Dominican Writing Festival closes with new distribution agreements and calls for stronger Caribbean literary ties
Santo Domingo.- New book distribution agreements, debates on regional collaboration and conversations on migration, identity and publishing marked the close of the fourth Dominican Writing Festival on Sunday, as the event continued to expand its footprint as a meeting ground for Caribbean literature. Held April 25 and 26 at Galería 360, the festival brought together more than 50 writers, publishers, academics, booksellers and literary agents from the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Cuba, Puerto Rico and Venezuela for two days of panels, readings, performances and professional exchanges focused on both the cultural and business sides of the book world. At the center of this year’s edition was a question that surfaced repeatedly across the program: how to build stronger connections among Caribbean literary markets long separated by geography, language and limited distribution networks. […]
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