A life in writing. Alberto Chimal in conversation with Miguel Ángel Ángeles

Mexican writer Alberto Chimal is author of over twenty books, including the novels Los esclavos (2009) and La torre y el jardín (shortlisted for the 2013 Rómulo Gallegos International Novel Prize), and the anthologies Manda fuego (2014 Colima Fiction Award), Los atacantes (2015) and, more recently, Manos de lumbre (2018). This latest work is a collection of six stories about human destruction, of others, of one's surroundings, and of oneself. In 2018 he published Cómo escribir tu propia historia, together with Raquel Castro, a creative writing manual for beginner writers; and La distante, a children's story. He talks to Miguel Ángel Ángeles.

Free entry, up to venue capacity

Explanada de la delegación Félix Osores.

Time: 18:00 - 19:00.

El niño de Hollywood: The story of a gangster. Óscar Martínez in conversation with Elvira Liceaga

Award-winning El Salvadorean journalist and writer Óscar Martínez is co-author, together with his brother Juan José Martínez, of El niño de Hollywood (2018). The book examines the implications of the culture and foreign policy of the United States and the corruption, at state level, of El Salvador, including some of the most horrifying episodes of communal violence in the recent history of Central America. The book follows the story of Miguel Ángel Tobar, a gang member of the Hollywood Locos faction of the Mara Salvatrucha 13 gang, uncovering the structural causes that turned a boy into a sicario. In conversation with writer Elvira Liceaga.

Free entry, up to venue capacity

Auditorio de la delegación de Santa Rosa Jáuregui.

Time: 19:00 - 20:00.

United by rap. U-God meets Back, Dospe and Tha Aps

The Wu-Tang Clan rapper U-God was born in Brooklyn, New York, and grew up on Staten Island. He started beatboxing with the Clan member Cappadonna, and become friends with Method Man, Inspectah Deck and Raekwon. In 1992 the group, which went on to sell over 12 million albums around the world, was formed. That same year, U-God had to serve a prison sentence (until early 1993) for possession of drugs. He talks to local rappers Back, Dospe and Tha Aps in an event that celebrates hip hop culture and the links between Mexican and US music.

Free entry, up to venue capacity

Centro Cultural Comunitario Felipe Carrillo Puerto "Ágora".

Time: 19:00 - 20:00.

Let's talk about food! American chef Kwame Onwuachi meets Olivia González and Mariano Torres Hütt

The American chef of Nigerian origin Kwame Onwuachi will be visiting the Tepetate Market to interact with local chefs Olivia González and Mariano Torres Hütt in an exchange that will be enriched by the cultural fusion present in the United States, the millenary tradition of Mexican ancestral cuisine and the African heritage in Onwuachi’s blood and culinary interests. A gathering that will celebrate cultural diversity, knowledge and doubtless, good food.    Consecutive translation from English to Spanish available 

Mercado Tepetate.

Time: 10:00 - 11:00.

Celso Román

Celso Román studied veterinary medicine before moving into art and literature, specifically into fiction for children. He studied Arts at the National University of Colombia and at the Pratt Institute in New York. He has exhibited his sculptures in New York, San Diego and Bogotá. His literary work includes more than sixty titles of children’s literature, a number of which deal with the themes of nature and caring for the environment, such as El árbol de los tucanes (2011), Rogelio y la bolsa (2013) and Hijos de Madre Tierra (2017).

Event for children aged 7 and over

With the support of the Colombian Embassy

Free entry, up to venue capacity

Casa de la Cultura Josefa Vergara.

Time: 12:00 - 13:00.

#booktuber. Claudia Ramírez Lomelí in conversation with Miguel Ángel Ángeles

After five years exploring literature on her YouTube channel Clau Reads Books, the booktuber Claudia Ramírez Lomelí debuts as a novelist with El príncipe del Sol (2018). A fantasy novel in which the winds of war are threatening the Nation of the Sun and the Kingdom of the Moon, which for centuries have lived in peace. Emil, the Sun prince, together with his best friend Elyon, must start a journey through Fenrai, to find his mother and restore the peace. Many dangers await him on the way. Claudia Ramírez Lomelí speaks to Miguel Ángel Ángeles.

Free entry, up to venue capacity

Centro Cultural Epigmenio González.

Time: 13:00 - 14:00.

Enriqueta Arias, Roberto Granados and Christiane Pietsch in conversation with Edgar Sánchez

We find ourselves before the biggest urban art movement in the history of art, a moment in which the cities of the world are filled with color and symbols. What creative forces and social ideals move urban art today? In this conversation, a group of renowned producers will share their experiences so as to inspire the world to talk about our differences and affinities. Human beings wish to live in inclusive cities in peace and prosperity. Urban art makes its contribution to this dream by encouraging conversations that may reconcile different urban cultures in the identity fractal. With the founder of the Artsynonym project, Enriqueta Arias (Mexico); the director of the Meeting of Styles event, Roberto Granados Gerso (Mexico)and the scientific consultant of the production company behind the Urban Nation Museum, Yes and Pro, Christiane Pietsch (Germany). They will talk to the founder of Nueve Arte Urbano, Edgar Sánchez. Consecutive translation from English to Spanish available 

Auditorio Centro Cultural Manuel Gómez Morín.

Time: 12:00 - 13:00.