--- title: "Literature Events in Bogotá: Workshops & Readings" description: "Find literature events in Bogotá. Book clubs, writing workshops, author readings, and more. Filter by date, area, and price to see what's on this week." canonical: "https://quehacer.enbogota.app/en/categorias/literatura" --- # Literature Events in Bogotá: Workshops & Readings Bogotá breathes literature all year round. The city runs one of the largest public library networks in Latin America, and readings, workshops, and meetups happen there almost daily. This category covers book clubs, oral storytelling, writing workshops, baby storytime sessions, and presentations by local authors. Many of these events are free and take place across the city's neighborhoods. The calendar changes often. Use the filters for date, area, and price to see what is happening this week or this weekend, then click into each event for times and the official source. ## Events (77) - [LEGACY SUMMIT 2026: SEMBRANDO UN LEGADO | Honoring what we've received and preparing for succession](https://quehacer.enbogota.app/en/evento/legacy-summit-2026-sembrando-un-legado-honrar-lo-recibido-y-prepararnos-para-la-sucesion) — Aug 11 – Sep 17 - [The street is poetry](https://quehacer.enbogota.app/en/evento/la-calle-es-poesia) — Thu, Aug 13, 9:00 AM · Biblioteca Pública Soledad Lamprea - Perdomo · Free - [Family Boarding: To the Rhythm of Your Baby! (0 to 17 months)](https://quehacer.enbogota.app/en/evento/en-barco-familiar-al-compas-de-tu-bebe-0-a-17-meses) — Thu, Aug 13, 10:00 AM · Biblioteca Pública Virgilio Barco · Free - [Literary Café: Bogotá Between Pages](https://quehacer.enbogota.app/en/evento/cafe-literario-bogota-entre-paginas) — Thu, Aug 13, 10:30 AM · Biblioteca Pública CEFE Cometas · Free - [Family on Board: To the Rhythm of Your Baby! (18 months to 5 years)](https://quehacer.enbogota.app/en/evento/en-barco-familiar-al-compas-de-tu-bebe-18-meses-a-5-anos) — Thu, Aug 13, 11:30 AM · Biblioteca Pública Virgilio Barco · Free - [Roots of kings and pawns – Chess club](https://quehacer.enbogota.app/en/evento/raices-de-reyes-y-peones-club-de-ajedrez) — Thu, Aug 13, 2:00 PM · Biblioteca Pública Arborizadora Alta · Free - [Literary Ping Pong: Readers and Sports!](https://quehacer.enbogota.app/en/evento/ping-pong-literario-lectores-y-deporte) — Thu, Aug 13, 3:00 PM · Biblioteca Público Escolar La Marichuela · Free - [Literary Café: A Gathering to Read, Talk, and Discover](https://quehacer.enbogota.app/en/evento/cafe-literario-un-encuentro-para-leer-conversar-y-descubrir) — Thu, Aug 13, 4:00 PM · Biblioteca Pública Julio Mario Santo Domingo · Free - [Creative Writing Lab](https://quehacer.enbogota.app/en/evento/laboratorio-de-escritura-creativa) — Thu, Aug 13, 5:00 PM · Biblioteca Pública Carlos E. Restrepo · Free - [Flavors That Tell Stories: Urban Gardens and Memory in the City](https://quehacer.enbogota.app/en/evento/sabores-que-cuentan-huertas-y-memoria-en-la-ciudad) — Fri, Aug 14, 9:00 AM · Biblioteca Pública Rafael Uribe Uribe · Free - [Colors in Water: Watercolor Workshop](https://quehacer.enbogota.app/en/evento/colores-al-agua-taller-de-acuarela) — Fri, Aug 14, 10:00 AM · Biblioteca Pública Lago Timiza · Free - [Babies at the Gabo (0 to 17 months)](https://quehacer.enbogota.app/en/evento/bebes-en-la-gabo-0-a-17-meses) — Fri, Aug 