[0]
Date
06
Sep
2018
In 2012 the Argentinean Andrés Oppenheimer was named by the magazine Foreign Policy en Español as one of the 50 most influential Latin American intellectuals. In 2003, the French newspaper Le Monde stated that his journalism set the agenda for political debate in the Americas. He is the Latin American editor of The Miami Herald, newsreader for CNN en Español and writer of seven bestsellers. The Spanish journalist Josep MarÃa Nadal talks to him to discover how a person with such a career sees the world, and about his new book: The Robots Are Coming: the Future of Jobs in the Age of Automation.
Teatro de la Ciudad.
Time: 15:00 - 16:00.
[01]
Date
06
Sep
2018
The struggle for gender equality is one of the most important of our times. The journalist, social activist and writer Lydia Cacho has dedicated her career to researching gender violence, health, childrens rights and organized crime. This year sees the publication of the life stories of men who have suffered from sexism and violence in her book #EllosHablan. Testimonios de hombres, la relación con sus padres, el machismo y la violencia. She will talk to Javier Moreno, director El PaÃs América
Teatro de la Ciudad.
Time: 17:00 - 18:00.
[02]
Date
06
Sep
2018
Miradas sin filtro is a documentary series created by Claudia Ivonne Hernández for RTV Querétaro that explores the reality of indigenous communities in the State, conversing with its inhabitants and knowing their customs. The first chapter of the series will be screened, and public will habe the opportunity to ask questions at the end.
Cineteca Rosalío Solano.
Time: 17:00 - 18:30.
[03]
Date
06
Sep
2018
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The book Club Leo con ONCE presents a very special author: Juan José Millas, that will speak with his readers about his most recent book, Que nadie duerma, an exceptional novel which tells the story of the life of LucÃa, who, after losing her job, becomes a taxi driver, accompanied by a tune from a Puccini opera, and hopes one day to pick up her former neighbour, a man who has disappeared and who was the love of her life. The real world and the main characters inner world are separated by a very fine line indeed. Chaired by Miguel de la Cruz.
Free event
With the support of Acción Cultural Española
Museo de la Ciudad.
Time: 17:00 - 18:00.
[04]
Date
06
Sep
2018
This talk explores the complex links that resulted in the introduction of textiles and other goods into, during different historical periods. Frachetti will discuss the influence of long distance tendencies in the Americas, since the XV century, as well as the impact of technologies, tecniques and styles from Asia into the new world, that emerged after the arrival of the Spanish.
Event in EnglishMuseo Regional (auditorio).
Time: 17:00 - 18:00.
[TE1]
Date
06
Sep
2018
There are ever more writers who work as literary critics, sometimes because of the many connections between the two kinds of writing, and other times for financial reasons (or needs). There are no watertight compartments, but should there be? Irma Gallo talks to Mariana H, writer and journalist; Josep MarÃa Nadal Suau, critic with the El Cultural supplement of El Mundo (Spain); Guillermo Núñez, chief writer at La Tempestad magazine (Mexico); and the writer Manuel Vilas (Spain). Organized together with LibrerÃa Cálamo
Galería Libertad.
Time: 17:00 - 18:30.
[05]
Date
06
Sep
2018
Two writers who have dealt with the Cassez-Vallarta case, which shook Mexico and caused diplomatic tensions between the governments of Felipe Calderón and Nicolás Sarkozy. Jorge Volpi used the story in his fiction Una novela criminal, winner of the 21st Alfaguara Novel Prize. The Belgian journalist Emmanuelle Steels analyses the same event in El teatro del engaño, which reveals the level of corruption and impunity of a case that, 13 years on, is still unresolved. They will talk to the journalist and writer Antón Castro about the two viewpoints taken to cover this incredible story.
Teatro de la Ciudad.
Time: 19:00 - 20:00.
[06]
Date
06
Sep
2018
The #MeToo campaign has shaken the globe, fostering support for gender equality. Artists from the Hispanic world will talk about this movement, which started in the United States, and about how it has made waves around the world. The writer and journalist Wenceslao Bruciaga (Mexico); the journalist, activist and writer Lydia Cacho (Mexico); the Spanish illustrator MarÃa Hesse; and the Argentinean writer and journalist LucÃa Lijtmaer will take part in a round table moderated by Gabriela Jauregui.
With the support of Acción Cultural Española and Wom@rts.
Cineteca Rosalío Solano.
Time: 19:00 - 20:00.
[07]
Date
06
Sep
2018
Doctor Antonio Lazcano, member of the Colegio Nacional and a Biology graduate from UNAM, where he studied the origin and early evolution of life, will talk about the false opposition between science and religion, exemplified by the rejection of the theory of evolution by some modern religious movements. A lecture on science, religion and the importance of education.
Museo de la Ciudad.
Time: 19:00 - 20:00.
[08]
Date
06
Sep
2018
Hay Dialogues, together with Cuadernos Hispanoamericanos, fosters knowledge and exchange between writers of different generations and nationalities, joined by a single language and a shared literary tradition, enriched by authors of diverse origins. At this even, the Mexican writer Margo Glantz sponsors the Spanish author Javier Montes. This, then, is a dialogue to build bridges between different generations and countries, with a single langua, Spanish, acting as a shared vehicle. With the support of AECID and Acción Cultural Española.
Museo Regional (auditorio).
Time: 19:00 - 20:00.
[TE2]
Date
06
Sep
2018
Cultural supplements have a long tradition in Mexico and Spain. They have played an important role in the development and dissemination of contemporary culture. What is their situation at present? What will the future hold for them? Yael Weiss talks to Javier Lafuente, El PaÃs (Spain/Mexico); Mónica Maristain, editor of Puntos y Comas, the cultural supplement of Sinembargo.mx and Sergio Vila-Sanjuán, editor of Cultura|s, the cultural magazine of La Vanguardia (Barcelona, Spain). Organized together with LibrerÃa Cálamo
Galería Libertad.
