THURSDAY 23rd OF AUGUST
How we write, and what we write about 10 AM – 11 AM
(1) Universidad de Los Andes
Daniel Alarcón (Peru), Jorge Volpi (Mexico), Karla Suárez (Cuba) and
Alejandro Zambra (Chile).
Chaired by Piedad Bonnett, writer and Bogotá 39 juror.
(2) Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
Ricardo Silva (Colombia), Guadalupe Nettel ( Mexico) and María Gabriela
Alemán (Ecuador).
Chaired by Cristo Rafael Figueroa, lecturer and literary critic.
(3) Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Ronaldo Menéndez (Cuba), Adriana Lisboa (Brazil), Junot Díaz (Dominican Republic) and Antonio Ungar (Colombia).
Chaired by Luz Mary Giraldo, writer and literary critic.
Translation from Portuguese will be provided.
(4) Universidad de Bogotá
Jorge Tadeo Lozano
José Manuel Pérez Reyes (Paraguay), João Paulo Cuenca (Brazil) and Wendy Guerra (Cuba).
Chaired by Marianne Ponsford, editor-in-chief of Arcadia.
(5) Universidad Distrital
Francisco José de Caldas
Carlos Wynter Melo (Panama), Claudia Hernández (El Salvador) and Slavko
Zupcic (Venezuela).
Chaired by Catalina Gómez, journalist.
(6) Universidad Externado de Colombia
Santiago Roncagliolo (Peru), Pilar Quintana (Colombia) and Gonzalo Garcés
(Argentina).
Chaired by Guido Tamayo, writer.
Where is contemporary Latin-American literature headed?
12 AM – 1 PM
(7) Universidad de Los Andes
Álvaro Bisama (Chile), Santiago Nazarian (Brazil) and Claudia Amengual (Uruguay).
Chaired by Piedad Bonnett, writer and Bogota 39 juror.
Translation from Portuguese available.
(8) Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
Pablo Casacuberta (Uruguay), Fabrizio Mejía Madrid ( Mexico), and Antonio
García (Colombia).
Chaired by Jaime Alejandro Rodríguez Ruiz, writer and lecturer.
(9) Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Leonardo Valencia (Ecuador), Álvaro Enrigue ( Mexico) and Iván Thays (Peru).
Chaired by Luz Mary Giraldo, writer and literary critic.
(10) Universidad de Bogotá Jorge Tadeo Lozano
Rodrigo Blanco Calderón (Venezuela), Pedro Mairal (Argentina) and Veronica
Stigger (Brazil).
Chaired by Jaime Andrés Monsalve, editor of SoHo.
Translation from the Portuguese will be provided.
(11) Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas
Andrés Neuman (Argentina), John Jairo Junieles (Colombia) and Ena Lucía
Portela (Cuba).
Chaired by Catalina Gómez,journalist.
(12) Universidad Externado de Colombia
Yolanda Arroyo Pizarro (Puerto Rico), Eduardo Halfon (Guatemala) and Juan
Gabriel Vásquez (Colombia).
Chaired by GuidoTamayo,writer.
How we write, and what we write about
3 PM- 4 PM
(13) Biblioteca El Tintal Manuel Zapata Olivella
Eduardo Halfon (Guatemala), Antonio García (Colombia), Santiago Nazarian
(Brazil), Álvaro Bisama (Chile) and Ena Lucía Portela (Cuba).
Chaired by Luis Fernando Afanador,literary critic and writer.
Translation from the Portuguese will be provided.
(14) Biblioteca pública Parque El Tunal
Pedro Mairal (Argentina), Karla Suárez (Cuba), Álvaro Enrigue (Mexico), Iván
Thays (Peru) and John Jairo Junieles (Colombia).
Chaired by Ernesto McCausland Sojo,journalist.
(15) Biblioteca Francisco José de Caldas de Suba
Veronica Stigger (Brazil), Fabrizio Mejía Madrid (Mexico), Leonardo Valencia
(Ecuador), Andrés Neuman (Argentina) and Pablo Casacuberta (Uruguay).
Chaired by Daniel Samper Ospina, editor-in-chief of SoHo
Translation from Portuguese will be provided.
Writers that have been influencial on us
5:30 PM – 6:30 PM
(16) Instituto Caro y Cuervo
Slavko Zupcic (Venezuela), Daniel Alarcón (Peru), José Manuel Pérez Reyes
(Paraguay), María Gabriela Alemán (Ecuador) and Junot Díaz (Dominican Republic).
