Emma Suárez in conversation with Roberto Pombo

The Spanish actress Emma Suárez has played iconic parts such as the Countess of Belflor in El perro del hortelano, by Pilar Miró, a role which won her a Goya for Best Actress in 1997, and the mysterious Lisa in La ardilla roja, directed by Julio Medem in 1993. She has worked with directors such as José Luis Borau, Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón, Isabel Coixet and, more recently, Pedro Almodóvar, starring in his new film, Julieta. Hers has been one of the most outstanding careers in Spanish film, and she has also worked in the theatre and television; Emma Suárez will talk about her acting life and her latest projects with Roberto Pombo, editor of El Tiempo.
Simultaneous translation from Spanish to English available
Event organized together with El Tiempo
 

Teatro Adolfo Mejía.

Time: 12:30 - 13:30.

Girls? rights: what still needs to be done

Marianne Ponsford in conversation with Heylin Paola Ayola Peralta, Belkis Mayrena Klinger and Blanca Luz Manyoma

Marianne Ponsford in conversation with three young women from the Colombian Pacific and Caribbean regions about how we construct, and deconstruct, our female identities throughout our lives. Marianne Ponsford is a journalist and editor of CERLALC. 

Event organized together with PLAN

UNIBAC.

Time: 12:30 - 13:30.

Jorge Perugorría in conversation with Sandro Romero Rey

Jorge Perugorría (Havana, Cuba) is known by many for his roles in films such as Strawberry and Chocolate (directed by Tomás Gutiérrez Alea and Juan Carlos Tabío), Derecho de asilo, by Octavio Cortázar, and Che, by Steven Soderbergh. An actor, painter, sculptor and documentary director, Jorge Perugorría will talk about his extraordinary career, from its beginnings in the theatre to films with an international profile, with Sandro Romero Rey, author de la recent Memorias de una cinefilia.
Simultaneous translation from Spanish to English available
 

Teatro Adolfo Mejía.

Time: 15:30 - 16:30.

The invention of childhood

Julián Herbert and Guido Tamayo in conversation with Ramón Cote
The participating writers will talk about childhood through characters from their books. With the presence of Julián Herbert, winner of the 2003 Gilberto Owen National Literature Prize and the 2006 Juan José Arreola National Short Story Prize, author of the novel Canción de tumba; and Guido Tamayo, author of El inquilino, winner of the Universidad Javeriana’s National Novella Prize, and his new novel, Juego de niños.
 

Salón Santa Clara (Hotel Sofitel).

Time: 15:30 - 16:30.

FNPI event: Cross-breeding journalism

Mariana Santos and Olga Lucía Lozano in conversation with Germán Rey
Journalism as a meeting point that brings together a range of disciplines to tell stories. Mariana Santos (Portugal), animation and interaction director for the Fusion channel, member of The 19 Million Project, a multi-disciplinary project whose goal is to raise awareness about migrants and refugees around the world, and the creator of the Chicas Poderosas initiative, a community that works to bring Latin American women to the forefront of digital journalism. Olga Lucía Lozano (Colombia) was the co-founder and creative editor of La Silla Vacía until 2014, and winner of the 2013 Gabriel García Márquez Journalism Prize in the Innovation category, for the Proyecto Rosa. Event moderated by Germán Rey (Colombia), ex-director of the Universidad Javeriana’s Centro Ático, media analyst and member of the Gabriel García Márquez Journalism Prize committee.

Organized by Gabriel García Márquez’s Foundation for New Iberoamerican Journalism (FNPI) with the support of the Fundación Tenaris Tubocaribe

Centro de Cooperación Española (Salón del Rey).

Time: 15:30 - 16:30.

Roberto Pombo in conversation with Juan Esteban Constaín

Juan Esteban Constaín has spent over a year recording a series of conversations with Roberto Pombo about Colombia’s recent history. They have discussed a range of topics: everything from the Proceso 8000 judicial process to García Márquez, from peace to the drug trade. This is a look at Colombia’s contemporary history through the eyes of one of the country’s most important journalists, one who has done everything in the trade: from legal reporting for El Heraldo to editing El Tiempo. One result of these discussions will be a book published by PRH. This conversation will be a foretaste of what is to come.

UNIBAC.

Time: 15:30 - 16:30.

The story of the Jews

Simon Schama
Simon Schama is a well-known Art History and History professor at Columbia University (New York). He is also an art and culture critic for The New Yorker and contributes regularly to The Guardian. He has published many books such as Simon Schama's Power of Art, The American Future: A History o The Face of Britain: The Nation through Its Portraits. He will be talking about his book The Story of the Jews, Finding the Words (1000 BCE - 1492), a fascinating journey about the culture and history of the Jewish people.
Simultaneous translation from English to Spanish available 

Teatro Adolfo Mejía.

Time: 17:30 - 18:30.

Painted poetry, with Ramón Cote

The links between painting and poetry go back to the 6th century BC, at least. Simonides of Ceos referred to the first as “silent poetry” and the second as “painting with the gift of speech”. The Greek notion of ekphrasis (the verbal transformation of a visual representation) is still with us. Painted poetry is a poetic tour through the history of art, from the Renaissance to our days, written by Ramón Cote and published in Colección Privada, winner of the 2003 Casa de América Prize. The tour features painters such as Uccello, Leonardo, Velázquez, Rembrandt, Goya, Balthus, Obregón and Caballero.

Salón Santa Clara (Hotel Sofitel).

Time: 17:30 - 18:30.

Journalism in the time of cholera

Jorge Lanata and Miguel Enrique Otero with Andrea Bernal
The journalists Jorge Lanata, presenter of the investigative programme Periodismo para todos, broadcast on Argentinean television, and Miguel Enrique Otero, editor of the Venezuelan newspaper El Nacional, two of the most critical voices in their respective countries, will talk about the political situation in Latin America and freedom of expression on the continent. This discussion will be chaired by Andrea Bernal, of NTN24.
Event organized together with the Cátedra Mario Vargas Llosa
  

Centro de Cooperación Española (Patio).

Time: 17:30 - 18:30.

What would Bolívar think if he came back to us?

Marie Arana and Antonio Caballero in conversation with Juan Carlos Iragorri
Participants will talk about the figure of Simón Bolívar and reflect on the current situation of Latin America. With Marie Arana, The Washington Post journalist and author of the most recent biography of The Liberator, Bolívar - American Liberator; and Antonio Caballero, writer and Semana columnist, Simón Bolívar prizewinner for his political caricatures in 1994 and author of the recent Comer o no comer y otras notas de cocina. Discussion chaired by Juan Carlos Iragorri, director of Voces RCN and NTN24’s Club de prensa.

UNIBAC.

Time: 17:30 - 18:30.

