{"id":4451,"date":"2026-10-14T11:05:38","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T09:05:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotelborgia.com\/blog\/?p=4451"},"modified":"2026-10-14T12:31:02","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T10:31:02","slug":"tardor-literaria-2026-in-gandia-books-authors-and-five-weeks-of-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotelborgia.com\/blog\/tardor-literaria-2026-in-gandia-books-authors-and-five-weeks-of-culture\/","title":{"rendered":"Tardor Liter\u00e0ria 2026 in Gandia: books, authors and five weeks of culture"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>From 19 October to 20 November 2026<\/strong>, Gandia celebrates the sixth edition of the <strong>Tardor Liter\u00e0ria<\/strong> with <strong>60 activities<\/strong> centred on reading, literary creation and cultural heritage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Over five weeks, the municipal libraries and venues such as the <strong>Teatre Serrano<\/strong>, the historic centre and the <strong>Palau Ducal dels Borja<\/strong> host book presentations, readings aloud, discussion groups, writing workshops, reading promotion activities and meetings with students. The programme brings together writers, bookshops, schools, associations and local organisations, with activities also linked to poetry, historical memory, bibliographic and documentary heritage and the figure of <strong>Jaume I<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At <strong>Hotel Borgia<\/strong> we have collaborated with the <strong>Tardor Liter\u00e0ria<\/strong> since its beginnings, and we are joining again an edition that fills Gandia&#8217;s libraries and cultural venues with books and literary encounters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_88 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Contenidos<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6acf6cb67aa7d\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #e41725;color:#e41725\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #e41725;color:#e41725\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6acf6cb67aa7d\"  aria-label=\"Alternar\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/hotelborgia.com\/blog\/tardor-literaria-2026-in-gandia-books-authors-and-five-weeks-of-culture\/#Meetings_with_authors\" >Meetings with authors<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/hotelborgia.com\/blog\/tardor-literaria-2026-in-gandia-books-authors-and-five-weeks-of-culture\/#Opening_libraries_and_bookshops\" >Opening, libraries and bookshops<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/hotelborgia.com\/blog\/tardor-literaria-2026-in-gandia-books-authors-and-five-weeks-of-culture\/#Ideas_for_children_young_people_and_inclusive_reading\" >Ideas for children, young people and inclusive reading<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/hotelborgia.com\/blog\/tardor-literaria-2026-in-gandia-books-authors-and-five-weeks-of-culture\/#Exhibition_Nit_de_Contes_and_closing_at_the_Palau_Ducal\" >Exhibition, Nit de Contes and closing at the Palau Ducal<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/hotelborgia.com\/blog\/tardor-literaria-2026-in-gandia-books-authors-and-five-weeks-of-culture\/#Practical_information\" >Practical information<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Meetings_with_authors\"><\/span>Meetings with authors<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <strong>Trobades amb autores i autors<\/strong> series, with its own poster in the programme, brings together many of the meetings with writers. Note down the dates and each author&#8217;s latest work:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Pedro Sim\u00f3n<\/strong> \u2014 23 October, 7 pm. Journalist at <em>El Mundo<\/em> and novelist. He presents \u00ab<a href=\"https:\/\/nuevoslibros.com\/libro\/espasa-lo-inesperado\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lo inesperado<\/a>\u00bb (Espasa, 2026), a novel about several generations bound by memory, loss and affection.