Chaired by Andrés Hoyos, writer and editor-in-chief of El Malpensante.
Writers that have been influencial on us
6 PM – 7:00 PM
(17) Cinemateca Distrital
Antonio García (Colombia), Carlos Wynter Melo (Panama), Rodrigo
Blanco Calderón (Venezuela), Ena Lucía Portela (Cuba) and Rodrigo Hasbún
(Bolivia),
Chaired by Piedad Bonnett, writer and Bogotá 39 juror.
ARCADIA Conversations
5:30 PM
(18) Café Juan Valdéz (calle 73 with carrera 9)
Claudia Amengual (Uruguay) in conversation with Martha Ruiz, journalist.
6:30 PM
(19) Café Juan Valdéz ( calle 73 with carrera 9)
Pedro Mairal (Argentina) in conversation with Juan David Correa, editor of Arcadia.
Writers who have been influencial on us
6:30 PM – 7:30 PM
(20) Biblioteca Luis Ángel Arango del Banco de la República
Jorge Volpi (Mexico), Adriana Lisboa (Brazil), Juan Gabriel Vásquez
(Colombia) and Santiago Roncagliolo (Peru).
Chaired by Darío Jaramillo Agudelo, editor and deputy manager of culture of Banco la República.
Translation from Portuguese will be provided.
Book signing and sales after the event.
In praise of reading: erotism in literature
6:30 PM- 7:30 PM
(21) Auditorio Skandia
Pilar Quintana (Colombia), Wendy Guerra (Cuba) and Guadalupe Nettel
(Mexico).
Chaired by Óscar Collazos, writer, journalist and Bogotá 39 juror.
Book signing and sales after the event.
Reading and drinks
8:30 PM
(22) Galería Café y Libro
Antonio García (Colombia), Gonzalo Garcés (Argentina), Álvaro Bisama (Chile), Yolanda Arroyo Pizarro (Puerto Rico), Karla Suárez (Cuba), Claudia Hernández (El Salvador), Antonio Ungar (Colombia), Andrés Neuman (Argentina), Veronica Stigger (Brazil) and Slavko Zupcic (Venezuela).
Chaired by Guido Tamayo, writer.
FRIDAY 24th OF AUGUST
How we write, and what we write about
10 AM – 11 AM
(23) Gimnasio Moderno
Wendy Guerra (Cuba), Jorge Volpi (Mexico), Junot Díaz (Dominican Republic) and José Manuel Pérez Reyes (Paraguay).
Chaired by Gonzalo Mallarino, writer.
Book signing and sales after the event.
(24) Colegio Anglo Colombiano
Yolanda Arroyo Pizarro ( Puerto Rico), Claudia Hernández (El Salvador) and Leonardo Valencia (Ecuador).
Chaired by Cristo Rafael Figueroa, lecturer and literary critic.
(25) Colegio Abraham Lincoln
Álvaro Bisama (Chile), Ricardo Silva (Colombia), Santiago Roncagliolo (Peru) and Santiago Nazarian (Brazil).
Chaired by Luz Mary Giraldo, writer and literary critic.
Translation from Portuguese will be provided.
(26) Colegio Carlos Federici
Andrés Neuman (Argentina), Antonio Ungar (Colombia) and María Gabriela Alemán (Ecuador).
Chaired by Omar Rincón, journalist.
(27) Colegio Eduardo Umaña Mendoza
Ena Lucía Portela (Cuba), Álvaro Enrigue ( Mexico) and Alejandro Zambra (Chile).
Chaired by Daniel Samper Ospina, editor-in-chief of SoHo
(28) Colegio Gonzalo Arango
Pablo Casacuberta (Uruguay), Guadalupe Nettel (Mexico) and Carlos Wynter Melo (Panama).
Chaired by Eduardo Arias, journalist.
Reading our texts
12 PM – 1 PM
(29) Gimnasio Moderno
Rodrigo Hasbún (Bolivia), Eduardo Halfon (Guatemala) and Slavko Zupcic (Venezuela).
Chaired by Gonzalo Mallarino,writer.
Book signing and sales after the event.
(30) Colegio Anglo Colombiano
Ronaldo Menéndez (Cuba), Pedro Mairal (Argentina), Gonzalo Garcés (Argentina) and Pilar Quintana (Colombia).
Chaired by Cristo Rafael Figueroa, writer and literary critic.
