First Bibliomar Literary and Cultural Festival

First Bibliomar Literary and Cultural Festival: Puerto Colombia celebrates literature and art by the Caribbean Sea
The festival events will take place in three main venues: the Old Railway Station, the Municipal Library and the 1888 Pier.
The motto of this first edition, “Port of stories and living libraries”, highlights the vision of Bibliomar: to make reading an experience beyond books. The proposal invites to explore the stories that arise from everyday life, the sounds and landscapes of everyday life.
The festival events will take place in three main venues: the Old Railway Station, the Municipal Library and the 1888 Pier. During these days, Puerto Colombia will receive writers, illustrators, editors and citizens who, together, will enjoy talks, workshops and exhibitions in which literature and the sea will be intertwined as inspiring elements.
The festival will feature the participation of prominent representatives of Colombian literature, such as poet Tania Ganitsky, editor Alejandra Algorta, writer Melba Escobar and screenwriter Óscar Pantoja. Along with them, local artists such as Isidra de la Vega and Juan Miranda Marañón will also be part of the program, contributing their vision of literature and culture in the region.
Organized by the Secretariat of Culture and Heritage of the Atlantic, with the support of the Mayor's Office of Puerto Colombia, the event hopes to be a unique space to enjoy local literature, art and culture.
Agenda: Workshops, discussions and presentations
The festival will open its doors on Thursday, November 7 with a series of workshops and activities. The day will begin at 8:30 a.m. at the San Nicolás de Tolentino Educational Institution, where poet Tania Ganitsky will lead the workshop "Poetry as an experience," a space that will allow attendees to explore the world of poetry from an emotional and personal perspective.
At 9:00 a.m., at the Simón Bolívar Educational Institution, writer Iván Fontalvo will offer the workshop "From reality to fiction," encouraging creativity through writing exercises based on everyday life.
That same day, at 5:00 p.m., the Old Railway Station will be the setting for the opening of the exhibition "The strange vocation of a rural dog" by artist Paola Acevedo, a renowned artist from Barranquilla who has exhibited her works in cities such as Tokyo and Bologna.
Then, at 5:30 p.m., in the same place, writer Melba Escobar will present her book "Las huérfanas" in a conversation moderated by Milena Flórez. To end the day, at 6:00 p.m., Tania Ganitsky and Alejandra Algorta will offer the talk "Tenderness and polyphony in writing," where they will discuss new trends in literature.
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The second day, Friday, November 8, will be dedicated to children and youth activities, starting at 9:00 a.m. with the workshop "Fantastic Creatures", led by the author Daniela Pabón at the Cisneros Educational Institution, aimed at exploring philosophy through imagination. At 10:00 a.m., Sixta Hernández will lead the workshop "The word that travels" in which children will be able to reflect on the transformation of words and their meaning in different contexts.
On Friday afternoon, the Municipal Library will receive the writer and scriptwriter Óscar Pantoja, who, from 3:00 to 4:30 p.m., will teach the workshop "Counting with images", a space to explore visual language in literature. At the Old Railway Station, Sixta Hernández will be the protagonist of the discussion "What do the looks tell?" at 3:00 p.m., where the role of the look as a means of narration and artistic expression will be discussed.
The day will end at 6:00 p.m. with a talk by Carolina Garzón Blanco, entitled "Bonito que canta", which will focus on the relationship between literature and music.
On Saturday, November 9, the last day of the festival, it will begin at 9:00 a.m. with the artisanal bookbinding workshop "Bookbinding from scratch", led by Natalia Otero at the Municipal Library. At 10:00 a.m., the writer Alejandra Algorta will lead the workshop "Editing poetry: a snake-like path" at the Old Railway Station, where she will share her experience on the editing process in Colombia, a little-known area that is fundamental for the development of poetry.
On Saturday afternoon, at 3:00 p.m., at the Old Railway Station, the discussion "Every secret is a secret of love" will be held with the authors Daniela Pabón and Gabriela Castro, who will discuss the process of creating the book "Fernanda."

In parallel, at 4:00 p.m., in the Municipal Library, Gabriela Castro will offer the workshop "A Strange Creature," a space dedicated to literary exploration and the creation of unique characters.
To close the festival, Muelle 1888 will be the setting for the talk "Chronicles of Porteño Characters" by Juan Miranda Marañón, where local stories will be explored. The event will culminate with the presentation of the Gaiteros de Pueblo Santo in the Main Plaza of Puerto Colombia, at 6:00 p.m.
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