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| The event, organized by the Cartagena City Council, has been adapted to a reduced format according to current sanitary measures | The VI Conference on black, police and mystery literature "Cartagena Negra" kicked off last Thursday, September 10, and will run until the 12th, at the El Batel municipal auditorium.

They are organized by the Department of Culture of the City of Cartagena and have the collaboration of other entities."The event has been adapted to a reduced format due to current sanitary measures", according to the Councilor for the Culture Area, David Martínez, who explained that the event has been organized "around the two novel prizes convened annually; Prize Icue Negro Novel and Cartagena Negra Novel Prize.

The finalists will go to Cartagena to hold two meetings with the readers before the rulings are announced ".The traditional Conversations with an author are also taking place, which began on the afternoon of Thursday, September 10 with Paco Gómez Escribano.

This Friday the 11th there will be a talk with Susana Martín Gijón and next Saturday the 12th with Rafa Melero, the objective is for the reader to meet three contrasted figures of the black genre individually.In the conference there is a third pillar, marked by the comparison between reality and fiction, with the live performance of the radio program El País de los Horrores, by Elena Merino, and with the participation of Manuel Marlasca, Alfonso Egea and Beatriz Osa.TICKETS AND CAPACITYAdmission is free until full capacity is reached, this time a maximum of 80 people each day.

"There are 16 authors, because this year in addition to capacity, we have also had to reduce the event to three days," said the content director of the event, Francisco Marín. In addition, every afternoon from 5:30 p.m., the conference is broadcast live through the YouTube channel of the Cartagena City Council.The entrance is in order of arrival to the El Batel Auditorium, where the temperature and data of the attendees are taken to comply with the sanitary measures.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena