Angoulême delivers: three rooms, three atmospheres

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The “new romance” at Cosmopolite

Very popular with young readers, the “new romance”, cramped last year, takes place at the Cosmopolite bookstore in the Champ-de-Mars gallery with around fifteen authors. For those who don’t know the genre, “new romance is a love story between two protagonists, who experience problems common to all couples which will impact their relationship,” explains Anaïs Laborderie, bookseller. It’s about consent, desire… And it always ends very well. » There should be a crowd to get a signing from Lyla Mars (present all weekend) and Emma Green, whose name hides, in fact, two authors. They will talk about writing with four hands this Saturday at 2 p.m. The space also invites “dark romance”, which is aimed at an informed audience with specialists in the genre: Okéanos S. and Kentin Jarno, guests of a round table this Saturday, at 4 p.m.

Comics at the Angoulême Pavilion

For comics and manga, head to the Pavillon d’Angoulême, at 71 bis rue Hergé.

Quentin Petit

At the end of rue Hergé, at 71 bis, comics and manga take over the Pavillon d’Angoulême with 40 authors, including 29 from the region. Among the organizers’ favorites: “Ulysse and Cyrano”, whose designer Stéphane Servain already used his pencils on Friday. We will also take the time to discover volume 2 of “Brume” with the illustrator Jérôme Pélissier. On the local side, Hélène Canac took advantage of the show to dedicate her adaptation of “The Wizard of Oz”.

Youth and literature in Franquin

Between the two, the Franquin space is requisitioned in its entirety with the youth space, on the Saint-Martial side. Present for the 2^e consecutive year, Antoon Krings celebrates the 30th anniversary of his Funny Little Beasts, Miss Paty, the up-and-coming illustrator, signs “The most beautiful gift in the world”. For adults, it’s in the basement that it happens: from Olivier Norek to Laure Manel, from Marie Vareille to Hervé Le Tellier… There’s enough to stock up on Books for at least a year.