Time: 19:00 - 20:00.
[A]
Date
07
Sep
2018
These workshop is open to all, with humour and simple explanations to find the inner silence, everyday. Kankyo Tannier is a budist nun form the Zen tradition. She lived 15 years in a monastery in France. She divides her time between a life surrounded by trees and animals and an modern, very social activity: videos, books, blogs, conferences. She is the author of The girft of silence: finding peace in a world full of noise, translated into 13 languages. Her aim is to share what is zen meditation and to show an example of contemporary espitituality that is accessible to all. Consecutive translation from French into Spanish Free entry
Alameda Hidalgo.
Time: 09:00 - 10:00.
[09]
Date
07
Sep
2018
The Italian writer Andrea Marcolongo has managed to entrance thousands of readers around the world, unexpectedly, with Ancient Greek. La lingua geniale: 9 ragioni per amare il greco is the bestseller that brings the legendary language of Plato out of the classical world and into the 21st century. She will talk to the Spanish writer and journalist Sergio del Molino.
Simultaneous translation from Italian to Spanish available
With the support of Wom@rts and Gobierno de Aragón
Teatro de la Ciudad.
Time: 10:30 - 11:30.
[10]
Date
07
Sep
2018
In Call me by your Name, André Aciman (Egypt/United States) tells the story of a summer romance in 1980s Italy, between an intellectually precocious 17-year-old and a doctorate student aged 24. The author covers the processes of building trust, intimacy and achieving sexual maturity. Ten years after being published, Call me by your Name has become a popular success thanks to a successful film adaptation in 2017. André Aciman will talk to the Colombian writer and journalist Felipe Restrepo Pombo about the novels relevance and its movie version, given the present social context.
Simultaneous translation from English to Spanish available. With the support of the US Embassy.
Teatro de la República.
Time: 10:30 - 11:30.
[11]
Date
07
Sep
2018
America talks many languages that are hidden behind those which were brought to the new world from Europe. The Canadian author Cherie Dimaline, of the Métis community, and the poet Hubert Matiúwà a, of the Mè´phà à  of Guerrero State, will talk about the voices of indigenous peoples. They will discuss the role of indigenous culture in contemporary literature, and about writing as a form of activism, with Ingrid Bejerman, Canadian journalist, activist, lecturer, researcher and writer of Brazilian origin.
Simultaneous translation from English to Spanish available. With the support of the Blue Metropolis Festival.
Cineteca Rosalío Solano.
Time: 10:30 - 11:30.
[12]
Date
07
Sep
2018
Hay Dialogues, together with Cuadernos Hispanoamericanos, fosters knowledge and exchange between writers of different generations and nationalities, joined by a single language and a shared literary tradition, enriched by authors of diverse origins. At this event, the Spanish writer Vicente Molina Foix will sponsor the Mexican poet and writer Claudina Domingo. A dialogue that builds bridge between different generations and countries, with a single language, Spanish, acting as a shared vehicle. With the support of AECID and the Government of Aragón.
Museo de la Ciudad.
Time: 10:30 - 11:30.
[13]
Date
07
Sep
2018
In their most recent biographical works, Manuel Vilas and Jorge Volpi show their most personal and private side. Vilas, author of Ordesa, uses non-fiction to write about Spain in recent years; this painful and emotional work deals with memories of his father. Volpi also shows his most profound side in Examen de mi padre, in which he talks about his personal experiences after the death of his father, and also carries out a rigorous examination of contemporary Mexico. In conversation with Irma Gallo.Â
Jardín Guerrero.
Time: 10:30 - 11:30.
[14]
Date
07
Sep
2018
In 2018 the publisher AlmadÃa launches the Tiembla anthology, a collection of stories by 35 Latin American writers who experienced for themselves the earthquakes in Mexico in September 2017. The journalist Guadalupe Alonso talks to three of the writers who express their experiences and thoughts in Tiembla, a work that offers solidarity through literature, and has a potentially health-giving power. The talk will start with a showing of the short documentary film 19 of September (México 2018, 13 min, directed by Santiago Arau and Diego Rabasa).
Galería Libertad.
Time: 10:30 - 11:30.
[15]
Date
07
Sep
2018
Jeanette Winterson (UK) took the literary scene by storm in 1985 when she published the semi-autobiographical novel Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit. Now, with more than 25 books published over more than 30 years as a writer, reflecting on matters such as religion, the LGTB community and art, Winterson is one of the major figures in contemporary British literature. Talking about art, she wrote in one of her columns for The Guardian: We censor it, sentimentalise it, treat it as a commodity. But we cant reduce its power. So, what is art for? This outstanding English writer reflects on this question to talk about arts incredible transformational power.
Simultaneous translation from English to Spanish available. With the support of the British Council Mexico and Wom@rts.
Teatro de la Ciudad.
Time: 13:00 - 14:00.
[16]
Date
07
Sep
2018
The Mexican journalist and writer Denise Dresser contributes to, among other publications, the magazines Proceso and the newspaper Reforma, where she is also an editor. A Doctor of Politics from the University of Princeton, she is the co-author of México: lo que todo ciudadano quisiera (no) saber de su patria. Her book El paÃs de uno: Reflexiones para entender y cambiar a México became a bestseller upon publication in 2012. At this event she will talk to the Spanish journalist Javier Lafuente.
Teatro de la República.
Time: 13:00 - 14:00.
[17]
Date
07
Sep
2018
We live in an era of noise, caught up in the hectic rhythms of society. We are overloaded with excessive information and, sometimes, we explode or feel lost. Is there a solution? Kankyo Tannier (France) is a Buddhist monk and author of the book The Gift of Silence, which introduces the essence of silence at the heart of the constant noise that surrounds us. Kankyo Tannier reveals the magic of silence through practical exercises that can keep noise at bay. At this event she will talk to Irma Gallo.
