Will take place July 5-14, 2024. The Black Week of Gijón is located in the old grounds of the Gijón Naval shipyard.
Public transportation
- Urban transport by bus, EMTUSA, closest stops: Revillagigedo, Acuario and Comisaria.
- Intercity transport by ALSA bus, closest stop: ALSA Station in Gijón.
- By train, Cercanías and Long Distance, closest stop: Gijón – Sanz Crespo Station.
In the ten days that the XXXVII Black Week of Gijón will last, a good number of journalists will pass through its tents who, in addition to communicating in their respective media, also do so through books, as authors of various literary creations that they will share with the Gijón public between presentations, signings and discussion tables. debate.
Juan Ramon Lucas He will present his latest novel in Gijón, Melina, daughter of the mining and revolutionary Asturias of 1934 through whose story the author reconstructs the history of Spain throughout the second half of the XNUMXth century.
Condemned stories (Mas bad life) is a compendium of criminal stories that Carlos Quilez has known first-hand after more than thirty years as a chronicler of police and judicial information and which he will present at the beginning of July at Black Week. AND Eva Orue y Sara Gutiérrez They will bring us closer to the deep reality of Russia in 1994 On the Trans-Siberian Railway. A personal story of the train that forged an Empire.
Manuel Marlasca brings us his first novel, Tú bailas y yo trigger, to claim his place among the talents of Spanish black literature. AND Jesus Cintora returns with The Price of Truth.
La seca is the latest novel by the journalist and writer Txani Rodríguez, which will also be in Gijón. Xavier Borrell will present Contrición, developed in a Barcelona that tries to heal the wounds of the process and the pandemic, and Pablo Batalla He runs through the history of revolutions at a frenetic pace in his essay The Blue Wrath. The millennial dream of the Revolution.
In addition to presenting his latest book, Penultimate Truths, an illustrated debate on the state of the world today through a conversation between two friends, the Asturian Pedro Vallin He will also participate in the round table 'The medium and the message. 'About journalism', in which she will share time and scene with colleagues of the caliber of Jorge Dioni López, Sergio C. Fanjul, Angels Knight y Berna González Harbor.
But it's not all about debate, and they also come with a book under their arm. Jorge Dioni López will present The Unrest of Cities, an analysis of the problems and challenges of the contemporary city; Sergio C. Fanjul will speak in Gijón about his latest work, The Father of Fire, and Angels Knight He will share with Gijón residents and visitors his latest creation, The amusement parks also close.
And they will not be the only ones. Berna González Harbour, Noemí Sabugal, Yexus...
·· The exhibition of comic originals This year's event will have Palestine as the protagonist. The exhibition will focus on exploring how the world of sequential art is reflecting both the current situation of genocide in the Palestinian territory and the various historical phases that the Israeli occupation of Palestine has gone through. To do this we will have samples of the work of, among others, Bernardo Vergara, Susanna Martín, the Italian Lorena Canottiere (who has made a short story especially for our exhibition) and the Palestinian artist Mohammad Sabaaneh.
The sample will be collected in its entirety and accompanied by a theoretical study on the subject written by specialists Pepe Gálvez and Cristina Hombrados in a book-catalog that will be delivered free of charge to the public attending the round table that will be held about the exhibition in our Tent. of the Meeting.
