Culture

Inmaculada Ballesteros and Sonia Faleiro in conversation with Miquel Molina  

Networks that foster literary communities

Sunday 13 September 2026, 11.30am – 12.20pm –  IE University. Refectorio

Inma Ballesteros (Spain) and Sonia Faleiro (India) are two figures indispensable to promoting writers in today’s global literary ecosystem. They are the driving force behind bringing diverse literary voices to festivals and book fairs in every corner of the world. Ballesteros promotes Spanish culture in her role as director of programming at Acción Cultural Española (AC/E), whilst Faleiro is the founder of the South Asia Speaks mentoring programme, which aims to amplify emerging literature in that region. The two organisers will speak with the writer and deputy editor of La Vanguardia Miquel Molina about the importance of building networks to support literary communities of emerging talent and about their work at the helm of AC/E and South Asia Speaks.

At the end of the event, the authors will be signing copies of his books

Event in English with simultaneous interpretation into Spanish

Co-organised with Acción Cultural Española, AC/E and the collaboration of Open Society Foundations