Hay Festival Querétaro 2024

Naief Yehya in conversation with Abel Martínez Hernández

Planet of mushrooms

Friday 6 September 2024, 9am –  Biblioteca Campus Centro Histórico - Dirección General de Bibliotecas UAQ

Naief Yehya (Mexico) is an industrial engineer, fiction writer, essayist and cultural critic. The author a various novels and works of non-fiction, his work has been translated into Italian, English, Arabic and French. He contributes regularly to the Mexican newspaper La Razón. El planeta de los hongos is a cultural and social history of mushrooms, particularly hallucinogenics, and LSD. His approach is not only scientific, but also based on experience and literary non-fiction. Not quite a manual for consumption or a guide for collectors, this is an exploration of the relationship between “magic” mushrooms and humanity, and their potential to open the mind. In conversation with Abel Martínez Hernández.

Workshop with Paulina Suárez

Create your own monsters

Friday 6 September 2024, 10am –  LEO A.C.

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.

Mohamed El Morabet in conversation with Saúl Crespo and Rogelio Haces Gil Martínez

Friday 6 September 2024, 10am –  Tec de Monterrey, Pabellón Tec

Mohamed El Morabet (Morocco/Spain), a Politics graduate, presents his second novel, El invierno de los jilgueros, a story about Brahim, who has lived with death, illness and war from a young age. Years later, Brahim studies Fine Art and meets Olga, a woman immersed in her role as an art teacher, but who also wants to see new horizons, other realities. The link created between teacher and pupil will change their lives forever. In conversation with Saúl Crespo and Rogelio Haces Gil Martínez.

With the support of Acción Cultural Española, AC/E

Sara Barquinero in conversation with Julieta Díaz Barrón and Montserrat Michelle Rivera Ruiz

Friday 6 September 2024, 12pm –  Tec de Monterrey, Pabellón Tec

The writer, essayist, and thinker Sara Barquinero (Spain)has published one of the most acclaimed novels of the year in her country, Los Escorpiones (2024),where the two main characters investigate a dangerous conspiracy spanning several decades and reflect on the meaning of life. A PhD in Philosophy, Barquinero received a creative scholarship at the Residencia de Estudiantes in Madrid and has obtained numerous prizes, such as the Virginia Woolf Short Story Prize in the English Language (2017) and the Voces Nuevas Poetry Prize of the Torremozas Publishing House in 2019. In conversation with Julieta Díaz Barrón and Montserrat Michelle Rivera Ruiz.

Antonio Ortuño in conversation with Abdiel Hernández

Friday 6 September 2024, 12pm –  UNAM ENES

Antonio Ortuño is a major voice in Mexican contemporary literature, and his fascinating body of work challenges conventions in forms of exploring social and political matters. In conversation with Abdiel Hernández, Ortuño will talk about his novels, which tackle themes such as violence and corruption, satire of the corporate world, the migration routes of Central America, and dystopian perspectives on his country. Ortuño will also talk about the project Verdades compartidas, an anthology which, thanks to the Hay Festival and the Colombian International Centre for Transitional Justice, reimagines and tells the story of Colombia after the peace process, through the writings of ten Latin American figures.

Garry Gottfriedson in conversation with Ingrid Bejerman and Luz María Lepe

Decolonising verse: challenges for the literary translation of native poetry

Friday 6 September 2024, 12pm –  Biblioteca Campus Centro Histórico - Dirección General de Bibliotecas UAQ

Based on the challenges of taking the verse of Garry Gottfriedson (Canada) from English into Spanish for Tierra y lenguaje, a collection of some of his most representative work, we present a conversation with the Secwépecm poet and the indigenous literature specialist about the attention and care needed to translate poetry by native authors from one colonial language into another, moderated by Luz María Lepe and the journalist and educator Ingrid Bejerman.

With the support of Blue Metropolis/Metropolis bleu, the literary festival of Montreal

Noé Morales and Manuel Naredo in conversation with Imanol Martínez

Remembering Gerardo Mancebo del Castillo

Friday 6 September 2024, 12.30pm –  Museo de la Ciudad (espacio Hay Festival)

Letra Capital, the Queretaro Municipality press, has recently compiled the complete works of the Queretaro dramatist Gerardo Mancebo del Castillo, whose innovative and original plays have made him a central figure in Mexican theatre. Noé Morales and Manuel Naredo will talk about his Obras completas with Imanol Martínez.