14, 10:00 AM · Biblioteca Pública Gabriel García Márquez - Tunal · Free - [Semillas de Sabiduría: Older Adults' Club](https://quehacer.enbogota.app/en/evento/semillas-de-sabiduria-club-de-personas-mayores) — Fri, Aug 14, 2:00 PM · Biblioteca Pública Manuel Zapata Olivella - Tintal · Free - [Mirages on the board: The fox and the false threats](https://quehacer.enbogota.app/en/evento/espejismos-en-el-tablero-el-zorro-y-las-falsas-amenazas) — Fri, Aug 14, 2:30 PM · Biblioteca Pública El Mirador · Free - [Literary café: Bogotá, city of letters; a city that reads and writes itself](https://quehacer.enbogota.app/en/evento/cafe-literario-bogota-ciudad-de-letras-una-ciudad-que-se-lee-y-se-escribe-a-si-misma) — Fri, Aug 14, 3:00 PM · Biblioteca Pública Venecia · Free - [Babies at La Gabo (18 months to 5 years)](https://quehacer.enbogota.app/en/evento/bebes-en-la-gabo-18-meses-a-5-anos) — Fri, Aug 14, 3:00 PM · Biblioteca Pública Gabriel García Márquez - Tunal · Free - [Story Time: Every Story Opens the Door to a World](https://quehacer.enbogota.app/en/evento/hora-del-cuento-cada-cuento-abre-la-puerta-a-un-mundo) — Fri, Aug 14, 3:00 PM · Biblioteca Pública Lago Timiza · Free - [Bogotá birthday: Babies and textures!](https://quehacer.enbogota.app/en/evento/cumpleanos-bogota-bebes-y-texturas) — Fri, Aug 14, 3:00 PM · Biblioteca Público Escolar La Marichuela · Free - [Shape your ideas: Introduction to 3D modeling (Session 1/3)](https://quehacer.enbogota.app/en/evento/modela-tus-ideas-introduccion-al-modelado-3d-sesion-1-3) — Fri, Aug 14, 3:30 PM · Biblioteca Pública Bosa · Free - [Time capsule](https://quehacer.enbogota.app/en/evento/capsula-del-tiempo) — Fri, Aug 14, 4:00 PM · Biblioteca Pública Bosa · Free - [Umbral: Poetry Workshop](https://quehacer.enbogota.app/en/evento/umbral-laboratorio-de-poesia) — Fri, Aug 14, 4:00 PM · Biblioteca Pública Gabriel García Márquez - Tunal · Free - [The city, the street, and the everyday: dirty realism poetry](https://quehacer.enbogota.app/en/evento/la-ciudad-la-calle-y-lo-cotidiano-poesia-del-realismo-sucio) — Fri, Aug 14, 4:00 PM · Biblioteca Pública Julio Mario Santo Domingo · Free - [The Bogotá We Dream Of](https://quehacer.enbogota.app/en/evento/la-bogota-que-sonamos) — Sat, Aug 15, 11:00 AM · Biblioteca Público Escolar Sumapaz · Free - [Literary Explorers](https://quehacer.enbogota.app/en/evento/exploradores-literarios) — Sat, Aug 15, 11:00 AM · Biblioteca Pública Julio Mario Santo Domingo · Free - [Beyond Brevity (Laying the Foundations for the Long Short Story) - Creative Writing Workshop](https://quehacer.enbogota.app/en/evento/mas-alla-de-la-brevedad-cimentando-las-bases-del-cuento-extenso-taller-de-escritura-creativa) — Sat, Aug 15, 1:00 PM · Biblioteca Pública Arborizadora Alta · Free - [Living Libraries: The Treasures of Old Age](https://quehacer.enbogota.app/en/evento/bibliotecas-vivas-los-tesoros-de-las-canas) — Sat, Aug 15, 2:00 PM · Biblioteca Pública El Mirador · Free - [Story Time: Stories to Imagine](https://quehacer.enbogota.app/en/evento/hora-del-cuento-historias-para-imaginar) — Sat, Aug 15, 3:00 PM · Biblioteca Pública Gabriel García Márquez - Tunal · Free - [Literary Café: Neighborhoods Also Keep Stories](https://quehacer.enbogota.app/en/evento/cafe-literario-los-barrios-tambien-guardan-historias) — Sat, Aug 