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Event 21
Amalia Andrade in conversation with Yuriria Sierra
Mind and health
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Teatro de la Ciudad
Amalia Andrade, the Colombian author of works such as Uno siempre cambia al amor de su vida (Por otro amor o por otra vida), Cosas que piensas cuando te muerdes las uñas and Tarot magicomístico de estrellas, has sold over a million books and is a social media phenomenon. In her most recent book, No sé cómo mostrar dónde me duele, Andradereturns 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 Yuriria Sierra.
Baruc Martínez Díaz and Angela Saini in conversation with Diego Rabasa
(In)equalities
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Cineteca Rosalío Solano
At this event, which is part of the Equities series, co-organized with the British Council, two academics and writers will talk about the racial bias for the construction of historical narratives and how, with an intersectional reading, we can see how history has traditionally been written by the colonisers. With Baruc Martínez Díaz(Mexico) and Angela Saini(United Kingdom), in conversation with Diego Rabasa.
Simultaneous interpretation from English to Spanish available
Ester Bautista Botello, Abraham Cruzvillegas and Tamikuã Txihi with Eduardo Rabasa
Art and public space
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Museo de la Ciudad (espacio escénico)
What happens when an intervention is made in a public space by an artist or an architect? How can interventions make use of and improve communal spaces for the enjoyment of citizens? We talk to three artists and architects whose work tends in this direction, and to whom we will talk about matters such as public space, accessibility, aesthetics and community. With the academic and thinker Ester Bautista Botello (Mexico) the Mexican artist Abraham Cruzvillegas and Tamikuã Txihi(Brazilian artist of the Pataxó people), in conversation with writer and editorEduardo Rabasa.
Simultaneous interpretation from Portuguese to Spanish available
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Co-organized with CAF and with the support of the Ford Foundation
Sara Barquinero and Myriam Moscona in conversation with Guillermo Núñez
Cuadernos hispanoamericanos
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Patio de la Delegación del Centro Histórico
Cuadernos hispanoamericanos aims to promote knowledge and exchange between writers of different generations and nationalities, united by a single language and a literary tradition enriched by authors of diverse origins. On this occasion, two acclaimed Spanish-language poets and novelists will talk to Guillermo Núñez. With Sara Barquinero (Spain), author of Los escorpiones, philosopher, essayist, and novelist; and Myriam Moscona (Mexico), an outstanding Mexican poet, essayist, and translator with Jewish roots. She is well-known for promoting the rich heritage of Jewish culture and the Sephardi diaspora. Her new book, León de Lidia, which has won various awards, is a varied look, through photographs, drawings and literary portraits, of the interlaced aspects of her heritage.
Oleksandra Matviichuk in conversation with Mario Arriagada
Hay Festival & Lviv BookForum series
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Teatro de la Ciudad
Oleksandra Matviichuk (Ukraine), is a lawyer and activist of the Center for Civil Liberties, awarded the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize together with Memorial. Human rights defender, works on Ukrainian and OSCE issues. She currently heads the human rights organization Civil Liberties and also coordinates the work of the Euromaidan SOS initiative group. She has experience in creating horizontal structures for the mass participation of people in human rights activities against attacks on rights and freedoms, as well as several years with her practice of documenting violations during armed conflicts. In 2016 she received the Defender of Democracy Award for her "unique contribution to the promotion of democracy and human rights" of missions to the OSCE. In 2017 she became the first woman to participate in the Ukrainian Emerging Leaders Program at Stanford University. She will talk with Mario Arriagada.
With simultaneous interpretation from English to Spanish
One of the founding members and the bassist with the most legendary group in the history of punk, the Sex Pistols, comes to Queretaro to tell us about his musical history. Glen Matlock (United Kingdom) made a decisive contribution to the sound and image of the Sex Pistols, and co-wrote many of their iconic songs, including Anarchy in the UK and God Save the Queen. Since then, Matlockhas continued his musical career, working with various artists, and releasing music as a soloist and with his own band, Rich Kids, and also writing the musical autobiography Triggers, a Life in Music. In conversation with Mariana H.
Simultaneous interpretation from English to Spanish available
Yásnaya Elena Aguilar, Cristina Fuentes La Roche and Josefa Sánchez Contreras with Felipe Restrepo Pombo
On museums and colonialism
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Patio de la Delegación del Centro Histórico
In 2022, Hay Festival and the British Museum teamed up to create the anthology Volver a contar: escritores de América Latina en los archivos del Museo Británico, in which a group of ten writers took up narratives about the past using the collection of Latin American objects in the museum, ones that have never been seen before. In 2023 we present the anthology Exploradores, soñadores y ladrones, in which six fiction writers look at the museum collections to bring to the surface a new collection of texts that question and reimagine predominant narratives. With Yásnaya Elena Aguilar(Mexico), Cristina Fuentes La Roche (Spain), and Josefa Sánchez Contreras (Mexico) in conversation with Felipe Restrepo Pombo.
Coinciding with the publication in Mexico of Sisters of the Yam, by the great African-American thinker bell hooks, we bring together three writers, all admirers of hooks, to talk about her work and the influence of her legacy. With Jumko Ogata (Mexico) is a writer and anti-racist activist from Veracruz; she contributed to the anthology Tsunami II and is the author of the children’s book Mi pelo chino; she has also translated this edition of hooks’ work. They will talk to the writer Gabriela Jauregui.
Simultaneous interpretation from English to Spanish available
Rebecca Solnit in conversation with Heather Cleary
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Teatro de la Ciudad
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. On this occasion she will talk about her work with Heather Cleary.
Simultaneous interpretation from English to Spanish available
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.
This event has taken place
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.
This event has taken place
With the support of Acción Cultural Española, AC/E
