On Wednesday 28th May 2025, Instituto Cervantes Manchester will be taking part in “Benengeli 2025: Escribir con los cinco sentidos,” the International Spanish Literature Festival. This year’s theme invites renowned authors and readers to explore literature through sight, sound, taste, touch, and smell.

Instituto Cervantes Manchester’s involvement includes a conversation led by acclaimed authors: Mercedes Cebrián, a Madrid-born writer and translator whose latest work explores our emotional bonds with objects and food; and Xesús Fraga, National Book Award-winning Galician author and journalist whose writing draws on themes of migration and identity. The conversation will be moderated by H. Rosi Song, Durham University professor and award- winning scholar of Spanish and Catalan culture and gastronomy.

Join these distinguished voices for a multisensory celebration of Spanish-language literature. Tickets are free but reservation is required.

Event in Spanish.

Free Spanish wine reception after the event.