A team of experts, made up of specialized critics and journalists, makes its last bet of the year: it chooses the books by classic and modern authors that will set trends in narrative and literary nonfiction, highlights the exhibitions and theater we will see, the music and podcasts we will listen to for dancing and learning, and proposes the series, movies, and video games we will talk about (initially positively) in the coming months. The die is cast.
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LITERATURE
Spanish Narrative
The fresh, new, and groundbreaking voices of Spanish literature return with the major publishers. Not forgetting other established ones, classic names in noir novels, and even Pedro Almodóvar. Read more >
Latin American Narrative
The Vatican struggles of Santiago Roncagliolo and the environmental impact of human relationships by Camila Fabbri pepper the walks through colonial America and the indigenous south of Mexico in the literary rentrée. Read more >
Translated Narrative
The international literary scene will be marked by the return of established authors like Ian McEwan, Ali Smith, and Jon Fosse, and the emergence of new talents like Nelio Biedermann. Read more >
Poetry
Autumn is for lyric poetry with new verse books by Miriam Reyes, Yolanda Castaño, Rosa Berbel, Martín Rodríguez-Gaona, Jordi Doce, Piedad Bonnett, Angélica Liddell, and Claudia Masín. Read more >
Non-fiction
Masters of nonfiction like Patrick Radden Keefe and Éric Vuillard publish new works, and personal memoirs prevail as the genre par excellence for seeking healing from vital wounds. Read more >
Essay
The real stories arriving this autumn talk about premonitions and human trafficking, also about past and present wars, the conquest of the Moon, artificial intelligence, and corporate greed. Read more >
Comics
Zerocalcare in Orbán’s Hungary, love according to Kabi Nagata, or Frankenstein seen by David Sala are among the anticipated new releases from publishers. Read more >
MUSIC
Pop and Rock
The new season will see if musicians begin to trust AI, will consolidate residencies (Shakira at the forefront), and will herald the return of C. Tangana with Agorazein and new albums by Beck and Arde Bogotá. Read more >
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Classical
The arrival of new musical directors at the National Orchestra of Spain and the Gran Teatre del Liceu opens new times yet to be written. Read more >
SCREENS
Cinema
As in every season, these weeks will overlap the release of major titles from the Cannes festival with the arrival of the most substantial Spanish auteur cinema. Read more >
Series
Television production continues to decline, and each platform clings to a handful of titles, many based on already exploited characters and brands. Read more >
Video Games
Rockstar’s game GTA VI is going to be a tsunami, but the quantity and quality of proposals piling up between September and October promise to leave a mark on the sector. Read more >
ART
Exhibitions
Museums will present major retrospectives and historical reviews that put the canon on the couch, from tutelary figures like Dalí and Picasso to more contemporary names like Steve McQueen or Marta Minujín. Read more >
‘PODCAST’
‘Podcast’
Together with adaptations of El pisito and Dracula, the Palentine photographer Piedad Isla and the Chilean writer Pedro Lemebel star in respective audio projects at the end of this year. Read more >
THEATER
Theater
Spanish dramaturgy shows strength at the start of the new season, with premieres by María Velasco, Pablo Remón, Esther F. Carrodeguas, and Pablo Messiez. Read more >
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