Simultaneous translation from French to Spanish available
Cineteca Rosalío Solano.
Time: 13:00 - 14:00.
[18]
Date
07
Sep
2018
Two of the most important writers in Spanish in conversation with Yael Weiss. The Mexican writer, literary critic and academic Margo Glantz is one of the countrys most prolific authors, with a large body of work that includes novels, short stories and non-fiction. She is a member of the Mexican Academy of the Language and has received awards such as the 2004 National Prize for Sciences and Arts, and the 2010 FIL Prize for Literature in Romance Languages. She is presenting her latest book, Por mirarlo todo, nada veÃa. Elsa Osorio (Argentina) is a screenplay writer and the author of books such as Cielo de Tango, Callejón con salida, La Capitana and My Name is Light, with many translations into various languages. Her work has won her, among other awards, the Argentores Prize for best comedy script, Amnesty Internationals literary prize, an Italian booksellers award, and the Giuseppe Acerbi literary award; her latest book is Doble fondo.
Museo de la Ciudad.
Time: 13:00 - 14:00.
[19]
Date
07
Sep
2018
Guillermo Fadanelli is the author of short stories, essays and novels, whose non-conformist personality influences his lively and provocative prose and direct style. His published works include the non-fiction Plegarias de un inquilino, and the novels Mis mujeres muertas and Hotel DF. This event presents one of the most interesting writers on the Mexican literary scene. Here he will talk about his work with the Mexican artist Amandititita, a singer whose inventive lyrics also have a provocative edge.
Jardín Guerrero.
Time: 13:00 - 14:00.
[20]
Date
07
Sep
2018
El Cura Hidalgo, a major figure in the history of modern Mexico, personifies the countrys dream of, and struggle for, independence. The pride of the Mexican character is analysed by two respected historians, Isabel Revuelta and Carlos Silva, from two different perspectives. In conversation with Guadalupe Alonso.
Galería Libertad.
Time: 13:00 - 14:00.
[62]
Date
07
Sep
2018
The Argentinean writer Viviana Rivero is the author of novels such as Secreto bien guardado and Mujer y maestra en un mundo de hombres. Her latest work, La música del destino, is a romantic novel that takes place against the engaging backdrop of Paris in the 1920s. The Mexican writer Jorge Zepeda Patterson also offers a French setting in Muerte contrarreloj, a thriller about the ambitions, intrigues and conspiracies of Tour de France competitors. In conversation with Laura GarcÃa.
Museo Regional (auditorio).
Time: 13:00 - 14:00.
[22]
Date
07
Sep
2018
The winner of the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize, the first Muslim woman in history to receive it, is an Iranian lawyer who specializes in human rights. Currently in exile in London, she continues to work for human rights and democracy, despite having received numerous threats and reprisals from the Iranian authorities. Ebadi will talk to Lydia Cacho about her latest work, Until We Are Free. This is a biographical narrative in which Ebadi tells the story of her courage and the difficulties she faces with a government willing to destroy her family and her mission, which is to bring justice to the people and the country she loves.
Simultaneous translation from Persian to Spanish available
Teatro de la República.
Time: 16:30 - 17:30.
[23]
Date
07
Sep
2018
The US graphic novelist Peter Kuper offers parallel realities, grotesqueries and metaphors about the world around us, through the medium of his drawings. He has illustrated more than twenty books, including the famous classics Alices Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass. He has also published the graphic novels Drawn to New York, The System and Ruins, all of which display an inventiveness of amazing degree. At this event Kuper will talk to Diego Rabasa about his work as an artist and illustrator.
Simultaneous translation from English to Spanish available
Cineteca Rosalío Solano.
Time: 16:30 - 17:30.
[24]
Date
07
Sep
2018
Bogotá39-2017 is a selection of 39 of the best Latin American writers aged under 40. Two of them will share the stage here to talk about their literary careers. The mysterious narrative of Daniel Saldaña ParÃs (Mexico) in his first novel, En medio de extrañas vÃctimas and the violent and hostile portrait by Jesús Miguel Soto (Venezuela) of his native city in La máscara de cuero, will all be explored in this conversation with the literary agent Elianna Kan.Â
Museo de la Ciudad.
Time: 16:30 - 17:30.
[B]
Date
07
Sep
2018
The writer, journalist and prolific twitter user Alma Delia Murillo (Mexico) talks to Sandra Hernández about her novel El niño que fuimos, recently published. Author of the short story collection Damas de caza, of the novel Damas de caza and included as part of the anthology about the 19th of September 2017 earthquake in Mexico, Murillo is also a regular contributor to the online newspaper sinembargo.mx. Free entry
Centro Cultural Epigmenio González.
Time: 16:30 - 17:30.
[TE3]
Date
07
Sep
2018
Antón Castro, Ariana González Santos and José Luis MartÃnez S. in conversation with Laura GarcÃa Mexican and Spanish printing presses publish around 100,000 new books each year, a gigantic wave of paper that floods the bookshops. Why do the media talk about one book, and not another? How does new talent reach the critics? Is there room for surprises, for unforeseen discoveries? Laura GarcÃa talks to Antón Castro, editor of Artes y Letras, the Heraldo de Aragóns cultural magazine (Zaragoza, Spain); Ariana González Santos, manager of the AlmadÃa publisher; and José Luis MartÃnez S., editor of Laberinto, Milenios cultural supplement. Organized together with LibrerÃa Cálamo and with the support of the Government of Aragón
Galería Libertad.
Time: 16:30 - 17:30.
