the essential
Nada Tournier’s “Gourmet Bookstore” integrates the premises of the cultural association based at La Bouquerie.
This evening’s concert, with the Nicolas Saez trio, will be an opportunity to celebrate the installation of the “Librairie gourmande” within the premises of Tous en scène, rue de la République. Nada Tournier had left Place Bossuet, opposite the cathedral, a few months ago, and it is now at La Bouquerie that she will receive readers from Monday to Friday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
While she was thinking of selling her business, the bookseller did not find the ideal candidate to continue the adventure in her place. “It must have been a sign; just like the fact that my shelves found their natural place here,” laughs Nada. Already a spectator at the performance hall, she found in Marie Sonnino an interlocutor on the same wavelength. “We have the same passion for what we do and the same way of seeing things. In addition, we complement each other, Marie for example being very comfortable in communication which is not my strong point! »
Nada Tournier will therefore return to welcoming the public in the small room on rue de la République, offering novels, detective stories, cookery books and a regionalist section on the ground floor, the children’s section, comics and beautiful books upstairs. “The tea room becomes associative and the responsibility of Tous en scène”, specifies the bookseller. “Things will evolve gradually, particularly in the summer with the outdoor space, but the floor can already be privatized for group work, meetings, and the bookstore constitutes a relaxation and waiting space for masseurs who evolve in one of the annex rooms,” explains Marie.
His students, who come for piano lessons, singing lessons and art therapy, will also be able to spend time there. “In addition to this evening, for the inauguration from 6 p.m., the bookstore will operate all season before the concerts. I not only offer my selection, but I will organize a corner for second-hand books, those made available, newspapers. The place is intended to be accessible to all, a different place. And then books and music go well together.”
Everyone is invited to experience it.
