Hay Festival Querétaro 2023 – Events for Children and Young People

Welcome to the Hay Festival Querétaro 2023 programme. The festival took place from 7 to 10 September, with 105 activities with 151 international guests from 20 countries, and with Hay Joven, Hay Festivalito, Hay Delegaciones and Talento Editorial events, as well as two activities in Cadereyta.

Here are all our events for families, children and young adults. Select events from our Programme for Schools or our traditional families programme, there is also a selection of interactive workshops to enjoy.

Programme for Schools events and workshops will be free to replay for the duration of the festival and then free on Hay Festival Anytime.

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Event HC3

Workshop with Paulina Suárez

Create your own monsters

LEO A.C.
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The Mexican artist Paulina Suárez studied Illustration at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, California, where she lived between 2008 and 2013. She is currently based in Mexico, where she works as a freelance artist and art educator. Her illustrations have appeared in work for different publications and publishers, including Editions FLBLB, Cacciani, FCAS, Esto es un libro, Revista Marvin, Cartelera CCUT Tlatelolco, Far Faria, as well as for the Coco Lab, Llamarada and Los Hijos de Jack animation studios. At this workshop, participants will have the chance to use stickers to create their own monsters, and then to colour and decorate them.

Ages 6 to 11
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Workshop with Paulina Suárez

Event HC6

Frida Martínez in conversation with Kenya Acosta

Biblioteca Juan de Dios Bátiz Paredes. Delegación Josefa Vergara
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What do you have to do to win an Olympic medal or play at a football World Cup? In her book Súper-deportistas mexicanos, Frida Martínez portrays 24 high-achieving Mexican sportspeople. Her book reveals the hard work, discipline and dedication of her chosen protagonists, who train in karate, gymnastics, athletics, baseball and more, until they reach the top of their sport. In conversation with Kenya Acosta, Frida Martínez tells us these stories, which show how high we can fly as long as we have imagination, consistency and effort.

Ages 7 to 12
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Frida Martínez in conversation with Kenya Acosta

Event HC7

Workshop with Tere Alcántara

Parque de la Mantarraya
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The radio is a medium whose importance cannot be overemphasised. From its beginnings, it has worked to communicate, inform and entertain. Today we have other media that serve similar functions, but it is of interest to know more about the radio, to understand what it can do, what it can contribute. At this event, Tere Alcántara will talk about the radio, sharing with the children curious anecdotes and information. Work will be done on breathing, diction and intention and, to finish, teams will create a radio programme, in which participants can present their work, as if they were broadcasting a real radio programme.

Ages 7 and over
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Workshop with Tere Alcántara

Event HC9

Ekaterina Álvarez in conversation with Elisa Guerra

Centro Cultural Comunitario Epigmenio González
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Ekaterina Álvarez was born in Moscow and lives in Prague. She is the publisher and author of her first children’s book, ¿Dónde está Arte?. In this entertaining work, the writer takes us on a trip through some of Mexico City’s main museums (from the Anthropological Museum, to the University Museum of Contemporary Art, via Chapultepec Castle and the Museum of Modern Art) in search of the Treasure of the Bones, together with little Otta and her dog Artemio. However, in the blink of an eye, Arte gets lost, and we go together with Otta to find him. In conversation with Elisa Guerra.

Ages 7 and over
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Ekaterina Álvarez in conversation with Elisa Guerra

Event HC12

Frida Martínez in conversation with Tere Alcántara

Museo de la Ciudad (Biblioteca)
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What do you have to do to win an Olympic medal or play at a football World Cup? In her book Súper-deportistas mexicanos, Frida Martínez portrays 24 high-achieving Mexican sportspeople. Her book reveals the hard work, discipline and dedication of her chosen protagonists, who train in karate, gymnastics, athletics, baseball and more, until they reach the top of their sport. Frida Martínez shares these stories, which show how high we can fly as long as we have imagination, consistency and effort. In conversation with Tere Alcántara.

This activity is accessible to neurodivergente and disabled people.



Ages 7 to 12
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Frida Martínez in conversation with Tere Alcántara

Event HC13

Andrés Cota Hiriart

Fundación Zorro Rojo
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Andrés Cota Hiriart is a biologist, zoologist and writer. He has written books including Cabeza ajena (2017), Faunologías (2015), El ajolote. Biología del anfibio más sobresaliente del mundo (2016) and Fieras familiares (2022), and has come close to all kinds of animals in their natural habitats, travelling to some amazing places around the world, like the Galapagos, Borneo, Sulawesi and the island of Guadalupe. At this event, Cota will focus on a wonderful creature from his native Mexico: he will start out with the iconic axolotl and move onto the ajolote of Queretaro state, which is not so commonly mentioned. During the event, he will share images and excepts from his books.

Ages 6 to 11
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Andrés Cota Hiriart

Event HC4

Gina Jaramillo

The cheese guard

La Otra Bandita
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Gina Jaramillo is an art historian, General Manager of Radio Chilango, has worked as a children’s activist through the Colectivo Niñeces Presentes initiative, and now brings her talents to children’s literature. In her new book El guardián de los quesos she tells us the story of Tigre, a cat that visits various homes in the neighbourhood, which inspires Bibi and Mon to explore the different ways of seeing and forming a family. Jaramillo highlights the importance of love, empathy and respect, and she uses inclusive language to reflect the evolution of communication and family structures and relationships in today’s society.

Ages 6 to 10
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Gina Jaramillo

Event HC14

Storytelling with Raúl Robin Morales

The tiger without stripes

Fundación Zorro Rojo
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Raúl Robin Morales is the creator of the animated short film El tigre sin rayas and of the illustrated book of the same name. In the story, we meet a little tiger from the savannah who, until the others, has no stripes. The young feline undertakes a journey to seek them, and finds other things on the way. At this event, we will watch the short film and discover the book that tells this beautiful story.

Ages 4 and over
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Storytelling with Raúl Robin Morales

Event HC15

Adriana Grimaldo and Ana Grimaldo

En el semáforo se aprende
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Adriana and Ana Grimaldo offer a workshop on the subject of architecture, aimed at children. Using the spaces, forms and colours found in the buildings of the Mexican architect, Luis Barragán, we will be able to discover the artistic details that are hidden in Mexican sweets, toys and traditions. The construction of a model inspired by one of the spaces in Barragán’s house will be the starting point for a reflection on how to turn our own history into original creations.

Ages 8 to 12
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Adriana Grimaldo and Ana Grimaldo

Event HC17

Puppet show with Raúl Ángeles

My grandfather ate a watch

Casa de la Cultura Cayetano Rubio
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This event promises to be a magical experience full of stories and laughter. We present an exciting puppet kamishibai of Mi abuelo se comió un reloj, a story by the puppeteer Raúl Ángeles, illustrated by Arturo Trejo Delgado and published by the Queretaro Municipality Department of Culture. This is an adventure where imagination and fun come together to make for an unforgettable performance. The author will guide us through the pages of his story, while the characters come alive before our eyes, becoming enchanting puppet figures.

Ages 5 and over
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Puppet show with Raúl Ángeles

Event HC18

Workshop with Paulina Suárez

Create your own monsters

Museo de la Ciudad (Biblioteca)
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The Mexican artist Paulina Suárez studied Illustration at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, California, where she lived between 2008 and 2013. She is currently based in Mexico, where she works as a freelance artist and art educator. Her illustrations have appeared in work for different publications and publishers, including Editions FLBLB, Cacciani, FCAS, Esto es un libro, Revista Marvin, Cartelera CCUT Tlatelolco, Far Faria, as well as for the Coco Lab, Llamarada and Los Hijos de Jack animation studios. At this workshop, participants will have the chance to use stickers to create their own monsters, and then to colour and decorate them.

Ages 6 to 11
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Workshop with Paulina Suárez

Event HC19

Ernesto Galán Noguez

En el Semáforo se aprende
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Ernesto Galán has degrees in Performing Arts and Law. He is the Artistic Director of the Miscelánea Teatro company and has written and directed a range of plays. He is also the manager of a reading space for child workers, and creator of the La Bodega forum and the La Miscelánea theatre festival. At this activity, those attending will be invited to participate in writing and group rewriting in order to stimulate creativity, fantasy, observation and memory. Participants will use and reappropriate sentences taken from the public digital space and the tangible public space. These will mix with other words, images, feelings and contexts, and so create a collective writing of “stories of a thread”.

