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The Casa Árabe Book Club is back
From September 08, 2025 until December 16, 2025From October 7 to December 16, with sessions held on alternating Tuesdays from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
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Casa Árabe headquarters (at Calle Alcalá, 62).
From October 7 to December 16, with sessions held on alternating Tuesdays from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
60 euros (6 sessions).
In Spanish.
During the last quarter of the year, we will be holding new sessions of our Reading Club, when we will get the chance to discover and discuss works and authors that allow us to learn more about the Arab world through literature and essays. Registration has begun. Sign up now!
The Reading Club’s new offerings will allow participants to explore a selection of relevant literary works and share ideas at sessions facilitated by the School of Writers.
The readings planned for this quarter are as follows:
Tuesday, October 7: The Blue Between Sky and Water (Susan Abulhawa)
Tuesday, October 21: The Promise (Damon Galgut)
Tuesday, November 4: V13 (Emmanuele Carrere)
Tuesday, November 18: The Century of Locusts (Malika Mokedden)
Tuesday, December 2: No voy a pedir a nadie que me crea (I Won’t Ask Anyone to Believe Me, Juan Pablo Villalobos)
Tuesday, December 16: A Palestinian Trilogy (Gasan Kanafani)
In order to take part in the Reading Club, you must attend the first session after having read the first book. Casa Árabe will explain how the club works once the participants have registered. The sessions will be facilitated by Javier Fonseca, from the Escuela de Escritores.
Javier Fonseca
A writer of children’s and youths’ literature who has authored more than twenty publication in his own name or with a pen name (Isaura Lee), including Pastel de moras (Blackberry Pie, published by Algar eds. 2013), El visitante del otro lado (The Visitor from the Other Side, Diquesí eds. 2016) and Zampalabras (Word Eater, Nórdica eds. 2018), 17+85 españoles geniales que lograron su sueño (17+85 Amazing Spaniards Who Lived Their Dream, 1785 eds. 2019), Amigos imaginarios (Imaginary Friends, published by San Pablo eds., 2020) and La familia Muchasleguas (The ‘Many-Leagues’ Family, published by La Esfera de los Libros, 2020).
At the Escuela de Escritores, he teaches children’s and youth writing and creative writing and storytelling for young people and adults, projects and children’s and youth writing in the Specialization Course in Teaching Creative Writing and Children’s Poetry in the Master’s Degree in Poetry. Since 2014, he has also been responsible for the children’s and youth book recommendations given by the cultural magazine Adiós. He occasionally contributes to other cultural publications (Cuatrogatos, LIJ digital magazine) and radio shows (La estación azul de los niños, RNE). Along with this, he coordinates youth and adult reading clubs at public libraries, in bookstores and on digital platforms. He is also an oral storyteller, telling stories in squares, cafés, universities... or any other space where people might be willing to listen.
He combines his literary work with a dedication to creative thinking and social awareness. He has been a university professor (USP-CEU) and has worked at Cáritas Española for more than ten years as national head of development education, training and volunteering.
The readings planned for this quarter are as follows:
Tuesday, October 7: The Blue Between Sky and Water (Susan Abulhawa)
Tuesday, October 21: The Promise (Damon Galgut)
Tuesday, November 4: V13 (Emmanuele Carrere)
Tuesday, November 18: The Century of Locusts (Malika Mokedden)
Tuesday, December 2: No voy a pedir a nadie que me crea (I Won’t Ask Anyone to Believe Me, Juan Pablo Villalobos)
Tuesday, December 16: A Palestinian Trilogy (Gasan Kanafani)
In order to take part in the Reading Club, you must attend the first session after having read the first book. Casa Árabe will explain how the club works once the participants have registered. The sessions will be facilitated by Javier Fonseca, from the Escuela de Escritores.
Javier Fonseca
A writer of children’s and youths’ literature who has authored more than twenty publication in his own name or with a pen name (Isaura Lee), including Pastel de moras (Blackberry Pie, published by Algar eds. 2013), El visitante del otro lado (The Visitor from the Other Side, Diquesí eds. 2016) and Zampalabras (Word Eater, Nórdica eds. 2018), 17+85 españoles geniales que lograron su sueño (17+85 Amazing Spaniards Who Lived Their Dream, 1785 eds. 2019), Amigos imaginarios (Imaginary Friends, published by San Pablo eds., 2020) and La familia Muchasleguas (The ‘Many-Leagues’ Family, published by La Esfera de los Libros, 2020).
At the Escuela de Escritores, he teaches children’s and youth writing and creative writing and storytelling for young people and adults, projects and children’s and youth writing in the Specialization Course in Teaching Creative Writing and Children’s Poetry in the Master’s Degree in Poetry. Since 2014, he has also been responsible for the children’s and youth book recommendations given by the cultural magazine Adiós. He occasionally contributes to other cultural publications (Cuatrogatos, LIJ digital magazine) and radio shows (La estación azul de los niños, RNE). Along with this, he coordinates youth and adult reading clubs at public libraries, in bookstores and on digital platforms. He is also an oral storyteller, telling stories in squares, cafés, universities... or any other space where people might be willing to listen.
He combines his literary work with a dedication to creative thinking and social awareness. He has been a university professor (USP-CEU) and has worked at Cáritas Española for more than ten years as national head of development education, training and volunteering.
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