Co-organized with Cálamo and AECID

Israel Nieves in conversation with Rebecca Ivonne Ruiz Padilla

Community is culture

Friday 6 September 2024, 1pm –  Auditorio de la Facultad de Artes UAQ

The cultural activities that arise from community ties feed back into a strengthening of these communities, creating a positive impact on their inhabitants and facilitating the work of creators and artists. At this event, we will find out about an artistic community project from Queretaro, which can help to create a route map for initiatives that have such positive effects on our communities. Israel Nieves from La Otra Banda (Mexico) talks to Rebecca Ivonne Ruiz Padilla.

Co-organized with CAF

Amalia Andrade in conversation with Perla Holguín

Friday 6 September 2024, 1.30pm –  Universidad Anáhuac, Aula Magna Edificio C

Amalia Andrade, the Colombian author of works such as Uno siempre cambia al amor de su vida (Por otro amor o por otra vida) and Cosas que piensas cuando te muerdes las uñas, has sold over a million books and is a social media phenomenon. In her most recent book, No sé cómo mostrar dónde me duele, Andrade returns to the theme of mental health and the body-mind relationship, writing about matters such as poetry, music and the cultivation of good habits to work on our emotional education and balance the internal world of the feelings. In conversation with Perla Holguín.

Rebecca Solnit in conversation with Iliana Padilla

Friday 6 September 2024, 2pm –  UNAM ENES

The writer, historian and activist Rebecca Solnit is an important voice when it comes to matters such as feminism, environmental and urban history, popular power, social change and insurrection, walking and wandering, hope and catastrophe. She is the author of over 25 books, including the anthology she co-edited in 2023, Not Too Late: Changing the Climate Story from Despair to Possibility, as well as Orwell’s Roses, Hope in the Dark, Men Explain Things to Me, A Paradise Built in Hell and A Field Guide to Getting Lost. She writes regularly for The Guardian and is on the board of the climate group Oil Change International. In conversation with Iliana Padilla.

Event in English

César Rendueles in conversation with Michel Morales

Friday 6 September 2024, 3pm –  Centro Cultural Aurelio Olvera Montaño UAQ

The Spanish thinker and writer César Rendueles presents his work Comuntopía: Comunes, postcapitalismo y transición ecosocial. Rendueles, recognised for his social analyses and critical thinking, describes our current situation of urgency, characterised by ecological, political and technological crises, and goes further to advocate the importance of “common goods”, collaborative systems that manage resources (such as public goods and services), which are growing more scarce for millions of people. His book offers a hopeful message, proposing a global "politics of the commons", aimed at social forces that seek democratic, progressive and emancipatory strategies in the context of post-capitalism. In conversation with Michel Morales.

Frida Martínez in conversation with Kenya Acosta

Friday 6 September 2024, 4pm –  Biblioteca Juan de Dios Bátiz Paredes. Delegación Josefa Vergara

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.

Workshop with Tere Alcántara

Friday 6 September 2024, 4pm –  Parque de la Mantarraya

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.

Paola Llamas Dinero in conversation with Yudi Martínez

Poems for otakus

Friday 6 September 2024, 4pm –  La Otra Bandita

Divided into five sections, with an opening and an ending in the anime tradition, the poems of Paola Llamas Dinero explore the sensations that occur when fiction forms an essential part of our lives. Through language based on words, images and signs, characteristic of the street, television and Internet, the author examines our relationship with the world of fiction through anime, manga and the social media. She will ask how imaginary worlds determine many of our feelings and identities. She also wonders, if we are constantly relating to characters who do not exist, watching a series or scrolling through stories on Instagram, whether we can really form links with other people. In conversation with Yudi Martínez.

Ekaterina Álvarez in conversation with Elisa Guerra

Friday 6 September 2024, 4pm –  Centro Cultural Comunitario Epigmenio González

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.

Nimmi Gowrinathan in conversation with Carla Alicia Suárez Félix

Friday 6 September 2024, 4pm –  Biblioteca Campus Centro Histórico - Dirección General de Bibliotecas UAQ

Nimmi Gowrinathan (Sri Lanka/United States) is a thinker, academic and activist, and author of Radicalizing Her. Why Women Choose Violence, a fascinating study of women active in guerrilla movements, including the FARC (Colombia), the Tamil Tigers (Sri Lanka), the Syrians who have fought against the Asad government, the EZLN in Mexico and the PLO in Palestine. The book dismantles beliefs about gender and analyses the many reasons that lead these women to armed struggle. Gowrinathwan is a professor at City College in New York, where she has founded the Politics of Sexual Violence initiative, and works regularly with media outlets such as CNN, MSNBC, Al Jazeera and the BBC. In conversation with Carla Alicia Suárez Félix.

