The Cabildo of Lanzarote presents a new edition of Letras Aisladas, the literary gathering coordinated by the writer Mare Cabrera, which will once again be held in El Almacén from this Monday, April 6, until Friday, April 10. The proposal consolidates itself as a space for reflection and encounter around literature made in the Canary Islands, focusing on the voices that write from the island territory.
Over several days, the gathering will bring together male and female authors whose works are born in the archipelago with the aim of sharing points of view, concerns and creative processes linked to the experience of living and writing from the islands.
The Minister of Culture of the Cabildo de Lanzarote, Jesús Machín Tavío, has highlighted that “Letras Aisladas focuses on the literature being written today in the Canary Islands, giving visibility to authors who are building new perspectives from the archipelago”. In this sense, he adds that “with this type of meeting we want to bring these voices closer to the public and recognize the work of those who are contributing richness to our literary landscape”.
Literature from the Insular
Isolated Letters raises a reflection on the texts linked with the Canary Islands, whether fictional or based on reality, written in prose or in verse, but connected with the experience of living in the archipelago. The proposal values a literature marked by the landscape, the insular condition and the particularities of the Spanish spoken in the islands.
The encounter thus proposes an approach to a form of creation that, without renouncing the universal, is built from a specific context, where territory, distance and identity directly influence writing.
In this edition, Jesús Giráldez, Daniel María, Elena Correa, Lana Corujo, Guacimara Hernández, Manuel Torres Stinga, Gonzalo Ortega and Zebensuí Rodríguez will participate, configuring a program that combines different generations, styles and ways of understanding writing.
Program
Monday 6 and Tuesday 7 April 5 p.m.
Collage workshop
Logbook
Taught by Guacimara Hernández
Tuesday April 7 7:30 p.m.
Conversation with writer Jesús Giráldez
Regarding his books The damned Canarian literature (2023) and The emperor of the Sahara (2025)
Wednesday 8 and Thursday 9 April 5 p.m.
Literary creation workshop
To write is to remember. To write is to invent
Taught by writer Lana Corujo
Places sold out
Wednesday 8 April 7:30 p.m.
Conversation with writer Daniel María
Regarding his/her novels Old painted little mouths (2024) and The winter garden (2025)
Thursday 9 April 7:30 p.m.
Conversation with writer Elena Correa
Regarding the short story collection “Dirty Girls” (2025)
Friday April 10 7 p.m.
Conversation with the writer Gonzalo Ortega Ojeda
Regarding his book The weaver of broken dreams and other narratives (2025)
Friday April 10 20.30 h
Round table on the Spanish spoken in Lanzarote and its link with literature with Manuel Torres Stinga, Gonzalo Ortega and Zebensuí Rodríguez, moderated by Mare Cabrera.