From November 4 to 8, Fabra i Coats will host the Festival 42 of Fantastic Genres, featuring over a hundred authors of novels, essays, and comics. Throughout the month, there will also be meetings in reading clubs across various districts.
The Festival 42 of Fantastic Genres kicks off the month with a major event at Fabra i Coats, from November 4 to 8. More than a hundred authors of novels, essays, and comics will participate in the event. Among them are Georgina Dalmau, Anna Manso, Toni Mata, and Isaac Palmiola, who will meet with secondary school students.
According to the Barcelona City Council, 362 students from five high schools in different districts are participating this year in the Explosive Readings project, part of the municipal libraries' reading action programme. The initiative combines reading clubs in the classroom with attendance at the festival.
The libraries in the neighbourhoods also have their own agenda. The Montserrat Abelló Library will host two presentations during the festival: Laura Torres Bauzà will discuss her book on zombie metaphors in Catalan literature on Tuesday, November 3, and Sònia Boj will present Els Apàtrides de Kram contra la bruixa que només sabia odiar on Thursday, November 5.
On Thursday, November 5, Albert Monteys will inaugurate the exhibition Albert Monteys: beyond the limits of reality at the Ignasi Iglésias - Can Fabra Library. The exhibition is one of the most visible events of the festival for the general public.
Outside the festival, the city's reading clubs will welcome new visitors throughout November. On Thursday, November 12, Quinny Martínez Hernández will attend the general club at the Sarrià J. V. Foix Library with his essay The Shouting Mass.
Wednesday, November 18 will see three meetings. The communicator David Bueno will discuss The Art of Being Human at the La Sagrada Familia - Josep M. Ainaud de Lasarte Library. Berta Jardí will present The Librarian of the Front at the Nou Barris - Aurora Díaz Plaja Library, and Carlota Gurt will visit the Montbau - Albert Pérez Baró Library to talk about Biography of Fire.
On Thursday, November 19, Eva Baltasar will converse about Sunset and Fascination with the general club of the Horta - Can Mariner Library. On Tuesday, November 24, Núria Cadenes will present Tiberius Caesar at the historical novel club of the Nou Barris - Aurora Díaz Library.
In the Let’s Talk cycle, conductor Xavier Güell will discuss Joan Tarrida about Schönberg or the Death of Music on Wednesday, November 25 at the Music Museum. The following day, Thursday, November 26, Delia García Doménech will present her first book, The Red Crab, at the La Barceloneta - La Fraternitat Library, as part of the 25N, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.
The School of Thought starts on Tuesday, November 3 at the Sarrià J. V. Foix Library, with facilitation by Marina Garcés and Albert Lladó. The first session features philosopher Ana Carrasco Conde.
On Friday, November 6, at the La Vila Olímpica - Xavier Benguerel Library, illustrators Ana G. Lartitegui and Anna Font will participate in the event Album Fair and SDLIJ: the Role of Paper. Album Week 2026.
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