[TE4]
Date
07
Sep
2018
Ricardo GarcÃa Mainou, Daniel Goldin and Paco Goyanes in conversation with Antón Castro Bookshops and libraries are no longer silent spaces where books sleep the sleep of the just (or of the unjust): cultural activity and the promotion of reading are giving them new functions and spaces. Books are recovering their voices, making libraries and bookshops places for debate, social exchange and the press is reflecting this sometimes. Antón Castro talks to Ricardo GarcÃa Mainou, writer, journalist and bookseller at El Faro de AlejandrÃa (Querétaro, Mexico); Daniel Goldin, Managing Director of the Biblioteca Vasconcelos (Mexico City) and Paco Goyanes, of the LibrerÃa Cálamo (Zaragoza, Spain). Organized together with LibrerÃa Cálamo, with the support of Acción Cultural Española and the Government of Aragón
Galería Libertad.
Time: 18:30 - 19:30.
[25]
Date
07
Sep
2018
Vivian Gornick is a greatly admired writer and journalist. In her day, she was one of the pioneers in writing about the metaphorical meaning of what it means to be foreign: that which is somewhere between being a part of something and alienated from it at the same time. In her memoir Fierce Attachments, recently published in Spanish, Gornick powerfully evokes the Jewish-American generation of her childhood and also reflects on the sexist and anti-Semitic humiliations constant in US society of that time. In conversation with the writer and editor Eduardo Rabasa.
Simultaneous translation from English to Spanish available
Teatro de la Ciudad.
Time: 19:00 - 20:00.
[26]
Date
07
Sep
2018
Featuring in over thirty Mexican and international films, with an Ariel award and an ovation at Cannes for his role in Days of Grace, Tenoch Huerta, currently one of Mexicos most successful actors, comes to Hay Festival Querétaro to talk about his experience in the film and television industry. He will talk to Felipe Restrepo Pombo, a Colombian journalist based in Mexico.
Teatro de la República.
Time: 19:00 - 20:00.
[27]
Date
07
Sep
2018
What is the importance of the infinite in a limited world? Has anyone ever reached this indefinable point, given our finite lives? Can you count the uncountable? The mathematician Marcus du Sautoy (UK), Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford, offers to take the reins on matters that affect us all. In his book How To Count to Infinity, Du Sautoy shows us the infinite as a kind of mathematical opening in our minds. At this event he will explain why it is worth imagining all the things that are above and beyond our brief existence.
Simultaneous translation from English to Spanish available. With the support of the British Council.
Cineteca Rosalío Solano.
Time: 19:00 - 20:00.
[28]
Date
07
Sep
2018
Two writers with much in common, two countries (Mexico and Chile) and a conversation. The novelists Emiliano Monge (Mexico), author of Las tierras arrasadas and the short story collection La superficie más honda; and Rafael Gumucio (Chile), author of Mi abuela, Marta Rivas González, Milagro en Haità and El galán imperfecto, speak about their work with Eduardo de la Garma.
Museo de la Ciudad.
Time: 19:00 - 20:00.
[C]
Date
07
Sep
2018
Cultural journalist, radio and TV presenter for more tan 20 years, Mariana H is one of the most recognasible voices of Mexican journalism,. She currently presents the radio programme ¿Qué hacer?, Música en Imagen, and the TV programmes Punto y coma and Caldo de cultivo at Excelsior TV. She is the autor of Neurosis, sustancias y literatura, a book that compiles very special interviews with writers, and of which she will be speaking at this event. In conversation with Francisco Paillie. Free entry
Centro Cultural Epigmenio González.
Time: 19:00 - 20:00.
[TE5]
Date
07
Sep
2018
Sergio del Molino, Alma Delia Murillo, Patricio Pron and Carmen Rioja in conversation with Diego Rabasa Critics -whether or not they are writers- should never review the work of friends: this would risk accusations of bias, or maybe losing friends. It should not happen, but literary history is full of memorable spats and perverse relationships. Diego Rabasa talks to Sergio del Molino (Spain), Alma Delia Murillo (Mexico), Patricio Pron (Argentina) and Carmen Rioja (Mexico). Organized together with LibrerÃa Cálamo and with the support of the Government of Aragón
Galería Libertad.
Time: 20:00 - 21:00.
[29]
Date
07
Sep
2018
The singer, poet and prose writer Patti Smith (USA) has delighted and excited audiences for decades with her music, lyricism and writings. At this event she gives us an artistic and personal homage to the eminent writer Roberto Bolaño, one of the writers who marked a milestone in 20th-century Hispanic literature. As an artist and friend, Patti Smith will recite her poem Hecatomb -dedicated at the time to Bolaño-, commemorating one of the most important literary voices of our time. Accompanied by the guitarist Lenny Kaye.
Jardín Guerrero.
Time: 21:00 - 22:00.
[D]
Date
08
Sep
2018
These workshop is open to all, with humour and simple explanations to find the inner silence, everyday. Kankyo Tannier is a budist nun form the Zen tradition. She lived 15 years in a monastery in France. She divides her time between a life surrounded by trees and animals and an modern, very social activity: videos, books, blogs, conferences. She is the author of The girft of silence: finding peace in a world full of noise, translated into 13 languages. Her aim is to share what is zen meditation and to show an example of contemporary espitituality that is accessible to all. Consecutive translation from French into Spanish Free entry
Alameda Hidalgo.
Time: 09:00 - 10:00.
[30]
Date
08
Sep
2018
Besides a successful career as a singer, Patti Smith (USA) has also published a number of books. The godmother of punk caused a stir on the literary scene with her memoir Just Kids, which talks about her life before fame, at the Chelsea Hotel, and New York in the 1970s. Balancing her career as a writer with one as a singer, she has written a number of poetry books and has recently published the second part of her memoir, entitled M Train. In this conversation with Diego Rabasa, she will talk about her literary career, a facet that will take us beyond music.
Simultaneous translation from English to Spanish available
Teatro de la Ciudad.
Time: 10:30 - 11:30.