15, 3:00 PM · Biblioteca Pública Usaquén - Servitá · Free - [Reading as a Family](https://quehacer.enbogota.app/en/evento/leer-en-familia) — Sun, Aug 16, 2:00 PM · Biblioteca Pública Gabriel García Márquez - Tunal · Free - [Literary Casino: A Bet on Imagination](https://quehacer.enbogota.app/en/evento/casino-literario-apuesta-por-la-imaginacion) — Tue, Aug 18, 10:00 AM · Biblioteca Pública Las Ferias · Free - [Neighborhood Games](https://quehacer.enbogota.app/en/evento/juegos-del-barrio) — Tue, Aug 18, 2:00 PM · Biblioteca Pública La Victoria · Free - [Poetics of the Word - Literary Café (Cycle of Invisible Bogotá)](https://quehacer.enbogota.app/en/evento/poeticas-de-la-palabra-cafe-literario-ciclo-de-la-bogota-invisible) — Tue, Aug 18, 2:00 PM · Biblioteca Pública Virgilio Barco · Free - [City Games, Then and Now](https://quehacer.enbogota.app/en/evento/juegos-en-la-ciudad-antes-y-ahora) — Wed, Aug 19, 9:30 AM · Biblioteca Pública Rafael Uribe Uribe · Free - [Knowledge That Blooms in La Siempre Viva](https://quehacer.enbogota.app/en/evento/saberes-que-florecen-en-la-siempre-viva) — Wed, Aug 19, 10:00 AM · Biblioteca Pública Carlos E. Restrepo · Free - [Senior Citizens' Club The Charm of Our History; Memory and Stories of the Territory, Libraries as Stages to Narrate the City – Bogotá's Birthday](https://quehacer.enbogota.app/en/evento/club-de-persona-mayor-el-encanto-de-nuestra-historia-memoria-y-relatos-del-territorio-las-bibliotecas-como-escenarios-para-narrar-la-ciudad-cumpleanos-de-bogota) — Wed, Aug 19, 10:00 AM · Biblioteca Pública Julio Mario Santo Domingo · Free - [Dreams That Fly High](https://quehacer.enbogota.app/en/evento/suenos-que-vuelan-alto) — Wed, Aug 19, 10:30 AM · Biblioteca Público Escolar Sumapaz · Free - [Leo con mi bebé: Bogotá se descubre con los sentidos](https://quehacer.enbogota.app/en/evento/leo-con-mi-bebe-bogota-se-descubre-con-los-sentidos) — Wed, Aug 19, 11:00 AM · Biblioteca Pública Francisco José de Caldas - Suba · Free - [Lactancia y ciudad: cuerpos que cuidan, territorios que acompañan](https://quehacer.enbogota.app/en/evento/lactancia-y-ciudad-cuerpos-que-cuidan-territorios-que-acompanan) — Wed, Aug 19, 11:00 AM · Biblioteca Pública CEFE Fontanar del Río · Free - [Voces indígenas: Mujeres que tejen identidad](https://quehacer.enbogota.app/en/evento/voces-indigenas-mujeres-que-tejen-identidad) — Wed, Aug 19, 2:00 PM · Biblioteca Pública La Victoria · Free - [Club de personas mayores: Imprescindibles de la literatura](https://quehacer.enbogota.app/en/evento/club-de-personas-mayores-imprescindibles-de-la-literatura) — Wed, Aug 19, 2:00 PM · Biblioteca Pública Lago Timiza · Free - [¡Naturaleza y ciudad!](https://quehacer.enbogota.app/en/evento/naturaleza-y-ciudad) — Wed, Aug 19, 2:30 PM · Biblioteca Público Escolar La Marichuela · Free - [Tambó literary café](https://quehacer.enbogota.app/en/evento/cafe-literario-tambo) — Wed, Aug 19, 4:00 PM · Biblioteca Pública Manuel Zapata Olivella - Tintal · Free - [Family Boarding: To the Rhythm of Your Baby! (0 to 17 months)](https://quehacer.enbogota.app/en/evento/en-barco-familiar-al-compas-de-tu-bebe-0-a-17-meses) — Thu, Aug 20, 10:00 AM · Biblioteca Pública Virgilio Barco · Free - [Literary Café: Bogotá Between Pages](https://quehacer.enbogota.app/en/evento/cafe-literario-bogota-entre-paginas) — Thu, Aug 