The International Book Fair in Guadalajara (FIL) is an initiative of University of Guadalajara (Mexico) that becomes a gathering point for the Ibero-American editorial sector surrounded by a broad cultural programme. As the Principal of the University of Guadalajara stated ‘FIL is an open door to plurality [...] and a place for rational dialogue practicing the highest civic and human values’.

One of its singularities is that the public pays for and entry to the great editorial fair with large presence of Ibero-American universities.

Among these, there are university editorials. For these last years, UV has been present thanks to the University Editorials Union of Spain (UNE) and, this year, it had its own stand.

During the last edition, former University of Guadalajara Principal and current Sub-Secretary of Higher Education in Mexico Ricardo Villanueva announced the cession of the earnings of one day to the Valencian editorial sector affected by the 29 October 2024 flooding.

On 3 February 2025, Universitat de València has the giving ceremony for a 75 000 euros donation at the Histocial Building La Nau Aula Magna. Read the University of Guadalajara article in this link and the content of the institutional visit and donation on the UV portal on the DANA, 29-O.

In the opening ceremony of this year’s edition, University of Guadalajara Principal Karla Planter renewed the solidarity with València and the literary industry affected by 2024 DANA.

The Principal of UdG announce that a day’s worth of tickets for FIL will be donated to support victims of floodings and landslides that took place in different Mexican states and caused great damage in infrastructure and over 70 casualties.

Universitat de València Principal María Vicenta Mestre thanked once again University of Guadalajara’s solidarity with the Valencian literary sector.

UV and UdG keep a deep bond of scientific and academic collaboration as well as an audiovisual relation through the Ibero-American Educational and Cultural Television Association (ATEI).