Literature Meeting
Literature is the center of the Madrid Gothic Week, a five-day event in which writers, editors and essay-writers will skpeak about classical and new trends of gothic literature from different points of view. We will attend to round tables, lectures, presentations of new books as well as reeditions of classics.
Free Admission
Museo del Romanticismo

Writer Daniel Espinosa during his lecture “Ritual and Black Magic. Spirit Invocations through Grimoires” in SGM Literature Meeting 2013.
2014 Agenda
Saturday, October 25
Book Launches
16:00 – 16:25
“Poe”, a collection of scary stories by Edgar Allan Poe. Published by Fotolito Books
Presebted by publisher Tatiana Vargas Löwy and illustrator Carolina Pellicer García-Rosales
16:25 – 16:50
“Stonecraft: Círculo imperfecto” by Víctor M. Ánchel. Published by Editorial Saco de Huesos
Presented by Juan Ángel Laguna Edroso
16:50 – 17:15
Presencia Humana Magazine by Editorial Aristas Martínez
Presented by Sara Herculano
17:15 – 17:40
“Un extraño descubrimiento” by Charles Romyn Dake. Published by Editorial Saco de Huesos
Presented by translator Óscar Mariscal and Juan Ángel Laguna Edroso
17:40 – 18:05
“Tres motivos para morir en Madrid” by Eduardo Vaquerizo. Published by Editorial Saco de Huesos
Presented by Juan Ángel Laguna Edroso
18:05 – 18:30
“La Campaña del Infierno” by Santiago Moncada. Published by Neys Books Editores
Presented by Daniel María
18:30 – 18:55
“Alimañas” by Óscar Pérez Varela. Published by Editorial Saco de Huesos
Presented by Juan Ángel Laguna Edroso
18:55 – 19:20
“Los Sueños Muertos” by Paco Segovia. Published by Editorial Autores Premiados
19:20 – 19:45
“Horror Vacui” by Paula Lapido. Published by Editorial Salto de Página
Presented by Pablo Mazo
19:45 – 20:10
Trilogía del Joven Moriarti by Sofía Rhei. Published by Nevsky Ediciones
Presented by Marian Womack and Alberto López Aroca
20:10 – 20:35
Launch of “Mistérica” magazine
By publishers Pedro Ortega Ventureira and Belén Doblas
Tuesday, October 28
19:00 – Round Table
“Gothic horror mark in videogames”
Moderator: Laura Luna.
20:30 – Round Table
“Literary horror versus audiovisual horror”
Speakers: David Jasso and José Alberto Arias Pereira.
Wednesday, October 29
19:00 – Round Table
“Rol playing and literature”
Speakers: Rocío Tizón and Juan Ángel Laguna Edroso
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20:30 – Round Table
“The other side of the mirror: the influence of gothic novel in the Spanish horror literature”
Speaker: Juan Ángel Laguna Edroso
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Tuesday, October 30
19:00 – Round Table
“The female ghost in gotic novel”
Speakers: Mirari Bueno and Sol Blanco Soler
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20:30 – Round Table
“Horror liteature out of the genre”
Speakers: Poe Brotherhood. Featuring the writers Elena Muñoz, Conchi Regueiro, Fernando Cámara, Javier Quevedo Puchal, Patricia Pérez and Juan Ángel Laguna Edroso. Moderator: Fernando López Guisado.
Friday, October 31
19:00
Nocte and Nosferatu Awards Ceremony
By the Nocte Writers Association.
20:30 – Recital
Recital of classic and contemporary poems
By the Poe Brotherhood. Featuring the poets: Alberto Infante, Antonio Daganzo, Ana Ares, Francisco Moral, Loren Fernández, Elena Muñoz, Marga Mayordomo Sánchez, María Solís Munuera, Francisco Castañón, Emilio González Martínez, Carlos Jack Winchester, Rebeca Álvarez del Casal, Alfonso Brezmes, David Minayo and Fernando López Guisado.