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Kosmopolis books for this summer
That time of year is here when everyone’s offering literary recommendations. Now’s the moment to decide which book or books will accompany us over the course of the summer, which stories are ideal for taking to the beach or which classic it’s time to take up for those evenings al fresco. Our choice is not based on any of these considerations, but on one that is closer to home: the books we recommend below are all by authors that at some point have participated in Kosmopolis.
Continuous Programme 2017
We will be back in September with more activities
The upcoming sessions are: Translation slam and Chat with Colson Whitehead (2017 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction).
Continuous Programme 2017
Karl Ove Knausgård Answers the Proust Questionnaire
During his visit to Kosmopolis, we put to him the French author's questionnaire.
Kosmopolis 17
The female constelations at K17
Subversive mothers, repentant mothers, grieving mothers and free mothers. Women who celebrate their old age, who write from experience and imagination. We are going to dedicate part of the programming of Kosmopolis to the Female constelations.
Kosmopolis 17
Seven Talks About Climate Change
Climate change is already a reality and many are the symptoms that show it, from the emergence of vegetation in Antarctica to the alterations in the planet temperatures. At Kosmopolis we wanted to reflect on this and we offered several talks about climate change, because facing climate change involves talking and accepting other changes.
Continuous Programme 2017
Talk with Karl Ove Knausgård
Conversation with the Norwegian author about his literary work
Continuous Programme 2017
Discovering the North
Special session on Canadian literature. The writers Louis Jolicoeur, Nicolas Dickner, Anakana Schofield and Liz Howard talk with the journalist Anna Guitart.
Continuous Programme 2017
Africa, Writing and Emancipation
Lecture by Ngugi wa Thiong’o
Continuous Programme 2017
The errant novel
Writers Teju Cole and Enrique Vila-Matas talk with Jordi Nopca.
Kosmopolis 2017
Kosmopolis Images
K17 Photo Gallery on Flickr
Kosmopolis 2017
Thank you
Thank you for attending the conferences, for participating in the workshops, for making louder the literature with your voice (in person and in the networks).
Kosmopolis 2017
PJ Harvey at K17 Festival
The artist will close this year’s festival with readings from her poetry book "The Hollow of the Hand".
Kosmopolis 2017
Werner Herzog at K17 Festival
German film director and writer Werner Herzog will be talking with Paul Holdengräber, founder and director of The New York Public Library’s Live programme, in a discourse entitled “Ecstasy and Terror in the Mind of God”.
Kosmopolis 2017
Non-human intelligence
Thinking that only humans are intelligent beings is wrong: there are other forms of intelligence that allow animals and plants to inhabit the world in different ways than we do. At Kosmopolis, we will talk about it with ecologists and experts in geobotany and animal neurobiology, and we will also discover the great potential of our brain.
Kosmopolis 2017
A journey through Scottish creativity with Neu! Reekie!
Beyond the clichés about men wearing kilts and villages hidden in the mist, Scotland, and Edinburgh in particular, is one of Europe’s most outstanding creative centres. And some of the most outstanding names of «Neu! Reekie!» festival will be at Kosmopolis.
Kosmopolis 2017
New formats and great classics. Literature in pictures at Canal Alfa
Historically, the artistic disciplines have mixed together, nourishing and inspiring each other. Each one having its own language, they convey the stories and contribute with their own idiosyncrasies and genuine tools. But what happens when we mix different languages and open the narrative space?
Kosmopolis 2017
The future of reading at Bookcamp Kosmopolis
Is it possible to imagine a world without books? In an environment dominated by audiovisual media, what is the meaning of an object that has existed virtually unchanged for hundreds of years? Bookcamp Kosmopolis will be an opportunity to discuss the future of books and narratives.
Kosmopolis 2017
Women beyond topics
Nine authors will speak first-hand about their experience as writers, gender stereotypes, subversive maternities and historical struggles. We will count with a wide array of female constellations to talk about changes in roles and in society.
Kosmopolis 2017
Robert Walser’s “The Walk” at Kosmopolis
A hundred years have passed since the first edition of the novel “The Walk” and Kosmopolis wants to pay tribute to Robert Walser with a theater play that consists in a walking tour that runs through three different Barcelona districts. With the help of the actor and poet Esteban Feune de Colombi, a group of walkers wander by the city along with the artist Joan Fontcuberta and the writers Marta Sanz and Alicia Kopf, who will also participate on a debate with Marc Caellas.
Kosmopolis 2017
Thinking in Strips
Thinking in images, thinking in panels, thinking visually: human beings have always done it, but now the creative community and the editorial industry agree on the importance of developing the potential of these hybrid languages.
Kosmopolis 2017
The Literature of Change
Science fiction literature is about apocalyptic worlds and dystopian futures in which climate change menaces the survival of the planet. But some writers, such as Kim Stanley Robinson, tell a different story. This is the literature of change.
Continuous Programme 2017
The McEwan Moment
Considered one of the finest British writers writing today and acclaimed by critics and readers alike, Ian McEwan presents his latest book "Nutshell".
Kosmopolis 2017
Ian Watson presents Kim Stanley Robinson
Ian Watson, one of Britain’s leading science-fiction writers, presents Kim Stanley Robinson, one of the main exponents of climate fiction. They will be at Kosmopolis on Saturday March 25.
Kosmopolis 2017
K17 is approaching
With the slogan “When everything changes”, the 2017 edition of Kosmopolis will revolve around the change of culture and the culture of change. From 22 to 26 March, it will be presenting a five-day programme that brings together established authors and new voices to discuss some of the main challenges facing culture and literature in their most open concept.
Blog Veus
A commitment to literature
Barcelona is now part of the UNESCO’s Creative Cities Network as a City of Literature. It has been awarded this distinction thanks to the many initiatives related with the world of letters that exists in the city. The CCCB has been involved in the candidacy with many literary projects, including Kosmopolis.
Kosmopolis Archive
KOSMOPOLIS VIDEO CHANNEL
With this Vimeo video channel you can travel back to all past sessions of Kosmopolis, the event-laboratory where literature is the main character in all its aspects in interaction with the arts and sciences.
Continuous Programme 2016
Kosmopolis Radio Podcast
Listen to the radio programme we broadcasted the last 17th February from The Mirador. Radio Kosmopolis is a radiophonic experiment that aims to explore new paths in narrative, and it will be the starting point of a series of podcasts during the year.
Eurocon 2016
Post-Eurocon: Authors You Need to Know
Of the many authors who passed through the Eurocon, we’ve selected the ones-not-to-miss and propose a series of short interviews in which they introduce themselves and give a short tour of their work.
Eurocon 2016
WATCH THE VIDEOS ONLINE
Already available all the videos of the European science fiction annual convention.
Continuous Programme 2016
Under the skin of Albert Sánchez Piñol
Cold Skin is a world-renowned work but what is under Albert Sánchez Piñol’s skin? Alicia Gilli will take us through the present, past and future of one of the key figures of Catalan literature.
Continuous Programme 2016
Brandon Sanderson, the master of Cosmere
Cosmere is the name of the universe which is the setting for most of Brandon Sanderson’s stories. We will travel with him through the constellation of planets that make up these books which he says are inspired by Moorcock and Asimov.
Continuous Programme 2016
The pixel narrative: Rhianna Pratchett in conversation
The author Rhianna Pratchett will give a British take on the way narrative models are constantly evolving in the fantasy worlds created by the booming videogame sector.
(Català) Blog
(Català) Kosmopolis, un festival sempre d'actualitat
(Català) El 18 de març de 2015 inauguràvem la vuitena edició de Kosmopolis. Un any més tard, et proposem reviure-la amb una selecció de vídeos especialment vinculada a temes de plena actualitat: els dilemes de la democràcia, la pobresa, el periodisme d’investigació, Grècia i les identitats migrants, entre d’altres.
Continuous Programme 2016
The World According to Irving
We talk to John Irving about his work and his career. The acclaimed American writer is visiting us to mark the occasion of the publication of his novel Avenue of Mysteries[L’Avinguda dels Misteris (Edicions 62) / La Avenida de los Misterios (Tusquets Editores)].
Continuous Programme 2016
Svetlana Alexievich: The Voices of History
We take a closer look at the life and literary career of Belarusian writer Svetlana Alexievich, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature 201, through a dialogue with writer Francesc Serés, who is well-versed in her work.
Continuous programme 2016
An Evening with Don DeLillo
This conversation is an exceptional opportunity to discover the work and career of Don DeLillo, one of the great English-language novelists of our time, who will be here presenting his latest novel Zero K (Seix Barral). Journalist Antonio Lozano will be talking with the author of Underworld, Libra and Cosmopolis.
Continuous Programme 2016
Interview with New Voices from Europe
(Català) Després d'haver estat seleccionats per la plataforma europea Literature Across Frontiers, entrevistem a tres autors que despunten en els seus respectius països i llengües: Juana Adcock, Erika Fatland i Albert Forns.
Continuous Programme 2015
A talk between Salman Rushdie and Rodrigo Fresán
Recovers the dialogue about the themes, the work and career of Salman Rushdie, one of the most prominent writers of contemporary literature and champion of the struggle for freedom of expression.
THE SEBALD LEGACY
SEBALDIANA BLOG
Sebaldiana is the digital magazine produced to accompany the exhibition Sebald Variations.
K15 PHOTO GALLERY

