Both Elvira Liceaga, in Las vigilantes, and Tania Tagle, in Fauce, explore the complexities of bereavement and female relationships. Liceaga does so through the link among three women marked by loss; Tagle, through the voice of a mother who must speak to her son about death. In La próxima vez que te vea, te mato by Paulina Flores, the grief lies in the future —or perhaps not—, since the protagonist is trapped in the midst of a polyamorous relationship. In conversation with Miguel de la Cruz.

Miguel de la Cruz, Claudia Ivonne Hernández, Mónica Maristain, Guillermo Osorno, Alejandro Páez Varela, Nayeli Roldán and Gabriela Warketin, presented by Antía Castedo

This event features great press articles whose impact was so important that they defined the careers of those who, today, read them out. Seven outstanding journalists share with the audience these texts which marked watersheds in their lives. Presented by Antía Castedo.

The Hay Festival Queretaro book clubs offer intimate events with a selection of the festival guests. These are spaces to talk in greater depth about these authors’ most recent works. At this event, Marta Jiménez Serrano (Spain) will talk to Miguel de la Cruz about Oxígeno.

Book to be read before attending

The Leo con Once book club comes to Querétaro with the participation of a very special writer: Chilean author Lina Meruane. She will talk to cultural journalist and Canal Once presenter Miguel de la Cruz, and will answer club readers' questions about her latest book, Sistema nervioso.

Event free, up to capacity

The Leo con Once book club comes to Querétaro with the participation of a very special writer: Spanish author Manuel Vilas. He will talk to cultural journalist and Canal Once presenter Miguel de la Cruz, and will answer club readers' questions about his latest book, Nosotros.

The Leo con Once reading club comes to Queretaro with the Chilean author Paulina Flores and her novel La próxima vez que te vea, te mato, which dissects, with considerable irony, the emotional insecurities of a young Chilean woman trapped in a polyamorous relationship in Barcelona. She will talk to the cultural journalist and Canal Once presenter, Miguel de la Cruz.

The book Club Leo con ONCE presents a very special author: Juan José Millas, that will speak with his readers about his most recent book, Que nadie duerma, an exceptional novel which tells the story of the life of Lucía, who, after losing her job, becomes a taxi driver, accompanied by a tune from a Puccini opera, and hopes one day to pick up her former neighbour, a man who has disappeared and who was the love of her life. The real world and the main character’s inner world are separated by a very fine line indeed. Chaired by Miguel de la Cruz.

Free event

With the support of Acción Cultural Española

Leo con ONCE for children is an excellent opportunity for book-loving parents and children to meet their favourite authors in person. A Fine Art graduate and author of illustrated album books, Rocio Bonilla has illustrated around 40 titles, and written the text for six of them, including ¿De qué color es un beso?, ¡Hermanos! and Max y los superhéroes. Her work has won her several awards and has been translated in over 15 countries. In conversation with Miguel de la Cruz.

Free event

For children aged 4 and over

With the support of Acción Cultural Española

There are stories best told in the first person. From memory, from the wound. Such as Reliquia by Pol Guasch (Spain), a non-fiction account of the absence of a father who chose to take his own life; Neblina Afuera by Iveth Luna Flores (Mexico), a work that explores family, work and writing as forms of resistance; and El cielo en casa by Manuel Marsol (Spain), where a photograph of a penalty kick taken by his father sets off an inward journey through unexpected paths and celestial bodies. And so, when one looks back, one realises that memories are often linked to the bond with one’s father, and to everything that surrounds it.