[31]
Date
08
Sep
2018
The British musician David Keenan began a career as a writer with the publication of Englands Hidden Reverse, a work about the post-punk and industrial music scene in the UK, and has continued with his first novel, This Is Memorial Device, the name of a fictitious band from the Scottish town of Airdrie in the 1970s and 80s. Our other guest, Amandititita -Mexicos most original cumbia singer-, after many years of writing music has published the book of short stories Trece latas de atún. Music and literary creation converge at this event moderated by the journalist Rulo.
Simultaneous translation from English to Spanish available. With the support of the British Council.
Teatro de la República.
Time: 10:30 - 11:30.
[32]
Date
08
Sep
2018
Salvador Camarena is in charge of journalistic research at the organization Mexicans Against Corruption and Impunity. Denise Dresser is a political scientist and has written incisive diagnoses of contemporary Mexicos socio-political situation. Gabriela Warkentin is the head of W Radio México and was listed by Forbes magazine as one of Mexicos 50 most important women. With their clear vision of the Mexican scene, these journalists, all with impressive careers, will talk to the equally perceptive BBC journalist Enric Botella about how their profession is migrating to digital platforms.
Cineteca Rosalío Solano.
Time: 10:30 - 11:30.
[33]
Date
08
Sep
2018
In his novel El joven sin alma, Vicente Molina Foix evokes Spain in the mid-20th century and makes his protagonist -and his readers- find new life through a passion for film, poetry and life itself. The novel is enriched by the writers own experiences being brought up in a country where echoes of the Spanish Civil War could still be heard. Sergio del Molino covers this same Spain through the gaze of his teacher Antonio Aramayona, whose experiences form the basis of his book La mirada de los peces. These writers will talk to the Mexican journalist Eliezer Budasoff so that, by reviewing a Spain of the past, we may have a clearer view of the Spain of the present. With the support of AECID and the Government of Aragón.
Museo de la Ciudad.
Time: 10:30 - 11:30.
[34]
Date
08
Sep
2018
In Varados en RÃo, a work between the travelogue and the literary essay, the Spanish writer Javier Montes writes about Rio de Janeiro. The Rio of secret pleasures of Manuel Puig; the ramshackle and hostile Rio that Rosa Chacel faced; the legendary and sophisticated Rio of the 50s, the ultramodern houses, the political intrigues, the bohemian golden age that Elizabeth Bishop met ad the painfully oblivious Rio to the photos of Stefan Zweig's suicide. In Donde el silencio se bifurca, Gerardo Piña writes a desolate and angry monologue which opens with the words I will die soon. This Mexican believes that the salvation to the social problems we face will come from inspiring critical thinking. Both authors will talk about their works with Guillermo Núñez.
Galería Libertad.
Time: 10:30 - 11:30.
[35]
Date
08
Sep
2018
The US writer Lydia Davis has made a name for herself in the literary world for her very short works, characterised by their brilliant observations about everyday matters and routine occurrences. Her works include Cant and Wont and The End of the Story, her only novel - or, as the author would say, a long story. Her works have won major prizes including the Man Booker International. At this event she will talk to Elvira Liceaga.
Simultaneous translation from English to Spanish available
Teatro de la Ciudad.
Time: 13:00 - 14:00.
[36]
Date
08
Sep
2018
The winner of the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize, the first Muslim woman in history to receive it, is an Iranian lawyer who specializes in human rights. Currently in exile in London, she continues to work for human rights and democracy, despite having received numerous threats and reprisals from the Iranian authorities, including the confiscation of her Nobel Prize. Ebadi will talk about the importance of defending human rights and, more specifically, the rights of women, based on her own experience as one of the first female judges in Iran and involved in the prohibition of lawyers after the 1979 revolution.
Simultaneous translation from Persian to Spanish available
Teatro de la República.
Time: 13:00 - 14:00.
[37]
Date
08
Sep
2018
Every year, thousands of refugees travel the difficult road to Europe, across the Mediterranean Sea; many of them are not even of adult age. This is a reality that needs to be told. Eoin Colfer (Ireland) and Andrew Donkin (UK) as co-authors, together with Giovanni Rigano (Italy) as illustrator, have contributed to making visible the experience of these refugees in their latest graphic novel: Illegal. In conversation with Karen Coeman, these artists will talk about the situation affecting child migrants and how readers can be made aware of these kinds of events through fiction made out of images. Simultaneous translation from English to Spanish available. With the support of the British Council and Irish Literature.
Cineteca Rosalío Solano.
Time: 13:00 - 14:00.
[38]
Date
08
Sep
2018
The Argentinean Pedro Mairal, who was chosen for the first Bogotá39 in 2007, has won popularity with readers and critics alike with a novel that has become an international publishing phenomenon: La uruguaya. This short but intense story deals with sex, humour, infidelity, money, meanness, betrayal and even football. AgustÃn Fernández Mallo won the 2018 Biblioteca Breve Prize for his novel TrilogÃa de la guerra, a story that links three countries and three different periods, with the common link that they have suffered brutal wars on their territory. Together with the journalist Mariana H, these two writers talk about the many sides of life, from an everyday encounter to the limits of total devastation.
With the support of Acción Cultural Española.
Museo de la Ciudad.
Time: 13:00 - 14:00.
[39]
Date
08
Sep
2018
Taking the anthology Por qué escribo - Hay Festival, as a starting point, the writer Guillermo Núñez reflect on literature and the work of the writer with RocÃo Cerón, Mexican author, and Jacobo Zanella, publisher from Gris Tormenta. Copies of the antologhy will be available for free to the public at the end.
Museo de la Ciudad (Sala Christo).
Time: 13:00 - 14:00.
