‘There is a word—a single word—and no one can say for certain whether it has ever crossed the threshold between silence and sound,’ writes philosopher María Zambrano in ‘Claros del bosque.’

From this work emerge the coordinates—gaze, silence, and word—that serve as a compass for this three-hour workshop, open to writers of all levels. We will explore the exhibition ‘Directionless,’ like someone discovering an uncertain path, in search of lost words, and delve into crafting our own metaphors.

The creative writing workshop initiative is part of our ongoing collaboration with Xarxa de Biblioteques de Menorca. Although this event is free to attend, please book your place and shuttle boat tickets in advance here.

About Ana Haro
Ana Haro is a writer and journalist from Madrid, who has lived in Menorca since 2010, where she founded her writing school, ‘El Taller de Ana Haro’, where she organizes workshops, meetings, and readings, and where texts are created and shared, evoking the ancient custom of gathering in a circle to tell and listen to stories.

She has published seven anthologies of short stories as part of this community: ‘Peccata minuta’ (2016), ‘Mare nostrum’ (2017), ‘Tempus Fugit’ (2018), ‘Alter ego’ (2020), ‘In extremis (2021), ‘La casa azul’ (2023), and ‘Patios’ (2024).

For Ana, literature and the practice of writing are tools for self-understanding in the mistery of the everyday—ways to find one’s literary voice and imagery, to inhabit an island, both literal and metaphorical, to explore the depths of the body, and to clear away, with words, the tangled branches of our verbal jungle.