24–27 January 2012

Cartagena de Indias

Hay Festival Cartagena celebrated its seventh anniversary in 2012. It was an unforgettable festival, many thanks for joining in.

“If there were themes at Hay Cartagena this year, they revolved around a sense of how the old order is irreversibly changing, how Europe and the United States are in decline as world powers and how technology enables but also complicates our lives...”

Explore our audio archive from 2012 to get a taste of the festival, or see the festival in pictures.

Why not plan to join us in 2013? The dates are 24 - 27 January.

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Hay Festival Cartagena promotes culture & social responsibility. Literature, visual arts, cinema, music, geopolitics, journalism, the environment... all go together with dialogue and celebration. The festival has become one of the most important literary events in the Hispanic world. Hay Festival Cartagena 2012 was our seventh edition.