[40]
Date
08
Sep
2018
The Chilean author Alejandro Zambra is one of Latin Americas most engaging contemporary voices. He has written novels such as Ways of Going Home and FacsÃmil, short story books such as My Documents, and works of non-fiction like No leer, a kind of blurred self-portrait of his literary biography. Patricio Pron is a prolific Argentinean writer, the author of six books of short stories and seven novels. In his latest book, Lo que está y no se usa nos fulminará, he returns to the short stories, to give us another lesson in sobrety irony, originality and elegance. They will talk to the Mexican publisher, writer and translator Yael Weiss.
Galería Libertad.
Time: 13:00 - 14:00.
[41]
Date
08
Sep
2018
Science has given us unprecedented knowledge about the big questions that have faced humanity. Where do we come from? What is the ultimate end of the universe? What is our physical world made up of? What is consciousness? The mathematician Marcus du Sautoy (UK), Professor of Mathematics and the Public Understanding of Science at the University of Oxford, deals with the issues that make us human in his book What We Cannot Know. He will talk about his work with the professor Carlos Arredondo.
Simultaneous translation from English to Spanish available
Teatro de la Ciudad.
Time: 16:30 - 17:30.
[42]
Date
08
Sep
2018
The US campaign, #MeToo, has shaken the world, helping to build support for gender equality. The writers, journalists and activists Vivian Gornick (USA), Jeanette Winterson (UK), Rosemary Sullivan (Canada) and Eliezer Budasoff (Argentina) have been working for gender equality through fiction and non-fiction, through the written and spoken word, through literature and through images. At this event with the BBC journalist AntÃa Castedo, they will talk about the #MeToo social media campaign, ways of being heard and promoting the path towards a more equitable world.
Simultaneous translation from English to Spanish available. With the support of the Blue Metropolis Festival and Wom@rts.
Teatro de la República.
Time: 16:30 - 17:30.
[43]
Date
08
Sep
2018
Robin Benway is the winner of the US National Book Award for her novel Far From the Tree. It tells the story of Grace, who was adopted at birth and grew up as an only child. Aged sixteen, after getting pregnant and giving up her baby for adoption, she seeks her biological family in order to discover that she is really the middle child: Joaquin is the oldest and Maya the youngest. While Grace faces the vacuum left by her baby, life shows her and her siblings the way to their origins, letting them find their place in the world.
Simultaneous translation from English to Spanish available.
With the support of the Blue Metropolis Festival.
Cineteca Rosalío Solano.
Time: 16:30 - 17:30.
[44]
Date
08
Sep
2018
Imagination is what makes us human, argues the zoologist and anthropologist who has dedicated a long career to exploring the lives of our evolutionary ancestors: the primates. AgustÃn Fuentes (USA), a National Geographic Explorer, will talk about his latest work, The Creative Spark: How Imagination Made Humans Exceptional, in which he traces the origins of creativity and collaboration in order to explain human nature. He will talk to Liliet Heredero.
Museo de la Ciudad.
Time: 16:30 - 17:30.
[45]
Date
08
Sep
2018
The versatility of Hugo Hiriart has allowed him to sail the waters of different worlds. He has been the director of the Mexican Cultural Institute, cultural attaché at the embassy in New York, a screenplay writer, producer and director for film and TV and, of course, a writer. He has published novels, essays and literature for young people. In 2018 his fascinating non-fiction book Sobre la naturaleza de los sueños, published originally in 1995, is being re-printed. He will talk to the writer Jazmina Barrera.
Patio de la Delegación del Centro Histórico.
Time: 16:30 - 17:30.
[46]
Date
08
Sep
2018
Writing is always determined by the technologies that make it possible, From paper to the printer or mobile devices or computers. In this conversation we will look into ways of writing from the point of view of the media that we are using, the practices that mix literature, science and technology, intregrating medias, and how can we speak about new genres within contemporary literature. Chaired by Horacio Warpola.
Event organized together with el Centro de Cultura Digital and with the support of Acción Cultural Español.
Galería Libertad.
Time: 16:30 - 17:30.
[47]
Date
08
Sep
2018
The journalist Alma Guillermoprieto has written extensively about Latin America for the British and US press. She has worked for publications including The Guardian, The Washington Post, The New Yorker and The New York Review of Books. Her reports have been translated into several different languages. This author of memoirs such as Dancing with Cuba and Looking for History will talk to Guillermo Osorno about her works as a journalist and her experiences in the trade.
Teatro de la Ciudad.
Time: 19:00 - 20:00.
[48]
Date
08
Sep
2018
Venki Ramakrishnan is the winner of the 2009 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for his work in molecular biology, which includes studies of the advanced compression of the atomic structure of ribosome, which he calls the mother of all molecules. In his new book, Gene Machine, he explains how, if DNA is information, the ribosome is a powerful machine that can process information. The book is also a very human history about the race to ascertain the structure of ribosome, an enormous molecule that has more than a million atoms. It is a frank look at how science is done, with all its accidental circumstances, ambitions and rivalries. In conversation with Antonio Lazcano, Doctor of Science of UNAM, a specialist in evolutionary biology. Both scientists will talk about the microscopic force that can tell us much about how to develop better antibiotics in the fight against deadly diseases. Simultaneous translation from English to Spanish available
Teatro de la República.
Time: 19:00 - 20:00.
[49]
Date
08
Sep
2018
Alejandro Páez Varela has been in charge of nearly 20 newspapers; in his career he has been the editor of El Economista, Reforma, El Universal, El Fronterizo, El Mexicano and El Heraldo de Chihuahua. Nayeli Roldán is a part of the Animal PolÃtico news site team, which uncovered the workings of an extensive corruption network in Mexico in her investigation La estafa maestra. Marcela Turati, an independent journalist who focusses on the topics of human rights, drug-related violence and social development, has either authored or co-authored more than ten books. This event deals with the matter of how deep journalism can go, in conversation with BBC Mundo jurnalist, AntÃa Castedo.
