The Lanzarote Literature Festival (FDLL) will celebrate its fourth edition between October and December 2026, consolidating a cultural proposal that, since its creation in 2023, has turned the island into a meeting place for contemporary literature, thought, and conversation.
Under the identity seal Letras de rofe y sal, the festival continues to expand its reach across the island with a program that combines encounters with prominent national and international authors, literary creation workshops, and spaces for reflection on contemporary writing.
The 2026 edition will bring together some of the most relevant voices in the current literary scene. Ray Loriga will open the program on October 8 at the Insular Library of Arrecife. He will be followed by Berna González-Harbour (October 20) and Juan Gómez Bárcena (October 27) at the Fondeadero Civic Center in Puerto del Carmen; Pola Oloixarac (November 5) at the same venue; Elisa Victoria (November 18) and Mircea Cărtărescu (December 2) at the Casa Benito Pérez Armas in Yaiza.
Through open conversations with the public, the authors will share the keys to their works, their creative processes, and their reflections on some of the major themes that run through contemporary literature.
As a complement to these encounters, the festival will organize two workshops to promote reading and creative writing, led by Fernando Clemot and Laura Fernández on October 14 and 21, respectively, at the Casa de la Cultura Agustín de la Hoz in Arrecife. Both spaces will allow participants to delve into the tools and processes of literary creation from a practical and participatory perspective.
Teguise joins the festival map with a Canarian component
One of the main novelties of this edition will be the incorporation of Teguise as a new venue for the festival. The municipality will host the program “Combustión insular. Literary Conversations in Teguise” on November 7 and 8, a cycle dedicated to reflection on Canarian contemporary writing and its relationship with the territory.
During a weekend, authors and specialists such as Alicia Llarena, Julio Fajardo Herrero, and Acoidán Méndez will discuss issues such as the construction of the literary voice, creation from the periphery, the relationship between tradition and contemporaneity, or writing processes. The activities, which are free of charge and open to all, will take place at the Convento de Santo Domingo.
The incorporation of Teguise reinforces the island's vocation for the festival and its commitment to a quality cultural program, capable of generating spaces for meeting, thought, and citizen participation in different parts of Lanzarote.
Literature to inhabit the island
Directed by the Lanzarote writer Carlos Battaglini, the Lanzarote Literature Festival was born with the purpose of bringing contemporary literature closer to new audiences and making the island a reference point for cultural conversation.
Four years after its creation, the FDLL continues to grow without renouncing its essence: offering close encounters with top-level authors, fostering reading and writing, and strengthening Lanzarote's role as a territory for creation, thought, and cultural exchange.
With a program distributed among Arrecife, Puerto del Carmen, Yaiza, and Teguise, the festival reaffirms in this fourth edition its commitment to accessible, decentralized culture connected to the territory, consolidating Lanzarote as a privileged space to experience literature.
Registration and sponsors
All activities of the Lanzarote Literature Festival are free, but require prior registration through the official festival website (www.fdll.es). The FDLL also has an Instagram profile https://www.instagram.com/festivaldeliteraturalanzarote/
The Lanzarote Literature Festival is organized by the cultural association Picón Narrativas and has the support of the Tías City Council, the Publications Service of the Cabildo de Lanzarote, the city councils of Yaiza, Arrecife, and Teguise, the Lanzarote Centers of Art, Culture, and Tourism (CACT), and Caja7.