<\/li><li><strong>Jordi Tormo<\/strong> \u2014 26 October, 11.30 am. Biographer of Ovidi Montllor, Antoni Mir\u00f3 and Isabel-Clara Sim\u00f3, he has just published \u00abReconstruir el pa\u00eds\u00bb (Sembra Llibres, 2026), on Joan Fuster and Isabel-Clara Sim\u00f3. With students he will talk about his novel \u00abLa darrera missi\u00f3\u00bb.<\/li><li><strong>Mart\u00ed Dom\u00ednguez<\/strong> \u2014 29 October, 7 pm. His latest novel, \u00abIngrata p\u00e0tria\u00bb (Proa, 2025), follows the last three hours of a university rector sentenced to death by a Francoist summary court martial in 1941.<\/li><li><strong>Purificaci\u00f3 Mascarell<\/strong> \u2014 3 November, 7 pm. Writer and lecturer in literary theory at the Universitat de Val\u00e8ncia. She presents \u00abBorumballes\u00bb (Edicions del Periscopi), which reaches bookshops on 26 October.<\/li><li><strong>V\u00edctor Labrado<\/strong> \u2014 4 November, 7 pm. Writer and philologist from Sueca. His latest novel, \u00abNascuts del fang\u00bb (Bromera, 2024), winner of the Premi Ciutat d&#8217;Alzira, portrays life in the Albufera marshland in the mid-20th century. In Gandia he will talk about Jaume I.<\/li><li><strong>Llucia Ramis<\/strong> \u2014 5 November, 7 pm. Journalist and writer from Majorca. She presents \u00abUn metre quadrat\u00bb (Anagrama, 2026; in Spanish, \u00ab<a href=\"https:\/\/nuevoslibros.com\/libro\/libros-del-asteroide-un-metro-cuadrado\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Un metro cuadrado<\/a>\u00bb, Libros del Asteroide), a personal chronicle and journalistic analysis of the housing crisis.<\/li><li><strong>Carles Fenollosa, Guadalupe S\u00e1ez and Muriel Villanueva<\/strong> \u2014 7 November, 12 noon. A three-way conversation: Fenollosa wrote \u00abGuerra, vict\u00f2ria, dem\u00e0\u00bb (Drassana, 2025), a novel of Valencia during the Republic, the war and exile; S\u00e1ez, \u00abTinc un bosc al cervell\u00bb (Gal\u00e9s, 2025); and Villanueva, the children&#8217;s novel \u00abCapgirades\u00bb (Estrella Polar, 2026).<\/li><li><strong>Mario Obrero<\/strong> \u2014 9 November, 7 pm. Poet from Getafe, born in 2003. His latest book, \u00abCon e de curcusp\u00edn\u00bb (Anagrama, 2025), is a love letter to Spain&#8217;s linguistic diversity.<\/li><li><strong>Lana Corujo<\/strong> \u2014 10 November, 8 pm. Writer from Lanzarote with a background in illustration. Her novel \u00ab<a href=\"https:\/\/nuevoslibros.com\/libro\/reservoir-books-han-cantado-bingo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Han cantado bingo<\/a>\u00bb (Reservoir Books, 2025), winner of the Premio Librer\u00eda de Mujeres, tells the story of two sisters bound by a game, a volcano and a tragedy.<\/li><li><strong>\u00c1ngela Banzas<\/strong> \u2014 12 November, 7 pm. Writer from Santiago de Compostela, runner-up for the 2025 Premio Planeta with \u00ab<a href=\"https:\/\/nuevoslibros.com\/libro\/booket-cuando-el-viento-hable\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cuando el viento hable<\/a>\u00bb, a family drama set in rural post-war Galicia.<\/li><li><strong>Alexandre Escriv\u00e0<\/strong> \u2014 14 November, 12 noon. Musician and writer from Tavernes de la Valldigna. In \u00ab<a href=\"https:\/\/nuevoslibros.com\/libro\/alfaguara-el-secreto-de-victor-black-alexandre-escriva\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">El secreto de Victor Black<\/a>\u00bb (Alfaguara, 2026) Inspector William Parker returns with a murder in San Francisco.<\/li><li><strong>Magda A\u00f1on and Francesc Server<\/strong> \u2014 18 November, 7 pm. Joint winners of the 8th Premi Lletraferit, with two novels published by Llibres de la Drassana in 2026: A\u00f1on&#8217;s \u00abAi, M\u00edlia\u00bb, set in the rural Valencian post-war years, and Server&#8217;s \u00abMai\u00e8utica\u00bb, about a young aspiring writer and his mentor.