"To have opinions is to sell out to yourself. To have no opinion is to exist. To have every opinion is to be a poet." - Fernando Pessoa

Why don't English readers know Laura Gallego and her books? open.substack.com/pub/themadri... #fantasy #romantasy #spain

"My art originates from hallucinations only I can see." Yayoi Kusama #art #artist #quote #Japan #japanese

"The moment you start caring about what a gallery or a publisher thinks, you stop being an artist and become an employee." — Remedios Varo

"You need a lover who takes away the lies and brings you hope, coffee and poetry." Frieda Kahlo. #hope #coffee #poetry #nosies #friedakahlo #mexico

Travelling Spain or visiting the north this week? Don't miss Semana Negra de Gijón—a vibrant, seaside celebration of crime fiction, comics and public debate. @semananegra.bsky.social #gijon #spain #asturias #books

"Mallorca is the green Switzerland under the sky of Calabria." Born today in 1804, George Sand immortalised Valldemossa with Frédéric Chopin in A Winter in Mallorca (1842). Vivid and controversial, it remains in print nearly two centuries later. #georgesand #chopin #memoir #mallorca

Out today from @charcopress.com, Animal Spiral by @luisothonielrosa.bsky.social (translated by @katiemarya.bsky.social) is a bold, 2026 sci-fi epic tracing a collective consciousness born in Puerto Rico across 400 years. #puertorico #dystopia #sci-fi #Caribbean #translation #newbook

Think you know Benidorm? Think again! Join Matthew Clapham and TMR Ed Jayne Marshall tonight at Secret Kingdoms @ybernia-books.bsky.social www.thesecretkingdoms.net/agenda/event... #Madrid #Spain #Travel #Benidorm #Friday #Event #today #books

Remembering Daniel Keyes, who died on this day in 2014 #scifi #danielkeyes #rip #algernon #hugoaward #nebulaaward

Today at the Madrid Book Fair: our columnist and local living legend John Liddy signs copies of Spanish Points at Huerga & Fierro, Booth 284 (12:30–14:30). #Johnliddy #huergayfierro #madrid #feriadellibro #domingo #hoy #firmas #poesia #irlanda

@fernandorueda.bsky.social is signing books today at 10.30am - Block 24B Booth 335 @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social #madridbookfair #Saturday #sign #Madrid

Catalan sensation Pol Gise signs at The Madrid Book Fair today between 5pm and 7pm, Caseta 235 @polgise.bsky.social @fnacesp.bsky.social #Madrid #Feriadellibro #polgise #fnac #salseogriego

Two essential writers are signing at the Madrid Book Fair today, Sergio Ramírez and Leila Guerriero- don't miss them! @leilaguerriero2.bsky.social #madrid #feriadellibro #Nicaragua #Argentina #books #bookfair

Karina Sainz Borgo will be signing at the Feria del Libro de Madrid today, Wednesday 10 June, from 19:00 to 21:00 at Caseta 186, Olavide Bar de Libros (Bloque 26A) #madridbookfair #feriadellibro #Caracas #Venezuela #abc #karinasainzborgo #nazarena

Bestselling Spanish author Javier Sierra is at the Madrid Book Fair today. Join him at 18:00 at the Biblioteca Eugenio Trías for a conversation about El plan maestro. Sierra will be signing books from 19:00–21:00 at Caseta 94. @javiersierra.bsky.social @editorialplaneta.bsky.social #feriadellibro

Out today! Get it from our website or Secret Kingdoms or @lib-parenthesis.bsky.social in Madrid or online at Peecho @worldoceanday.bsky.social @unep.org @unepwcmc.bsky.social #worldoceanday #publicationday

A huge day at the Madrid Book Fair today - @tusquetseditores.bsky.social @seixbarral.bsky.social #madridbookfair #julianavarro #santiagoposteguillo #carmenposadas #fernandoaramburo

Don't miss one of Spain’s top graphic artists, Paco Roca, at the Madrid Book Fair today. He'll be at Caseta 297 - @astiberri.com - at 17.30. #graphicartist #comic #artists #arugas #pacoroca #feriadellibro #madrid #art #graphicnovel

New Issue now available for preorder themadridreview.com?utm_source=s... Youth! Dr Helen Scales! Sinéad Morrissey! More! @helenscales.bsky.social @unep.org @unepwcmc.bsky.social @fiddes.bsky.social @cristinajurado.bsky.social Out on #worldoceanday #environment #oceans #poetry #writing

Congrats to @helencphillips.bsky.social for winning the @climate-fiction.bsky.social prize for Hum. @frediotto.bsky.social @kitdewaal.com @atlanticbooks.bsky.social #climatefiction #clifi #climatechange #environment #fiction

Thanks to the fantastic Matthew Stewart @roguestrands.bsky.social for a brilliant night chatting about wine and poetry - here he is, right, with our vino victors and our Jayne. If anyone has Jayne's leg, can you bring it back? She needs it. #wine #poetry #vino #legless

Tonight, ladies and germs. Please share if you're in Madreeed!

Here’s a first look at Issue 8’s cover art by Gordon Hunt, a Cornish artist inspired by the light, sea and shifting colours of the Cornish coast. Issue 8 publishes June 8th (World Ocean Day). #worldoceanday #coverreveal #poetry #summer #sunny #happy #behappy #swim #swimming #Ocean #sea #vibes

Jez Butterworth's modern classic up close and personal in Madrid - tickets and info and our review: open.substack.com/pub/themadri... #theatre #review #Madrid

Free tickets for a short film about the housing crisis in Lavapiés here: lamirador.com/funcion?nomb... #lavapiés #madrid #shortfilm

Tonight at Secret Kingdoms in Madrid #historicalfiction #Venice #medici #madrid

Manuscripts Don't Burn. Happy Birthday Mr Bukgakov. #sympathyforthedevil #themasterandmargarita #anniversary

There was an Old Person of Spain, Who hated all trouble and pain; So he sat on a chair, With his feet in the air, That umbrageous Old Person of Spain. #edwardlear #birthday #Limerick #nationallimerickday #johnlennon

A new series of Lorca events kicked off in Madrid last night. We were there and it looks great #Lorca #poetry #culture @ugtcomunica.bsky.social themadridreview.substack.com/p/lorca-90-y...