Laura Huerga Ayza

Laura Huerga is a publisher and founder, together with Jordi Fernández, of Raig Verd Editorial, which publishes narrative and non-fiction for adults with the aim of giving more space to works that are inquisitive, committed, bold, non-conformist and demanding from the most diverse cultures and languages. It has published authors such as Svetlana Alexievich, Kevin Barry, Jean Echenoz, Ali Smith, Peter Handke and Ngugi wa Thiong’o and has received recognition internationally as an outstanding publisher for the dissemination of good literature. With Blanca Busquets, she has co-authored Tu, calla! Sobre llibertat d’expressió i manifestació (You, Shut up! On Freedom of Expression and Demonstration, Raig Verd, 2018), a response to and denunciation of the so-called Gag Law and the reform of the 2015 Penal Code. She writes the column “La Llança” for the Cultural Supplement of El Nacional and has been president of Catalan PEN since 2022.