The Motto “The flowers will come” (“The Flowers Will Come”), Taken from to Short Story by Mercè Rodoreda, Connects Barcelona’s Literary Tradition with the City of Guadalajara and the Sant Jordi celebration. IT ALSO ENCAPSULATES THE WIDE RANGE OF EVENTS INCUDED IN THE BARCELONA PROGRAM, WHich Goes Far Beyond Liteature: Talks, Presentations, Round Tables, Exhibitions, Concerts, Theater and Dance Performances, Gastronomic Tastings, and More.
Barcelona Will Assert Itself As a City That Celebrates Books Every Day Through a Dense and Cultural Vibrant Fabric, Made Up of Its Network of Libraries and Bookstores.
The Central Role Played by Major Publishing Groups Will Also Highlight, Along with the Vitality of Independent Publishers, Literary Agencies, Printing Houses, Translators, Proofreaders, and Distributors.
To have a look on the general programme, please, click here.
Institut Ramon Llull Program at the fil 2025
Literary Field
- Seminar Translation On the different variants of Spanish.
- Chilaquiles 7×7 Meeting with Catalan and Latin American Editors and Agents. In Collaboration with the Catalan Institute for Cultural Companies (ICEC), Catalan Agents and Editors, Along with Independent Latin American Publishers, Will Participation in Seven 7-Minute Meetings, with Around Forty participants Expected. The AIM IS TO PROMOTE New Translations from Catalan into Spanish.
- Creation of a Catalog of Works in the Spanish Language. For the Second Year in a Row, 20 Fiction and non-Fiction Works Originally Written in Catalan and Not Yet Translated into Spanish Will Be Selected and Presented to Mexican and Latin American Publishers Duing the Fair.
- New Publications of Catalan Literature Translated Into Spanish. Thanks to the efforts of recent years and the Increase in Translation Grant Funding, The Following Works, Among Others, Hav been or Will Be published in 2025:
The intruderby Irene Pujadas – Almadía and H & O
Picadura de Barcelonaby Adrià Pujol – Almadía
Against nostalgiaby Maria Canelles, and the skin of the world, by Xavier Mas Craviotto – Universidad Veracruzana Press
The big familyby Alba Dalma – Consonni
The clearest nightby Marc Parera – Two Mustrs
Only land, just rain, just mudby Montse Alberts – Lata Hoja
A story is a stone thrown into the riverby Mònica Batet – Las Afueras
Mammaliaby Elisenda Solsona – Lava
Tiberius Caesarby Núria Cadenes – Sword
A filmby Víctor Català – Trot
Baggageby Joana Dolores – Uña Rota
Anthology of Susanna Rafart’s Poetry – Mantis (Mexico)
To Poetry Anthology – La Otra, Selected and Translated by Jordi Virallonga
Anthology of 17 Women Poets – Vaso Roto
Two Special Issues of the Key Literary Magazines Great and Luvina
Academic Field
Organization of Academic and Cultural Activities at Mexican Universities Within the Framework of the Guadalajara Book Fair.
Cross-Disciplinary Cultural Field
The Literary and Academic Program is complemented by a cross-disciplinary cultural project (Performing Arts, Music, exhibitions, and cinema) LED by the Barcelona City Council.