20, 10:30 AM · Biblioteca Pública CEFE Cometas · Free - [Family on Board: To the Rhythm of Your Baby! (18 months to 5 years)](https://quehacer.enbogota.app/en/evento/en-barco-familiar-al-compas-de-tu-bebe-18-meses-a-5-anos) — Thu, Aug 20, 11:30 AM · Biblioteca Pública Virgilio Barco · Free - [Slow-Burn Strategies - Chess Club](https://quehacer.enbogota.app/en/evento/estrategias-a-fuego-lento-club-de-ajedrez) — Thu, Aug 20, 2:00 PM · Biblioteca Pública Arborizadora Alta · Free - [Playing with Literature](https://quehacer.enbogota.app/en/evento/jugando-con-la-literatura) — Thu, Aug 20, 2:00 PM · Biblioteca Pública Soledad Lamprea - Perdomo · Free - [Literary Ping Pong: City and Sports!](https://quehacer.enbogota.app/en/evento/ping-pong-literario-ciudad-y-deporte) — Thu, Aug 20, 3:00 PM · Biblioteca Público Escolar La Marichuela · Free - [Literary Café: A Gathering to Read, Talk, and Discover](https://quehacer.enbogota.app/en/evento/cafe-literario-un-encuentro-para-leer-conversar-y-descubrir) — Thu, Aug 20, 4:00 PM · Biblioteca Pública Julio Mario Santo Domingo · Free - [Creative Writing Lab](https://quehacer.enbogota.app/en/evento/laboratorio-de-escritura-creativa) — Thu, Aug 20, 5:00 PM · Biblioteca Pública Carlos E. Restrepo · Free - [El Chirco: Memories that Sprout Between the Hills](https://quehacer.enbogota.app/en/evento/el-chirco-memorias-que-germinan-entre-los-cerros) — Fri, Aug 21, 9:00 AM · Biblioteca Pública Rafael Uribe Uribe · Free - [Babies at the Gabo (0 to 17 months)](https://quehacer.enbogota.app/en/evento/bebes-en-la-gabo-0-a-17-meses) — Fri, Aug 21, 10:00 AM · Biblioteca Pública Gabriel García Márquez - Tunal · Free - [The Fragmented City: Reading Madness, Exclusion, and Everyday Life](https://quehacer.enbogota.app/en/evento/la-ciudad-fragmentada-leer-la-locura-la-exclusion-y-la-cotidianidad) — Fri, Aug 21, 10:00 AM · Biblioteca Pública La Victoria · Free - [Readings and Textures for Babies: A World of Little Bugs](https://quehacer.enbogota.app/en/evento/lecturas-y-texturas-para-bebes-un-mundo-de-bichitos) — Fri, Aug 21, 11:00 AM · Biblioteca Pública Manuel Zapata Olivella - Tintal · Free - [Semillas de Sabiduría: Older Adults' Club](https://quehacer.enbogota.app/en/evento/semillas-de-sabiduria-club-de-personas-mayores) — Fri, Aug 21, 2:00 PM · Biblioteca Pública Manuel Zapata Olivella - Tintal · Free - [The Power of Territory: Pieces in Search of Their Place](https://quehacer.enbogota.app/en/evento/el-poder-del-territorio-piezas-en-busca-de-su-lugar) — Fri, Aug 21, 2:30 PM · Biblioteca Pública El Mirador · Free - [The Shapes of the Imagined City](https://quehacer.enbogota.app/en/evento/las-formas-de-la-ciudad-imaginada) — Fri, Aug 21, 3:00 PM · Biblioteca Pública Carlos E. Restrepo · Free - [Babies at La Gabo (18 months to 5 years)](https://quehacer.enbogota.app/en/evento/bebes-en-la-gabo-18-meses-a-5-anos) — Fri, Aug 21, 3:00 PM · Biblioteca Pública Gabriel García Márquez - Tunal · Free - [Story Time: Every Story Opens the Door to a World](https://quehacer.enbogota.app/en/evento/hora-del-cuento-cada-cuento-abre-la-puerta-a-un-mundo) — Fri, Aug 21, 3:00 PM · Biblioteca Pública Lago Timiza · Free - [Bogotá's Birthday: Moms, Families, and the City!](https://quehacer.enbogota.app/en/evento/cumpleanos-bogota-mamas-familias-y-ciudad) — Fri, Aug 