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Past event · Book pre-launch

Itstetl Tonatij: Obsidian Sun — Poetry Across Languages

IMMERSIA Festival 2025 · Canberra

When

3–5 pm AEST
Where
Smith’s Alternative
76 Alinga Street, Canberra ACT
Presented by
Gabriel Covarrubias
Founder, Paper Waves Books

Readers gathered at Smith’s Alternative in Canberra for the pre-launch of Itstetl Tonatij: Obsidian Sun by Nahua poet Juan Hernández Ramírez, as part of IMMERSIA Festival 2025.

The collection brings together Nahuatl, Spanish, English and Mandarin Chinese, exploring life, death and renewal. The event offered an introduction to the book and a space for sharing poetry across languages, with artist and publisher Gabriel Covarrubias.

Thank you to everyone who joined us, and to the ANU School of Culture, History & Language, IMMERSIA Festival, Clandestino Canberra, the ANU Latin American Students Association and Smith’s Alternative for helping bring this pre-launch to life.

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In pictures

A reading from Obsidian Sun with multilingual poetry projected beside the cover artwork
Poetry across languages at the pre-launch.
The presenter holding Obsidian Sun beside artwork, with a portrait of the author projected behind him
Introducing the book and its author at Smith’s Alternative.
The front cover of Itstetl Tonatij: Obsidian Sun held in one hand
Itstetl Tonatij: Obsidian Sun — front cover.
The back cover of Obsidian Sun with a description of the four-language edition
The four-language edition — back cover.

Original event listings

This event has taken place. The original programme and booking listing remain linked below as a record.

ANU · IMMERSIA Festival listing ↗Humanitix · Original event listing ↗