Yuval Noah Harari in conversation with Rosie Boycott

Yuval Noah Harari in conversation with Rosie Boycott
100,000 years ago, there were at least six different species of humans on the earth. Today, only one remains: we homo sapiens. How did our species win the struggle for domination? Why did our nomad ancestors unite to create cities and kingdoms? How did we come to believe in gods, nations and human rights; to trust money, books and laws; to be enslaved by bureaucracy, timetables and consumerism? How will the planet come to be over the next millennium? In Sapiens. A Brief History of Humankind, Professor of History at Jerusalem University, Yuval Noah Harari, will explore all these questions, taking into account biology, anthropology, palaeontology and economics.
Simultaneous translation from English to Spanish available
With the support of the Israeli Embassy in Colombia
 

Teatro Adolfo Mejía.

Time: 19:30 - 20:30.

Remembering William Shakespeare

Simon Schama, Hisham Matar, Alan Yentob, Daniel Hahn, Deborah Levy and Nell Leyshon in conversation with Peter Florence

The celebrated historian Simon Schama, the journalist Alan Yentob and the writers Hisham Matar, Nell Leyshon, Daniel Hahn and Deborah Levy, who has written for The Royal Shakespeare Company, will talk to Peter Florence about the figure context and influence of William Shakespeare in the 400 anniversary of his death
 

Salón Santa Clara (Hotel Sofitel).

Time: 19:30 - 20:30.

Poetry gala

Alberto Barrera Tyszka, Piedad Bonnett, Roberto Burgos Cantor, Rómulo Bustos, Rafael Cadenas, Ramón Cote, Julián Herbert, Nuno Júdice, Filipa Leal, Juan Manuel Roca and Nelson Romero Guzmán in conversation with Guido Tamayo.
Once again we hold the popular Poetry Gala with a great selection of Colombian and international poets, who have chosen poems to recite.
 

Centro de Cooperación Española (Patio).

Time: 19:30 - 20:30.

Travel writing (1)

Alonso Sánchez Baute, Miguel Ángel Manrique and Patricia Nieto in conversation with Jaime Abello Banfi
The general manager and co-founder of the Gabriel García Márquez Foundation for New Iberoamerican Journalism (FNPI), Jaime Abello Banfi, will chair this talk about literary journalism, based on the experience of writing a report on visits to heritage towns in Colombia. Featuring Alonso Sánchez Baute, author of the novels Al diablo la maldita primavera and Líbranos del bien, and the non-fiction work ¿Sex o no sex?; and Patricia Nieto, a Colombian educator, journalist and reporter who has compiled her reports on the country’s armed conflict in the books Jamás olvidaré tu nombre (2006), El Cielo no me abandona (2007), Donde pisé aún crece la hierba (2010) and Los escogidos (2012).
Event organized together with Fontur
 

UNIBAC.

Time: 19:30 - 20:30.

Screening of the film Rosewater (103 min)

Rosewater, a US film made in 2014, is a drama written and directed by Jon Stewart based on the memoire Then They Came for Me, written by Maziar Bahari and Aimee Molloy. The film tells the story of Maziar Bahari, a role played by Gael García Bernal, who was detained and brutally interrogated in Iran for more than 100 days after giving an interview, for which he was accused of being in contact with an American spy.
English, with Spanish subtitles
With thanks to Sierra Affinity for granting permission for this screening
 

Salón Santa Clara (Hotel Sofitel).

Time: 21:00 - 22:40.

Concierto Inaugural con Pedrito Calvo y la Orquesta Karamba

GRADAS 

Pedrito Calvo, cantante de la mítica orquesta cubana Los Van Van, deleitará al público del festival junto con la Orquesta Karamba con un concierto cargado de salsa y son. 

Plaza de la Aduana.

Time: 21:00 - 22:00.

Inaugural concert with Pedrito Calvo and the Karamba orchestra

PLATEA 

Pedrito Calvo, the singer with the legendary Cuban orchestra, Los Van Van, will delight the festival public, together with the Karamba orchestra, offering a concert bursting with salsa and son. 

Plaza de la Aduana.

Time: 21:00 - 22:00.

Concierto Inaugural con Pedrito Calvo y la Orquesta Karamba

ENTRADA GENERAL 

Pedrito Calvo, cantante de la mítica orquesta cubana Los Van Van, deleitará al público del festival junto con la Orquesta Karamba con un concierto cargado de salsa y son. 

Plaza de la Aduana.

Time: 21:00 - 22:00.

Telling stories. RCN ? Ministry of Education short story competition

Award ceremony for the RCN – Ministry of Education National Short Story Competition. The 25 winners of the 9th national competition will talk about their sources of inspiration and experiences in creative writing when it comes to telling their stories. Over its nine-year history, this competition has received more than 270,000 short stories from all over the country, making it great motivation for teachers and students of writing and literature.
Free entry until capacity has been filled
 

Teatro Adolfo Mejía.

Time: 08:30 - 09:30.

Hanif Kureishi in conversation with Jonathan Levi

Hanif Kureishi in conversation with Jonathan Levi
Hanif Kureishi is a British novelist, dramatist, screenplay writer and film director. His first play, The King and Me, won the Thames Television Prize in 1980. His works include The Buddha of Suburbia (Whitbread Prize), Gabriel’s Gift and My Ear at His Heart, as well as screenplays for films such as My Beautiful Laundrette and London Kills Me. One of his works translated into Spanish has been Intimacy (Anagrama), a novel that tells the story of Jay, a successful novelist and scriptwriter who decides to make a change in his life. He will talk to the writer Jonathan Levi.
Simultaneous translation from English to Spanish available
Event sponsored by the BBVA 

Teatro Adolfo Mejía.

Time: 10:30 - 11:30.

The writing trade

Patricio Pron, Melba Escobar and Mario Mendoza in conversation with Jorge Eduardo Espinosa
These writers, who have all been judges for the RCN Short Story Competition, will talk about the challenges of being a professional writer. The Spanish writer Clara Usón, winner of the 1998 Lumen Prize for Women’s Writing with her first novel, Noches de San Juan, and winner of the 2012 Critics’ Prize for La hija del Este, has just published Valor (2015). Patricio Pron, author of novels such as Nosotros caminamos en sueños (2013) and the non-fiction El libro tachado (2014), has received, among other awards, the Juan Rulfo Short Story Prize. The writer and journalist Melba Escobar has just released her latest novel, La Casa de la Belleza. The writer Mario Mendoza, winner of the Biblioteca Breve Prize for his book Satanás (2002), is a regular contributor to different newspapers and magazines, and in 2014 published Paranormal Colombia. Chaired by Jorge Eduardo Espinosa, director of Cultura RCN and presenter of RCN Radio news and also the programme En la jugada. 

Salón Santa Clara (Hotel Sofitel).

Time: 10:30 - 11:30.

Travel writing (2)

Alfredo Molano, Sara Araujo and Gustavo Tatis in conversation with Ricardo Corredor
Alfredo Molano is a columnist for the El Espectador newspaper and author of several investigative works on Colombia. His career has won him awards such as the Colcultura National Book Prize (1992), the Simón Bolívar Journalist Prize (1993) and the CPB National Journalism Prize (2015). The writer and journalist Gustavo Tatis, winner of the 1992 Simón Bolívar National Journalism Prize, works for the El Universal newspaper. They will talk about travel writing based on the experience of writing a report on visits to heritage towns in Colombia. The discussion will be chaired by Ricardo Corredor Cure, executive director of the Gabriel García Márquez Foundation for New Iberoamerican Journalism (FNPI).
Event organized together with Fontur 

Centro de Cooperación Española (Salón Rey).

