FROM THURSDAY 30/4 ON SUNDAY 10/5
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He breaks his own record again Valencia Book Fair with the 103 this year's exhibitors, a thousand signatures of authors and more than two hundred activities, between reading clubs, debates, premise, visits by authors and literary events. Its growth is so great and so sustained that we wonder if it will not die of success: walking along it in the evenings or at the weekend is anything but pleasant. But to the topic: the Franco-Moroccan writer will receive the International Prize Leila Slimani [6/5], who became known internationally in the year 2016 winning the prestigious Goncourt Prize with his second novel, A sweet song. After the award ceremony, Slimani will hold a conversation with the Valencian writer Raquel Ricart. The other high-profile international visit will be that of the writer, Turkish musician and political activist Zülfü Livaneli [9/5], who will present his latest novel Leyla's house.
You will find plenty of presentations. Lucia Solla [10/5] will present You will eat flowers —El Ojo Crítico 2025 award—about Marina's relationship with a man twenty years older than her; Blanca Lacasa [9/5] will talk about The accident, a novel that narrates seduction and the first steps of falling in love; which also collects Eva Baltasar [7/5] with lyricism in fish. Michael's Moon [1/5], for his part, will treat pleasure and literary censorship in Incensurable i Marta Jimenez Serrano [30/4] will present Oxygen, one of the books revelation of what we bring from 2026.
In the essay section we will listen Andres Villena [9/5] talking about the elites who dominate Spain; a Cesar Rendueles [10/5] encouraging to imagine other freer and more democratic forms of digital socialization; a Lucia Ramis [8/5] affecting the problem of housing in Spain based on her experience as a tenant; i a Cristina Monge [1/5] analyzing the collective discomfort we suffer. There will be many more authors, with such well-known names as Azahara Palomeque, Elvira Sastre, Luis García Montero o Half -guasch, and the program will branch out into various activities such as a tribute to Josep Piera, a round table that will analyze the figure of Umberto Eco and a book club around Who saves a life of Núria Cadenes. You will find all the activities in this QR. S.M.
