Guests of Honour

We are pleased to announce the following guests will be joining us at Barricades 2024:

Headshot of Jean-Baptiste Hugo

Jean-Baptiste Hugo

Jean Baptiste Hugo is the great-great-grandson of Victor Hugo. He has extensively photographed Hugo’s home in exile on Guernsey...

Luciano Muriel

Muriel is a playwright, novelist and secondary school teacher. He’s been awarded with the National Theater Prize “Castelló a Escena”...

Christina Soontornvat

Soontornvat is an award-winning author, engineer, and STEM educator. Her many works for children include picture books, chapter books...

 

The con’s previous Guests of Honour were:

Bonnie Gleicher

Bonnie Gleicher is a songwriter, playwright, and arranger whose music is heard off-Broadway, on TV, and on Youtube. Bonnie is the creator of Gavroche...

David Montgomery

 David Montgomery is a journalist and the host of The Siècle history podcast, about France’s overlooked century in between Napoleon...

Photo of Nemo Martin sitting on a bluff.

Nemo Martin

Nemo Martin is a writer and PhD student, currently researching positive representation of non-white racial and non-cis gender...

What is Barricades?

Barricades is a new online conference focused on all aspects of Victor Hugo’s Les Misérables and its various adaptations! The third edition will be held in 12-14 July 2024. We encourage donations to Black and Pink.

Guests of Honour

Our first Guest of Honor for Barricades 2024 has been announced! Previous Guests of Honour have included Bonnie Gleicher, Nemo Martin and David Montgomery.