Time: 10:30 - 11:30.

Phil Klay in conversation with Marianne Ponsford

The US writer Phil Klay, a literary sensation in his country, is an ex-marine and veteran of the Iraq War. He won the 2014 National Book Award with his first book, Redeployment, a work in which he reflects on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and the consequences these had for those who fought there. He is interviewed by the journalist Marianne Ponsford.
With the support of the US Embassy
Simultaneous translation from English to Spanish available 

UNIBAC.

Time: 10:30 - 11:30.

Alessandro Baricco in conversation with Marcel Ventura

A novelist, dramatist, television presenter and scriptwriter, Alessandro Baricco is probably one of the internationally prominent Italian writers. His novel Silk, translated into seventeen languages, was a critical and bestselling success in many countries, captivating the imagination of many readers. His other books include Ocean Sea, Emmaus and Three Times at Dawn. Baricco is also the founder of the Holden School, which gives writing classes from a multi-disciplinary perspective. He will talk to Marcel Ventura.
Simultaneous translation from Italian to Spanish available
With the support of the Italian Embassy and the Instituto Italiano 

Teatro Adolfo Mejía.

Time: 12:30 - 13:30.

Shakespeare and Cervantes

Deborah Levy, Hisham Matar and Nell Leyshon in conversation with Daniel Hahn
Three distinguished writers will talk about their experiences of writing based on some aspect of the work of Miguel de Cervantes and about the influence of Shakespeare and Cervantes on the 400th anniversary of their deaths. Deborah Levy is a British dramatist, novelist and poet whose work has been performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company. She is the author of Swimming Home, a novel that won the 2012 Man Booker Prize and other awards. Hisham Matar, author of the prizewinning novel In the Country of Men, has just published Anatomy of a Disappearance, a work about his father who disappeared under Gaddafi’s regime. Nell Leyshon is an English writer and dramatist; in 2013 she published her novel The Colour of Milk. Chaired by the translator Daniel Hahn.
Event organized together with the British Council
Simultaneous translation from English to Spanish available and  Acción Cultural Española

Salón Santa Clara (Hotel Sofitel).

Time: 12:30 - 13:30.

Rafael Cadenas in conversation with Alberto Barrera Tyszka

Rafael Cadenas is a veteran Venezuelan poet, non-fiction writer and university lecturer. Throughout his career he has received numerous awards, including the FIL Prize for Literature in Romance Languages (2009) and the Federico García Lorca International Poetry Prize (2015). His latest publication is Sobre abierto. He talks to Alberto Barrera Tyszka, winner of the Tusquets Prize (2015) with the novel Patria o muerte. 

Centro de Cooperación Española (Salón del Rey).

Time: 12:30 - 13:30.

Let?s talk about poetry (1)

Piedad Bonnett in conversation with Ramón Cote
The writer Piedad Bonnett has numerous books of poetry, plays and novels to her name. She won the 2011 Casa de América American Poetry Prize for Explicaciones no pedidas and in 2012 she won the Mexican Víctor Sandoval de Aguascalientes award for her work’s contribution to the Spanish language. The poet, narrator, essayist and critic Ramón Cote has won the 3rd Casa de América Prize (2003) for Colección privada and the 23rd Unicaja Poetry Prize (Spain) for Los fuegos obligados (2009). Como quien dice adiós a lo perdido is his latest publication. 

UNIBAC.

Time: 12:30 - 13:30.

Cinema greats

Jorge Perugorría and Emma Suárez in conversation with Luis Alegre
Three great figures from Spanish-language cinema will talk to the film expert and journalist Luis Alegre about their experiences and lives in the movies. Jorge Perugorría, who won the Best Actor Award at the Havana Film Festival for his role in Strawberries and Chocolate, also acted in the recent release: Viva (2015), by the Irish director Paddy Breathnach, which was the Irish entry for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. The Spaniard Emma Suárez, Goya winner for Best Actress in El perro del hortelano, by Pilar Miró, has starred in Pedro Almodóvar’s most recent film, Julieta.   

Teatro Adolfo Mejía.

Time: 15:30 - 16:30.

Lets talk about literature

Juan Gabriel Vasquez , Andrés Felipe Solano y Patricio Prón in conversation with Juan David Correa

The authors Juan Gabriel Vasquez, Andrés Felipe Solano and Patricio Prón will talk about the place and importance literature has in a over informed world. Chaired by Juan David Correa, writer and director ofArcadia magazine.

Co-organised with ARCADIA
 

Salón Santa Clara (Hotel Sofitel).

Time: 15:30 - 16:30.

Latest work

Mario Mendoza, Álvaro Robledo and Pedro Badrán in conversation with Guido Tamayo
Talking about their latest novels will be Mario Mendoza, Biblioteca Breve prizewinner for Satanás and author of the recent Paranormal Colombia; Álvaro Robledo, author of the novel Nada importa (shortlisted for the 1998 Herralde Prize) and the recently published Que venga la gorda muerte; and Pedro Badrán, winner of the Alcaldía Mayor de Bogotá National Novella Prize for El día de la mudanza and whose latest novel, El hombre de la cámara mágica, is set in Cartagena. Discussion chaired by the writer Guido Tamayo. 

Centro de Cooperación Española (Salón del Rey).

Time: 15:30 - 16:30.

Poetry in Portuguese

Nuno Júdice and Filipa Leal in conversation with Jerónimo Pizarro
The work of Nuno Júdice includes more than thirty poetry books and been translated into various languages. In 2013 he received the 22nd Reina Sofía Prize for Iberoamerican Poetry for his body of work. His most recent poetry books have been Navegação de Acaso and O Fruto da Gramática. The writer Filipa Leal made her poetry debut with Talvez os Lírios Compreendam and has just published Pelos leitores de poesia. They will talk about their work with Jerónimo Pizarro.
 

UNIBAC.

Time: 15:30 - 16:30.

Composing novels, writing songs: music and literature

Juan Gabriel Vásquez and Fonseca in conversation with Camilo Hoyos
The song Y tú, from the latest album by the Colombian Fonseca, mixes music and literature: not only was it composed together with the novelist Juan Gabriel Vásquez, but was also performed together with another Colombian, Juanes. These collaborations invite us to think about the different bridges built between music and literature or, to put it another way, between song and story, album and novel. At this event, Camilo Hoyos will talk to the novelist Juan Gabriel Vásquez and the singer Fonseca about how they write, what is happening at the moment of creation and how they conceive their works.  

Teatro Adolfo Mejía.

Time: 17:30 - 18:30.

Thomas Piketty in conversation with Rodrigo Pardo

The commotion caused by the publication of Capital in the Twenty-First Century, by the French economist Thomas Piketty, is the result of his brilliant economic and historical analysis of current capitalist society, in which the author questions the relations between equality and development, the role of the financial institutions which regulate the market and the historical division of wealth. Piketty will talk to the journalist Rodrigo Pardo about the analysis and conclusions of the most talked-about economics book of recent times.
Simultaneous translation from English to Spanish available 

With the support of London School of Economics

Plaza de la Aduana.

