Ghosts of Buenos Aires - An Evening with Mariana Enriquez

Description

Join Mariana Enriquez, the 2026 Writer in Residence at Flinders University, for a special visual tour of the places that inspired her writing. 

“The queen of Latin American literary horror” 
~The Saturday Paper

From the haunted neighbourhoods of Buenos Aires that have terrorised contemporary horror lovers to the famous (and infamous) cemeteries explored in her essay collection Somebody Is Walking on Your Grave (TIME Magazine Must-Read Book 2025), Enriquez will guide audiences through the real places behind her work. 

Accompanied by a projection of photographs hand-selected by Enriquez herself, this special event offers a rare glimpse into the landscapes that have shaped some of the most acclaimed gothic writing of the twenty-first century

Mariana Enriquez is an award-winning Argentine writer and journalist whose acclaimed fiction has been translated into more than twenty languages. She is the author of the internationally celebrated novel Our Share of Night, winner of Spain's prestigious Premio Herralde de Novela, and numerous short story collections, including the International Booker Prize shortlisted The Dangers of Smoking in Bed. 

In 2024, she received the José Donoso Ibero-American Prize for Literature, one of the Spanish-speaking world's leading literary honours. A Netflix adaptation of her stories, My Sad Dead, is scheduled for release in 2026. Born in Buenos Aires, Enriquez now lives in Launceston, Tasmania. 

The event will be followed by an audience Q&A and book signing.

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