through its 11 days, the festival presents readings, debates and informal question and answer sessions with the more than 100 authors and publishers who will be in attendance.

children's programming includes storytelling sessions and youth theatre that keep the young ones entertained while adult visitors browse the new offerings from the biggest publishing houses in brazil - and the world.

just as the book fair winds down, all eyes in the contemporary art world turn to píer mauá on avenida rodrigues alves, where the third edition of artrio - the rio de janeiro international contemporary art fair, takes place in september.