Dialogues for Sant Jordi
As a prologue to Sant Jordi’s Day, Barcelona Libraries offers a space where authors and readers can meet
As part of the Reading Action Programme, Barcelona Libraries brings back Dialogues for Sant Jordi: three days of conversations among writers, based on the affinity of their latest works, and talks with international authors. For this project, the El Clot - Josep Benet Library (the Disseny Hub Barcelona auditorium) and the CCCB become places where people can talk about books and literature.
From the language and music of Ancient Greece to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Dialogues of Sant Jordi proposes a unique journey covering some of the most outstanding authors of today's literary panorama: Blanca Llum Vidal, Agustín Fernández Mallo, Maksim Óssipov, Eva Baltasar, Laura Gost, Marta Carnicero, David Trueba, Juan Tallón, Orhan Pamuk, Santiago Auserón, Pedro Olalla, Jo Nesbo and Núria Bendicho. Furthermore, Dialogues for Sant Jordi will also include the celebration of the 100th anniversary of PEN Català, presented by the writer Burhan Sönmez, the president of PEN International.
Dialogues for Sant Jordi, which will be mediated by writers and cultural journalists, is a Barcelona Libraries project, with the collaboration of Barcelona City of Literature, the Disseny Hub Barcelona and the CCCB.
This year, the best stories are happening at Barcelona Libraries.
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Where: the Disseny Hub Barcelona auditorium and the CCCB
When: 19 to 21 April
Free admission (limited capacity)
The dialogues
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Blanca Llum Vidal i Agustín Fernández MalloThe two authors will be talking about their respective latest works: La princesa sou Vós (Club Editor) and El libro de todos los amores (Seix Barral)
When: Tuesday, 19 April, at 5.30 pm
Where: Barcelona Design Hub’s auditorium -
Maksim ÓssipovThe author will be talking to Marta Rebón about his latest work, Rock, Paper, Scissors and Other Stories [published in Catalan and Spanish respectively as Pedra, paper, estisores (Club Editor)/Piedra, papel, tijera (Libros del Asteroide)]
When: Tuesday, 19 April, at 6.30 pm
Where: Barcelona Design Hub’s auditorium -
Eva Baltasar, Marta Carnicero and Laura GostThe three authors will be talking to Anna Pérez Pagès about their latest works, Mamut (Club Editor), Matrioixques (Quaderns Crema) and El món es torna senzill (Empúries).
When: Tuesday, 19 April, at 7.30 pm
Where: Barcelona Design Hub’s auditorium -
David Trueba i Juan TallónThe authors will be talking to David Guzmán about their latest work, Queridos niños (Anagrama) and Obra maestra (Anagrama)
When: Wednesday, 20 April, at 6 pm
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Burhan Sönmez and the Catalan PEN’s centenaryThe author will be talking to Simona Škrabec about the Catalan PEN’s centenary and his latest novel, Laberint (Edicions del Periscopi)/Laberinto (Minúscula)
When: Wednesday, 20 April, at 7.30 pm
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Orhan PamukThe author will be talking to Xavier Graset about his latest novel, Nights of Plague, published in Spanish and Catalan respectively as Las noches de la peste (Literatura Random House)/Nits de pesta (Més Llibres)
When: Thursday, 21 April, at 5.30 pm
Where: Barcelona Design Hub’s auditorium -
Santiago Auserón and Pedro OlallaThe authors will be talking to Sílvia Marimon about their latest works, Arte sonora (Anagrama) and Palabras del Egeo. El mar, la lengua griega y los albores de la civilización (Acantilado)
When: Thursday, 21 April, at 6.30 pm
Where: Barcelona Design Hub’s auditorium -
Jo Nesbø and Núria BendichoThe authors will be talking to Núria Juanico about their latest works: The former’s Jealousy Man, published in Spanish and Catalan respectively as El hombre celoso (Reservoir Books)/L’home de la gelosia (Proa), and the latter’s Terres mortes (Anagrama)
When: Thursday, 21 April, at 7.30 pm
Where: Barcelona Design Hub’s auditorium