Time: 17:30 - 18:30.

Olivier Weber in conversation with Felipe Restrepo

Olivier Weber is an award-winning French writer, novelist and reporter at large, known primarily for his coverage of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. He has been a war correspondent for twenty-five years, especially in Central Asia, Africa and Middle-East. He is an assistant professor at the Institut d'études politiques de Paris, president of the Prize Joseph Kessel and has been ambassador of France at large from 2008 to 2013. Among his last novels: The Barbary Corsair, a fiction on Cervantès prisoner of the pirats, and The Enlightment of the world.

Salón Santa Clara (Hotel Sofitel).

Time: 17:30 - 18:30.

War and the ghosts of nationalism

Patricio Pron y Alberto Barrera Tyszka in conversation with Mario Jursich
Mario Jursich talks to three outstanding writers in this conversation about nationalism, fear and the confrontations that this creates in society or the conflicts that occur among people in a single town. With Patricio Pron, author of Nosotros caminamos en sueños (2013), a novel set against the backdrop of the Falklands War; Alberto Barrera Tyszka, winner of the Tusquets Prize (2015) for his novel Patria o muerte, a reflection about the political situation in Venezuela.

Centro de Formación de la Cooperación Española (Patio).

Time: 17:30 - 18:30.

70 years of Biografía del Caribe, by Germán Arciniegas

Gustavo Bell Lemus in conversation with Alberto Abello Vives
The publication of this work, which was the forerunner of similar works in the Antilles, marked a turning point in knowledge about the region and a new beginning in terms of recognizing the common identity of northern Colombia and the Caribbean. Its 70th anniversary is an opportunity for two experts on the Caribbean to talk about identity, region and nation. Gustavo Bell Lemus is a historian and creator of the Parque Cultural del Caribe. He was vice-president of the Colombian Republic and is currently the country’s ambassador to Cuba. Alberto Abello Vives is a researcher and author of various books, including the recently published La isla encallada. El Caribe colombiano en el archipiélago del Caribe. 

UNIBAC.

Time: 17:30 - 18:30.

Remembering David Bowie

Jaime Byng, Jacobo Celnik, Hanif Kureishi and Alan Yentob in conversation with Rosie Boycott, followed by the screening of the documentary David Bowie: Five years

David Bowie is considered one of the most influential artists of the 20th century, leaving a legacy of legendary albums and a life that in itself could be considered a work of art. The publisher Jamie Byng, the writers Hanif Kureishi and Jacobo Celnik and the journalist Alan Yentob speak with the journalist and writer Rosie Boycott about a man they all admired, and the enormous impact of his work in the fields of music, visual arts, fashion...British Council will also pay a tribute to Bowie by presenting the documentary David Bowie Five years (2013), that follows the career of Bowie in the late 70's.
Simultaneous translation from English to Spanish
Talk: 60 minutes, ticketed.
Screening of David Bowie: Five years: 60 min, English with Spanish subtitles. Free access from 20:30 h onwards.

Teatro Adolfo Mejía.

Time: 19:20 - 21:30.

Balancing the global economy

Thomas Piketty, Joseph E. Stiglitz and Ha-Joon Chang in conversation with Moisés Naím
High-level conversation at the 2016 Hay Festival Cartagena de Indias: three of the world’s most important economists accompany us to talk about the global financial situation, the market economy’s fluctuations and challenges and many other matters of great importance for all.
Simultaneous translation from English to Spanish available
Sponsored by Pinturas Tito Pabón 

Plaza de la Aduana.

Time: 19:30 - 20:30.

Guilt and memory

Uwe Timm in conversation with Patricio Pron
The German writer Uwe Timm has won many awards throughout his career, including the Jakob-Wassermann-Literaturpreis, the Napoli Prize and the Palermo Prize. His books include Johannisnacht and In My Brother’s Shadow, an emotional reflection on the guilt and memory of a whole society: Germany and its Nazi past. He will talk about these matters with the Argentinean writer Patricio Pron.
Simultaneous translation from German to Spanish available
With the support of the Goethe Institute 

Salón Santa Clara (Hotel Sofitel).

Time: 19:30 - 20:30.

¡Que viva la música!

Luis Ospina, Frank Wynne and Rosario Caicedo in conversation with Sandro Romero Rey
Probably the most iconic book of Colombian literature in recent decades, because of its originality, freshness and rhythm, is Andrés Caicedo’s ¡Que viva la música! (known in English as Liveforever), by Andrés Caicedo. This lively, exciting and enjoyable story, set in Cali, has inspired many other writers and artists. Luis Ospina, Frank Wynne (who translated the book into English) and Rosario Caicedo, brother of the author, all talk about what makes this book special. In conversation with Sandro Romero Rey. 

Centro de Formación de la Cooperación Española (Patio).

Time: 19:30 - 20:30.

Other forms of violence

Alonso Sánchez Baute, Melba Escobar and Mario Mendoza in conversation with Mario Jursich
Violence is not always physical; images, words and acts are forms of aggression that often pass unnoticed but which can inflict just as much damage. Mario Jursich chairs this discussion about other forms of violence with the contributions of Alonso Sánchez Baute, author of the novel Al diablo la maldita primavera and the recent ¿De dónde flores, si no hay jardín?; the journalist and writer Melba Escobar, whose latest works are Johnny y el mar (White Raven Prize awarded by the Munich International Youth Library, Germany) and La Casa de la Belleza; and the writer and journalist Mario Mendoza, winner of the Biblioteca Breve Prize for Satanás, who has recently published Paranormal Colombia. 

UNIBAC.

Time: 19:30 - 20:30.

From love to humour

Fernando Gaitán, live
In his fourth Poética Popular event, Fernando Gaitán will present, as part of the Hay Festival Cartagena, various texts and sketches performed by a group of actors, singers and musicians who will visit different periods and employ different genres, from literature, poetry and the theatre, to television and film.
 

Plaza de la Aduana.

Time: 21:00 - 22:00.

An enchanted wood. The Colectivo Animal composes with the children of Cartagena

The Colectivo Animal group, made up of the artists Camila Rivera, Daniel Roa and Tatiana Samper, and which has surprised audiences around the country with the musical Un bosque encantado, has created a collective work together with children from the neighbourhoods of Bayunca, El Pozón and Nelson Mandela. The children were recorded in situ and later incorporated into the song, which was produced in Bogota and which will be launched as part of the Hay Festival. Charles King and Lianna also participated in it. After the song has been sung with the children, the group will perform Un bosque encantado, with music for children of all ages.
Free entry until capacity has been filled 

Teatro Adolfo Mejía.

Time: 08:30 - 09:30.

