Hay Festival Comunitario Querétaro

Event with Adolfo Córdova and Mariela Sancari

Ana everywhere

Saturday 6 September 2025, 12.30pm CST –  Alameda Hidalgo

An event for children about falling in love, and first loves, based on Ana en todas partes. The writer Adolfo Córdova and the artist Mariela Sancari will talk about this self-fiction novel that mingles the author’s own experiences with those of over a hundred children, revealed through interviews. A space for talking about love with children and teenagers.

Workshop with Elisa Guerra

A book without words

Saturday 6 September 2025, 4pm CST –  En el Semáforo se Aprende

Sometimes, there are feelings that overcome us in such a way that words escape our minds. The same thing can happen with books! Even when some of them are silent, they can make us tremble with the stories that they tell us. In this activity for children, educator Elisa Guerra explores different forms of expression that can have books as starting points.

Event with Rebeca Mendoza

Ernestina, the little witch

Saturday 6 September 2025, 4pm CST –  Alameda Hidalgo

The Queretaro writer Rebeca Mendoza has created a very charming witch, who has gone down a storm among young readers. After the impressive success of Ernestina, una brujita miedosa,comes Ernestina, un sueño hecho realidad, in which our favourite witch becomes human to go to school and make new friends. Are you ready for a new magic adventure?

Nacho Lozano in conversation with Israel Nieves

Deconstruct your macho side

Saturday 6 September 2025, 6pm CST –  La Otra Bandita

How can we stop being macho? The journalist Nacho Lozano has written Macho menos, aimed at those men who want to deconstruct themselves, in order to open the way to new masculinities. A book that, while still about listening to women, talks about the behaviour of men. In conversation with Israel Nieves.

Workshop with Sens

The Cat and the Cucumber

Sunday 7 September 2025, 10am CST –  Alameda Hidalgo

The Internet is full of viral videos of cats that jump when they see a cucumber. This strange fact is the starting point for The Cat and the Cucumber, the children’s book by Marisa Ebsworth, illustrated by the Queretaro artist, Sens. A story about the friendship between Pepe, a black cat, and Carlos, a cucumber, who become inseparable and have adventures together.

Workshop with Braulio Guerra Mendoza

Starry tales: explorers of the universe

Sunday 7 September 2025, 12pm CST –  Centro Cultural Gómez Morín (salón 5A, planta baja)

Become a cosmic explorer with Braulio Guerra Mendoza in this astronomical adventure. We discover far-off galaxies, brightly-coloured nebulae and clouds of stars that shine like jewels in the sky. Weather permitting, we will look at the sun, safely, using a phone screen and a telescope that everyone will be able to use. To finish, we will send the universe a symbolic message with our very own cosmic ray. An experience for looking at the sky, but also leaving something there.

Workshop with Jemima Peláez

Biciteca Akari

Sunday 7 September 2025, 12pm – 1.30pm CST –  Alameda Hidalgo

There is a mobile library on two wheels that has over two hundred stories and books, and which can become a space for sharing literature. With reading-matter for all ages, the Biciteca Akari promotes social inclusion, creativity and socio-emotional education through sharing stories. At this event with Jemima Peláez we can see the Biciteca Akari for ourselves, exploring tales that help to boost identity, self-esteem and acceptance, aiming for each participant to take away a new view on harmony and inclusion.

Workshop with Ileana Alvarez and Gina Jaramillo

Emotional Letter Box

Sunday 7 September 2025, 2pm CST –  Alameda Hidalgo

With the Emotional Letter Box, Gina Jaramillo (Mexico) proposes ways for children to talk about their feelings and name and understand what they are experiencing. At this event the broadcaster and writer and Ileana Alvarez, will help readers to express their emotions through emotional education.

Letra Capital presents Cajas de Agua

Sunday 7 September 2025, 4pm CST –  Alameda Hidalgo

The publishing house Letra Capital presents its collection of beautiful children's books—proudly made in Querétaro and to be shared with the audience during the event. With the participation of Raúl Ángeles Flores, Emiliano Arredondo, Isabel Gamma, Nicolás García, Braulio Guerra Mendoza, Catalina Guillén, Pat Muñoz, Daniela Nieto, Sofía Romo Saavedra and Yolanda Rubioceja. Introduced by Margarita Ladrón de Guevara.