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Event 29
Kailash Satyarthi in conversation with Mario Arriagada
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Teatro de la Ciudad
Kailash Satyarthi (India) was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014 for his work against child exploitation. He has rescued tens of thousands of children from slavery. An example of effective activism that has changed lives. In conversation with Mario Arriagada.
Simultaneous interpretation from English to Spanish available
Henry Marshis a renowned British writer and retired neurosurgeon. He is the author of, among other books, And Finally. Matters of Life and Death, which tells of his own experience as a cancer patient. At this event he will talk about the principles and goals of palliative care, and about the challenges and opportunities that currently exist in terms of a dignified death, offering advice and recommendations to help patients and their loved ones face this difficult stage of life with dignity and compassion. In conversation with Mariana H.
Simultaneous interpretation from English to Spanish available
Israel Nieves and STORY ZETU with Javier García del Moral
Community is culture
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Museo de la Ciudad (espacio escénico)
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 three artistic community projects from three countries, which can help to create a route map for initiatives that have such positive effects on our communities. Javier García del Moral talks to Israel Nieves from La Otra Banda (Mexico) and STORY ZETU(Kenya).
Simultaneous interpretation from English to Spanish available
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Co-organized with CAF and with the support of the Ford Foundation
Marina Perezagua and Olivia Teroba in conversation with Elvira Liceaga
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Patio de la Delegación del Centro Histórico
Two writers talk to Elvira Liceaga about their latest books. Marina Perezagua(Spain) is a writer, academic and frequent colaborator of El País; she writes short-stories and novels, and her latest book is La playa, a novel that sheds the light (but also casts a shadow) on the complexity of motherhood and bonds between mothers and daughters. The writer Olivia Teroba (Mexico) will explore the powerful impact of writing in the lives of characters, as well as in her own, highlighting its ability to offer support with regard to social pressures, create authentic connections and find a path that identifies us.Terobais the author of the books of autobiographical essay Un lugar seguro and Dinero y escritura, in which she addresses the challenges involved in the profession of writing. Her short stories have been included in various volumes published in Mexico, Spain, Chile and Argentina.
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With the support of Acción Cultural Española, AC/E
Colin Greenwood, the bass player with Radiohead, one of the world’s most popular rock bands, visits the Hay Festival in Queretaro to present How to Disappear, a kind of visual diary about Radiohead, created based on 20 years of photos in the band’s dressing rooms and rehearsal spaces and at concerts. The images are accompanied by the musician’s own texts, which offer a viewpoint onto the creation and execution of the music of Radiohead, in a kind of intimate portrait of one of the most influential bands in history. He will talk to a legend in his own right, the musician and bassist of bands such as Fobia and Moderatto, el Cha.
Colin Greenwood will participate in this event digitally.
Simultaneous interpretation from English to Spanish available
Amalia Andrade, Montse Bizarro and Silvia Vásquez-Lavado with Claudia Ivonne Hernández
Nuts
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Jardín Guerrero
An event about why it is so important to educate, talk and legislate on the subject of mental health, at which three festival guests will speak about how to prevent, heal and use creativity to boost mental health. With the writers Amalia Andrade (Colombia), Montse Bizarro (Spain) and Silvia Vásquez-Lavado (Peru), who, in conversation with Claudia Ivonne Hernández, will share their experiences and reflections about this matter, so important to all of us.
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With the support of Acción Cultural Española, AC/E
Baruc Martínez Díaz and Javier Eduardo Ramírez López with Josefa Sánchez Contreras
Archives in Náhuatl
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Patio de la Delegación del Centro Histórico
Libraries and archives, repositories of history… and of histories, in plural. At this event, we start from the idea of how non-hegemonic history, in the Mexican case particularly the history of native peoples, has been researched through the existence of extraordinary archives. With Baruc Martínez Díaz (Chinampero people of San Pedro Tláhuac), historian, translator, poet, teacher and author of Faustino Chimalpopoca Galicia. Un intelectual indígena en el México decimonónico, a work that shows us the existence, continuity and scope of the indigenous intellectual tradition in Mexico. And with Javier Eduardo Ramírez López (Mexico), who works with the Teotihuacan Diocese and Chalco Valley Archives, where 4,000 documents are being digitalized; these documents, in Náhuatl and colonial Spanish, cover the period from the first decades of colonialism to Independence. Both will talk to the Zoque thinker and academic Josefa Sánchez Contreras (Mexico).
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Co-organized with the Eccles Institute for the Americas
Hind Hassan and Marcela Turati with Héctor Guerrero
Literary pairs
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Cineteca Rosalío Solano
This event is part of the Literary Pairs series run by the Hay Festival and the British Council; as part of the project, each “literary pair” will repeat the event at the Hay Festival Hay-on-Wye (Wales, UK) in 2025. With Hind Hassan (UK/Irak), journalist who regularly covers international news for outlets such as Al Jazeera, Vice and Skynews, and Marcela Turati (México), a journalist who is part of Periodistas de a Pie, winner of numerous awards for her investigations and author of several books, including the award-winning San Fernando: última parada. In conversation with the photojournalistHéctor Guerrero.
Simultaneous interpretation from English to Spanish available
The acclaimed Spanish writer will talk about his most recent books. Javier Moro, one of the most read contemporary Spanish-language writers, is also a journalist and has worked as a scriptwriter and film producer in Hollywood. His books include Senderos de libertad (1992), El pie de Jaipur (1995), The Mountains of the Buddha (2009), Five Past Midnight in Bhopal (2002, written with Dominique Lapierre), Passion India (2007), The Red Sari (2015), El imperio eres tú (2011 Planeta Prize) and the recent Nos quieren muertos, which he will talk about at this event. This rigorous, frenetic work portrays the life of a figure who is central to understanding Venezuela today: Leopoldo López, who, after being jailed in 2014 because of his leading role in the mass protests against the Nicolás Maduro government, became a symbol for the struggle for democracy in the country. In conversation with Daniel Pardo.
