This year, Barcelona arrives at the Guadalajara International Book Fair as Guest City of Honor. Its pavilion becomes a living space: a stage where conversations, presentations, and tributes celebrate the literary creativity and publishing tradition of our city.
Below is the program of events featuring our authors.
Saturday, November 29
19:00 – 20:00 The Extraordinary Adventure of a Godless Madman Pursuing God’s Madman to the End of the World
Location: Barcelona Pavilion
Speaker: Javier Cercas. Moderator: Elena Hevia
Sunday, November 30
12:30 – 12:50 Opening of the Carlos Fuentes Literary Salon
Location: Juan Rulfo Auditorium
Participant: Eduardo Mendoza
19:00 – 20:50 The Privilege of Turning Off the Light. Tribute to Mario Vargas Llosa
Location: Juan Rulfo Auditorium
Participants: Javier Cercas, Leonardo Padura, Pilar Reyes, Marisol Schulz Manaut · Moderator: Xavi Ayén
19:00 – 19:50 Book Presentation: I Used to Be a Boy
Location: Hall A, International Area
Author: Fer Rivas
19:00 – 19:50 Ibargüengoitia Through the Cinematic Lens of Luis Estrada: Style, Satire, and Narrative
Location: Hall 4, Ground Floor
Participants: Luis Estrada, Alfonso Herrera, Daniela Fregoso. Moderator: Antonio Ortuño
Monday, December 1
17:00 – 17:50 Book Presentation: God’s Madman at the End of the World
Location: Hall 6, Ground Floor
Author: Javier Cercas. Presenter: Rosa Beltrán
17:30 – 19:20 The Search for Identity
Location: Barcelona Pavilion
Participants: Elisenda Solsona, Fer Rivas. Moderator: Elena Hevia
19:00 – 19:30 Tribute to Mario Vargas Llosa: The Universal Humanist
Location: Juan Rulfo Auditorium
Participants: Pedro Cateriano, Raúl Tola, Karla Planter Pérez, Marisol Schulz Manaut. Moderator: Gabriela Warkentin
19:30 – 20:00 Tribute to Carmen Balcells: The Revolution of the Publishing World
Location: Hall 1
Participants: Eduardo Mendoza, Carme Riera, Xavi Ayén, Marisol Schulz, José Calafell
19:30 – 20:00 Fiction, Tension, and Memory
Location: Barcelona Pavilion
Participants: Javier Cercas, Natalka Sniadanko · Presenter: Francisco André
Tuesday, December 2
18:00 – 18:50 Book Presentation: Difficult Animals
Location: Hall 9, Upper Floor, National Area
Author: Rosa Montero · Presenter: Magali Ortega
18:30 – 19:00 Writing to Celebrate 50 Years of Loyalty
Location: Hall 1
Participants: Carme Riera, Álvaro Colomer
19:00 – 20:00 Antonio Skármeta: A Lover of Literature
Location: Expo Guadalajara
Participants: Álvaro Bisama, Bernardita Bravo Pelizzola, Vicente Neira · Moderator: Carina Pons
20:00 – 20:30 Tribute to Manuel Vázquez Montalbán: The Great Prolific Writer
Location: Barcelona Pavilion, Expo Guadalajara
Participants: Eduardo Mendoza, Daniel Vázquez Sallés, Ernest Folch. Moderator: Elena Hevia
Wednesday, December 3
16:00 – 16:30 Novelized Architecture
Location: Barcelona Pavilion
Participants: Miquel de Palol, Vicenç Altaió. Moderator: Xavi Ayén
19:30 – 20:00 Tribute to Ana María Matute: Literature on a Grand Scale
Location: Barcelona Pavilion
Participants: Álvaro Colomer, Carme Riera. Moderator: Elena Hevia
Thursday, December 4
18:00 – 18:50 Of Myths, Strolls, and Romanticism
Location: Barcelona Pavilion, Expo Guadalajara
Participants: Elisabeth Riera, Miquel de Palol, Rafael Argullol. Moderator: Xavi Ayén