Novel Experiences

Carlos Fonseca and Karmele Jaio

3:30pm

Saturday, September 23, 2023

60 mins

Experienced writers and novelists themselves, Carlos Fonseca and Karmele Jaio know there are many paths to becoming a writer. In their newest novels, Austral and My Father’s House, they explore two very different stories about the love of literature, the compulsion to write and the transformative power of stories as the great revealers of truth.

In illuminating conversation, two leading Spanish-language writers discuss making a mark on the literary world, their writing journeys to date and feeling the undeniable need to put pen to paper.

Moderated by Emily Donaldson.

Presented with support from the Etxepare Basque Institute.

This event will be followed by a book signing.

Conversation

How to attend

$39.99

Single Day Pass

$69.99

Weekend Pass

$249.99

Full Festival Pass

Students and youth save up to 50% on passes.

In illuminating conversation, two leading Spanish-language writers discuss making a mark on the literary world, their writing journeys to date and feeling the undeniable need to put pen to paper.

Moderated by Emily Donaldson.

Presented with support from the Etxepare Basque Institute.

This event will be followed by a book signing.

Conversation

Featured Authors

Carlos Fonseca

Carlos Fonseca was born in Costa Rica, grew up in Puerto Rico, and studied in the United States. He was selected by the Hay Festival as part of the Bogotá39 group (2017), by Granta Magazine as one of its twenty-five best young Spanish-language writers (2021), and by the Encyclopaedia Britannica as one of the twenty most promising writers in the world for its “Young Shapers of the Future” (2022). His previous novels are Colonel Lágrimas and Natural History, both translated by Megan McDowell. His work has been translated into more than ten languages. He is a fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge.