Laura Niembro Díaz

Licenciada en sociología por la Universidad de Guadalajara.
Especialización en Edición global en español y edición internacional, área de gestión cultural, Universidad Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona.
Después de dedicarse a la investigación científica en el área de antropología social fue miembro fundador del periódico Siglo 21 y del periódico Público donde fungió como editora, jefa de operaciones y jefa de información y cierre.
Desde el 2001 y hasta el 2025, se desempeñó como Directora de Contenidos de la Feria Internacional del Libro de Guadalajara (FIL). 

Other activities involving the participant:

One Thousand Young People with Rosa Montero

Sergio Vila-Sanjuán

Invitado de Honor

Sergio Vila‑Sanjuán is the author of a trilogy of novels – A Barcelona Heiress, It Was in the Air (2013 Nadal Prize) and El informe Casabona (The Casabona Report) – which weave together family memory and historical chronicle and have been translated into several languages. He has also written the plays El club de la escalera (The Staircase Club) and La agente literaria (The Literary Agent). A seasoned cultural journalist, he is the director of the Cultura/s supplement at La Vanguardia. He has published books on literary, publishing and artistic affairs, including Pasando página (Turning the Page), Código best seller (Bestseller Code) and Cultura española en democracia (Spanish Culture in Democracy). He was the curator of the Year of the Book and Reading 2005 and is a member of the Royal Academy of Belles-lettres of Barcelona. His accolades include the 2020 National Prize for Cultural Journalism, the Atlántida Prize and the Giménez Frontín Prize for Intercultural Dialogue. In 2025, he was awarded the Fernando Lara Novel Prize for Misterio en el Barrio Gótico (Mystery in the Gothic Quarter).

Other activities involving the participant:

The secret Barcelona

Álvaro Colomer

Invitado de Honor

Writer and journalist. He is the author of a trilogy on the death of the city – La calle de los suicidios (Suicide Street) (Círculo de Lectores, 2000), Mimodrama de una ciudad muerta (Mimodrama of a Dead City) (Siruela, 2004) and Los bosques de Upsala (The Forests of Uppsala) (Alfaguara, 2009) – as well as Aunque caminen por el valle de la muerte (Even Though They Walk Through the Valley of Death) (Random House, 2017), a novel based on real events which reconstructs the Battle of Najaf (Iraq). He has also published the non-fiction works Se alquila una mujer (Woman for Hire) (MR, 2002) and Guardianes de la memoria (Guardians of Memory) (MR, 2008; Fórcola, 2020), a travel book that earned him the International Award for Excellence in Journalism. He is also the author of books for children and young adults.
After three decades contributing to a range of media outlets, he is now editorial coordinator at Zenda magazine, a regular contributor to the ‘Cultura/s’ supplement (La Vanguardia) and a frequent guest on the radio programme A vivir (Cadena Ser). He also teaches in the Master’s in Publishing at the UPF School of Management, among other roles.
 

Other activities involving the participant:

Writing to acknowledge 50 years of loyalty
Barcelona today: a transformation
Learn how to write
Sustainable narratives
The seduction of historical figures
Expanded noir literature
Tribute to Ana María Matute. Grand literature
(Literally) killers in Barcelona
From where one writes

Oblit Baseiria

Invitado de Honor

She resides in Barcelona, where in 2004 she founded Casa Anita, a bookstore recognized for its focus on children’s, young adult literature, and illustration. She holds a degree in Philology from the University of Barcelona and has worked at Columna Edicions and Grupo Planeta as an editorial director.

She has served as a jury member for literary awards, been a guest lecturer in master’s programs and specialized forums, and collaborated with magazines and schools. She currently works as a curator of children’s publications for the Barcelona City Council and in 2024 received the Marta Mata Award for her contributions to promoting reading and children’s literature.

Other activities involving the participant:

Cities and books for everyone? What does children’s and young adult bookstores have to say?