Not even the intense downpour that fell late this Monday afternoon in Barcelona prevented some five hundred people from attending the book and rose party at the Alma hotel. A call that was once again a success with attendees despite the weather.

One more year, and it’s already been 11, the traditional La Vanguardia meeting served as a preamble to the Sant Jordi day. The newspaper brought together editors, filmmakers, playwrights, actors and politicians along with some of the most prominent authors of this edition.