Amélie Nothomb and Han Kang: a Sant Jordi between champagne and roses
The two international authors who aroused the most interest experienced the festival in very different ways
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Regina Rodríguez Sirvent and Eduardo Mendoza, the bestsellers of Sant Jordi
In the non-fiction category, Òscar Andreu and the duo Ana Garriga and Carmen Urbita (Las Hijas de Felipe) have won, while Miriam Tirado and Emma Gil lead the children’s and young adult one
Young people at Sant Jordi’s signings: “This book, once signed, becomes a treasure”
Alice Kellen, Blue Jeans, Meghan Maxwell or Joana Marcús are some of the most followed authors by teenagers
Sant Jordi starts with a vigorous defense of public libraries
The day of the book and the rose will fill Barcelona and other Catalan cities with crowds
Ali Smith, writer: “Books are so powerful they enrage tyrants!”
The Scottish author has given the Sant Jordi proclamation while library workers were protesting in Sant Jaume square
Twelve hours of radio on the street: SER celebrates Sant Jordi with its great programs and its listeners in Barcelona
Àngels Barceló, Carles Francino, Marina Fenàndez, Sique Rodríguez and Anna Puigboltas will celebrate the Diada from a stage on Casp street
Junts youth stir up Sant Jordi week by calling for a boycott of Eduardo Mendoza
Pro-independence sectors are calling for one of the Generalitat’s highest decorations to be withdrawn from the writer for questioning the national significance of April 23
Joan Guillén, president of the florists’ guild: “Students who sell roses are not competition if there is a social cause behind it”
Barcelona florists assert themselves in a Sant Jordi that moves from Las Ramblas
Eduardo Mendoza rides the dragon
There are traditions that come from very far away, and if they have survived so long, it’s because people want them to last
Sant Jordi moves to Portal de l’Àngel and the Cathedral to avoid the works on the Ramblas
The number of book and rose stalls continues to grow in Barcelona and throughout Catalonia