(31) Colegio Abraham Lincoln
John Jairo Junieles (Colombia), Karla Suárez (Cuba) and Rodrigo Blanco Calderón (Venezuela).
Chaired by Luz Mary Giraldo,writer and literary critic.
(32) Colegio Carlos Federicci
Iván Thays (Peru), Juan Gabriel Vásquez (Colombia) and Adriana Lisboa (Brazil).
Chaired by Mario Jursich, editor of EL Malpensante.
(33) Colegio Eduardo Umaña Mendoza
Daniel Alarcón (Peru), João Paulo Cuenca (Brazil) and Claudia Amengual (Uruguay).
Chaired by Daniel Samper Ospina, editor-in-chief of SoHo.
(34) Colegio Gonzalo Arango
Antonio García (Colombia), Veronica Stigger (Brazil) and Fabrizio Mejía Madrid (Mexico).
Chaired by Eduardo Arias, journalist.
How we write, and what we write about
3 PM – 4 PM
(35) Biblioteca El Tintal Manuel Zapata Olivella
Yolanda Arroyo Pizarro (Puerto Rico), Ricardo Silva (Colombia), Rodrigo Blanco Calderón (Venezuela), Rodrigo Hasbún (Bolivia) and Iván Thays (Peru).
Chaired by Mauricio Vargas,journalist and writer.
(36) Biblioteca pública Parque El Tunal
Guadalupe Nettel (México), Juan Gabriel Vásquez (Colombia), Gonzalo Garcés (Argentina), Alejandro Zambra (Chile) and Slavko Zupcic (Venezuela).
Chaired by Sara Araújo,journalist.
(37) Biblioteca Francisco José de Caldas de Suba
Claudia Amengual (Uruguay), Antonio Ungar (Colombia), Álvaro Enrigue (México), Santiago Nazarian (Brazil) and Eduardo Halfon (Guatemala).
Chaired by Fernando Quiróz,writer and journalist.
Translation from Portuguese will be provided.
Reading our texts
5:30 PM – 6:30 PM
(38) Instituto Caro y Cuervo
Andrés Neuman (Argentina), Claudia Hernández (El Salvador), Wendy Guerra (Cuba), Carlos Wynter Melo (Panama) and Ronaldo Menéndez (Cuba).
Chaired by Juan David Correa, editor of Arcadia.
6:00 PM– 7:00 PM
(39) Planetario
Ena Lucía Portela (Cuba), Jorge Volpi (Mexico), Leonardo Valencia (Ecuador) and John Jairo Junieles (Colombia).
Chaired by Óscar Collazos, writer, journalist and Bogotá 39 juror.
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
(40) Museo Nacional de Colombia
Álvaro Enrigue ( Mexico), Pablo Casacuberta (Uruguay), José Manuel Pérez Reyes (Paraguay) and Santiago Roncagliolo (Peru).
Chaired by Ernesto McCausland Sojo,journalist.
ARCADIA Conversations
5:30 PM
(41) Café Juan Valdéz (Calle 73 con Carrera 9)
Alejandro Zambra (Chile) in conversation with Margarita Valencia.
6:30 PM
(42) Café Juan Valdéz (Calle 73 con Carrera 9)
Daniel Alarcón (Peru) in conversation with Marianne Ponsford, editor-in-chief of Arcadia.
Reading our texts
6:30 PM – 7:30 PM
(43) Biblioteca Luis Ángel Arango del Banco de la República
Fabrizio Mejía Madrid (Mexico), Rodrigo Hasbún (Bolivia), Pilar Quintana (Colombia) and João Paulo Cuenca (Brazil).
Chaired by Ángela María Pérez Mejía, director of the Library Luis Ángel Arango del Banco de la República.Book signing after the event.
Literature and music
8 PM
(44) Restaurante Bar Punto G
Junot Díaz (Dominican Republic), Pedro Mairal (Argentina), Alejandro Zambra (Chile), Adriana Lisboa (Brazil), Pilar Quintana (Colombia), Ricardo Silva (Colombia), Rodrigo Blanco Calderón (Venezuela), María Gabriela Alemán (Ecuador),Jorge Volpi (Mexico) and Andrés Neuman (Argentina).
