It is high heat and thundering news sailors escaping from Africa across the Mediterranean Sea, They call them refugees and have brown skin and heart on tenterhooks. This sea where all sail, on yachts, in sailboats, and pateras. All on the same puddle and we are not able to paddle in unison.

Formentera, Pont de Poesia held its X Meeting of Poets that took place in beautiful Formentera during the month of June 2018. Poets came from distant lands, Sebastià Alzamora from Mallorca, Josep Anton Soldevila and Emili Bou of Catalonia, Teresa Pascual from the Valencià Country. The writers of Ibiza and Formentera did not make such a long journey. Our dear Carles Fabregat also attended, as well as Joan Ferrer, Esteve Portas y Maria Teresa Ferrer.

A happily clear afternoon on the small Balearic island of Ibiza inspired the birth of Ibiza Quills. They have appeared to develop literary activities, to create and tell short stories, art and images, to chat and for other interesting collaborations. Its mission is to nurture creativity. They materialize their objectives through workshops, writing, with contests, pop-ups, art and poetry. You can contact them on their website, on Facebook and Instagram. And whether you are a member or not you can enjoy their workshops and other activities.

Carlos Taibo NEW IN IBIZA, writer and professor of political science at the Autonomous University of Madrid, He is one of the intellectual referents of the Theories of Decrease and an expert in anarchism. Last 28 of May, presented his latest work at the Sa Cultural bookstore: “The forgotten of the forgotten. A century and a half of anarchism in Spain”.