Hay Festival Cartagena 2023

Welcome to the Hay Festival Cartagena de Indias 2023 programme, to be held from 26 to 29 January. In this page you can find the events in the general programme as well as Hay Joven activities tor university audiences, Hay Comunitario sessions which will take place in different areas of Cartagena, Reading Clubs and Talento Editorial.

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Event HJ5

Yayo Herrero in conversation with María del Rosario Osorio

 Universidad de Cartagena, Sala de Lectura Biblioteca Fernández de Madrid (Claustro de San Agustín)
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Yayo Herrero will share some ways to create a more aware and healthy relationship with nature and the environment, in conversation with María del Rosario Osorio, Deacon of the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Science at the University of Cartagena. Herrero is a major figure in ecofeminism, an expert in environmental education and sustainable development and the co-author of around a dozen books on the ecological challenges we face. In her work as an activist, she was the State Coordinator of Ecologistas en Acción and General Manager of the ecosocial organization FUHEM.



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Event HC7

María del Mar Ramón

 Institución Educativa 14 de Febrero, El Pozón
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The Colombian author María del Mar Ramón has lived in Argentina since 2012 and currently works for radio and on the creation of audio-visual content. In her work as a writer and content creator, her main interest is feminism and related matters, such as pleasure, violence and liberties. She is the co-founder of the Argentinean NGO Red de Mujeres and coordinates the Fanáticas de los Boliches project, which aims to raise gender awareness in nightlife venues. She has written for media outlets such as Vice and Playboy and has published the book Tirar y vivir sin culpa: El placer es feminista, which relates her experiences regarding sexuality and the feeling of guilt that arises when living in a society that constantly judges women. María del Mar Ramón offers a space for talking to young women about their bodies and their desires, without restrictions, fears or shame, where they can think about how to live fully and at liberty. Her latest work is the novel ​​La manada, which explores the intricacies of group attacks. A city and a society that could be anywhere in Latin America; this is the setting for an exploration of masculinity. The book examines the motivations, fears and frustrations of a group of young men who will live the rest of their days knowing they are responsible for a life that is not their own. Can you escape the weight of a body for the rest of your days?


Ages 13 to 19
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María del Mar Ramón

Event 24

Yayo Herrero in conversation with Juan Cárdenas

Towards an ecofeminist world

 Centro de Formación de la Cooperación Española (patio)
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“To put what is necessary to sustain life at the centre.” This is how Yayo Herrero (Spain) defines the goal of ecofeminism, a current of thought and activism that involves a critical analysis of the beliefs that underpin the ecocidal, patriarchal, capitalist and colonial model, and proposes alternative views for extinguishing the fires of this war against life. At this event, Herrero will talk about the past, present and future of ecofeminism, and will talk about her latest book, Los cinco elementos: Una cartilla de alfabetización ecológica. This work of non-fiction analyses the current ecosocial crisis through five elements, with the aim of recovering the memory of what we are and where we come from, and developing an awareness so that we can take responsibility for the world as a viable project. An invitation to activism and, at the same time, a passionate hymn to living well on our planet. In conversation with Juan Cárdenas.
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Event HJ12

Olga Montero Rose in conversation with Álex Pérez

 Universidad de Cartagena, Sala de Lectura Biblioteca Fernández de Madrid (Claustro de San Agustín)
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We talk about sexual diversity with Olga Montero Rose (Peru) based on her novel Cortejo and her book La rebelión del género: Guía para madres, padres y cuidadores. Montero Rose is a psychoanalyst, member of the Peruvian Psychoanalysis Society and the International Psychoanalytical Association. Her literary debut, Cortejo (2022), tells the story of Simona, a woman in her mid-40s who has just lost her mother, one of the pillars of her life, and who, around this time, meets a woman who makes her question many of the certainties she once held. La rebelión del género, which is our guide at this event, aims to offer information about the changes happening in categories of sex, gender and sexual orientation; things once thought to be natural and irrefutable but which are now being reformulated from top to bottom. In conversation with the teacher Álex Pérez.
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Event 45

Lydia Cacho in conversation with Mábel Lara

Letters of love and rebellion

 Hotel Sofitel, Salón Santa Clara
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An intimate, brave and moving book about a journalist who becomes a symbol of the fight for human rights. The author Lydia Cacho (Mexico) submerges herself in 46 years’ worth of diaries, photographs, letters and other mementos that she kept, as if she knew she would become a pioneering feminist journalist. In Cartas de amor y rebeldía, Cacho traces a life committed to existential search, romance, passion, poetry and the indignation of living in an unjust world. This is her most intimate and revelatory book. In conversation with Mábel Lara.

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Event HJ15

María del Mar Ramón in conversation with Carolina Echávez Martínez

Pleasure is feminist

 Universidad de Cartagena, Sala de Lectura Biblioteca Fernández de Madrid (Claustro de San Agustín)
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The Colombian author María del Mar Ramón has lived in Argentina since 2012 and currently works for radio and on the creation of audio-visual content. In her work as a writer and content creator, her main interest is feminism and related matters, such as pleasure, violence and liberties. She is the co-founder of the Argentinean NGO Red de Mujeres and coordinates the Fanáticas de los Boliches project, which aims to raise gender awareness in nightlife venues. She has written for media outlets such as Vice and Playboy and has published the book Tirar y vivir sin culpa: El placer es feminista, which relates her experiences regarding sexuality and the feeling of guilt that arises when living in a society that constantly judges women. María del Mar Ramón offers a space for talking to young women about their bodies and their desires, without restrictions, fears or shame, where they can think about how to live fully and at liberty. Her latest work is the novel ​​La manada, which explores the intricacies of group attacks. A city and a society that could be anywhere in Latin America; this is the setting for an exploration of masculinity. The book examines the motivations, fears and frustrations of a group of young men who will live the rest of their days knowing they are responsible for a life that is not their own. Can you escape the weight of a body for the rest of your days? In conversation with Carolina Échavez Martínez.

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Event 64

Cindy Herrera and María del Mar Ramón in conversation with Mar Pichel

 Centro de Formación de la Cooperación Española (Salón del Rey)
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Two writers will talk with Mar Pichel about their recently published books, in which they reflect on experiences and points of view linked to very specific realities: those observed and experienced by women. With the Cartagena writer Cindy Herrera, an audio-visual producer, qualified in Linguistics and Literature and a member of the Cuento y crónica writing workshop run by the Colombian Ministry of Culture’s Relata network. Her latest book is El manifiesto del espejo, a collection of 14 stories that all have women at the centre. And with María del Mar Ramón, a feminist and Colombian writer living in Argentina, co-founder of the Argentinean NGO Red de Mujeres and coordinator of the Fanáticas de los Boliches project, which aims to raise gender awareness at rumba venues. She is the author of ​​La manada, a novel that explores the intricacies of group attacks. A city and a society that could be anywhere in Latin America; this is the setting for an exploration of masculinity. The book examines the motivations, fears and frustrations of a group of young men who will live the rest of their days knowing they are responsible for a life that is not their own.
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