Event in English

With the support of Open Society Foundations

Rosaluz Pérez Espinosa and Guiomar Rovira in conversation with Yásnaya Elena Aguilar Gil

South to south conversations: thirty years of the Zapatista movement

Friday 6 September 2024, 5pm –  Teatro de la Ciudad

2024 is the thirtieth anniversary of one the most important revolutionary uprisings of the last half century, one that resonated internationally and which continues to inspire emancipatory movements around the world. The Zapatista movement, with its egalitarian, community organization, its advocacy of traditional knowledge, and its impressive capacity for communication (it was one of the first resistance movements to use the Internet to publicise its ideas), offers us a living alternative to raw capitalism. At this event, Rosaluz Pérez Espinosa, who has studied at first hand the role of women in the construction of the Zapatista political project; and Guiomar Rovira (Spain), journalist, writer and author of Zapata vive, will talk to Yásnaya Elena Aguilar Gil.

With the support of Open Society Foundations and Acción Cultural Española, AC/E

Alberto Fuguet in conversation with Eliezer Budasoff

Friday 6 September 2024, 5pm –  Cineteca Rosalío Solano

Alberto Fuguet (Chile), author, journalist and filmmaker, is an outstanding representative of the New Chilean Fiction movement of the 1990s. His new novel, Ciertos chicos, takes us back to the 1980s, and life under the Chilean dictatorship, exploring a world that challenges political structures and cultural binaries. The book, about young LGTB love, takes us into a vibrant counterculture scene, full of the music, books, fanzines and journalism that have come to represent the period, offering us a luminous counterpoint and a personal memoire from the viewpoint and experiences of the author. In conversation with Eliezer Budasoff.

Naief Yehya in conversation with Andrés Cota Hiriart

Planet of mushrooms

Friday 6 September 2024, 5pm –  Museo de la Ciudad (espacio escénico)

Naief Yehya (Mexico) is an industrial engineer, fiction writer, essayist and cultural critic. The author a various novels and works of non-fiction, his work has been translated into Italian, English, Arabic and French. He contributes regularly to the Mexican newspaper La Razón. El planeta de los hongos is a cultural and social history of mushrooms, particularly hallucinogenics, and LSD. His approach is not only scientific, but also based on experience and literary non-fiction. Not quite a manual for consumption or a guide for collectors, this is an exploration of the relationship between “magic” mushrooms and humanity, and their potential to open the mind. In conversation with the academic, podcaster and writer Andrés Cota Hiriart.

Daniel Flores, Mauricio Sánchez and Isabel Zapata with Felipe Rosete

La Otra Feria or how to organise a trade fair for independent publishers

Friday 6 September 2024, 5pm –  Museo de la Ciudad (espacio Hay Festival)

Book fairs are important spaces for promoting books, but also for building relationships in the publishing industry, and meeting readers. Three Mexican publishers Daniel Flores, Mauricio Sánchez and Isabel Zapata, talk to Felipe Rosete about why they take part in the La Otra Feria initiative.

Co-organized with Cálamo and AECID

Olivia Teroba in conversation with Margarita Aguilar Urbán

Friday 6 September 2024, 6pm –  Centro Cultural Comunitario Carrillo Puerto

Dinero y escritura is a very personal book of fiction by the award-winning author Olivia Teroba (Mexico), which looks at matters related to the profession of writing and the conditions that make it possible in hyper-capitalist societies. In this series of texts, written in the first person, Teroba shares the ins and outs of her fragile relationship with writing, and with the world itself, framed by family and bodily demands that she expresses in a style that is both lucid and intimate. In conversation with Margarita Aguilar Urbán.

Frida Cartas in conversation with Imanol Martínez

Friday 6 September 2024, 6pm –  La Otra Bandita

Frida Cartas (Mexico), from Mazatlán, describes herself as a housewife and part-time writer. A former presenter at the Instituto Mexicano de la Radio with the programme Altersexual (a sexual anthropology programme) on Radio Ciudadana, she contributes to digital media outlets and gives workshops on sexual and reproductive rights for young people, with a class and gender perspective. She is also the author of the extraordinary novel Transporte a la infancia, which, using honest, colloquial language, recalls the scenes from her childhood in which she discovered and affirmed her identity, creating an essential testimony for the recognition of trans childhoods, bringing to light the urgency of guaranteeing respect, protection and freedom for trans children. In conversation with Imanol Martínez.