Montse Bizarro and Frida Cartas in conversation with Gina Jaramillo
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Patio de la Delegación del Centro Histórico
Two authors who have published new novels will talk to Gina Jaramillo. With Montse Bizarro (Spain), a graduate in Journalism and Humanities from the Pompeu Fabra University, who has worked for media outlets such as El Punt Avui and Europa Press, as well as in corporate communication. Her debut novel Mañana ya no hablaremos de nada talks about abusive and toxic relationships, with neurodivergent characters, showing how they challenge the imposed norms and seek to define their space in the world. Frida Cartas (Mexico), is from Mazatlán and 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 Ciudadan, she gives workshops on sexual and reproductive rights for young people, with a class and gender perspective, and also works in the digital media. She is 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.
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With the support of Acción Cultural Española, AC/E
Silvia Vásquez-Lavado in conversation with Yuriria Sierra
In the mountain’s embrace
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Jardín Guerrero
The guest at this event is a pioneer with great achievements. She was the first Peruvian woman to reach the summit of the world’s highest mountain, Sagarmatha (Mount Everest), and to climb the six highest peaks on the other continents She is also the first openly LGTBI+ person to reach the seven summits. Silvia Vásquez-Lavado tells her story in the book In the Shadow of the Mountain, winner of the Stanford Travel Book of the Year. In it, the author tells of these milestones, as well as a past of trauma and excess, of alcoholism and promiscuous sex, and before this, childhood abuse. Vásquez-Lavado reveals how an ayahuasca ceremony helped her to connect to the mountains. It is part of her story that she undertakes her expeditions together with other victims of sexual abuse, as part of the Courageous Girls project, founded in 2014. Silvia Vásquez-Lavadowill talk to Yuriria Sierra about her activism, her memories and about the film that is currently being made.
Luis Felipe Fabre and Garry Gottfriedson in conversation with Guillermo Núñez
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Museo de la Ciudad (espacio escénico)
Two fascinating poets tell us about their recent work, in conversation with the literary critic Guillermo Núñez. With Garry Gottfriedson(Canada), poet, rancher and member of the Secwepemc community, who has just published Tierra y lenguaje, a representative sample of his poetry, published in bilingual format (English/Spanish). Poeta griego arcaico is the most recent book by Luis Felipe Fabre (Mexico), poet, fiction writer and dramatist, who returns to poetry after a number of years away, taking up the mythological story of Medusa and Perseus. This is a masterly retelling of ancient legends, bringing them into dialogue with us and our present, with a poetic language so precise and evocative that the images he sings will reverberate long in the minds of readers. Introduced by Ingrid Bejerman.
Simultaneous interpretation from English to Spanish available
Julieta Norma Fierro Gossman is an astronomer, a member of the Academy of the Language, and a leading popular scientist. She also lectures at the Faculty of Sciences, researches with the Institute of Astronomy, and is General Manager of Scientific Communication at UNAM; she is also the former Director of the Universum museum. She has written hundreds of articles and over 40 books of popular science, telling the story of astronomy, the nature of the solar system... She has been recognised for her work with honorary doctorates, UNESCO’s Kalinga Prize for the Popularization of Science, and an invitation to join the Mexican Academy of the Language.
Gabriela Jauregui, Brenda Lozano and Mariana H in conversation with Yuriria Sierra
South to south: Presidenta
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Cineteca Rosalío Solano
Mexico has a female president for the first time in its history. Several guests at the festival, some of them participants in the book Presidenta. Más de 100 mujeres te escriben talk with the book's coordinator, journalist Yuriria Sierra, about the expectations of this new government. With Gabriela Jauregui,Brenda Lozano and Mariana H.
Patrick Autréaux in conversation with Felipe Restrepo Pombo
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Museo de la Ciudad (espacio escénico)
Patrick Autréaux (France) worked as an emergency psychiatrist for years, before devoting himself to writing in 2006. He is the author of a unique work which explores the relationships between medicine and literature, and here presents Pussyboy, about two men who have created a tacit agreement involving surprise sexual encounters, in the celebration of a ritual that is both ordinary and marvellous. He will talk to the writer and publisher Felipe Restrepo Pombo.
Simultaneous interpretation from French to Spanish available
On the occasion of the publication of Antes de decir cualquiera de las grandes palabras, a collection of work by the great Mexican author David Huerta (1949-2022), edited by Hernán Bravo Varela, we bring together poets from Mexico and abroad for a reading in homage to Huerta. With the participation of Luis Felipe Fabre, Garry Gottfriedson, Myriam Moscona and Martín Tonalmeyotl.Presented by Hernán Bravo Varela.
Antonio Ortuño in conversation with Javier Lafuente
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Patio de la Delegación del Centro Histórico
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 Javier Lafuente, 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 theHay 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. He will talk to the writer and journalist, Javier Lafuente.
This is an artistic and disruptive performance by activist Guz Guevara (Mexico), who performs songs from his EP titled "Inválido." Through this performance, he questions ableism and the use of pejorative terms, addressing the importance of embracing one's own vulnerability and the need for greater visibility. The performance lasts forty minutes, during which the artist guides you through a progressive musical journey, challenging and confronting unconscious biases and paradigms.
