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Barcelona, Catalonia. The Basque literature festival in Barcelona, Literaldia is celebrating its 10^th edition this year, an anniversary that organizers, the Barcelona Euskal Etxea Basque club, will celebrate with a varied program of events in 2014.  The goal is to introduce the latest in the Basque literary world to the city by using various points of view and disciplines: stories, poetry, dance, theater, music, bertsolaritza as well as in social networks.

The event will take place from April 23^rd to May 28^th, and as Euskal Etxea stresses that the majority of the activities are free of charge in order to make the literature available to all.

Along with the Literaldia 2014 schedule, we have also included some interesting Basque dates in Barcelona:

-April 23^rd:  Book signing all day long at the Euskal Etxea stand at the Ramblas
-April 24^th:  20:00, at the Euskal Etxea, writer Elena Moreno will present her book Donde quiera que estes (Wherever you are). Free
-April 25^th: 20:00, at the SAT Theater, Kukai and Ttanttaka will present “Hnuy Illa,” dance show based on poems by Joseba Sarrionandia.  Price: 15€ (members 10€)
-April 26^th: 20:00, at the Basque Club, poetry/music recital “Hondakindegia,” with Mikel Ayerbe and Iñigo Artiz. Free
-May 9^th: 20:00 at the Euskal Etxea, dramatic reading of Bahia de la Concha (Bay of the Concha) by Carlos Zabala and Paul Berrondo.  Price: 8€
-May 10^th: 20:00 at the Euskal Etxea acoustic concert by Doctor Deseo.  Admission 5 Euros, members free
-May 15^th: 20:00 at the Girona Theaters, screening of the film Ander as part of the World Day against Homophobia.  Price 4.5 Euros, Members 3 Euros
-May 16^th: 20:00 at the Euskal Etxea, inauguration of the “Argi eta garbi” exhibit by Juan Arrosagaray. Free
-May 17^th: 21:00 at the Razzmatazz 2, Doctor Deseo concert.  Admission: at the window 18 Euros, in advance 15 Euros
-May 23^rd: 20:00 at the Euskal Etxea, presentation of Hobe kontatzen ez badidazu (Better if you don’t Count Me), anthology of Catalan stories translated in to Basque, with Aritz Galarraga, director of the anthology and various authors. Free
-May 24^th: 20:00 at the Euskal Etxea, Bertso show “Bi bala,” Free
-May 28^th: 19:30 at the Euskal Etxea, Barcelona Basque Student contest, based on the ETB program “Mihiluze”

As every year, during the festival the Mikroipuina and Ipuintzarra will take place on Twitter.  For more information search hash tags: #mikroipuina #mikroconte #ipuintzarra y #megaconte.

-Complete information on the Literaldia 2014 website