Its publisher Calmann Lévy currently has seven Books signed by “the French queen of the saga” among her twenty best sellers, she is in the top 7 best-selling authors in France in 2023 in France with 600,000 copies. Braving her health problems which prevent long trips, she wanted to be present this weekend at the Book Fair, like every year. This is where she announced to us for February 2025 the publication of the fourth volume of the Albane series, which is set in Brantôme and the Dordogne under German occupation. News that will delight its readers and the 9,000 subscribers of its Facebook page.
By presenting her with the City medal, the mayor saluted “a writer whose words touched our hearts and awakened our minds, who knew how to capture the essence of our humanity and make her pen a mirror that reflects our society” .
Fewer painters but many authors
This edition will be marked by a certain disaffection of painters, fewer in number, but the presence of numerous craftsmen and twenty-two writers. Newcomers seduced visitors: Solène Carpentier and her “stained glass painting” which enchants paintings and glasswork with its meticulous Egyptian motifs, the woven bags of Balzatoise Katichou and those made of coffee capsules by Patricia Rossigol, from Fléac. Both highlight recycled products transformed in an original way. For authors, despite new products, sales are fewer: “We have seen this at all the fairs since covid,” regrets Jean-Marie Goreau, president of Arts et lettres de Charente.
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