The national book festival for young people, from June 19 to July 21, celebrates its tenth anniversary this year, and celebrates with the theme “sports and games”.
While some enjoy the excitement of the stadiums, others prefer the quiet rest that books offer. What if you experienced the Olympic and Paralympic Games through reading? This is the original and ingenious idea of the 10e edition of the Partir en Livre festival, organized by the National Book Center (CNL) from June 19 to July 21.
Between novels, illustrations, comics and other entertaining works, this festival will celebrate in its own way the long-awaited sporting events around the theme “sports and games”. And the number of initiatives is colossal: 529 authors and illustrators will be there, for 608 libraries and 212 bookstores mobilized. Thousands of events are planned throughout mainland France, from Montauban to Amiens, via Lyon, Paris and Caen… and including in overseas territories. Le Figaro details 10 events open to all where you can exercise your brainpower. Ready, set…read!
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Lyon up and down… And in pounds (69)
Children, adolescents and adults are invited for two days to Villa Gillet, in the heart of the Cerisaie park, and to Barbe Island to discover illustrations, writing and everything that a pencil line can offer. True grounds for artistic discovery, the workshops promote the intergenerational aspect in order to share a festive moment around literature, images and words. Surrounded by green spaces, the two sites are ideal for a post-literary stroll with family or friends. Discover Lyon like an open book!
June 29 and 30, at Villa Gillet and Île Barbe in Lyon (Rhône).
An illustrated discovery in Dié (26)
The town of around 5,000 inhabitants promises to be friendly and warm by hosting the “Haaaaah” drawing festival, centered on “living” youth illustration, as part of “Partir en livre”. The event, organized by Die-Hawaii, will honor the visual arts during this fourth edition in the town at the foot of the Vercors. Reading for all, comic readings, workshops, drawing performances, performing arts… A host of family activities will be available, with the deployment of this “ephemeral graphic exploration territory accessible to all”. A great way to discover the works of artists, illustrators and painters, including Marine Rivoal, Amélie Jackowski, Olivier Charpentier and Lionel Le Néouanic for this 2024 edition. In short, a festival as beautiful as god for the Diois!
June 26, 27, 28 and 29, in Dié (Drôme).
Stroll through the café-bookstores of Armorique (22 and 29)
The Breton region will not be left out! The café-bookstores of the peninsula will open their doors to the fourth edition of “Books on Stage”, a free traveling literary event dedicated to young people. Authors, artists, musicians, actors and illustrators will invite spectators to delve into the world of literature and behind the scenes of creative professions. On the program: musical, sung, dramatized readings, pirate comedies, drawn concerts, frescoes, and creative workshops, for dream summer festivities. For the holidays, indulge in the land of the Celts!
June 19 and 26, then July 2 to 6, and July 13, 17, 18 and 19, in Tréguier, Binic-Etables-sur-Mer, Mellionnec (Côtes-d’Armor), Saint-Pol-de- Léon and Lampaul-Guimiliau (Finistère).
Alexandrine tinsel
And for poetry lovers? Tinqueux welcomes them with open arms! For the “Poetry Tour 2024”, numerous workshops will be organized around this ancestral art. You will have the opportunity to compete with each other in a “game, poems” area including poem challenges and an oratorical tournament, with the presence of the Le Chat de Gouttière bookstore and the Petit Va! collection. These oratorical jousts will be found alongside the exhibition on Le Grand Départ by Sylvain Lamy. The artist Timotéo Sergoï, in collaboration with Sylvain Moreau, will also offer a very fanciful activity. Aboard the Poésie Tour caravan, he will travel through the departments of Marne and Ardennes and broadcast “a billion poems”, for the pleasure of listening to wandering verses.
From June 19 to July 21, at the Creations Center for Children in Tinqueux and in media libraries, libraries, neighborhood centers and even the leisure center (Marne).