Towards peace

Sergio Jaramillo, Humberto de la Calle and David Bojanini in conversation with Ricardo Ávila

Talking to the audience will be the Colombian politician Sergio Jaramillo, the present High Commissioner for Peace in the Santos government, Humberto de la Calle, vice-president of the Republic of Colombia between 1994 and 1996 and who is leading the Colombian government’s negotiating team in the peace process, and David Bojanini, President of Sura, will analyse the future and benefits of a country working on a peace process. In conversation with Ricardo Ávila.
 

With the support of the Office of the High Commissioner for Peace  

Teatro Adolfo Mejía.

Time: 10:30 - 11:30.

What matters in societies?

Yuval Noah Harari and Ha-Joon Chang in conversation with Alan Yentob
The Israeli historian Yuval Noah Harari, author of the bestseller Sapiens. A Brief History of Humankind, is a specialist in medieval history and military history. He has published several books and articles which have won him awards such as the Polonsky Prize for Creativity and Originality on two occasions. Ha-Joon Chang is a recognized expert in the economics of development and a lecturer at Cambridge University. In 2005 Chang won the Wassily Leontief Prize for extending the frontiers of economic thought. Among other books, he is the author of 23 Things They Don’t Tell You About Capitalism. They will talk to the British journalist Alan Yentob about what makes societies work.
Simultaneous translation from English to Spanish available
With the support of the Israeli Embassy  

Salón Santa Clara (Hotel Sofitel).

Time: 10:30 - 11:30.

Vargas Llosa vs. García Márquez

J. J. Armas Marcelo and Conrado Zuluaga
J. J. Armas Marcelo, author de Vargas Llosa. El vicio de escribir, and Conrado Zuluaga, a well-known authority on García Márquez, come face to face to talk about the two Latin American Nobel laureates. On this occasion they will change roles: the Vargas Llosa expert will talk about Gabriel García Márquez and the García Márquez expert will do so on Vargas Llosa.
Event organized together with the Cátedra Mario Vargas Llosa  

Centro de Cooperación Española (Salón del Rey).

Time: 10:30 - 11:30.

Ciro Guerra and Luis Ospina in conversation with Sandro Romero

Two acclaimed Colombian film directors will talk about their careers with the cultural journalist Sandro Romero, who participated in Todo comenzó por el fin (2015), the most recent documentary by director Luis Ospina. Ospina, who has won numerous awards for his cinematographic work, is also the author of Palabras al viento. Mis sobras completas (2007) and the critical anthology Oiga/Vea: sonidos e imágenes de Luis Ospina (2010). Ciro Guerra is known for his film The Wind Journeys. His work has won him fifteen prizes and mentions at various international film festivals, receiving, for example, the Art Cinema Award at the Cannes Festival’s Directors’ Fortnight for his latest feature film, Embrace of the Serpent (2015).
With the support of Cine Colombia 

UNIBAC.

Time: 10:30 - 11:30.

Economics, a users? guide

A lecture by Ha- Joon Chang

What is economics? How does the global economy work? Many economic theories, from the most classical to Keynesian ones, have strengths, weaknesses and blind spots. Chang will show us how, discussing the many forces that give shape to our financial destiny, we can have the tools that every responsible citizen needs to understand and confront the difficulties of current economics. Ha-Joon Chang is a specialist in development economics and a lecturer at Cambridge University.
 

Simultaneous translation from English to Spanish available

Teatro Adolfo Mejía.

Time: 12:30 - 13:30.

Takashi Hiraide in conversation with Álvaro Robledo

After nine years working for a Tokyo publishing company, Takashi Hiraide decided to dedicate himself to writing. His first novel, The Guest Cat (Alfaguara, 2014), won the 2002 Kiyama Shohei Prize and has been a worldwide bestseller. This subtle, delicate novel tells the story of a cat and its owners, and has been praised by critics around the world. He will talk to Álvaro Robledo.
Simultaneous translation from Japanese to Spanish available 

Salón Santa Clara (Hotel Sofitel).

Time: 12:30 - 13:30.

Let?s talk about poetry (2)

Nelson Romero Guzmán, Filipa Leal, Juan Manuel Roca and Rómulo Bustos in conversation with Guido Tamayo.
Nelson Romero Guzmán has received the National Poetry Prize from the Colombian Ministry of Culture for his book Música lenta (2014) and the 2015 Cuban Casa de las Américas Poetry Prize for Bajo el brillo de la luna. Filipa Leal is a Portuguese writer and journalist whose first poetry book was Talvez os Lírios Compreendam. Her latest poetry publications are Adilia Lopes Lopes (2014) and Pelos leitores de poesia (2015). The long career of Juan Manuel Roca as a poet has won him awards such as the José Lezama Lima Prize and the Casa América Prize for American Poetry. He has recently published Con el perdón de Kafka (2015), an anthology of his work. Lastly, Rómulo Bustos has won awards such as the Universidad Complutense de Madrid’s 2009 Blas de Otero Poetry Award for his poetry collection Muerte y levitación de la ballena (2010). He teaches literature at the University of Cartagena and founded the magazine En tono menor. In conversation with Guido Tamayo.
With the support of the Fundación Arte es Colombia 

Centro de Cooperación Española (Salón del Rey).

Time: 12:30 - 13:30.

Juan Gabriel Vásquez in conversation with Juan Cruz

The Colombian Juan Gabriel Vásquez, 2011 Alfaguara Novel Prize for The Sound of Things Falling, has just published the novel La forma de las ruinas, which tells of a tormented man who seeks messages to untangle mysteries from the past, Colombia’s past, with which he is obsessed. The book is a mystery about investigators and the investigated, a very autobiographical novel with an intense historical focus. He will talk to the journalist Juan Cruz. 

UNIBAC.

Time: 12:30 - 13:30.

Alma Guillermoprieto in conversation with Juan Cruz

The New York-based Mexican journalist Alma Guillermoprieto has worked as a reporter on some of the most important publications in the English language, including The Guardian, Newsweek, The Washington Post, The New Yorker and The New York Review of Books. Her most recent novel is Desde el país de nunca jamás. She will talk to the journalist Juan Cruz about her job as a journalist and her experiences.
With the support of Gatopardo magazine 

Teatro Adolfo Mejía.

Time: 15:30 - 16:30.

Portuguese prose

Gonçalo Tavares and Afonso Cruz in conversation with Jerónimo Pizarro
The acclaimed Portuguese writer Gonçalo M. Tavares, winner of numerous awards such as the Prix du Meuilleur Livre Étranger 2010 (France) for Learning to Pray In the Age of Technique, and whose work has been published in almost 50 countries, has recently published Atlas do Corpo e da Imaginação. Afonso Cruz won the 2012 European Union Prize for Literature for A Boneca de Kokoschka, a novel recently published in Spanish, and his book Jesus Cristo bebia cerveja was named as the Portuguese Book of the Year by the magazine Time Out Lisboa and Best Book of the Year according to readers of the Público newspaper. They will talk to the Colombian translator Jerónimo Pizarro, director of the publisher Tragaluz’s Lusitania collection.
Simultaneous translation from Portuguese to Spanish available
With the support of the Portuguese Embassy and the Instituto Camões 

Salón Santa Clara (Hotel Sofitel).

