Year 2002

  • 10 January – 10 February. Exhibition of Crímenes ejemplares (Exemplary Crimes) in ‘El Obraje’ Engraving Centre (Aguascalientes, Mexico).
  • 27 February. Presentation of the book El arroyo (The Stream) in ‘Al Margen’ Libertarian Cultural Centre of Valencia. Participation of: Vicente Ferrer and Pilar Molina.
  • 21 March. Lecture: 'La 1/2 vaca' (‘The 1/2 cow’) in EASD (School of Art and Design), Castellón. Presentation by the publisher by Vicent Serra’s invitation.
  • 21 March – 29 April. Exhibition of Crímenes ejemplares (Exemplary Crimes) in ‘La Parota’ Graphic Arts Centre (Colima, Mexico).
  • 10 April. Acceptance of Bologna Ragazzi Award for the books El señor Korbes y ortros cuentos de Grimm (Mr. Korbes and Other Stories by the Brothers Grimm) and Una temporada en Calcuta (A Season in Calcutta) in the opening ceremony of the Bologna Children’s Book Fair.
  • 10 – 13 April. Stand in the Bologna Children’s Book Fair.
  • 25 April – 5 May. Stand in the Valencia Book Fair.
  • 26 April. Presentation of Media Vaca's new titles in the Panta Rhei Bookshop: Una temporada en Calcuta (A Season in Calcutta), El señor Korbes (Mr. Korbes) and El mundo al revés (The World Turned Upside Down), attended by authors and publishers.
  • 7 May – 3 June. Exhibition of Crímenes ejemplares (Exemplary Crimes) in Ex-Convento del Carmen (Guadalajara, Mexico)..
  • 12 May. Activity to encourage reading ‘Give colour to the drawings of the book El arroyo (The stream)”, organised by the Salvador Seguí Foundation. Alternative fair (Turia River Park, Valencia).
  • 9 June. Signing by the authors Javier Olivares and César Fernández Arias, in the Madrid Book Fair (Retiro Park).
  • 2 – 3 July. Encounters focused on design ‘Books as an object of design’. Lecture: ‘Mis primeras 80 000 palabras' ('My First 80,000 Words'). Antonio Pérez Foundation, Cuenca.
  • 26 October. Participation in the debate ‘Illustration and words: new images and editing strategies’, organised by Bedeteca of Lisbon. Participation of: Olivier Douzou (Editions du Rouergue), Vicente Ferrer (Media Vaca), Belén García Freijeiro (Kalandraka); moderated by: António Modesto.
  • October. Mis primeras 80.000 palabras (My first 80,000 words) and Garra de la guerra (Clawn of war).
  • 20 November. Presentation of the 2001 Award for Best Valencian Book for El señor Korbes y otros cuentos de Grimm (Mr. Korbes and Other Stories by the Brothers Grimm) in the Beneficencia Cultural Centre, as part of the second edition of Saló Valencià del Llibre (literature event in Valencia).
  • 25 November. Presentation of the new titles with the attendance of numerous collaborators in the premises of what will be the future Media Vaca bookshop.
  • 30 November – 2 December. Participation in the Montreuil Book Fair. Day 1: encounter with the illustrators who present their book; Day 2: debate about ‘The renaissance of Spanish illustration’, with Raúl, Alfonso Ruano, Arnal Ballester, and Vicente Ferrer; moderated by: Michel Lagarde, director of the Studio 002 publication; Day 3: debate about ‘the situation of Spanish young adult literature), with Antonio Ventura, Isabelle Torrubia, Alfonso Ruano, and Vicente Ferrer; moderated by: Françoise Noiville, a Le Monde journalist.
  • 13 December. Presentation of the new titles with the attendance of numerous collaborators in Panta Rhei Gallery & Bookshop in Madrid.
  • 18 December. Presentation of Mis primeras 80 000 palabras (My First 80,000 Words) with the attendance of numerous collaborators in the Almazen space in Barcelona.
  • 23 December. Signing by the illustrators Miguel Calatayud, Carlos Ortin, and Oliveiro Dumas in the bookshop Casa del Llibre of Valencia.