Kosmopolis books for this summer

We will be back in September with more activities

Karl Ove Knausgård Answers the Proust Questionnaire

The female constelations at K17

Seven Talks About Climate Change

Talk with Karl Ove Knausgård

Discovering the North

Africa, Writing and Emancipation

The errant novel

Kosmopolis Images

Thank you

PJ Harvey at K17 Festival

Werner Herzog at K17 Festival

Non-human intelligence

A journey through Scottish creativity with Neu! Reekie!

New formats and great classics. Literature in pictures at Canal Alfa

The future of reading at Bookcamp Kosmopolis

Women beyond topics

Robert Walser’s “The Walk” at Kosmopolis

Thinking in Strips

The Literature of Change

The McEwan Moment

Ian Watson presents Kim Stanley Robinson

K17 is approaching

A commitment to literature

KOSMOPOLIS VIDEO CHANNEL

Kosmopolis Radio Podcast

Post-Eurocon: Authors You Need to Know

WATCH THE VIDEOS ONLINE

Under the skin of Albert Sánchez Piñol

Brandon Sanderson, the master of Cosmere

The pixel narrative: Rhianna Pratchett in conversation

(Català) Kosmopolis, un festival sempre d'actualitat

The World According to Irving

Svetlana Alexievich: The Voices of History

An Evening with Don DeLillo

Interview with New Voices from Europe

A talk between Salman Rushdie and Rodrigo Fresán

SEBALDIANA BLOG

K15 PHOTO GALLERY