Ages 3 to 10
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Ernesto Galán Noguez

Event HC23

Puppet show with Raúl Ángeles

My grandfather ate a watch

Jardín Guerrero
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This event promises to be a magical experience full of stories and laughter. We present an exciting puppet kamishibai of Mi abuelo se comió un reloj, a story by the puppeteer Raúl Ángeles, illustrated by Arturo Trejo Delgado and published by the Queretaro Municipality Department of Culture. This is an adventure where imagination and fun come together to make for an unforgettable performance. The author will guide us through the pages of his story, while the characters come alive before our eyes, becoming enchanting puppet figures.

Ages 5 and over
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Puppet show with Raúl Ángeles

Event HC24

Storytelling with Raúl Robin Morales

The tiger without stripes

Museo de la Ciudad (Biblioteca)
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Raúl Robin Morales is the creator of the animated short film El tigre sin rayas and of the illustrated book of the same name. In the story, we meet a little tiger from the savannah who, until the others, has no stripes. The young feline undertakes a journey to seek them, and finds other things on the way. At this event, we will watch the short film and discover the book that tells this beautiful story.

Ages 4 and over
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Storytelling with Raúl Robin Morales

Event HC26

Caminalee

Jardín Guerrero
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CaminaLee is an initiative that organizes walks aimed at connecting your feet and your brain, letting you listen to stories, characters, history, legends and adventures, all from a different perspective. Connecting with your imagination and your inner wisdom while you walk, feeling what you see. Walking but also reading to visit other worlds, fantastic worlds that you were not aware of, worlds where you can learn about the past, the present and the future. With CaminaLee, we will go out and tour iconic locations in the old quarter, finding the most important sites, monuments and churches, as well as some of the historical legends of the city. An explanation will be given about each of them, including the Teatro de la Ciudad, the Guerrero Gardens, the Palacio Municipal, the Church of Santa Clara, the Fountain of Neptune, the Casa de la Marquesa, the Camino Real de Tierra Adentro route and many other places, sharing the legends of La Carambada, El Marquéz de la Villa del Villar del Águila, La Zacatenaca, among others, with rest stops and discussion of historical figures and the chance to draw them too.

To participate in this activity, please click here to fill in the registration form

Every child must be accompanied by an adult

Ages 6 to 10
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Caminalee

Event HC25

Ekaterina Álvarez in conversation with Kenya Acosta

Museo de la Ciudad (Biblioteca)
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Ekaterina Álvarez was born in Moscow and lives in Prague. She is the publisher and author of her first children’s book, ¿Dónde está Arte?. In this entertaining work, the writer takes us on a trip through some of Mexico City’s main museums (from the Anthropological Museum, to the University Museum of Contemporary Art, via Chapultepec Castle and the Museum of Modern Art) in search of the Treasure of the Bones, together with little Otta and her dog Artemio. However, in the blink of an eye, Arte gets lost, and we go together with Otta to find him. In conversation with Kenya Acosta.

Ages 7 and over
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Ekaterina Álvarez in conversation with Kenya Acosta

Event HC0

Elisa Guerrero and Roberto Matabuena in conversation with Carolina Resendiz Vázquez

Museo de la Ciudad (Biblioteca)
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A girl and a boy from Querétaro talk about the stories they write. Elisa Guerrero Hoyos was born on the day that Marty McFly traveled to the future in the film from the eighties. Her passion is gymnastics. She loves drawing eyes, cats, and feet. She loves stories because they are fun and they entertain her. La vida de la niña un ojo is her first story, and she published it in the Cajas de Agua collection from Letra Capital Publishing House; she came up with the idea when she was playing with modeling clay, and the face of the one-eyed girl appeared. Roberto Matabuena is a fourth grader, and his main pastime is drawing trains, container ships, tornadoes, and space shuttles. Un virus de mascota, from the Cajas de Agua collection from Letra Capital Publishing House, is his first published story, inspired by one of his other fascinations: the microscopic world. In conversation with Carolina Resendiz Vázquez.
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Elisa Guerrero and Roberto Matabuena in conversation with Carolina Resendiz Vázquez

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