Overview
- The 21st edition runs February 2–8 in Barcelona, bringing more than 80 authors from about a dozen countries to venues including La Paloma, Paral·lel 62 and Cinema Mooby Bosque.
- Mick Herron will receive the Pepe Carvalho prize on February 5 at the Saló de Cent, followed by a public talk and screenings of two Slow Horses episodes at the Mooby Bosque.
- The multidisciplinary slate features Vinicio Capossela opening with an ‘Errori e bassifondi’ performance at Paral·lel 62 and a separate conversation on Tefteri at La Paloma.
- An exhibition, “Malavida. Cinema noir a Barcelona 1950–1988,” at the Biblioteca Jaume Fuster ties into a Filmoteca de Catalunya cycle, with additional screenings noted such as Perdita Durango.
- Panels will tackle precariousness, peripheries, moral limits, trauma and memory, with sessions featuring Richard Price, Claudia Piñeiro, Jordan Harper with S. A. Cosby, and Graeme Macrae Burnet with Sergio Vila-Sanjuán; a first-time roundtable spotlights true‑crime influencers, and Barry Gifford will not attend due to health reasons.