La Feria del Libro 2025 en la calle Real de Las Rozas.

• Tomorrow the bookstores and publishers’ booths will open, and there will be workshops, contests, storytelling, theater, and concerts

• Visiting hours are from 10am to 2pm and from 5:30pm to 9pm, except on Sunday when it will be open from 10am to 3pm

From tomorrow, Thursday, until Sunday, the Real Street of Las Rozas will host the Book Fair 2025, an event organized by the City Council of the municipality, through the Department of Education and Culture, which will involve local bookstores and various publishers, and will feature activities related to reading, such as workshops, theater, storytelling, among other proposals.

In addition to visiting the Book Fair booths, on Thursday at 7 pm, there will be a literary gala to award the winners of the 13th School Literary Contest in Prose and Poetry sponsored by the City Council and Edelvives, a contest that promotes literary creation in schools, fostering not only a love for writing but also creativity and imagination. The gala will feature the Municipal School of Music Joaquín Rodrigo, with a performance of Bach’s Suite in D Major, interpreted by Jorge Barriocanal on oboe and Nicolás Rondón on piano. The event will be closed by the oral narrator Eugenia Manzanera.

On Friday, the winners of the 14th Bookmark Contest for Book Day 2025 will be announced on the municipal website. From 12 pm to 1:30 pm, there will be a demonstration of the Municipal Bookbinding Workshop: Book Sewing Warp on a Loom by Diego Fernández Pérez, and in the afternoon, at 6 pm, there will be a storytelling session for families by Ana Titiricuento, titled Laugh Out Loud with Books!, a participatory and humorous show using puppets, poems, and songs to tell stories at the Amphitheater of Las Javerianas Park. The day will end with a concert by the Big Band of the Municipal School of Music Joaquín Rodrigo, conducted by Francisco Esteban, offering a musical journey through the history of jazz at 8 pm.

The activities scheduled for Saturday, May 24, will start at 12 pm with Abracadabra. Magic Collection to Learn to Read, a storytelling session by Bárbara Fernández aimed at children aged 5 and up. Then, at 1:15 pm, the Pop-Rock Combo group from the Municipal School of Music Joaquín Rodrigo will perform major pop and rock songs, selecting iconic pieces from the past and present.

On Saturday afternoon, children aged 6 to 10 can enjoy the Creating a Diary Workshop. Making Books at 5:30 pm (limited spots, invitations available at the Las Rozas libraries booth), where each participant can create their own story or diary. All necessary materials for the cover, back cover, and binding will be provided, allowing participants to either complete the book on-site or take it home to finish the story. At 7 pm, there will be suspense, investigation, and mystery with The Cases of Detective Pepita Mugg for families.

For Sunday morning, the Book Fair program includes Magician Puk presenting Equals, the legend of the Lost Library at 12 pm, a Magical-Theatrical show promoting reading for the whole family. At 1:30 pm, the Music Band, directed by Julio Maroto, will present Symphonic Literates, a musical journey through works inspired by classic novels and fantasy literature.

Library on Duty

The Book Fair joins the Al Aire Libro awareness campaign within the Las Rozas Mental Health Plan to promote reading, and the Las Rozas Municipal Libraries present Library on Duty, with a pharmacy as a metaphor. This reading project looks at words as a healing tool for the soul. Test tubes containing «healthy words» to treat discouragement, to spread joy, love, or beauty… Choose the emotion, the feeling you like the most and read it carefully. Reading guides for well-being, thematic selections will also be available at the Book Fair.

Participating Bookstores and Publishers at the Fair

The Book Fair of Las Rozas 2025 will feature local bookstores such as Benedetti Bookstore, La Isla de los Cuentos, Las Rozas Bookstore, Punto Clip, and Sumar, accompanied by booths from publishers like Altamarea, Sierra Publishers Association, Lorca Editions, Drakul Editorial, Funambulista Editorial, Water Words Editorial, Imágica Editions, Indianos Village, Las Rozas Municipal Libraries, and the Municipal Culture Foundation of Las Rozas.

Book Fair Poster

Alexia Fernández Arribas is the author of the Book Fair poster for Las Rozas 2025. A creator of drawings and words, illustrating allows her to create worlds and express herself. The pencil and brushes are the perfect tools to channel emotion and intuition. A tree is the theme of the poster. «There is a fast and immediate world that lives on the other side of beauty, of slow and steady creativity. For that world, She is dispensable. But the truth is that beauty patiently waits to be seen, to be felt. It unravels among the leaves when the wind blows, it sprouts and is reborn always. Like trees, stories, poems, tales… they wait silently and slowly for a new Rebirth. This tree holds in its heart a beat from which words and the ability to create sprout. It represents the beginning of all stories, the material of books, even the peaceful space to enjoy them.»

The Book Fair hours will be from Thursday to Saturday, from 10 am to 2 pm and from 5:30 pm to 9 pm, and on Sunday it will be open from 10 am to 3 pm. Information about the Book Fair program is available on the municipal website, www.lasrozas.es and at the following link.