The autors will enjoy and talk about the music that have inspired them, with Jaime Andrés Monsalve and Juan Carlos Garay, music critics and writers. Fernando Gaitán as D.J
SATURDAY 25th OF AUGUST
How we write, and what we write about
10 AM – 11 AM
(45) Localidad de Ciudad Bolívar
Gonzalo Garcés (Argentina), Claudia Hernández (El Salvador),João Paulo Cuenca (Brazil) and Ronaldo Menéndez (Cuba).
Chaired by Fernando Quiróz, writer and journalist.
(46) Localidad de Usme
Yolanda Arroyo Pizarro (Puerto Rico), Leonardo Valencia (Ecuador), John Jairo Junieles (Colombia) and Alejandro Zambra (Chile).
Chaired by Ernesto McCausland Sojo,journalist.
(47) Localidad de Usaquén
Álvaro Bisama (Chile), Pablo Casacuberta (Uruguay), Guadalupe Nettel (Mexico) and Eduardo Halfon (Guatemala).
Chaired by Óscar Collazos, writer, journalist and Bogotá 39 juror.
Book signing
3 PM – 4 PM
(48) 3 PM – 4:00 PM Librería Nacional
The following writers will sign books at the Librería Nacional: Claudia Hernández (El Salvador), Rodrigo Blanco Calderón (Venezuela), Andrés Neuman (Argentina), Ricardo Silva (Colombia), Slavko Zupcic (Venezuela), Junot Díaz (Dominican Republic), Pablo Casacuberta (Uruguay), Daniel Alarcón (Peru), Álvaro Bisama (Chile), Santiago Roncagliolo (Peru), Alejandro Zambra (Chile), Wendy Guerra (Cuba), John Jairo Junieles (Colombia), Jorge Volpi (Mexico), Pilar Quintana (Colombia), Yolanda Arroyo Pizarro (Puerto Rico), Karla Suárez (Cuba), Leonardo Valencia (Ecuador) and Antonio García (Colombia).
Meeting the authors
3 PM – 4 PM
(49) Librería Prólogo
Santiago Nazarian (Brazil), Adriana Lisboa (Brazil), João Paulo Cuenca (Brazil), Ena Lucía Portela (Cuba), Juan Gabriel Vásquez (Colombia), Eduardo Halfon (Guatemala) and Claudia Amengual (Uruguay).
Chaired by Mauricio Lleras and Martha Quenguan.
(50) Verbalia Librería
Carlos Wynter Melo (Panama), María Gabriela Alemán (Ecuador), Álvaro Enrigue (Mexico), Iván Thays (Peru), Ronaldo Menéndez (Cuba) and Gonzalo Garcés (Argentina).
Chaired by Nicolás Arango.
(51) Librería Arteletra
Pedro Mairal (Argentina), José Manuel Pérez Reyes (Paraguay), Fabrizio Mejía Madrid (Mexico), Antonio Ungar (Colombia), Guadalupe Nettel (Mexico), Rodrigo Hasbún (Bolivia) and Verónica Stigger (Brazil).
Chaired by Adriana Laganis and Clara Cortés.
5 PM – 6 PM
(52) Librería Lerner 92
Claudia Hernández (El Salvador), Junot Díaz (Dominican Republic), Rodrigo Blanco Calderón (Venezuela), Ricardo Silva (Colombia) and Slavko Zupcic (Venezuela).
Chaired by Alba Inés Arias, Hernán Jara and Héctor Barquero.
5 PM – 6 PM
(53) Librería Caja de Herramientas
Santiago Roncagliolo (Peru), Alejandro Zambra (Chile), Wendy Guerra (Cuba), John Jairo Junieles (Colombia), Pablo Casacuberta (Uruguay), Daniel Alarcón (Peru) and Álvaro Bisama (Chile).
Chaired by María Claudia Carrasquilla, Adriana Arango and Arturo Vargas.
5 PM – 6 PM
(54) PM Librería Biblos
Karla Suárez (Cuba), Leonardo Valencia (Ecuador), Jorge Volpi (Mexico), Antonio García (Colombia), Pilar Quintana (Colombia) and Yolanda Arroyo Pizarro (Puerto Rico).
Chaired by Santiago Figueroa and Pablo Arcila.
