The Night of the Bookstores is here: more neighborhoods, more street life, and more reading spirit

Buenos Aires has nights that are already rituals. One of them returns on Saturday, November 22, when the city lights up (metaphorically) with the 15th edition of The Night of the Bookstores: a literary marathon running from 6 p.m. to 1 a.m., with books on the sidewalk, talks, music, neighborhood routes, and discounts at bookstores and restaurants.

This year, the classic Corrientes postcard expands: the event adds new circuits in different neighborhoods, bringing Buenos Aires’ reading spirit to more corners, more sidewalks, and more independent bookstores. If you love wandering around, browsing catalogs, listening to readings, or simply being wherever things are happening, this night is for you.

Corrientes and Lavalle: the main circuit with more than 20 bookstores

The heart of the event is once again Av. Corrientes—the avenue that breathes books even on a Tuesday at 3 a.m.—and the pedestrian street Lavalle. There will be six stages, activations, debates, readings, interviews, poetry, music, and more than 20 bookstores bringing their tables out onto the street with special discounts. Yes, that beautiful image: the avenue closed off, people flipping through books under the theater lights, the Obelisk in the background.

Stages, activities, and special discounts

Some of the featured spaces include:

• Main Stage (the biggest crowd-drawer)

• Urgent Stage, for journalism, investigations, and hot topics

• Romance Novel Stage, for fans of the genre and its subcultures

• Poetry Stage, with readings and performances

• Graphic Arts Stage, with comics, illustration, zines, and live drawing

• Writing Stage, with author talks and meetups

• Kids & Families, with workshops and activities for children

• Digital Library, to discover ebooks and audiobooks

• Audiorama Space, where you can sit and listen to stories (perfect for taking a break from the sonic chaos)

And of course: big bookstore discounts and food promos in the area—because reading works up an appetite.

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New neighborhood circuits in Palermo, Chacarita, San Telmo and more

The action is no longer confined to the downtown area: this year The Night of the Bookstores expands to Palermo, Villa Crespo, Chacarita, San Telmo, Belgrano, Almagro, Coghlan, Villa Ortúzar, Caballito, and Liniers.

Each circuit creates its own schedule with nighttime activities, presentations, readings, author panels, and proposals for all audiences. It’s a beautiful opportunity to rediscover neighborhood bookstores—those little gems that keep the city’s literary life alive day after day.

The difference:

• Corrientes will be fully closed to traffic between Callao and Cerrito (6 p.m.–3 a.m.).

• Neighborhood circuits, on the other hand, don’t require street closures: they’re organic, local, sidewalk-based routes.

Buenos Aires, the city with the most bookstores per capita

It’s not chauvinism—it’s emotional statistics: Buenos Aires is one of the cities with the most bookstores per inhabitant in the world. And that identity shines especially bright on a night like this.

The 15th edition arrives with more activities, more neighborhoods, more sidewalk tables, more perks, and more desire for readers to take over the night.

Reasons not to miss The Night of the Bookstores 2025

In short: why shouldn’t you miss it?

• Because more than 70 bookstores are participating.

• Because there are discounts, talks, music, and free activities.

• Because you can design your own neighborhood route.

• Because reading on the street has a unique charm.

• Because it’s a night that sums up the best of Buenos Aires.

• And because there is always, always, a new book waiting for you.