Time: 15:30 - 16:30.

Graphic literature

Ana Sainz Quesada, Amalia Andrade and José Javier Olivares in conversation with Leonardo Tarifeño
Ana Sainz Quesada, who writes as Anapurna, is a Spanish illustrator whose series Intimidades was exhibited at the Karlsruhe Academy in Germany. Her work Chucrut won the Fnac-Salamandra Graphic International Graphic Novel Prize. The Colombian Amalia Andrade is a journalist, writer and illustrator. She has worked for publications such as Bacánika, SoHo, Shock and Vive.in, and exhibited in a number of Colombian art galleries. She has just published her first book, Uno siempre cambia al amor de su vida [por otro amor o por otra vida], a manual for surviving emotional failure and learning to see it as something natural. The illustrator and comic writer José Javier Olivares is the author of the book Las Meninas, winner of the 2014 award for Best Spanish Work at the 33 Salón del Cómic de Barcelona and the 2015 National Comic Prize. They will talk about their latest publications with the journalist Leonardo Tarifeño, author of the book Extranjero siempre. Crónicas nómadas.
Event organized together with Acción Cultural Española  

Centro de Cooperación Española (Salón del Rey).

Time: 15:30 - 16:30.

Johann Hari in conversation with Mauricio Rodríguez

This British journalist has written for major media outlets in different countries, such as The Independent, The New York Times, Los Angeles Times and Le Monde, and has been twice named Journalist of the Year by Amnesty International in the United Kingdom (among other awards and plaudits). For his latest book, Chasing the Scream (Paidós, 2015), Johann Hari embarked on an epic three-year, 50,000-kilometre trip in order to find out the secrets of the war against drugs; in this way, he saw for himself that there is a vast difference between what we have been told and what really happens. He is interviewed by the director and presenter of the RCN radio programme Líderes, Mauricio Rodríguez.
Simultaneous translation from English to Spanish available 

UNIBAC.

Time: 15:30 - 16:30.

Joseph E. Stiglitz in conversation with Miguel Urrutia Montoya

Joseph E. Stiglitz is a US economist and professor, winner of the 2001 Nobel Prize for Economics. He is known for his critical vision of globalization and of some international credit institutions such as the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. He will talk to Professor Miguel Urrutia Montoya about his latest book, The Great Divide, current economic inequality and about how this contributes to the stagnation of economic growth.
Simultaneous translation from English to Spanish available
Sponsored by Sura 

Teatro Adolfo Mejía.

Time: 17:30 - 18:30.

Anya Schiffrin in conversation with Alma Guillermoprieto

Anya Schiffrin is the director of the Media and Communications programme at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. Her most recent book is Global Muckraking: 100 Years of Investigative Reporting from Around the World, an anthology of international investigative journalism. She will talk about a range of topics, including political intrigue, wars and culture with the Mexican journalist Alma Guillermoprieto, who has contributed to publications like The Washington Post, The Guardian and The New York Review and is the author, among other books, of Samba, The Heart that Bleeds and La Habana en un espejo.
Simultaneous translation from English to Spanish available  

Salón Santa Clara (Hotel Sofitel).

Time: 17:30 - 18:30.

Remembering Miguel de Cervantes

Mario Jursich, Margarita Valencia, Malcolm Otero Barral in conversation with Camilo Hoyos
Paying homage to the 400 anniversary of the death of Miguel de Cervantes, Mario Jursich, Margarita Valencia and Malcolm Otero Barral will talk to Camilo Hoyos (Instituto Caro y Cuervo) about his work and his influence and importance in the universal literature.

Centro de Cooperación Española (Patio).

Time: 17:30 - 18:30.

Illness and language

Arnoldo Kraus and Alberto Barrera Tyszka in conversation with Sergio Dahbar
Literature as a form of expressing illness, pain or death. Arnoldo Kraus, a doctor and member of the College of Bioethics, is the author of fundamental texts regarding the bioethics debate, including Dolor de uno, dolor de todos, Decir adiós, decirse adiós and Recordar a los difuntos. The writer Alberto Barrera Tyszka has won the Tusquets Prize for his novel Patria o muerte and the Herralde Prize for The Sickness. The conversation will be chaired by Sergio Dahbar, journalist, creator of the magazine El librero and editor at the La hoja del Norte and Dahbar publishing houses. 

UNIBAC.

Time: 17:30 - 18:30.

The territory of power. A dramatized reading with music

Leonardo Sbaraglia, Marcela Roggeri and Fernando Tarrés
With the simultaneous use of different artistic languages –theatre, music, film, reading, poetry and video– the actor Leonardo Sbaraglia, the pianist Marcela Roggeri and the composer and guitarist Fernando Tarrés will bring down the walls of language to reflect on the mechanisms of power when it comes to oppressing the human being, and finding tools to disobey this inhuman order that we have legitimized and, sometimes, sought to reproduce. 

Teatro Adolfo Mejía.

Time: 19:30 - 20:30.

History: three points of view. An academic, a novelist and a humorist

Daniel Samper Pizano y Rodolfo Segovia in conversation with Juan Esteban Constaín
Three historians with three very different perspectives –academic, novelist and humorist– will talk about the way they treat history. Daniel Samper Pizano has published more than thirty books, mainly humorous works and journalistic texts, and has won, among others, the Rey de España award (Spain) and the Simón Bolívar award (Colombia). This member of the Colombian Academy of the Spanish Language has recently published Breve historia de este puto mundo. The chemical engineer Rodolfo Segovia is the first Colombian to sit on the board of directors of Occidental Petroleum (United States). He is also a member of the Colombian Academy of History and the Cartagena Academy of History, and author of books such as 105 días. El sitio de Pablo Morillo a Cartagena de Indias. The conversation will be chaired by Juan Esteban Constaín. 

Salón Santa Clara (Hotel Sofitel).

Time: 19:30 - 20:30.

Draco Rosa in conversation with Alonso Sánchez Baute

This Puerto Rican composer and producer, born in New York, has worked with artists of the stature of Ricky Martin and Julio Iglesias. Winner of various Grammy Awards, he is considered to be one of the most complete Latin American artists: he is a musician, singer, multi-instrumentalist, poet, painter, dancer, writer and businessman. Draco discovered the marvels of a plant-based diet when he was suffering from cancer, and has just published El secreto de la vida a base de plantas. He will talk about his career and book with the journalist Alonso Sánchez Baute. 

Centro de Formación de la Cooperación Española (patio).

Time: 19:30 - 20:30.

The media and its challenges

Alan Yentob, Alejandro Santos, Jaime Abello Banfi and Juan Cruz in conversation with Vicky Dávila
Four outstanding journalists will talk about their careers. Alan Yentob is a British presenter and television executive who rose to prominence at the BBC. Alejandro Santos is the editor of the magazine Semana, one of Colombia’s most important publications, and has won the Simón Bolívar National Journalism Prize on several occasions. Jaime Abello Banfi is the general manager and co-founder of the Foundation for New Iberoamerican Journalism (FNPI). Lastly, the journalist Juan Cruz is assistant editor of the most international Spanish newspaper, El País, and also contributes to other media. The discussion will be chaired by the journalist Vicky Dávila.
Simultaneous translation from English to Spanish available 

UNIBAC.

