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Want to follow the trail of Festival 42 from the beginning? Download the programmes of ous editions of the festival in this section.

INTERVIEW WITH CHINA MIÉVILLE [Video]
EXHIBITION ON CATALAM MYTHOLOGY [Photo]
ROUTE TO BALLADICA, A ‘FOLKTRONIC’ JOURNEY THROUGH FANTASY WORLDS [Photo]
CHILDREN OF LEGEND: FANTASY CREATURES IN CURRENT FICTION [Photo]
OF FOXES, WARS AND LANGUAGES: ANNA STAROBÍNETS’ NEVER-ENDING FANTASY [Photo]
FROM ITHACA TO PENELOPE: CLAIRE NORTH AND LEGENDS FROM A FEMALE PERSPECTIVE [Photo]
COSMIC, HELLISH OR HUMAN? MONSTERS AS A SYMBOL AND AS A REALITY [Photo]
IRREVERENT WORLDS: PLAYFUL TRANSGRESSION IN FANTASY GENRES [Photo]
BETWEEN A POEM AND A HARD PLACE: ANNA SMITH SPARK’S ART IN GRIMDARK [Photo]
THE GREAT COSPLAY NIGHT: OUR FAVOURITE CHARACTERS COME TO LIFE [Photo]
THE FANTASTIC 42 PANEL: INTERNATIONAL WOMEN AUTHORS [Photo/Video]
HIGHLIGHTS OF IBERIAN ROMANTASY: A PHENOMENON FROM SIX PERSPECTIVES [Photo]
MIND-BLOWING WORLDS: THE GREAT ROUND TABLE OF LATIN AMERICAN VOICES [Photo/Video]
CREATION AS ACTIVISM: THE GREAT DIVERSITY ROUND TABLE [Photo]
FONDA LEE AND HONOURING THE PHILOSOPHY OF MARTIAL ARTS IN URBAN FANTASY [Photo]
THE WINNERS OF THE 42 AWARDS: AWARD-WINNERS’ ROUND TABLE [Photo]
DYING TWICE: MAGIC, LOVE AND DESTINY, WITH V. L. BOVALINO [Photo]
BETWEEN SKYSCRAPERS AND LA PAMPA: SPACES THAT TELL A STORY, WITH ESTHER CROSS AND LAURA ORTIZ GÓMEZ [Photo]
DISTORTED REALITIES: FANTASY, HORROR AND REBELLION IN LATIN AMERICAN LITERATURE [Photo]
IMMORTALITY, IDENTITY AND MEMORY: THE THEMES THAT INHABIT V. E. SCHWAB’S WORKS [Photo/Video]
QUEER WORLDBUILDING: HOW TO BUILD NON-HETERONORMATIVE UNIVERSES [Photo]
JOAN-LLUÍS LLUÍS AND SEBASTIÀ ALZAMORA: FANTASY AS A CODE IN GREAT LITERATURE [Photo]
CREATOR OF ICONS: THE GENIUS OF DAVID LLOYD AND THE FACES OF REBELLION [Photo/Video]
NEOLIBERAL HORROR: ALGORITHMS, GHOSTS AND FASCIST POLITICS IN CONTEMPORARY WEIRD LITERATURE [Photo]
DARK FANTASY FOR YOUNG AND OLD: THE MASTER, FRANCES HARDINGE [Photo]
THE MOMENT OF (THE OTHER) TRUTH: THE 42 AWARDS CEREMONY [Photo]
ROMANTASY AND EXORCISTS: THE STELLA TACK AND BLACK BIRD ACADEMY PHENOMENON [Photo]
TRIBUTE TO GIGAMESH: 40 YEARS OF VICE AND SUBCULTURE [Photo]
FROM POETRY TO TIME TRAVEL AND FAIRY TALES: AMAL EL-MOHTAR’S LITERARY CAREER [Photo/Video]
MIÉVILLECON 2. RELEASING THE KRAKEN: MONSTROSITY IN THE WORK OF CHINA MIÉVILLE [Photo]
MIÉVILLECON 1: TRANSLATING AND INTERPRETING THE NEW WEIRD [Photo]
FANTASY, GOTHIC AND POP HORROR, WITH FRANCES HARDINGE, BEN AARONOVITCH, ROGER LUCKHURST AND GRADY HENDRIX [Photo/Video]
CARTERCON 3. IN THE BLOODY CHAMBER [Photo]
CARTERCON 2. CARTER CABARET [Photo]
CARTERCON 1. IN CARTER’S COMPANY [Photo]
REPLICANTS VIDEO PODCAST: VISIONS OF A PRESENT FUTURE [Photo]
TAKING RISKS, PLAYING AND WINNING. FANTASY BEYOND ITS CODES [Photo/Video]
THE HORROR OF CREATING LIFE. WOMEN AUTHORS BREAKING TABOOS [Photo]
"ESSA EFA": SCIENCE FICTION IN CATALAN LITERATURE [Photo]
ASIMOV: THE INTERGENERATIONAL GATEWAY TO SCIENCE FICTION [Photo]
WELCOME TO THE CEMETERY: ROGER LUCKHURST’S HEART AND SOUL
EXHIBITION "ESSA EFA: MORE THAN A CENTURY OF SCIENCE FICTION IN CATALAN" [Photo]
GREATS OF YA LITERATURE: CARE SANTOS, ELIA BARCELÓ AND DAVID LOZANO [Photo]
BEN AARONOVITCH: WIZARDS WITH POLICE BADGES IN THE RIVER OF MAGIC. LONDON, GODS AND MIXING GENRES [Photo/Video]
PERSPECTIVES THAT TRANSFORM GENRES: ROSA MONTERO, VIRGINIA FEITO AND J. J. MUÑOZ-RENGEL [Photo]
ADAPTING THE BEST ‘POPCORN’ HORROR TO LITERATURE, WITH GRADY HENDRIX [Photo]
MYTHOLOGY, TALES AND CURSES IN THE CATALAN AUDIOVISUAL SCENE [Photo]
MODERN CLASSICS: ELIA BARCELÓ, ROSA MONTERO AND CRISTINA FERNÁNDEZ CUBAS [Photo]
THE END OF THE WORLDS AS WE KNOW IT: STORIES THAT PREPARE US FOR THE WORST [Photo]
CATALAN MYTHOLOGY'S: GREAT CRIATURES [Photo]
THE UNREAL IN THEATRE, DANCE, POETRY AND PUPPETRY [Photo]
SHORT STORIES ACCORDING TO FERNÁNDEZ CUBAS: WHAT WE SEE AND WHAT WE DON'T [Photo]
PRESS CONFERENCE 2025 [Photo]