Buyan: Isle of the Dead

Martin Etxeberria is a Basque author and screenwriter who is known for his poetic works, most notably his books The Bottom of the Cup (1999), I Will Make a Bike with Your Name (2005), and Dog Poem and Other Bones (2011), all of which were written in the Basque language. He works predominately with his brother Xabier, and has coauthored a number of novels for both adults and children, including their award-winning children’s story, The Smell of Winter is in the Air, which won the Lizardi Prize. His latest work is the poetry book Winston (2018).

Xabier Etxeberria is a Basque author and screenwriter whose first novel, Everyday Is Not the Same, won the Igartza Prize in 2001. He has since published more than twenty books for both adults and children in the Basque language, many of which he coauthored with his brother Martin. His most recent work is the novel Adventum (2018) and the script for the film The Painter (2018), cowritten with his brother Martin.

Aritz Trueba is an up-and-coming comic artist who has worked on numerous cartoons and animation projects over the last ten years with Ikastolen Elkartea, the Federation of Basque Schools dedicated to promoting quality education.