With the support of SURA and the Gabriel GarcÃa Márquez Journalism Prize, organized by the Gabriel GarcÃa Márquez Foundation for New Ibero-American Journalism
Cineteca Rosalío Solano.
Time: 19:00 - 20:00.
[50]
Date
08
Sep
2018
With its quirky, personal tone, the Spanish writer Juan José Millás adds a touch of humour to an original narrative thread. His novel, Que nadie duerma, tells the story of the life that LucÃa makes for herself after losing her job. She becomes a taxi driver, accompanied by a tune from a Puccini opera, with which she strongly identifies. She hopes one day to pick up her former neighbour, a man who has disappeared and who was the love of her life. The real world and the main characters inner world are separated by a very fine line indeed. Millás will talk about the creative process involved in inventing LucÃas world. In conversation with the Argentinean journalist Mónica Maristain.
With the support of Acción Cultural Española.
Museo de la Ciudad.
Time: 19:00 - 20:00.
[51]
Date
08
Sep
2018
We all know that life is better if taken with a dose of humour, but how is that reflected in writing? These authors know how to add humour to things, through their narrative voices: the Argentinean publisher Daniel Divinsky, responsible for the famous Mafalda comic strip that has made so many people laugh; the Chilean author and comedian Rafael Gumucio, characterised by his direct, ironic and acid language, both in his published books and in his newspaper columns; and the Argentinean writer and journalist LucÃa Lijtmaer, known for the roguish tone of her novels, articles and blog entries. They will talk to the journalist Mariana H about the importance of humour in literature and different ways of reflecting the comic (or the not so comic).
With the support of Acción Cultural Española.
Patio de la Delegación del Centro Histórico.
Time: 19:00 - 20:00.
[52]
Date
08
Sep
2018
In contemporary literature it seems that writing becomes the main character, the center, about books that are written and that are thought about how we write. From the European avant garden, to the Brasilian concretism, the American conceptualism: proceedings such as the cut up, the appropiationm the remix etc. are practices that are shining because mobile devices and computers have a poetic potential. These gives into questions such as how to preserse and use our linguistic past and cultural inheritances whilst legal requirements are looking into collaborative and communal practices from the prespective of the market. How do we write? How is really the author? How are writers with the devices of the XXI? Event coorganized with the Centro de Cultural Digital.
Galería Libertad.
Time: 19:00 - 20:00.
[53]
Date
08
Sep
2018
Popular rythms from the Tropic mix up in the music of Celso Piña. Reggae, rap or hip hop have never been mixed with banda music or cumbia. This singer and acordean player Monterrey has played all around Latinamerica and arrives to Querétaro with his band Celso Piña and the Ronda Bogotá.
With special guest Pato Machete.
Free admission until full capacity
Plaza Fundadores.
Time: 21:00 - 22:00.
[53A]
Date
08
Sep
2018
Paola grows up as the youngest of three sisters in Quito. Her father, an ex priest, abandons the family to go back to Cali, his hometown. Dreams are left behind, enterprises fail, love flourishes and fades away and life goes on at a vertiginous rhythm. Paola grows up in the midst of this vortex, using everything she has to offer while remaining faithful to herself. Surrounded by her mother and two older sisters, Paola tries to find her place in this world. The film is based on the graphic novel Virus Tropical, by Powerpaola, who will present the screening, and directed by Santiago Caicedo.Â
Running time: 96 minutes Spanish LanguageCineteca Rosalío Solano.
Time: 21:00 - 22:45.
[54]
Date
09
Sep
2018
Recent advances in molecular biology and biotechnology have enormous implications for the future of genetic technologies. The ability to modify or synthesize genes in all kinds of organisms, including in human beings, has tremendous potential benefits for the future of humanity. However, this technology also has a dark side. The rector of Querétaros Universidad Autónoma, Margarita Teresa de Jesús GarcÃa Gasca, presents the Nobel Chemistry Laureate and current President of the Royal Society, Venki Ramakrishnan, who will talk about how the development of genetics has contributed to combatting diseases, to reproductive health and even to the food chain but, at the same time, he will set out the challenges we face as the result of these advances.
Simultaneous translation from English to Spanish.
Event sponsored by SURA.
Teatro de la Ciudad.
Time: 11:00 - 12:00.
[55]
Date
09
Sep
2018
Rosemary Sullivan is the author of fifteen books, including five biographies, three poetry books, travel diaries, short fiction and essays. Her most recent book, Stalins Daughter: The Extraordinary and Tumultuous Life of Svetlana Alliluyeva, won the 2016 Plutarch Biography award and other Canadian prizes for non-fiction, as well as being named book of the year by the Daily Mail. She will talk about this fascinating biography with the translator and academic Elianna Kan.
Simultaneous translation from English to Spanish available.
With the support of the Blue Metropolis Festival.
Cineteca Rosalío Solano.
Time: 11:00 - 12:00.
[56]
Date
09
Sep
2018
This event features a writer who loves Barcelona, talking to Enric Botella. Sergio Vila-Sanjuán is a high profile Spanish cultural journalist and editor of the Cultura|s literary supplement of La Vanguardia. As well as his fictional work, he has written non-fiction and two plays. At this event, he will talk about his trilogy set in Barcelona: A Barcelona Heiress, Estaba en el aire and El informe Casabona.
With the support of Acción Cultural Española.
Museo de la Ciudad.
Time: 11:00 - 12:00.
[57]
Date
09
Sep
2018
Two Mexican authors speak with Nivardo Trejo about their latest short story collections. With Wenceslao Bruciaga, writer and columinst; he has written Tu lagunero no vuelve más, Funerales de hombres raros, Un amigo para la orgÃa del mundo, and Bareback Jukebox. And with Elvira Liceaga, conductor of the cultural programme Las partÃculas elementales and the radio programme of the Revista de la Universidad de México; she is a literatura lecturer and her first book is Carolina y otras despedidas.
