Jury
In Catalan:
Karen Madrid Ribas, born in Tordera in 1985, holds an undergraduate degree in audiovisual communication from the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) and has been the director and host of Quimèric on Ràdio Sabadell since 2016, focusing on fantastic genres. Linked to that programme, she has also been moderating a book club at the Vapor Badia Library in Sabadell since 2017. In addition, she’s a board member of the Catalan Society for Science Fiction and Fantasy (SCCFF) and has been on the panels of various literary and film awards, including the 42 Festival awards.
Miquel Codony (Santa Coloma de Gramenet, 1976) has a degree in Medicine and Surgery, a master's degree in Public Health. He currently works as a secondary school teacher, although his passion for genre literature has led him to be co-organiser of festivals dedicated to fantasy literature such as MIRcon/Hispacon (Montcada i Reixac, 2014) and BCon/EuroCon (Barcelona, 2016). Codony is also co-director of the monthly podcast from El Biblionauta, Esperant el Cometa, and is one of the promoters of the podcast Neo Nostromo and the video podcast The Spoiler Club. He also runs the fantasy literature reading club at the Biblioteca de Montcada i Reixac library and Farenheit, El Biblionauta’s reading club for new fantasy literature in Catalan.
Tatiana Dunyó (1991) is an actress and scriptwriter and they describe themself as unabashed in general and also as a habitual reader of genre literature. They currently form part of the association for the promotion of fantasy genres and science fiction, El Biblionauta, through which they have reviewed numerous titles, always with an intersectional perspective. As an actress, Dunyó focuses on exploring the galvanic potential of art through their theatre companies: Fantàstica Meravellosa and Endramats. Rumour also has it that they have a great capacity to captivate karaoke audiences with their prodigious extravagance.
Cristina Xifra i Estrany, born in Cassà de la Selva in 1971, is an information security expert, author, bookworm and time-travel fan, though for now she has to settle for travelling only into the future, and at the same speed as the rest of humanity. In 2017, she started writing for cultural magazine Week & Sabadell’s “El Turmix” section, and her stories have been published in anthologies such as Extraordinàries [Extraordinary Women] (Males Herbes). She was a co-winner of the Association of Catalan-Language Writers’ 3rd “Imagine a Love” Award at the QLit Festival, won the Town of Consell’s Joan Guasp Theatre Award and has also participated in several genre roundtable discussions, both as a speaker and as a moderator.
In Spanish:
Daniel Pérez Castrillón, born in Asturias in 1990, works as a bookseller, although he says that his real profession is that of “professional reader”. He also runs the genre literature and comics blog Boy with Letters, and writes for Windumanoth magazine. In short, he lives, eats and breathes genre literature. Under the alias Mangrii, he writes about science fiction, fantasy and horror for the general public on social media, in addition to exploring his other cultural interests, such as YA literature, manga, TV series and cinema.
Leticia Lara defines herself as a compulsive reader, and her career attests to this. With Cristina Jurado, she edited the science fiction anthology Alucinadas [Women Astounded] (Sportula), consisting exclusively of stories by female genre authors. In addition to reading, she enjoys sharing her literary discoveries on the Fantástica-Ficción blog, where for several years she’s been reviewing every new title that comes her way, in addition to offering book-themed puzzles for her readers.
Carla Plumed, born in Barcelona in 1983, is a literary communicator on social media (Twitter, Instagram and Twitch), where she uses the pseudonym Café de Tinta. She directed the literary podcast Café Librería, a transmedia project that has won an Ignotus Award for best audiovisual production, for four years. Currently, she and Inés Galiano direct Furia en la librería, recorded live at Gigamesh bookshop. The podcast has twice been shortlisted for the Ignotus Award for best audiovisual production.
Borja Bilbao (Santander, 1984) is a literary journalist who specialises in genres such as science fiction, fantasy and horror. He currently works as a copywriter for the magazine Windumanoth. Bilbao also participates in various activities related to genre literature through articles and podcasts, as well as collaborating with a number of publishing houses whose catalogues include genre titles. As a journalist, he has also been a speaker and presenter at a number of book fairs and festivals such as Celsius in Avilés, Hispacon and Festival 42. He currently lives in London, where he also organises and coordinates literary meetings and carries out networking.
