Hay Festival Querétaro 2023 – Publishing Talent

The Hay Festival wishes to recognise the great cultural work of Hispano-American bookshops, paying homage on this occasion to its associate Cálamo bookshop (Zaragoza, Spain), on the occasion of its 40th anniversary. This is a good time to reflect on the present and future of the bookselling trade. Ana Cañellas, Paco Goyanes, Brenda Navarro and Manuel Vilas in conversation with Cristina Fuentes la Roche.

Spaces for buying and selling, socialisation and discovery, bookshops are also the subjects of literature and for interpretation. Often readers create strong links with their local bookshops, and these links develop into relationships that can last a lifetime. From this personal, almost intimate, perspective, three writers and a bookseller will talk about the love created, as well as the fallings out that can also happen on the way. With Liliana Colanzi and Socorro Venegas in conversation with Lola Larumbe.