Book signing
5:30 PM – 6:30 PM
(55) Librería Nacional
The following writers will sign books at the Librería Nacional:
Guadalupe Nettel (Mexico), Pedro Mairal (Argentina), José Manuel Pérez Reyes (Paraguay), Fabrizio Mejía Madrid (Mexico), Antonio Ungar (Colombia), Rodrigo Hasbún (Bolivia), Veronica Stigger (Brazil), María Gabriela Alemán (Ecuador), Álvaro Enrigue (Mexico), Iván Thays (Peru), Ronaldo Menéndez (Cuba), Carlos Wynter Melo (Panama), Gonzalo Garcés (Argentina), Eduardo Halfon (Guatemala), Claudia Amengual (Uruguay), Ena Lucía Portela (Cuba), Santiago Nazarian (Brazil), Adriana Lisboa (Brazil), João Paulo Cuenca (Brazil) and Juan Gabriel Vásquez (Colombia).
ARCADIA Conversations
5:30 PM
(56) Café Juan Valdéz (Calle 73 with Carrera 9)
Andrés Neuman (Argentina) in conversation with Daniel Samper Ospina, editor-in-chief of SoHo.
6:30PM
(57) Café Juan Valdéz (Calle 73 with Carrera 9)
Wendy Guerra (Cuba) in conversation with Alejandro Gavíria, journalist.
SUNDAY 26th OF AUGUST
Literature to the park
(58) Parque Nacional 11AM
39 minutes in the park of the 39 street: the writer’s minute. Each writer will share with the audience, for a couple of minutes, an individual message, a reading of a poem or text etc.
Chaired by Clara Elvira Ospina, news editor of RCN.
Book signing and sales after the event.
-Free entry to all the events until full, with the exception of those events that take place in schools, for school attendants only.
Bogotá39 Venues
Biblioteca Pública El Tintal Manuel Zapata Olivella: Avenida Ciudad de Cali No. 6c-09
Biblioteca Pública Francisco José de Caldas de Suba: Carrera 92 No. 146C-24
Biblioteca Luis Ángel Arango del Banco de la República: Calle 11 No. 4 - 14
Biblioteca Pública Parque El Tunal: Calle 48 B sur No. 21-13
Café Juan Valdez: Calle 73 con Carrera 9
Colegio Abraham Lincoln: Calle 170 No. 50-25
Colegio Anglo Colombiano: Avenida 19 No. 152-48
Colegio Carlos Federici: Calle 14 A No. 108 - 78
Colegio Eduardo Umaña Mendoza: Calle 111 A sur No. 4B-17 este
Gimnasio Moderno: Carrera 9 No. 74 - 99
Colegio Gonzálo Arango: Calle 138 B No. 98 - 71
Cinemateca Distrital: Carrera 7a N° 22-79
Galería Café y Libro: Carrera 11 A # 93-42
Instituto Caro y Cuervo: Calle 10 No. 4 - 69
Librería Arteletra: Carrera 7 No 70 – 18
Librería Verbalia: Carrera 15 No 82 – 54
Librería Prólogo: Calle 96 No 11a – 46
Librería Lerner 92: Calle 92 No 15 – 23
Librería Caja de Herramientas: Centro Comercial Andino, Local 163
Librería Biblos: Av. 82 No 12a – 21
Librería Nacional Unicentro: Cra 15 No. 123-30 local 1-146
Localidad de Ciudad Bolívar: Universidad Distrital, sede Tecnológica, Cll 74 Sur No. 68A - 20, Candelaria La Nueva IV Etapa
Localidad de Usme: Av. Calle 91 sur No. 3 C – 34 Este. Centro de Desarrollo Comunitario Julio César Sánchez
Localidad de Usaquén: Calle 165 No. 7 – 38. Centro de Desarrollo Comunitario Simón Bolivar, teatro.
Nacional de Colombia : Carrera 7, calles 28 y 29
Parque Nacional: Carrera 7 Calle 39
Planetario: Carrera 7 Calle 26
Pontificia Universidad Javeriana: Carrera 7 # 43 – 82. Auditorio Santiago Páramo, edificio Barón
Restaurante Bar Punto G: Calle 94 No 11- 46
Skandia: Av. 19 No. 113 – 30
Universidad de Los Andes: Sala de música Ernesto Martín - Bloque V101, porteria Lleras Calle 19 A No. 37 este.
Universidad de Bogotá Jorge Tadeo Lozano: Carrera 4 No. 22 - 61
Universidad Nacional de Colombia: Carrera 30 No. 45 – 03. Sala de conferencias León de Greif.
Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas: Carrera 7a No. 40 – 53, auditorio
Universidad Externado de Colombia: Calle 12 No. 1-17 Este. Salón D200