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Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, for the love of books (88)
Just like last year, the Le Neuf bookstore in Saint-Dié-des-Vosges will endeavor to highlight the authors, illustrators and artists who are the pride of the region such as Pascal Parisot, Baptiste Puaud and Anne Malher who you can meet on this occasion. The youngest will also be able to try their hand at artistic fencing, during a day of discovery of the sport in partnership with the Rapière déodatienne. At the crossroads of pen and sword, the bookstore will also organize writing workshops in the form of reading and writing marathons for young and old.
From June 19 to July 21, at the Le Neuf bookstore in Saint-Dié-des-Vosges (Vosges).
Enjoy the sun in Amiens (80)
This summer, the capital of Picardy is entering the 9th art boxes! By mixing fun and children’s comics, the On a Marché sur la Bulle festival and the Musée de Picardie immerse you in the world of cartridges and speech bubbles. A unique and fun treasure hunt will allow you to discover the streets of the city center, around the largest cathedral in France, Notre-Dame d’Amiens. Several workshops will also be offered within the museum, combining comic strips and exhibited works. Starting July 13, professional authors will lead four comic workshops, both at the museum and at the Maison de Jules Verne.
From July 9 to August 31, at the Musée de Picardie and at the Maison Jules Verne in Amiens (Somme).
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Because Paris is a party (Paris 18th)
In the Porte Montmartre district, north of the 18th arrondissement, the literary café Le Petit Ney will offer workshops and meetings open to all the curious who make the trip, and will put the spotlight on the children’s album. For your little ones, fun and creative activities will be set up in the neighborhood’s book locations by three Parisian author-illustrators, including Pascale Bougeault and Adèle Massard. They will take the opportunity to present their work in one go… or several! And finally, the books will escape into the two green spaces near Petit Ney, at Jardin Binet every Thursday and at Square Sembat every Wednesday. These libraries outside the walls will also be found during the Binet and Blémont neighborhood festivals. Reading while enjoying nature will delight the youngest literary sprouts!
From June 19 to July 20, at the literary café Le Petit Ney, Jardin Binet and Square Sembat (Paris 18th).
Enjoy Normandy to your heart’s content (14.76)
For this edition of the Partir en livres festival, the Normans will no longer know where to turn. Nearly 40 activities will take place roaming in 13 towns and villages, including graphic, mask, pop-up or comic book workshops, game-performance workshops, collective frescoes, musical readings, drawn concerts, sung tales, circus shows… The landing region will have a blast! Many authors, illustrators, artists and musicians will accompany the various events, for a full month of entertainment organized by the Compagnie PMVV le grain de sable. Hats off to the artist!
From June 19 to July 19, in Caen, Mathieu, Blainville-sur-Orne, Colombelles, Ifs, Hermanville-sur-Mer, Langrune-sur-Mer, Ouistreham Riva-Bella, Merville-Franceville-Plage, Dives-sur-Mer , Houlgate, Montivilliers, Gonfreville-L’Orcher (Calvados and Seine Maritime).
A contemplation of Montauban on pedals (82)
This summer, the Mémo media library in Montauban and the Montavelo association will offer an astonishing narrated and drawn bicycle ride, with authors from the Confluences association. The Le Bateau Livre bookstore will set up a discovery space and an illustration workshop for young book lovers and their families. Workshops, games, readings, cultural outings will also be accessible to children from the social center, who will be able to use book vouchers in the bookstore. Parents learning French in FLE will even have the opportunity to create an audio book to share with their family.
From June 13 to July 11, 2024, in Montauban (Tarn-et-Garonne).
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Literary Olympiad and itinerant route in the Roya Valley (06)
Throughout the valley, around twenty authors of children’s literature and comics will gather for a series of literary meetings, offered during the Petits Passeurs d’Humanité festival and organized by the Ami.es de la association. Roya. A slide, wicker teepees, designed cushions, a hopscotch game and much more will be available for young people at each stage of this itinerant cultural journey. Added to this are workshops, drawn performances, literary games, meetings, some of which are on the radio, and spectacular readings (drawn, musical, sung, told, danced and even sewn…). To top it all off, a Literary Olympiad will take place on July 16, to properly celebrate the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
From July 16 to 21, in Breil-sur-Roya, Saorge and throughout the Roya valley (Alpes-Maritimes).
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