FROM THURSDAY 11 ON SUNDAY 21/5
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The Norwegian writer Yes Nesbø He was a coveted author Black Valencia for years and finally, it is 2023, the festival will be able to present him and recognize his talent by awarding him the Francisco González Ledesma award after a meeting with readers [12]. They also hope to hunt down Don Winslow and, why not, a Stephen King, because dreaming big is free and doing things well and pampering the guests, with that carefree sympathy of one who does not give too much importance, They have managed to bring in authors as in the ointment as Donna Leon, James Ellroy or Pierre Lemaitre. This year's list of international authors is completed by French Bernard Minier, with novels translated into more than twenty languages and two million copies sold, who returns to the festival to present Lucia, a novel with a Spanish protagonist. and the german Oliver Potzch, authentic literary phenomenon in its country that has sold more than three million copies, mixing the thriller history in the exciting Vienna of the 19th century. This edition will also bring together six winners of the Best BLACK VLC Novel award: Carlos Zanón (2013), Carlos Salem (2014), Rosa Ribas (2017), Victor del Tree (2018), Hoop Sainz of the Mace (2020) y César Pérez-Gellida (2019), a writer, of so many, that became big at the festival. We are visited for the first time by the three authors who hide under the pseudonym of Carmen Mola, and they come back Lorenzo Silva, Rosa Montero y Dolores Redondo, presenting his new novel exclusively in Valencia Waiting for the flood. Total, more than fifty authors who will star in book presentations, meetings and reading clubs in close and relaxed environments. Comics and theater have disappeared from the programming (they promise they will return), but they continue the film cycle for another year noir at The Film Library, this year with the title Cinema on the Road, and the true crime with the collaboration of the program The dark hour from To Punt. This edition has incorporated the College of Architects of Valencia as its headquarters, will host three meetings in which you can taste Mascletà beer and as always, The festival will close on Passeig de Russafa with fresh book signings and ham and wine tasting. The organizers say with sarcasm that if you don't like books you can always go to the festival to eat and drink., an invitation to hedonism that actually camouflages the real objective: reach more audiences and generate readers. S.M.
