Poetry

Marina Azahua, Mardonio Carballo and Jemima Peláez in conversation with Héctor Guerrero

Eccles Institute event: language custodians

Saturday 6 September 2025, 10.30am –  Museo de la Ciudad (sala 2)

Three language custodians will talk about how their work allows them to care for, celebrate and preserve their language. Marina Azahua as a fiction writer; Mardonio Carballo in poetry, journalism and activism in his indigenous language; and Jemima Peláez through her role as an out-of-the-ordinary librarian.

With the support of Eccles Institute for American Studies at The British Library

Elvira Sastre in conversation with Alberto Villarreal

Saturday 6 September 2025, 5.30pm –  Tequisquiapan, Plaza principal

Elvira Sastre has managed to achieve the improbable: bring poetry to thousands of young people. Using a familiar approach and subject matter that is relevant to their lives, she has connected with various generations of readers, keeping alive the spark of literary sensitivity.

With the support of Acción Cultural Española, AC/E

Mardonio Carballo and Alejandra Sasil Sánchez Chan in conversation with Rafael Volta

Hay Festival Constellations: poetry

Saturday 6 September 2025, 7pm –  Jardín Guerrero

Hay Festival Constellations creates a space for intergenerational dialogue within the Mexican cultural scene, in fields such as literature, film, music, science and activism. At this event, Mardonio Carballo and Alejandra Sasil Sánchez Chan will talk to Rafael Volta about the power and value of poetry: or when language is a weapon that can fight for existing and resisting.

Elvira Sastre in conversation with Laura García

Sunday 7 September 2025, 10.30am –  Teatro de la Ciudad

Thousands of people have come to poetry thanks to the warmth of Elvira Sastre. With poetry books such as Baluarte and Aquella orilla nuestra —in addition to the novel Las vulnerabilidades— she has made poetry an everyday form of expression for a generation of readers. Here, the Spanish author will speak to Laura García, and offer the audience a poetic reading.

With the support of Acción Cultural Española, AC/E

Poetry reading

With Bibiana Collado, Elisa Díaz Castelo, Julián Herbert, Ángeles Romero, Alejandra Sasil Sánchez Chan and Rafael Volta, presented by Emilia Pesqueira

Sunday 7 September 2025, 7pm –  Museo de la Ciudad (sala 2)

Poets from the 2025 Hay Festival Queretaro programme will offer public readings of some of their verses. With Bibiana Collado, Elisa Díaz Castelo, Julián Herbert, Ángeles Romero, Alejandra Sasil Sánchez Chan y Rafael Volta. Presented by Emilia Pesqueira.

With the support of Acción Cultural Española, AC/E