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The meeting with <strong>Jordi Tormo<\/strong> also gives you a good reason to visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/hotelborgia.com\/blog\/teatre-serrano-gandia-history-visitor-guide\/\"><strong>Teatre Serrano<\/strong><\/a>, one of the city&#8217;s busiest cultural venues during the autumn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Opening_libraries_and_bookshops\"><\/span>Opening, libraries and bookshops<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Tardor Liter\u00e0ria opens on <strong>Monday 19 October at 7 pm at the Biblioteca Central<\/strong>, with the inauguration and the celebration of <strong>Women Writers&#8217; Day<\/strong>. The event includes readings of excerpts from works by different women authors by local groups and associations, around the 2026 theme dedicated to the <strong>Lyceum Club Femenino<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>From 19 to 24 October<\/strong> \u2014 <strong>La biblioteca solid\u00e0ria<\/strong>: book sale at <strong>1 euro<\/strong>, raising funds for the Asociaci\u00f3n Espa\u00f1ola Contra el C\u00e1ncer, the Asociaci\u00f3n de Familiares de Enfermos de Alzheimer la Safor and the Asociaci\u00f3n Parkinson Gandia-Safor.<\/li><li><strong>Saturday 24 October, 12 noon<\/strong> \u2014 <strong>Fiesta de las Bibliotecas<\/strong> in Pla\u00e7a del Rei En Jaume, with a family concert by <strong>Canta Canalla<\/strong>, recognition for the best readers and the prize draw for the Reto Lector reading challenge.<\/li><li><strong>11 November<\/strong> \u2014 <strong>Bookshops&#8217; Day<\/strong>, with <strong>Ambra Llibres<\/strong>, <strong>Llibreria Ferrer<\/strong> and <strong>Gavina Llibres<\/strong>. The organisers have warned that part of the day could change date because of the general strike called for the same day.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Ideas_for_children_young_people_and_inclusive_reading\"><\/span>Ideas for children, young people and inclusive reading<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Children and young people have their own activities throughout the series, with children&#8217;s literary bingo, the <strong>\u00abJuguem amb la poesia!\u00bb<\/strong> sessions and storytelling activities. The programme also includes meetings with young people, literary visits and routes for schools and workshops adapted to different needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The inclusive side comes through the human libraries, where <strong>Jos\u00e9 Figueres<\/strong> and <strong>Arancha Segura<\/strong>, from C\u00e1ritas Interparroquial de Gandia, share life experiences with school pupils. There are also easy-reading sessions for users of the <strong>Fundaci\u00f3 Espurna<\/strong> and other activities adapted to different groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Exhibition_Nit_de_Contes_and_closing_at_the_Palau_Ducal\"><\/span>Exhibition, Nit de Contes and closing at the Palau Ducal<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>From 2 to 28 November<\/strong> \u2014 exhibition <strong>\u00abEl pa\u00eds d\u2019Estell\u00e9s, l\u2019Estell\u00e9s del pa\u00eds\u00bb<\/strong> in the cloister of the Biblioteca Central.<\/li><li><strong>14 November<\/strong> \u2014 <strong>XIV Nit de Contes al Palau<\/strong>, at the Palau Ducal dels Borja.<\/li><li><strong>Friday 20 November, 7 pm<\/strong> \u2014 closing with the presentation of the <strong>Premis Literaris Ciutat de Gandia<\/strong> at the Palau Ducal dels Borja. The ceremony recognises the winning works of the <strong>Ausi\u00e0s March Poetry Prize<\/strong> and the <strong>Joanot Martorell Narrative Prize<\/strong>, together with the <strong>Joan Ro\u00eds de Corella Prize for Literary Career<\/strong>, with a musical performance by <strong>\u00d3scar Briz<\/strong> and presented by <strong>Marina Vall\u00e9s<\/strong>.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you would like to round off the outing, you can take the chance to visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/hotelborgia.com\/blog\/ducal-palace-borgia-gandia-history-visit\/\"><strong>Ducal Palace of the Borgia<\/strong><\/a> and wander through the historic centre on the same day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Practical_information\"><\/span>Practical information<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Activities are spread across the municipal libraries and different venues in Gandia, with times depending on each event. 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