Feira do Livro

What Feira do Livro does

Feira do Livro de Porto Alegre is an annual literary book fair held at Praça da Alfândega in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The 71st edition ran in 2025 over 17 days and featured 79 bookstore booths (bancas/livrarias), with the event reporting over 245,000 books sold and naming writer Martha Medeiros as patrona. The fair is organized and administered by the Câmara Rio-Grandense do Livro (Rio Grande do Sul Book Chamber), a regional book-industry body, with operational offices at the Clube do Comérccio (administration, 2nd floor) and at Praça da Alfândega (event venue and information desks). No legal entity is incorporated for the fair itself; the operating model is that of a nonprofit civic/cultural initiative rather than a venture-backed or publicly listed company.

The fair's product surface is a programming calendar rather than a software product. The offering is built around four core tracks — Público Adulto (adult readers), Infantil e Juvenil (children and youth), Professores e outros Mediadores Leitura (teachers and reading mediators), and Autógrafos (author signature sessions) — supplemented by specialized programs including the Seminário Internacional do Feminismo Contemporâneo (International Feminism Seminar), Ciclo Inclusivo (Inclusive Cycle), and the Feiracast podcast on Spotify. Its underlying technology is minimal: a Wix-based website (feiradolivropoa.com.br) for programming and customer information, with no proprietary platform, mobile app, API, or integration disclosed. Digital distribution is via Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, X (Twitter), Flickr, Spotify, and WhatsApp, all used as promotional channels rather than transactional infrastructure.

Revenue mechanics are not corporate in the conventional sense. The fair is funded through a diversified base of corporate and institutional sponsors, including Petrobras (20+ year partnership naming the Teatro Petrobras Carlos Urbim venue), Banrisul, Gerdau, Sulgas, Vero, Eletromidia, CEEE Equatorial Energia, SEBRAE RS, and the Prefeitura de Porto Alegre. Book sales are conducted by the 79 participating bookstores rather than by the fair itself. End-customer segments are mass-market (general public readers, children and youth, teachers/reading mediators), with no enterprise contracts, SaaS pricing, or per-seat economics. The entity has no funding rounds, no subsidiaries, no parent company, and approximately 40 employees.

Name

Feira do Livro

Legal name

Feira do Livro de Porto Alegre

Website

https://feiradolivro-poa.com.br

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Feira do Livro de Porto Alegre is a nonprofit annual book fair, now in its 71st edition, organized by the Câmara Rio-Grandense do Livro at Praça da Alfândega in Porto Alegre, Brazil, featuring 79 bookstore booths and 17 days of cultural programming for general readers, children, and educators.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Book Fairs & Literary Cultural Events

NAICS

Book Retailers and News Dealers (4592)

SIC

Services-Miscellaneous Amusement & Recreation (7990)

akta.pro primary industry

Local Community & Multi-Category Fairs (MPAGAFAO)

Keywords

• Annual book fair
• Literary programming
• Author signings
• Book retail marketplace
• Cultural events

Headquarters

HQ city

Porto Alegre

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Feira do Livro de Porto Alegre is an annual 17-day literary book fair held at Praça da Alfândega in Porto Alegre, Brazil, organized by the Câmara Rio-Grandense do Livro. The event brings together 79 participating bookstores and publishers in a physical retail marketplace, complemented by curated programming tracks including author autograph sessions, the International Seminar on Contemporary Feminism, an Inclusive Cycle, and dedicated tracks for adult, children, and youth audiences. The 71st edition (2025) recorded over 245,000 books sold.

Product overview

Feira do Livro de Porto Alegre is an annual book fair event held at Praça da Alfândega, currently in its 71st edition. The event runs for 17 days and features 79 vendor booths. The fair offers diverse programming tracks including Público Adulto (Adult Public), Infantil e Juvenil (Children and Youth), Autógrafos (Autograph sessions), Ciclo Inclusivo (Inclusive Cycle), Feiracast (podcast series), and the Seminário Internacional do Feminismo Contemporâneo (International Seminar on Contemporary Feminism). The event is organized by the Câmara Rio-Grandense do Livro.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Feiracast: Podcast/audio content series associated with the book fair.
• Seminário Internacional do Feminismo
• Ciclo Inclusivo

