Festival Artist/Author/Performer

Catalina Holguin

Author Catalina Holguin

Catalina Holguín es directora y socia fundadora de Mákina Editorial, una empresa especializada en la producción y distribución de publicaciones digitales. Su producto más emblemático es MakeMake (www.makemake.com.co), una plataforma de distribución de libros digitales para niños y jóvenes que representa a más de 75 editoriales de América Latina, poniendo sus libros al servicio de colegios y bibliotecas de Colombia, Estados Unidos, Perú y México.

After finishing a BA and MA in English Literature at McGill University, Canada, Catalina worked for five years at the National Library of Colombia as a coordinator of digital contents and special projects of the Digital Library. She was also member of the innovators in libraries international group INELI, sponsored by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Since 2014, she has been the editorial director and founding partner of Mákina Editorial, a company specialized in the production and distribution of digital publications. Its most emblematic product is MakeMake, a digital book distribution platform for children and young people that represents more than 75 publishers in Latin America, putting their books at the service of schools and libraries in Colombia, United States, Peru and Mexico. An extensive profile of her work appeared in the book Ellas editan published by Ariel in 2019. She is also a professor and researcher at the Master of Publishing Studies at the Instituto Caro y Cuervo in Bogotá. As a cultural journalist and writer, she has published translations, articles, interviews and essays in numerous cultural magazines in Colombia. Books published: Días breves (El peregrino, 2011), La memoria de las piedras (Planeta, forthcoming).


 


Festival Titles

  • A Mango in the Hand: A Story Told Through Proverbs

    A Mango in the Hand: A Story Told Through Proverbs

    Sacre, Antonio
  • Aguas Frescas and Paletas: Refreshing Mexican Drinks and Frozen Treats, Traditional and Reimagined

    Aguas Frescas and Paletas: Refreshing Mexican Drinks and Frozen Treats, Traditional and Reimagined

    Sánchez, Ericka
  • Amor Is To Love You

    Amor Is To Love You

    Jaramillo, Susie
  • Ander & Santi Were Here

    Ander & Santi Were Here

    Garza Villa, Jonny
  • Barbacoa, bomba, and betrayal

    Barbacoa, bomba, and betrayal

    Reyes, Raquel V
  • Calypso, corpses, and cooking

    Calypso, corpses, and cooking

    Reyes, Raquel V
  • Canto Contigo

    Canto Contigo

    Garza Villa, Jonny
  • El ajolote: biología del anfibio más sobresaliente del mundo

    El ajolote: biología del anfibio más sobresaliente del mundo

    Cota Hiriart, Andrés.
  • El barrilito mágico de Papá

    El barrilito mágico de Papá

    Trejo, Jesús

    El pequeño Jesús está emocionado de pasar un sábado con su papá paisajista en el “negocio familiar”.

  • El peor teddy del mundo

    El peor teddy del mundo

    Verdad, Marcelo
  • Esperanza Caramelo, la estrella de Nochebuena

    Esperanza Caramelo, la estrella de Nochebuena

    Valenti, Karla

    Era la víspera de la Nochebuena, una noche en la que reina el asombro para aquellos que creen en magia.

  • Esperanza Caramelo: the star of Nochebuena

    Esperanza Caramelo: the star of Nochebuena

    Valenti, Karla
  • Family lore: a novel

    Family lore: a novel

    Acevedo, Elizabeth
  • Inheritance: A Visual Poem

    Inheritance: A Visual Poem

    Acevedo, Elizabeth
  • Magia: en una tierra muy lejana

    Magia: en una tierra muy lejana

    Ortega, Mirelle

    Libro de Honor de los Premios Purá Belpré en ilustración.

  • Magic: Once Upon a Faraway Land

    Magic: Once Upon a Faraway Land

    Mirelle Ortega
  • Mani Semilla finds her Quetzal voice

    Mani Semilla finds her Quetzal voice

    Lapera, Anna
  • Mani Semilla finds her Quetzal voice

    Mani Semilla finds her Quetzal voice

    Lapera, Anna
  • Mexikid

    Mexikid

    Martin, Pedro, 1967-
  • Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir

    Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir

    Martin, Pedro
  • Mi papá es un agrícola/My Father, The Farmworker

    Mi papá es un agrícola/My Father, The Farmworker

    Varela, J. Roman Perez

    Bellamente ilustrada con los colores de la Madre Tierra y contada desde la perspectiva de un hijo orgulloso, esta conmovedora historia no

  • Moose on the loose!

    Moose on the loose!

    Ozomatli (Musical group)
  • My name is cool

    My name is cool

    Sacre, Antonio, 1968-
  • Origen

    Origen

    Cardozo, Nat
  • Papá's Magical Water-jug Clock

    Papá's Magical Water-jug Clock

    Trejo, Jesús
  • Piñata

    Piñata

    Gout, Leopoldo
  • Piñata

    Piñata

    Gout, Leopoldo
  • Rio de mariposas

    Rio de mariposas

    Ortega, Mirelle

    Una niña sueña con las mariposas amarillas que antes poblaban Veracruz y está decidida a recrear su esplendor, aún si significa hacerlas

  • River of mariposas

    River of mariposas

    Ortega, Mirelle
  • Sabiduría familiar

    Sabiduría familiar

    Acevedo, Elizabeth

    Elizabeth Acevedo, ganadora con el National Book Award, regresa con su primera novela para un público adulto: una magnífica oda a la sabi

  • Sumo libre

    Sumo libre

    Cepeda, Joe
  • Te quiero, mamá

    Te quiero, mamá

    Jaramillo, Susie
  • The best worst camp out ever

    The best worst camp out ever

    Cepeda, Joe
  • The dream catcher

    The dream catcher

    Verdad, Marcelo
  • The SalviSoul cookbook: Salvadoran recipes & the women who preserve them

    The SalviSoul cookbook: Salvadoran recipes & the women who preserve them

    Vasquez, Karla Tatiana, 1987-
  • The worst teddy ever

    The worst teddy ever

    Verdad, Marcelo
  • This is me trying

    This is me trying

    Marie, Racquel
  • Ultraviolet

    Ultraviolet

    Salazar, Aida
  • When Angels Sing: The Story of Rock Legend Carlos Santana

    When Angels Sing: The Story of Rock Legend Carlos Santana

    Mahin, Michael James
  • When moon blooms

    When moon blooms

    Salazar, Aida
  • You Don't Have a Shot

    You Don't Have a Shot

    Marie, Racquel
  • ¡Buen provecho!: Traditional Mexican Flavors From my Cocina to Yours

    ¡Buen provecho!: Traditional Mexican Flavors From my Cocina to Yours

    Sánchez, Ericka
  • ¡Buenos días!: The Mexican Breakfast Book

    ¡Buenos días!: The Mexican Breakfast Book

    Sanchez, Ericka

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