Leila Guerriero in conversation with Jan Martínez Ahrens

El País event

Friday 6 September 2024, 7pm –  Teatro de la Ciudad

The writer and journalist Leila Guerriero (Argentina), presents her latest book, La llamada, a work of fiction that knits together a series of interviews with Silvia Labayru, the Argentinean member of the Montoneros guerrilla group who, in 1976, was abducted, tortured and raped at the notorious Escuela de Mecánica la Armada, to which thousands of people were taken and killed, and from where she makes it out alive. Guerriero started interviewing Labayru in 2021, while awaiting the sentence of the first trial for sexual violence committed against abducted women during the dictatorship, at which Labayru was an accuser. In conversation with Jan Martínez Ahrens.

Event co-organized with El País

Nimmi Gowrinathan in conversation with Andrea Díaz Cardona

South to south

Friday 6 September 2024, 7pm –  Cineteca Rosalío Solano

Nimmi Gowrinathan (Sri Lanka/United States) is a thinker, academic and activist, and author of Radicalizing Her. Why Women Choose Violence, a fascinating study of women active in guerrilla movements, including the FARC (Colombia), the Tamil Tigers (Sri Lanka), the Syrians who have fought against the Asad government, the EZLN in Mexico and the PLO in Palestine. The book dismantles beliefs about gender and analyses the many reasons that lead these women to armed struggle. Gowrinathwan is a professor at City College in New York, where she has founded the Politics of Sexual Violence initiative, and works regularly with media outlets such as CNN, MSNBC, Al Jazeera and the BBC. In conversation with the BBC Mundo journalist, Andrea Díaz Cardona.

Simultaneous interpretation from English to Spanish available

With the support of Open Society Foundations

Garry Gottfriedson and Josefa Sánchez Contreras with Mikel Ruiz

South to south conversations: narratives in plural

Friday 6 September 2024, 7pm –  Museo de la Ciudad (espacio escénico)

Three festival guests offer space to non-hegemonic narratives through their artistic and intellectual work, and ask why these ways of seeing the world can be the path to a better future as societies. With Garry Gottfriedson (Canada) and Josefa Sánchez Contreras (Mexico), in conversation with the writer Mikel Ruiz (Mexico).

With the support of Open Society Foundations and Blue Metropolis

Gina Jaramillo, Romina Sacre and Magali Torres in conversation with Silvia Viñas

Literature and podcasting

Friday 6 September 2024, 7pm –  Museo de la Ciudad (espacio Hay Festival)

Are podcasts about stories and books a complement to the work of publishing, or are they a parallel universe that is connected with books, but is a different kind of space? Three Mexican podcast presenters linked to literature, Gina Jaramillo (Cháchara Literaria), Romina Sacre (Sensibles y chingonas) y Magali Torres (Nenamonstruo) talk to Silvia Viñas (Uruguay), the Executive Producer of El Hilo podcast. An event about the love of books, and about telling stories through a format that is enjoying great success with the public today.

Co-organized with Cálamo and AECID

Lila Downs in conversation with Eliezer Budasoff and Silvia Viñas

El Hilo en Directo podcast

Friday 6 September 2024, 9pm –  Teatro de la Ciudad

The Latin American current affairs podcast El Hilo en Directo, produced by Radio Ambulante Estudios, brings a live episode with the Mexican-American composer and artist Lila Downs, winner of six Grammys and whose songs form part of the living culture of Mexico and Latin America, and who has worked with artists including Totó La Momposina, Niña Pastori, Celso Piña and Kevin Johansen. This is a very special episode of El Hilo, and on this occasion the public can attend in person. Lila will be n conversation with Eliezer Budasoff and Silvia Viñas.

Lila Downs will participate in this event digitally.

Screening of 'Somos el barrio' documentary film

Friday 6 September 2024, 9pm – 11pm –  Cineteca Rosalío Solano

Menchaca, Mujeres Independientes, and San José El Alto, in the Delegación de Epigmenio González, are neighborhoods in the Municipio de Querétaro that shelter the life stories of four young people from there. This documentary delves into the reality of José María González Flores Chema, from the gang Los PQ’s (Los Pequeños) de SanJo, a rapper and ex-convict; David Miranda Hernández DMH, leader of the DH (Dejando Historia) gang; Everardo Mata Paredes, tattoo artist and artist belonging to ILCK (Ilícitos Criminales), known as Peluzín; and Abigail León Pérez La Macho, from the gang LPRM (La Princi Rompiendo Madres), who has been away from her parents since she was 15 and dreams of turning her screen-printing talent into a way of life. Let’s look through the window and learn what moves and what stops the neighborhood, the street, and those who live there.

A production of the Municipio de Querétaro. Director: Omar González Bustos. Original idea: Dante Aguilar. Executive production: Municipio de Querétaro, Dante Aguilar. Producer: Martha Zamora.

Duration: 120 min