Gaditanoir celebrates its third edition from November 5 to 8

The third edition of Gaditanoir, the Cádiz Crime Fiction Festival, takes place from Thursday, November 5 to Sunday, November 8. The activities are divided between two venues: the Asociación de la Prensa de Cádiz (APC) hosts the events on Thursday, November 5, and the Casa de Iberoamérica hosts the sessions from Friday, November 6 to Sunday, November 8. The lineup features more than 30 participants, including authors, publishers and journalists. Of these, 14 writers are from the province of Cádiz, 12 from the rest of Spain and two international, one Mexican and one Argentine. The maximum capacity planned for each activity, approximately twenty, is 150 people. Entry is free, although access conditions may vary depending on each event.

This year one of the thematic axes is the remembrance of Agatha Christie, coinciding with the fiftieth anniversary of her death. In the session on Friday, November 6, the author's relevance will be reviewed. The other highlighted axis is «Criminology, journalism and society». On Saturday, November 7, at 20:30, the awards ceremony is held. At it, the Gaditanoir Honorary Award for a lifetime achievement will be presented to the journalist and writer Óscar Lobato. The José Rasero Balón de Novela Negra Award, which annually recognises an outstanding work of the crime genre, and the The Riverside Crime Short Story Award will also be presented. The festival is organised by Kaizen Editores and is sponsored by the Diputación de Cádiz and CSIF, as well as the collaboration of the Ayuntamiento de Cádiz and the APC, among other entities. The deputy and vice-president of the Fundación Provincial de Cultura, Vanesa Beltrán, has stated that Cádiz «has a lot to tell» and has encouraged the public to participate. The festival's commissioner, Alberto Puyana, has stressed that «a showcase of the crime literature produced in Cádiz and its province was necessary». The full programme can be consulted on the festival's website.