way at the Fortress of San Carlos de la Cabaña.

Ediciones Cubanas, the publishing company of Cuban holding company Artex S.A., will be located in vault D1 and will present eight new titles, four of them for children, and a reprint edition, Príapos by Daniel Chavarría.Ediciones Cubanas will also take advantage of the Book Fair framework to begin celebrations for its 40^th anniversary.

In addition to the publishing frenzy, Cartelera, the cultural, tourism-oriented and commercial magazine put out by Artex, is also on birthday - the 35^th- and during the book celebration there will be a well-deserved tribute to review events and cultural functions of great relevance occurred in Cuba in that time span.

Programming:

Sunday 12
José Antonio Portuondo Room
12:00 m. La cocina en la música,Mayra Gomez Silvia Farina

La cocina en la músicaaims at getting into a relationship rooted in our daily lives.The rhythm proposed by traditional Cuban music will help the use of kitchen utensils that serve to prepare new and old dishes that are part of our culinary culture. In this way, we will witness in the same breath the musical and edible marvels of the imagination, the tenacity and patience made to be tasted through these personal signature recipes.

1:00 pm Su majestad el helado,Jorge L. Mendez Arencibia

Su majestad el heladoallows us to put ourselves through a thorough research into the glamor of an exquisite and practically obligatory dessert in any diner.The exhaustive research proposed by the author is not limited to the history and emergence of this delicacy. In turn, it will detail the human and material mechanisms involved in its manufacturing process all the way to the tasty preparations. Between data and descriptions, the history of some of the most identifiable spaces of the Havana city environment will be traced and perhaps in its most important brushstroke, Coppelia. At the end of the road, the author will leave in the reader’s mind countless colors and flavors ready to be discovered in an ice cream.

Monday 13
Living Room Alejo Carpentier
2:00 pm Priapus,Daniel Chavarria

A doctor who fulfills his Social Service in an intricate site of eastern Cuba and who must attend several cases of priapism -continuous and painful erection of the manly member- in a very short timeframe, is the story that Chavarría tells in his book Priapus.The physician, interested in investigating the origin and incidence of such an unusual pathology, intends to discover the "secret" of those "rigidities", some of them with dramatic sequels for patients.

Tuesday 14
José Antonio Portuondo Room
1:00 pm Leyendas Cubanas,Salvador Good

Leyendas Cubanas,authored by the late educator, Latin American Literature researcher, journalist and writer, Salvador Bueno, collects stories of popular tradition in Cuba, unfolded in the range of colors of their culture.In them stands out the marked Hispanic accent of the legends of the colonial rule; the lyricism of country narratives in the exaltation of nature; as well as the African tales brought by men who, stripped of their ethnic groups, wanted to preserve their ancestral cultures by mixing them with the rulers’ imposed culture.

In his book, Bueno brings the reader closer to the profile of the Cuban, his beliefs and customs, his values, seen through the original narratives arising from the voice of the humblest people.They are stories with a singular richness, because each and every one of them has a punchline that goes all the way back to its origin.

Tuesday 14

Serial Publications Stand

10 a.m. Tribute to Cartelera,cultural, tourist and commercial magazine of the Agency Ediciones Cubanas, ARTEX, for its 35th anniversary.Presentation of special edition number 558, dedicated to the 26th Havana International Book Fair CUBA 2017. Panel "35 years in the promotion of Cuban culture". Digital exhibition of the 35 best covers.

Carteleramagazine is a bilingual publication that besides interesting cultural items, features an updated map of Havana and another in Varadero, as well as guides to major museums, nightclubs and other useful services to travelers visiting the capital.It offers monthly the cultural billboard of the centers of the Cuban capital in matters of cinema, dance, music, theater, plastic arts and literature.

Wednesday 15
José Antonio Portuondo Room
3:00 pm El ashé está en Cuba,Mirta and Magali Fernandez Valentina Martínez Porras Potts

Among Cubans, ashé is like wishing good luck, good health, prosperity and development in life.But can we say that the African ashé is in Cuba? It will be necessary to attend the International Book Fair in Havana and attend the presentation of the book entitled El ashé está en Cuba,where religions of African background, in their daily worshipping on the island, with their contributions to the so-called wonderful reality, the cosmic vision and personality of the Cubans, are approached in a deep synthesis.

Saturday 18
Dora Alonso Room (Pavilion K 14)
4:00 pm 4 children 's titles: Cubanos muy curiosos; Dibuja y diviértete; Ñañi en la Isla del Coco; Aventuras en el reino de la ortografía,Jorge Oliver

For children, Ediciones Cubanas opens the Cubanos muy curiosos, a number of children's books and coloring books to play with;Dibuja y diviértetewith tricks to draw, hobbies, coloring sheets and mom’s secrets;Ñañi en la Isla del Coco,a book that tells a story occurred on Cocos Island, an island that lies exactly where the Great Sea and the Small Sea embrace right in the heart of the world, when master cook Ñañi and assistant, edro Pé, cook a special dish for the party that the islanders called the Buenavida concert. And last but not least, in Aventuras en el reino de la ortografía,you’ll find stories of confrontations between good guys -the letters and the punctuation marks- led by Queen Rule, vie against the blurs, led by emperor Error.

During the days of the Fair, visitors will find out the bestselling titles at the Ediciones Cubanas agency’s stand through the Entumóvil text service provided by Cuban company DESOFT. All you need to do is send an SMS text message to number 8888 reading cartelera libroscuba.

Through an SMS, you can also participate in the contest proposed by the Artex publishing house.All it takes is the answer to the following question: Who is the most published author by Artex’s Ediciones Cubanas agency?

Those interested in signing up for the contest should mark one of the following possible answers:

A.Daniel Chavarría Bastélica

B.Miguel Barnet Lanza.

C.Jorge Oliver Medina.

The answer must be sent via SMS to 8888 with the text eventos autor, followed by the letter which matches the right answer.That is, A, B, or C.

Winners -three will be handpicked randomly- will be informed via an SMS text message and will be rewarded with a 5-peso airtime recharge card, plus books from the Artex’s Ediciones Cubanas Agency’s catalog.

***Several of the titles that make up the Ediciones Cubanas catalog are available on digital platforms:

www.decuba.com

www.libranda.com

www.cubalibros.com

www.ruth.com

Contacts:

Ediciones Cubanas

5ta Ave. No.9210 on the corner of 94^th St., Miramar, Playa, Havana, Cuba

Tel: (53) 7 204 5492/7 204 5493/7 204 0625

Email: edicionescub@edicuba.artex.cu

Facebook: Agencia Ediciones Cubanas

Artex S.A. Head Office