Hay Festival Cartagena 2026 Agenda

Starts at	Biblioteca Popular de Playa Blanca	Biblioteca Pública de Clemencia	Biblioteca Pública de Pontezuela	Casa Hay Festival SURA / Bancolombia (Centro de Convenciones)	Centro de Convenciones (Auditorio Getsemaní)	Centro de Convenciones (Salón Barahona)	Centro de Formación de la Cooperación Española (Biblioteca)	Centro de Formación de la Cooperación Española (Patio)	Centro de Formación de la Cooperación Española (salón Rey)	Corporación Ruleli	Institución Educativa Politécnico del Pozón	Nelson Mandela, Ludoteca Sonrisas de Cartagena	Palacio de la Proclamación (Auditorio Juan José Nieto)	Teatro Adolfo Mejía	Universidad de Cartagena, Claustro de San Agustín (Biblioteca)	Universidad Tecnológica de Bolívar (sede Manga, auditorio Jorge Taua)
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09:30							09:30 HFC21. Workshop with Jairo Ojeda Catching butterflies


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10:00		10:00 HFC24. Storytelling with Elisa Guerra Jacaranda and Hummingbird			10:00 Sold Out. Click the event title to add this event to your wishlist. 37. Javier Cercas in conversation with Juan Gabriel Vásquez The atheist who spoke to the Pope	10:00 44. Karen Hao, Chao Tayiana and Carissa Véliz in conversation with Luhan Gabel The hidden side of artificial intelligence		10:00 40. Cristina Bendek and Carlos Granés in conversation with Cristina Fuentes La Roche Other histories from the Archivo de Indias			10:00 HFC23. Pablo Muñoz, Laura Romero and Edna Liliana Valencia in conversation Can I touch your hair?	10:00 HFC25. Encounter with Antonio Ortiz Adolescence and literature: a bridge to understand me	10:00 41. Katie Kitamura and Andrew O’Hagan in conversation with Daniel Alarcón	10:00 39. Catalina Gómez Ángel and Janne Teller in conversation with José Manuel Acevedo South to North Conversations: The world is different after Gaza


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10:30	10:30 HFC26. Workshop with Edgar Rodríguez Dulce de Coco


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12:00					12:00 38. Daniel Samper Pizano and Enrique Santos in conversation with María Jimena Duzán Conversations among friends	12:00 45. Javier Cercas and Leila Guerriero in conversation with Mábel Lara Memory, truth and history							12:00 43. Fernando Arancón, Denise Maerker and Pankaj Mishra in conversation with Javier Lafuente Media organisations outside the Anglo-centric world	12:00 42. Daniel Kehlmann in conversation with Philippe Sands The director’s ethical dilemma	12:00 HFJ15. Omar Lubo, Lusdary Martínez y Piero Pradilla in conversation with Óscar Daniel Campo y Mar Ortega Encender la página: crear en espacios académicos


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14:30			14:30 HFC28. Workshop with Mónica Diago and Pedro Caballero Ciencia magnética				14:30 HFC27. Encounter with Antonio Ortiz Adolescence and literature: a bridge to understand me


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15:00										15:00 HFC22. Art workshop with Rubén Egea A critical exploration of territory and its cultural assets					15:00 HFJ15B. ¿Cuáles son los límites de la libertad de expresión en los eventos culturales? Conversación en mesa redonda


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15:30				15:30 CL5. Book Club with Pedro Mairal and Ana María Aponte The new ones	15:30 46. Amor Towles in conversation with Santiago Ángel Table for two	15:30 47. Fernando Arancón, Marcela Meléndez and Carlos Alberto Patiño in conversation with María Martín Getting up to speed with geopolitics		15:30 49. Mábel Lara and Edna Liliana Valencia in conversation with Camila Osorio Natural as their hair					15:30 50. Andrés Bermúdez Liévano, Fernanda Pineda and Jordan Salama in conversation with Andrea Díaz Cardona Covering socio-environmental conflicts from an ethical perspective.	15:30 48. Yasmina Reza in conversation with Philippe Sands


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16:00																16:00 HFJ17. Fer Rivas in conversation wtih María Raquel Pacheco I was a boy


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17:30				17:30 CL6. Book Club with Marcos Giralt Torrente and Iván Cárdenas Donado The illusionists	17:30 51. Annie Jacobsen in conversation with Michael Stott How a nuclear war would unfold	17:30 52. Janne Teller in conversation with Marianne Ponsford		17:30 60. Mary Grueso and Bárbara Muelas in conversation with Mar Ortega The language renewed					17:30 55. Elvira Liceaga, Yeniter Poleo and Joca Reiners Terron in conversation with Alexandra Vives Traumas, vulnerabilities, death	17:30 26. Carissa Véliz in conversation with Daniel Marquínez The importance of our privacy	17:30 HFJ18. Karima Ziali in conversation with Mariana Inés Tezón


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19:30					19:30 Sold Out. Click the event title to add this event to your wishlist. 56. Silvio Rodríguez (digitally) and Daniel Mordzinski in conversation with Jorge Perugorría Silvio Rodríguez, diary of a trovador	19:30 57. León Valencia in conversation with Mábel Lara			19:30 59. Carlos Chamorro in conversation with Diana Calderón Journalism from exile				19:30 60B. Daniel Alarcón in conversation with María Martín	19:30 58. Carlos Granés in conversation with Carlos Alberto Patiño A time of roaring


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