The motto “Vindran les flors” (“The Flowers Will Come”), taken from a 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 included in the Barcelona at FIL programme, which goes far beyond literature: talks, presentations, round tables, exhibitions, concerts, theatre and dance performances, gastronomic tastings, and more.

Barcelona will assert itself as a city that celebrates books every day through a dense and vibrant cultural fabric, made up of its network of libraries and bookstores.
The central role played by major publishing groups will also be highlighted, 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 Programme at the FIL 2025

Literary Field

• Translation seminar on the different variants of Spanish.
• Chilaquiles 7x7 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 participate in seven 7-minute meetings, with around forty participants expected. The aim is to promote new translations from Catalan into Spanish.
• Creation of a catalogue 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 during 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, have been or will be published in 2025:

La intrusa, by Irene Pujadas – Almadía and H&O
Picadura de Barcelona, by Adrià Pujol – Almadía
Contra la nostàlgia, by Maria Canelles, and La pell del món, by Xavier Mas Craviotto – Universidad Veracruzana Press
La gran família, by Alba Dalma – Consonni
La nit més clara, by Marc Parera – Dos Bigotes
Només terra, només pluja, només fang, by Montse Alberts – Hoja de Lata
Una història és una pedra llençada al riu, by Mònica Batet – Las Afueras
Mammalia, by Elisenda Solsona – Lava
Tiberi César, by Núria Cadenes – Espasa
Un film, by Víctor Català – Trota Libros
Bijuteria, by Joana Dolores – Uña Rota
An anthology of Susanna Rafart’s poetry – Mantis (Mexico)
A poetry anthology – La Otra, selected and translated by Jordi Virallonga
An anthology of 17 women poets – Vaso Roto
Two special issues of the key literary magazines Granta 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 programme is complemented by a cross-disciplinary cultural project (performing arts, music, exhibitions, and cinema) led by the Barcelona City Council.