Autumn 2022

The 2022 Joanot Martorell Lecture: Enric Bou

Professor Enric Bou will hold this year’s Joanot Martorell Lecture, organised together with the Instituto Cervantes, on 8 December.

The topic will be “Barcelona, Europe in Latitude and Longitude”.

Admission will be free, but booking is essential through this Eventbrite link: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/barcelona-europe-in-latitude-and-longitude-tickets-471348585307

Queen Mary Catalan Book Club: “When I Sing, Mountains Dance”

Join us on 20 December at 7pm for a discussion on the book Canto jo i la muntanya balla (When I Sing, Mountains Dance), written by the Catalan author Irene Solà and translated into English by Mara Faye Lethem, who will be with us in the Book Club.

This book has won several prizes, such as the European Union Prize for Literature 2020, along with several awards in Catalonia.

Read it in Catalan or English and come to talk about the fascinating world of When I Sing, Mountains Dance.

The event will take place online and is open to all who have read the book, but places are limited, so please register for your ticket at: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/queen-mary-catalan-book-club-when-i-sing-mountains-dance-tickets-475090296867