‘FIRMAS FIN DE MES’ is back in la Cuesta de Moyano

The Association of Friends of Moyano ‘Soy De La Cuesta’, in collaboration with the Madrid City Council with the support of the Culture, Tourism and Sports Area and also, through the Madrid Capital de Moda project, returns with a new edition of the Firmas Fin de Mes (END OF THE MONTH SIGNATURES) initiative. Therefore, he returns with a project that aims to reactivate the commercial and cultural activity of this key location for the life of Madrid. The Association Soy de la Cuesta has prepared a program, which from July to December 2021, will have the presence of different writers and writers who will be signing their works on the last weekend of each month in different booths of La Cuesta de Moyano

 ‘FIRMAS DE FIN DE MES’ schedule – july / december 2021 🖋

July – Sunday 25

• Rodrigo Cortés (Booth 25) He wanted to be a painter, writer and musician; Today he does it all at the same time by dedicating himself to the cinema. He has worked with actors of the stature of Robert de Niro, Sigourney Weaver, Ryan Reynolds and Uma Thurman. As a writer, he published at the end of 2013 At 3 is 2, a collection of anti-aphorisms, delusions and hand bombs and, a year later, Yes It Matters the Way a Man Sinks, his first novel. In 2016 his new brewery book appeared: Sleeping is for ducks. He signs the VERBOLARY section for ABC – a satirical dictionary in which he strips a word out every day – and writes regularly on its third page. Talk about film, literature and music in Here there are dragons and Almighty, the two most listened to podcasts of the moment. The extraordinary years is his second novel.
• Luis Prados de la Escosura (Booth 20) (Málaga, 1959) He has a degree in Hispanic Philology from the Complutense University of Madrid and a master’s degree in journalism from EL PAÍS, a newspaper in which he worked for thirty years as editor-in-chief of Internacional, a correspondent in Mexico and Central America. He was the founder of EL PAÍS Brasil, deputy director and director of America. The Madrid Wall (Turner, 2021) What would have happened if the civil war ended in a draw and the victorious powers of World War II had divided Spain like Germany? Set in the early fifties, this novel recreates life in those two Spains: the national one is a fragile and corrupt parliamentary monarchy, protected by the Army and the Church; and the other, a communist dictatorship. The novel proposes a reading of the present and its artificial political discord and warns of the risk of repeating the battles of the past. It is also the love story between Fermín Salvatierra, a young journalist who deals with censorship in Spain.

August – Sunday 29

• Cruz Morcillo (Booth 13) (Castellar, 1973) is dedicated to counting events and police information on ABC. She collaborates with the COPE network and in El program de Ana Rosa, among others. He has received awards from the General Council of the Judiciary, the National Police and the Civil Guard. He was especially excited about the Police Merit Cross with a white badge. He has written the books Word of Vor. The Russian mafias in Spain, award for the best non-fiction book of the Black Week of Gijón (2011). In 2015 he was once again a finalist for Rodolfo Walsh for The Crime of Asunta.

September – Saturday 25

• Nativel Preciado (Booth 17) She is a journalist, novelist, and political analyst. She was a parliamentary chronicler in the Transition and for four decades has worked in the main press, radio and television media. She has received numerous distinctions for her journalistic career, among others, the Francisco Cerecedo Award, the Víctor de la Serna Award, the Silver Pen, the Honor Award from the Press Association and the Manuel Alcántara Award for International Journalism for a Lifetime professional. She is the author of essays, among which are Out of the Field, Women’s Feelings, Close Friends, Strange Couples, Let’s Talk About Life (with José Antonio Marina), No One Could With Them, If I Had One Hundred Thousand Followers and Let’s Remember , as well as the novels El egoísta, finalist for the 1999 Planeta Award, Silver Wedding, Iron Road, 2007 Spring Novel Award, Cherry Time Arrived, Sing Only for Me, 2014 Fernando Lara Novel Award, and El Nobel and the showgirl. Currently she collaborates in InfoLibre and in various TVE and Atresmedia programs.

• Javier Santamarta del Pozo (Booth 7) He was born in the Chamberí neighborhood. He is a regular contributor to various radio programs. He has managed to have his own sections on esRadio on history, on Gestiona Radio on literature, and on Onda Cero and Onda Madrid as a regular guest. He has his own blog on ABC called “Notes from the Senior Spy.” His books have been sold by the thousands. Both We always had heroes, and SHE ALWAYS were, with various editions of both.

September – Saturday 26 

• Vanessa Montfort (Booth 14) (1975) She grew up in Madrid. Graduated in Journalism, she is a novelist and playwright. Considered one of the most prominent voices in recent Spanish-language literature, her work is present in 25 countries. She is the author of The Secret Ingredient (XI Ateneo Joven de Sevilla Prize, 2006), Mythology of New York (XLII Ateneo de Sevilla Prize, 2010) and The Legend of the Island without Voice (City of Zaragoza Prize. Best Historical Novel of the Year 2014). With The Dream of the Chrysalis he confirms his critical and public success, reaching 24 editions in Spain and his presence in 20 countries. As a playwright, she is the author of fifteen titles premiered inside and outside of Spain, from London or Rome to Latin America. Her most recent work, Firmado Lejárraga, is a resounding success that has earned him a re-premiere at the National Dramatic Center and a finalist for the 2020 Max Awards as Best Theatrical Authorship.
• Marta Jiménez Serrano (Booth 23) (Madrid, 1990) She has a degree in Hispanic Philology from the Complutense University of Madrid and has completed a master’s degree in Literary Studies and another in Modern Letters. For four years she lived in France, where she worked as a professor of Language and Literature at the University of Lorraine. She is currently an editor at Turner. His collection of poems, The Light Age, was second prize in the 2020 Adonáis Poetry Prize. The proper names is her first novel.
• María Fernández-Miranda (Booth 21) She was born in Gijón and lives in Madrid. She has worked for Elle, Marie Claire and Yo Dona magazines; she currently holds the position of deputy director at Cosmopolitan. She is the author of the non-fiction book No Mothers. Women without children against clichés, as a result of whose appearance she was invited to give a TEDx talk that has already exceeded 175,000 views on YouTube.The summer we returned to Alegranza (Plaza & Janés, 2021) At thirty-five years old, Leandra She has become estranged from her husband, has lost all enthusiasm for her work and has witnessed the death of her aunt Valentina in dramatic circumstances. In search of answers to the existential crisis in which she finds herself immersed, she decides to spend a summer in Alegranza – the Indian house that her grandfather Tomás built in the Asturian town of Colunga – and accept the challenge of a prestigious perfumer: to make a perfume to help her define herself. Leandra will unveil the different layers of secrets that, like the ingredients in a fragrance, make up her family’s history.

October – Saturday 24 

• María Gómez (Booth 16) She is a journalist, presenter and communicator. In music radio, she has been closely linked to the M80 station, co-presenting their morning shows during different stages. At present, she collaborates in the program “Anda ya”, of Los 40. She has an extensive curriculum linked to cultural and entertainment formats on Cadena SER (“La Ventana”, “A vive que son dos Días”, ” Modern life “or” If Amanece Nos Vamos “) and on television (” That program you are talking about “,” The first question “,” Likes “,” 90 Minuti “,” Zapeando “,” Dani & Flo “,” A full screen “or” As of today “) on TVE, Mediaset, Cuatro, Telecinco, La Sexta and # 0. Hate in the hands is his literary debut.