Jorge Carrión, Spanish writer and cultural critic, will give a talk on the importance of bookstores and libraries, as part of our collaboration with Trobades & Premis Mediterranis Albert Camus 2025. 

Carrión will explore the role of public libraries and bookstores in the history of literature, as well as their connection to readers’ personal libraries. Discussions will reflect on the reading area within our Education Lab and Hauser & Wirth Publishers’ recent titles highlighting the work of great artists globally.

You can book your slot and shuttle boat ticket here.

About Jorge Carrión 
Jorge Carrión is a writer and cultural critic. He directs the Master’s Degree in Literary Creation at UPF-BSM and regularly contributes to La Vanguardia. He was a columnist for seven years for the New York Times and the Washington Post. He is the author of the novels ‘Las huellas’, ‘Membrana’ and ‘Todos los museos son novelas de ciencia ficción’; and of the narrative essays ‘Australia. Un Viaje’, ‘Teleshakespeare’, ‘Bookshops,’ ‘Barcelona. Libro de los pasajes,’ ‘Contra Amazon’ and ‘Lo Viral’. Carrión has also created the podcasts ‘Solaris’, ‘Ecos’ and ‘Gemelos digitales’; the documentary series ‘Booklovers’; and scripts for several graphic novels and art exhibitions. He has won the Ondas Prize, the Ciudad de Barbastro Novel Prize, the Ciudad de Badajoz Journalism Prize, the Zenda Innovation Prize and the Serra d’Or Critics’ Prize. His work, published by Galaxia Gutenberg, has been translated into fifteen languages. 

Photographs will be taken at this event for use on the Hauser & Wirth website, social media and in other marketing materials.