Products and services

• Feira do Livro de Porto Alegre Annual 17-day literary book fair held at Praça da Alfândega in Porto Alegre, Brazil, featuring 79 vendor booths selling books to the general public, complemented by cultural programming, author signings, and seminars. Organized by the Câmara Rio-Grandense do Livro.
• Autógrafos (Autograph Sessions) Scheduled autograph sessions at the book fair where authors sign books for attendees and meet readers.
• Seminário Internacional do Feminismo Contemporâneo (International Seminar on Contemporary Feminism) International seminar focused on contemporary feminism, part of the book fair's academic and cultural programming for adult audiences.
• Feiracast Podcast series associated with the book fair, featuring interviews and literary discussions, distributed via Spotify.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

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Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• PetrobrascoreGTM or Marketing PartnerPetrobras has partnered with the book fair for over two decades, sponsoring the Teatro Petrobras Carlos Urbim venue where authors, researchers, and communicators participate in events for fair attendees.
• SulgasminorGTM or Marketing PartnerNatural gas company providing support to the book fair.
• BanrisulminorGTM or Marketing PartnerState bank of Rio Grande do Sul supporting the book fair.
• VerominorGTM or Marketing PartnerTelecommunications company providing support to the book fair.
• EletromidiaminorGTM or Marketing PartnerDigital media company supporting the book fair.
• CEEE Equatorial EnergiaminorGTM or Marketing PartnerElectric energy company providing support to the book fair.
• SEBRAE RSminorGTM or Marketing PartnerSmall business development agency supporting the book fair.
• Prefeitura de Porto AlegrecoreGTM or Marketing PartnerCity government of Porto Alegre providing institutional support to the book fair.
• GerdauminorGTM or Marketing PartnerSteel company providing support to the book fair.
• Câmara Rio-Grandense do LivrocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe book fair is organized and administered by the Câmara Rio-Grandense do Livro (Rio Grande do Sul Book Chamber), which manages all aspects of the event including production and operations.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Frankfurter Buchmesse: The world's largest book fair, combining consumer-facing programming with B2B rights trading. Relevant as a benchmark for the upper bound of what a city-based book fair can scale into.
• Bologna Children's Book Fair: Leading international children's and youth book fair. Comparable given the feira's strong Children & Youth programming track and presence of publishers serving that segment.
• London Book Fair: Major international book fair focused on rights trading and publisher networking. Comparable for the B2B publishing/rights dimension that could augment the consumer marketplace model.
• Feria Internacional del Libro de Guadalajara (FIL): Major Spanish-language book fair combining consumer marketplace, academic programming, and international author events. Comparable as a Spanish/Portuguese-language cultural book fair with strong institutional sponsorship.

Others

• Editora Mérito / Câmara Brasileira do Livro (CBL): Brazilian book industry chamber that organizes the Prêmio Jabuti and supports national book trade initiatives. Comparable as the broader institutional/industry body whose local counterparts (like the Câmara Rio-Grandense do Livro) organize events like this one.

Direct peers

• Feria del Libro de Buenos Aires: Annual Argentine book fair with publisher booths, author signings, and cultural programming. Highly comparable regional peer serving a Spanish/Portuguese adjacent literary market.
• Bienal do Livro de São Paulo: Brazil's other flagship book fair, also a multi-day consumer book marketplace with publisher booths and author programming. Most direct comparable given shared country, model, and scale.
• Feira do Livro de Lisboa: Long-running European book fair with similar 17-day format, publisher stalls, and cultural programming. Comparable as a city-anchored book fair with Portuguese-language cultural adjacency to Brazil.

Regional players

• Feira do Livro de Caxias do Sul: Regional book fair in Rio Grande do Sul's Serra Gaúcha region. Comparable as a same-state, similar-format cultural book fair that competes for sponsor and audience attention within the same state.
• Salão do Livro do Pará: Brazilian regional book fair held in Belém, organized with state-level institutional support. Comparable as a Brazilian state-level book fair operating under a similar nonprofit/civic structure.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/feiradolivropoa
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@feiradolivro
• Facebookfacebook.com/FeiradoLivrodePortoAlegre
• Instagraminstagram.com/feiradolivropoa
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/feira-do-livro

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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