Semana Negra Festival

La Semana Negra de Gijón is quite a popular holiday, all over Spain as well as in Asturias. It is always held in July. The centre of this festival is the thriller novel, and stalls all over sell books from this genre. There are also performances, films of this genre etc. Nowadays, there are more attractions, food and trinket stalls, you have to go rummaging to find the libraries and really there's few tables with novels and films on sale, not like it used to be! To my taste the Semana Negra needs to change location, it's becoming worse because there are only stalls selling bracelets and earrings, and increasingly less that reflect the spirit of this holiday.