Time: 19:30 - 20:30.

Stephen Frears in conversation with Rosie Boycott

The distinguished British film director Stephen Frears has, in his filmography, movies such as The Snapper and The Queen, winners of Goya prizes for Best European Film in 1995 and 2007 respectively. He has also directed feature films such as Philomena (2013) and the recent The Program (2015), about the life of cyclist Lance Armstrong. He will talk to the journalist Rosie Boycott, who has at different times worked as an editor at major publications such as The Independent, Esquire, Daily Express and The Oldie, where she currently works.
Simultaneous translation from English to Spanish available
With the support of Cine Colombia 

Teatro Adolfo Mejía.

Time: 21:00 - 22:00.

Peter Stamm in conversation with Peter Florence

The Swiss writer Peter Stamm, shortlisted for the Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award, writes for the literary magazine Entwürfe für Literatur and has written a number of novels, plays and radio plays. His work has been translated into several languages and he has published works such as Black Ice, We’re Flying, Seven Years and All Days Are Night. His latest book, Der Lauf der Dinge, published in Spanish as A espaldas del lago, deals with characters who struggle to take control of their lives and overcome loneliness, fear and feelings of failure or loss. He will talk to Peter Florence, director of the Hay Festival.
Simultaneous translation from English to Spanish available
With the support of the Swiss Embassy 

Teatro Adolfo Mejía.

Time: 10:30 - 11:30.

The art of illustration

Sebastian Meschenmoser, Rafael Yockteng and Afonso Cruz in conversation with Daniel Hahn
Sebastian Meschenmoser’s first book, Aprendiendo a volar, was very well received, and selected as one of the most innovative publications at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair. His latest work, Gordon y Tapir, received a special mention at the Bologna Ragazzi awards. Rafael Yockteng is a well-known Peruvian illustrator whose work has won him prizes such as the White Raven. His books include Eloisa y los bichos and Camino a casa and he has illustrated the new Irene Vasco book, Expedición Macondo. Afonso Cruz is a prominent Portuguese writer and illustrator. His book A boneca de Kokoschka was awarded with the 2012 European Union Literature Prize and his work Para onde Vão os Guarda-chuvas has won the Author’s Prize for Best Fiction Work. The three authors will talk about illustrating children’s books with the translator Daniel Hahn.
Simultaneous translation from English to Spanish available 

Salón Santa Clara (Hotel sofitel).

Time: 10:30 - 11:30.

Other forms of writing

William Ospina and Julián Herbert in conversation with Marcel Ventura
The writers William Ospina, author of the recent El año del verano que nunca llegó; and Julián Herbert, whose latest work is entitled, La casa del dolor ajeno, will discuss the possibilities inherent in the different forms of writing and the linguistic resources that can be employed in each written context. Chaired by the editor Marcel Ventura. 
 

Centro de Cooperación Española (Salón del Rey).

Time: 10:30 - 11:30.

Luis Urrea and Deborah Levy in conversation with Jonathan Levi

The acclaimed Mexican writer, Luis Urrea, currently living in the United States, is a member of the Latino Literature Hall of Fame. His non-fiction The Devil's Highway (2004), about a group of Mexican immigrants lost in the Arizona desert, won him the Lannan Literary Award and the book was shortlisted for the Pulitzer Prize. Deborah Levy, winner of the 2012 Man Booker Prize, is a British dramatist, novelist and poet whose most recent novel published in Spanish is Nadando a casa (Swimming Home). They will talk to the writer Jonathan Levi.
With the support of the US Embassy
Simultaneous translation from English to Spanish available

UNIBAC.

Time: 10:30 - 11:30.

Lionel Shriver in conversation with Marianne Ponsford

Lionel Shriver is a writer and journalist, and a regular contributor to The Guardian. In 2005 she won the Orange Prize for Fiction for her seventh novel, We Need to Talk About Kevin. She is also the author of The Post-birthday World, So Much For That and her latest book, Big Brother, which reflects on the cult of the body, obesity and junk food, while also dealing with family relationships and the struggle against the self-destruction of the people we love. She will talk about her work with the journalist Marianne Ponsford.
Simultaneous translation from English to Spanish available 

Teatro Adolfo Mejía.

Time: 12:30 - 13:30.

Richard McGuire in conversation with Leonardo Tarifeño

A regular contributor to The New Yorker, Richard McGuire has published his work in other major publications, such as The New York Times, Le Monde, McSweeney’s and Libération. This illustrator and graphic designer has participated in the scripting and direction of two animated shorts: Micro Loup (2003) and Peur(s) du noir (2007), and has also designed his own line of toys. His work Here, published in 1989, was recognized as a milestone, opening up new possibilities for the comic and whose influence lives on, 25 years after it was first released. He is interviewed by the cultural journalist Leonardo Tarifeño.
With the support of the US Embassy
Simultaneous translation from English to Spanish available  

Salón Santa Clara (Hotel Sofitel).

Time: 12:30 - 13:30.

Pablo Montoya in conversation with Felipe Restrepo Pombo

The Colombian writer and literature lecturer at the University of Antioquia, Pablo Montoya, has won various awards for his work, including the 2015 Rómulo Gallegos for his Tríptico de la infamia. Interviewed by Felipe Restrepo Pombo.
Event organized together with Acción Cultural Española 
 

Centro de Cooperación Española (Salón del Rey).

Time: 12:30 - 13:30.

Will Latin American fail again?

Michael Reid, Jon Lee Anderson and Moisés Naím in conversation with Juan Carlos Iragorri
These three prominent journalists, experts in Latin America, will debate and reflect on the possibilities that this region has to be an economic, social and cultural power, the deficiencies that it still has to deal with, and the obstacles it must overcome. With Michael Reid, Latin American specialist for The Economist and contributor to BBC World and El País; Jon Lee Anderson, reporter for The New Yorker and writer of one of the most important biographies of Che, Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life (1997); and Moisés Naím, Ortega y Gasset Journalism Prize, founder and chairman of the Group of Fifty (G50) and author of the book The End of Power. The debate is moderated by Juan Carlos Iragorri, editor of Voces RCN and NTN24’s Club de prensa. 

UNIBAC.

Time: 12:30 - 13:30.

Moisés Naím in conversation with Ricardo Ávila

Moisés Naím is a Venezuelan economist, writer and columnist, author of many academic articles and more than ten books on international economics and politics. Both the Financial Times and The Washington Post selected his latest work, The End of Power, as one of the best books of 2013. In 2011 he received the Ortega y Gasset Prize, the most prestigious award in Spanish journalism. Furthermore, he is the founder and chairman of the Group of Fifty (G50) and a member of the boards of Population Action International, the National Endowment for Democracy and Open Society Foundations. He is interviewed by the Portafolio newspaper director, Ricardo Ávila.
 

Teatro Adolfo Mejía.

Time: 15:30 - 16:30.

