The 14th edition of the Febrer Negre literary event in Palma will kick off on Saturday the 17th of February. This new edition features different activities that will take place in different venues around the city of Palma. Between the 17th and 24th of February, Febrer Negre offers conferences, itineraries and presentations.

The programme was announced this week, with the presence of the cultural entrepreneurs Francesc Sanchis and Glòria Forteza-Rey, representing the Quars and Embat bookshops, the organisers of the event, accompanied by spokespeople from the collaborating institutions, entities and groups, such as the Fundació Mallorca Literària, the Universitat de les Illes Balears and the Gremi de Llibreters de Mallorca, as well as the Ajuntament de Palma (Palma City Hall). Cort has lent its collaboration to hold the conference ‘Calamars de potera: la novel-la negra mallorquina’, which will be given by the writer Sebastià Bennasar on Friday the 23rd of February at 5:30 pm in the Joan Alcover library.

Programme of Febrer Negre 2024 in Palma

  • Start of the Festival Febrer Negre 2024. 17th February – Saturday: 10:00.
    The 14th edition of Febrer Negre begins with an itinerary guided by Joan Carles Palos. Discover the real crimes of Palma in this fascinating tour.
  • Conferences and Presentations:
    • The noir genre as a teaching tool for researchers. Ingrid E. Sánchez Díez, Doctor in Law.
    • Reality at the crime scene. Consuelo Pérez, Director of the Institute of Legal Medicine.
    • Marcos Ramos, Judicial Police-Civil Guard specialist in criminalistics.
    • Presentation of the book “El confident”. Xavier Álvarez Llaberia, Member of the Mossos d’Esquadra and lecturer in the Master’s Degree in Criminal Investigation and Analysis of Criminal Behaviour.

programa febrer negro mallorca