Silvia Vásquez Lavado and Javier Zamora in conversation with Angel Cárdenas
Centro de Convenciones (Salón Barahona)
Silvia Vásquez-Lavado(Peru) is the author of the autobiographical book In the Shadow of the Mountain, in which the author deals with her past of trauma and excess, of alcoholism and promiscuous sex and, before this, of childhood abuse. She has undertaken climbing expeditions accompanied by other victims of sexual abuse, as part of the Courageous Girls project, founded in 2014. The award-winning writer and poet Javier Zamora(El Salvador / United States) is the author of the book of memoir Solito. In it, Zamora tells the story of his five-thousand kilometre journey, between El Salvador and the United States, aged just nine. In conversation with Ángel Cárdenas.
All Sunday 2 February events will be free for people from the department of Bolívar. Complimentary tickets can be requested at the box office of the Hay Festival (Centro de Convenciones) showing your ID, between 27 Janaury and 2 February.