Jessie Burton and Patricio Pron in conversation with Juan David Correa

Jessie Burton is an English author and actress. In 2014 she debuted with the novel The Miniaturist, winner of the Specsavers National Book Awards and other prizes. Her latest book is entitled The Muse. The Argentinean writer Patricio Pron is the author of several short story collections, including La vida interior de las plantas de interior (2013), and novels such as El comienzo de la primavera (2008), winner of the Jaén Novel Prize. His latest books are the non-fiction El libro tachado. Prácticas de la negación y del silencio en la crisis de la literatura and the novel Nosotros caminamos en sueños. This conversation will be chaired by the writer and journalist Juan David Correa.
With the support of Acción Cultural Española 
 

Salón Santa Clara (Hotel Sofitel).

Time: 15:30 - 16:30.

Michael Jacobs Travel Writing Prize

Daniel Samper Pizano, Jon Lee Anderson and Álex Ayala in conversation with Jaime Abello
These journalists make up the panel of the second Michael Jacobs Travel Writing Prize. Daniel Samper, winner of the Maria Moors Cabot Prize (Columbia University), is the author of more than thirty books and contributes to a range of international media. Jon Lee Anderson is a prominent journalist who writes for The New Yorker, for which he has written a wide range of reports about Latin America. Álex Ayala won the first Michael Jacobs Prize and is the founder of Pie Izquierdo, the first Bolivian magazine of narrative journalism. The discussion will be chaired by Jaime Abello, general manager and co-founder of the Gabriel García Márquez Foundation for New Iberoamerican Journalism (FNPI). 

Centro de Cooperación Española (Salón del Rey).

Time: 15:30 - 16:30.

The meaning of beauty

Arnoldo Kraus, Piedad Bonnett and Melba Escobar in conversation with Marcel Ventura
The writings of the medical doctor Arnoldo Kraus, a member of the College of Bioethics, focus on reading the body. He is also the author of Recordar a los difuntos, a tender look at the writer’s own deceased mother. Piedad Bonnett, winner of the Colombian Cultural Institute’s National Poetry Prize for El hilo de los días, talks about her book El prestigio de la belleza (2010), a story that tells about the author’s trials with beauty. Melba Escobar, a columnist for Cali’s El País newspaper, has recently published her latest novel, La Casa de la Belleza, the story of a beautician from Cartagena who solves a crime based on her customers’ confessions. 
 

UNIBAC.

Time: 15:30 - 16:30.

Nell Leyshon and Jay Griffiths in conversation with Jacobo Celnik

Nell Leyshon, nominated for the Orange Prize for Fiction, is an English novelist and dramatist, known throughout the Spanish-speaking world for the translation of her acclaimed book The Colour of Milk, a story that recreates, with tragic beauty, a crushing microcosm. She was the first woman to write a work (Bedlam) for Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre and her next book in Spanish will be Memorias de un carterista (2016). Jay Griffiths, Hay Festival International Fellow, is a British author and columnist for Orion magazine. Her book Wild: An Elemental Journey won the first Orion Book Award and was shortlisted for the Orwell Prize and the World Book Day Award. Her most recent book is Savage Grace. A Journey in Wildness (2015), a book of travel writing that deals with the relationships between different societies, the wild and nature. In conversation with Jacobo Celnik.
Simultaneous translation from English to Spanish available
With the support of the British Council and Arts Wales 

Salón Santa Clara (Hotel Sofitel).

Time: 17:30 - 18:30.

Favourite book gala

Amalia Andrade, Pedro Badrán, Jessie Burton, Julián Herbert, Deborah Levy, Hisham Matar, Luciana Savaget, Peter Stamm, Luis Urrea in conversation with Guido Tamayo.
These writers will share with the public some of their favourite books, those which have meant most to them or struck them for some reason, or simply those that have got under their skin as readers. 

Teatro Adolfo Mejía.

Time: 17:30 - 18:30.

Homage to Jorge García Usta. The nomadic kingdom. Reading of poems about migration and the Arab world

Rómulo Bustos Aguirre
Jorge García Usta has been a central figure as a poet, researcher and cultural manager in the culture and literature of the Colombian Caribbean and Cartagena de Indias. For this reason, an event has been organized to commemorate the tenth anniversary of his death. As well as his work on “the Arabic aspects of Macondo”, he contributed to research into a greater understanding of the life and work of García Márquez during his time in the city. His poems will be read by the poet Rómulo Bustos Aguirre, another prominent figure in Caribbean writing, who worked with García Usta on various cultural projects. A montage will be shown, produced by the musician Rafael Ramos Caraballo with photographs selected by Aida Teresa Baladi. 
 

Centro de Cooperación Española (Patio).

Time: 17:30 - 18:30.

The struggle and the word: indigenous culture and governance in Colombia and Canada

Taiaiake Alfred and Weildler Guerra in conversation with Ingrid Bejerman
Mohawk writer Taiaiake Alfred is a Full Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Victoria, Canada. His book Wasáse: Indigenous pathways of action and freedom was named one of the most influential works in Native Studies by the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association. Wayuu anthropologist Weidler Guerra is a Professor at the Universidad Tecnológica de Bolívar in Cartagena de Indias. He has held important positions in various research centres on culture and development of the northern region of Colombia. They will be interviewed by journalist and writer Ingrid Bejerman, coordinator of the Canada in the Americas Initiative (CITA) at the McGill Institute for the Study of Canada.
This event is part of the Indigenous Literatures in the Americas series co-organized with the Canada in the Americas Initiative (CITA) at McGill University (Canada). 

UNIBAC.

Time: 17:30 - 18:30.

Little known aspects of the life of García Márquez, by seven authors

 Jaime Abello Banfi in conversation with Gustavo Tatis
Gabo, Genio Universal del Caribe is a collection of seven books about García Márquez published by Collage Editores and which covers unfamiliar and unknown aspects of the life and work of the Nobel Laureate, from his birth to his death. The authors are Jorge García Usta (f), Jacques Gilard (f), Julio Olaciregui, Álvaro Suescún, Joaquín Mattos, Ariel Castillo and Gustavo Tatis. 

Centro de Cooperación Española (Patio).

Time: 19:30 - 20:30.

Concert and homage to Joe Arroyo

Fruko, Chelito de Castro and Checo Acosta in conversation with Mauricio Silva
60 years ago, El Joe was born, Colombia’s most influential Afro-Caribbean musician. The event will be a homage to him with the participation of Fruko, frontman of the band Fruko y sus Tesos, which Joe was a part of between 1971 and 1981; Chelito de Castro, pianist and producer for the La Verdad orchestra during the time of the Cartagenan singer’s greatest success; and Checo Acosta, a Barranquilla singer, also an ex-member of the La Verdad orchestra and personal friend of Joe. All of them will recall the life and work of Álvaro José Arroyo (1955-2011). Mauricio Silva, author of the biography of Joe Arroyo, El centurión de la noche, and the work of investigative journalism, ¿Quién mató al Joe?, will chair the conversation. 
 

Teatro Adolfo Mejía.

Time: 19:30 - 20:30.