Confluences 2026: migrant words

Hikaya is both a publishing house and a cultural association dedicated to fostering connections and promoting authors from around the world. Its flagship initiative is Confluences, an online festival designed to bring diverse voices together.

The name of the festival is inspired by the famous Lyon district where the Saône meets the Rhône—a symbol of unity and sharing despite different origins. It is this spirit of unity in diversity that we celebrate during the festival.

From the end of November to mid-December, Hikaya will host the third edition of the festival in partnership with Lyon’s Salon des Intergalactiques. 

Streamed online and then available for replay on YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, and various podcast platforms, Confluences brings together authors, editors, publishing professionals, and fans of speculative fiction from around the world to share their experiences. All sessions will be held in English.

Program 2026

Where? Online, on our twitch channel

15th of November, 19:00 (French timezone)  - Opening of the festival and presenting the Intergalactiques Awards for Translation 2027
with Davide Knecht (Hikaya) and Anne Canoville (Les Intergalactiques)

20th of November, 18:00 (French Timezone) - Writing between Borders: the Janus experience
with writers Noëmie Lemos, Yasser Abu El-Hassab, Romain Delplancq, Sephira Riva, moderated by Vincent from les Milles Mondes

26th of November, 19:00 (French Timezone) - Between the wor(l)ds, translating SFF 
with Alice Ray (researcher, translator) and Bruno Anselmi (professor and translator) moderated by Davide Knecht (Hikaya)

2nd of December, 19:00 (French Timezone) - Ecofuturism - shaping what's to come
with Merve Tabur (researcher), moderated by Chimera SFFF

3rd of December, 19:00 (French Timezone) - Defending national literatures at home and abroad
with Dracones (Italy)  and Droids and Druids (Spain) moderated by Romain Delplancq (Hikaya)

10th of December 19:00 (French Timezone) -  Sailing towards new seas : piracy between languages
with writers RJ Barker and Titania Blesh

13th of December, 19:00 (French Timezone) - Weird without borders
with writers Elias Ansaloni (Italy), Carlos Luis Barragán Castro (Colombia) and researcher/writer Marc Ang-Cho.