In short
Alexandra F. Coego is a writer and arts and culture journalist. Her debut novel Confessions is forthcoming with Celadon Books (2028). Her writing on art, cultural heritage, and memory politics appears in The Art Newspaper and The Art Journal, and she previously served as political correspondent for the Spanish daily La Voz de Galicia. Alexandra is also a strategic advisor to the American Library in Paris, where she leads the communications strategy. She is represented by Lily Dolin at Sterling Lord Literistic.
CONFESSIONS
Celadon Books 2028
Set over the course of a single hazy summer on the Spanish coast, Alexandra F. Coego’s debut novel follows a struggling young woman who returns to her hometown and begins a secret affair with a man from her past that threatens to expose an institutional scandal.
CONFESSIONS will be yours to thumb with salty, webbed fingers in summer 2028.
SELECT PIECES
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Sagrada Família finally shakes off its 'incompletable' tag
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Fifty years after Franco, Spain begins to give back art seized during the Civil War
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After Valencia's devastating floods, artists, museums and churches assess the damage
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The Ghost of Franco
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Salvar el patrimonio para salvar Ucrania
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![The architect Frank Gehry’s Instagram-friendly sculptural design for the Guggenheim Bilbao helped put the then down-at-heel Spanish port city on the map]()
‘We were ahead of our time’: Guggenheim Bilbao’s outgoing director on the factors behind its success
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![Joan Miró’s Luna, sol y una estrella (1968); the artist’s links to Barcelona are being promoted]()
So long, stag parties: Barcelona banks on art to tempt ‘quality’ tourists
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![This photograph from Miquel Gonzalez’s Memoria Perdida series shows a vandalised monument to the victims of the Franco regime]()
Debate rages in Spain over how to remember—or forget—Franco's dictatorship
COMMUNICATIONS AND PR
I am a specialist in strategic communications and visual and digital storytelling, with extensive experience advocating for cultural heritage and global causes. My experience spans campaign management, executive advising, and content production, including film and podcast.
When I’m not at my desk writing, you’ll find me travelling with my father’s 1994 Nikon.