21, 3:00 PM · Biblioteca Público Escolar La Marichuela · Free - [Model Your Ideas: Introduction to 3D Modeling (Session 2/3)](https://quehacer.enbogota.app/en/evento/modela-tus-ideas-introduccion-al-modelado-3d-sesion-2-3) — Fri, Aug 21, 3:30 PM · Biblioteca Pública Bosa · Free - [Umbral: Poetry Workshop](https://quehacer.enbogota.app/en/evento/umbral-laboratorio-de-poesia) — Fri, Aug 21, 4:00 PM · Biblioteca Pública Gabriel García Márquez - Tunal · Free - [Living Memories to Honor Old Age](https://quehacer.enbogota.app/en/evento/memorias-vivas-para-honrar-la-vejez) — Fri, Aug 21, 4:00 PM · Biblioteca Pública Bosa · Free - [Yoga with Kids!](https://quehacer.enbogota.app/en/evento/yoga-con-ninos-y-ninas) — Fri, Aug 21, 4:00 PM · Biblioteca Pública Manuel Zapata Olivella - Tintal · Free - [Breaking the Word: The Legacy of Nadaísmo](https://quehacer.enbogota.app/en/evento/romper-la-palabra-el-legado-del-nadaismo) — Fri, Aug 21, 4:00 PM · Biblioteca Pública Julio Mario Santo Domingo · Free - [Bogotá Tale](https://quehacer.enbogota.app/en/evento/cuento-bogotano) — Fri, Aug 21, 5:00 PM · Biblioteca Pública del Deporte - Centro Felicidad Chapinero · Free - [Fiction Club](https://quehacer.enbogota.app/en/evento/club-de-ficcion) — Fri, Aug 21, 5:00 PM · Biblioteca Pública Carlos E. Restrepo · Free - [Baby Explorers: Hands That Uncover Little Stories](https://quehacer.enbogota.app/en/evento/bebes-exploradores-las-manos-que-descubren-pequenas-historias) — Sat, Aug 22, 10:30 AM · Biblioteca Pública Usaquén - Servitá · Free - [Poetry and Fiction](https://quehacer.enbogota.app/en/evento/poesia-y-ficcion) — Sat, Aug 22, 10:30 AM · Biblioteca Pública Bosa · Free - [Literary Explorers](https://quehacer.enbogota.app/en/evento/exploradores-literarios) — Sat, Aug 22, 11:00 AM · Biblioteca Pública Julio Mario Santo Domingo · Free - [Bogotá in 100 Years](https://quehacer.enbogota.app/en/evento/bogota-en-100-anos) — Sat, Aug 22, 11:00 AM · Biblioteca Pública La Victoria · Free - [Multiplicando voces y espacios (Complejidad en el cuento largo) - Taller de escritura creativa](https://quehacer.enbogota.app/en/evento/multiplicando-voces-y-espacios-complejidad-en-el-cuento-largo-taller-de-escritura-creativa) — Sat, Aug 22, 1:00 PM · Biblioteca Pública Arborizadora Alta · Free - [Cartógrafos del Aire: El Universo de las Palabras](https://quehacer.enbogota.app/en/evento/cartografos-del-aire-el-universo-de-las-palabras) — Sat, Aug 22, 2:00 PM · Biblioteca Pública El Mirador · Free - [Story Time: Stories to Imagine](https://quehacer.enbogota.app/en/evento/hora-del-cuento-historias-para-imaginar) — Sat, Aug 22, 3:00 PM · Biblioteca Pública Gabriel García Márquez - Tunal · Free - [Café Literario: Las voces que construyen la ciudad](https://quehacer.enbogota.app/en/evento/cafe-literario-las-voces-que-construyen-la-ciudad) — Sat, Aug 22, 3:00 PM · Biblioteca Pública Usaquén - Servitá · Free - [Memorias vivas para honrar la vejez - Voces rebeldes](https://quehacer.enbogota.app/en/evento/memorias-vivas-para-honrar-la-vejez-voces-rebeldes) — Sat, Aug 22, 3:00 PM · Biblioteca Pública Arborizadora Alta · Free - [Reading as a Family](https://quehacer.enbogota.app/en/evento/leer-en-familia) — Sun, Aug 23, 2:00 PM · Biblioteca Pública Gabriel García Márquez - Tunal · Free