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Gloria Melo, Carolina Rey and Marco Sosa in conversation with Diego Aristizábal

Colombian bookshops: an example of cultural resistance

Cartagena 2023, Friday 27 January 2023

The pandemic affected Colombian bookshops in very different ways. In general, they demonstrated a great capacity for resistance and were able to benefit from an impressive current of sympathy and solidarity from a public that recognized their social and cultural importance. With Gloria Melo, from the bookshop Al pie de la letra (Medellin); Carolina Rey,of the Colombian Association of Independent Booksellers; and Marco Sosa, of the Bogota bookshop La Valija de Fuego, in conversation with Diego Aristizábal.

Catalina Cortés Severino and Laura Quintana Porras in conversation with Andrea Díaz Cardona

Catalina Cortés Severino and Laura Quintana Porras in conversation with Andrea Díaz Cardona

Moisés Naím in conversation with Michael Stott

Moisés Naím in conversation with Michael Stott

Richard Firth-Godbehere in conversation with Daniel Pardo

Richard Firth-Godbehere in conversation with Daniel Pardo

Serge Haroche in conversation with Diana Calderón Fernández

Serge Haroche in conversation with Diana Calderón Fernández