Patio de la Delegación del Centro Histórico.
Time: 11:00 - 12:00.
[58]
Date
09
Sep
2018
This is Memorial Device, the first novel by David Keenan, the British writer and musician, tells the story of a band from Airdrie, Scotland, through a series of interviews. This work of fictitious journalism is a homage to the recent musical history of the UK and a look at the everyday lives of people from this period. Keenan will talk to the journalist Mariana H about the novel, chosen by the Telegraph newspaper and the Rough Trade record label as one of the best books of 2017. Simultaneous translation from English to Spanish. With the support of the British Council.
Teatro de la Ciudad.
Time: 13:00 - 14:00.
[59]
Date
09
Sep
2018
More than illustrated works, these authors create stories told through images. The Colombian-Ecuadorian artist Powerpaola tackles sexuality, feminism and personal identity in her graphic novels and comic strips, which creates for her blog, among other outlets. Bernardo Fernández, Bef, is the creator of both traditional format and graphic novels for adults, children and young people, and which have been translated into English, French, German, Dutch and Chinese. Together with the Sexto Piso editor for Mexico, Felipe Rosete, these graphic artists will talk about their work with images and their latest books, Todo va a estar bien by Powerpaola and El instante amarillo by Bef.
With the support of the Embassy of Colombia in Mexico.
Museo de la Ciudad.
Time: 13:00 - 14:00.
[60]
Date
09
Sep
2018
Mónica LavÃn is a journalist, writer and lecturer at Mexico Citys Universidad Autónoma. Her bibliography, which includes stories, novels and non-fiction, has received several awards, including the Elena Poniatowska Ibero-American Novel Prize for her historical novel about Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, Yo, la peor. In 2016 she published Mexicontemporáneo. Edson Lechuga is a graduate in Hispanic Philology from the University of Barcelona and has contributed to a number of newspapers in Spain and Latin America. He is the author of the novels Luz de luciérnagas and gotas.de.mercurio, and the childrens book Elefantes y papalotes. The work of Alfredo Núñez Lanz includes two stories for children, Soy un dinosaurio and Veneno de abeja, and a historical novel El pacto de la hoguera. He is also an editor with and founder of Textofilia Ediciones. These Mexican writers, who also work as journalists, will talk to Antonio Cabadas.
Patio de la Delegación del Centro Histórico.
Time: 13:00 - 14:00.
[61]
Date
09
Sep
2018
Marcela Turati is an independent activist and journalist, winner of numerous awards for her investigations for the press, including the Inter Press Service and Millennium Development Goals Prize for Latin America and the Gabriel GarcÃa Márquez Journalism Award. She works in the interest of human rights, and particularly on the subject of violence in Mexico. Pablo Ferri, the Spanish reporter, winner of the Ortega y Gasset Prize and the National Journalism Prize, is a correspondent with Spains El PaÃs newspaper and has investigated the violation of human rights in Veracruz. Alejandra González is a journalist with Gatopardo magazine and has investigated disappearances in Mexico during Enrique Peña Nietos years as president. The discussion is moderated by the Mexico-based Colombian journalist, Felipe Restrepo Pombo.
Jardín Guerrero.
Time: 13:00 - 14:00.
[64]
Date
09
Sep
2018
Do we really choose our partners freely? Is infidelity hereditary? Are the illnesses I will suffer marked in my genes? The prestigious Spanish scientist, Miguel Pita, Doctor of Genetics and Cellular Biology and internationally recognized for his educational work on science, puts the reader inside the mind of Ale, a human being like any other, for a day. Through this narrative, Pita answers, in his book El ADN dictador, that important question: do our genes determine our tastes and decisions? In short: are we born, or are we made?
With the support of Acción Cultural Española.
Cineteca.
Time: 17:00 - 18:00.
[65]
Date
09
Sep
2018
The Spanish feminists and illustrators Raquel Riba Rossy and MarÃa Hesse transmit their values through their graphic novels. They will talk to Felipe Rosete about their work in the art industry with regard to feminism. Raquel Riba Rossy is the author of Más vale Lola que mal acompañada and recently she has published ¿Qué Pacha, mamá?. Both works feature the famous and revolutionary character, Lola Vendetta. MarÃa Hesse highlights the importance of feminism in her illustrated book Frida Kahlo: Una biografÃa, and this year once again deals with feminism, by challenging gender and its social constructions through another famous person, David Bowie, in her new book: Bowie.
With the support of Acción Cultural Española and Wom@rts
Jardín Guerrero.
Time: 17:00 - 18:00.
[66]
Date
09
Sep
2018
Miguel de la Cruz, Claudia Ivonne Hernández, Mónica Maristain, Guillermo Osorno, Alejandro Páez Varela, Nayeli Roldán and Gabriela Warketin, presented by AntÃa Castedo
This event features great press articles whose impact was so important that they defined the careers of those who, today, read them out. Seven outstanding journalists share with the audience these texts which marked watersheds in their lives. Presented by AntÃa Castedo.
Cineteca Rosalío Solano.
Time: 19:00 - 20:00.
[67]
Date
09
Sep
2018
Two draughtsmen, Ricardo Liniers (Argentina) and Alberto Montt (Ecuador-Chile), accept the challenge to take the stage, to host a unique experience. An event with irony, acidic humour and ideas, as well as the special participation of the audience and guests on the stage. Here they create a live improvisation of drawings, reflecting a range of themes and figures from current affairs. Raquel Riba Rossy (Spain), MarÃa Hesse (Spain), Peter Kuper (USA) and Powerpaola (Colombia-Ecuador) are moderated by the two illustrators: while they speak to the audience, the guests draw the jokes and ideas that come out of this spontaneous exchange.
With the support of Acción Cultural Española, the Embassy of Colombia in Mexico and Wom@rts
Jardín Guerrero.
Time: 19:00 - 20:00.