The 28e Gargilesse Book Days, the result of close collaboration between the tourist office, the town, and the festival committee, will take place next weekend, on the heights of the town, Place Alexandre-Manceau, at the castle farm, and at the Vanik-Berberian space. They will be punctuated by meetings with around twenty authors and publishers, four booksellers, and book signings.
Workshops, readings and conferences
The association for Kungur will present an exhibition and will lead workshops for children on the theme of stories, and several events will be offered during these two days. On Saturday, at 3:30 p.m., Michèle Tourny, creator of the plant spa, will lead a conference on the theme How to build your wellness space in the garden, et Maguy Gallet-Villechange will read excerpts from Rosa Bonheur and George Sand – Posthumous correspondence at the dawn of feminism.
Her intervention, based on an exchange of letters between the two women, will be scheduled again on Sunday at the same time, after poetry readings by Marie-José Lebeigle (at 10:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.), workshops (at 11 a.m. and 4 p.m.) on making pop-up cards featuring the heroine Coeurinette, in the company of its creator, the author and illustrator Sébastien Destin, and a conference by meteorology enthusiast Denis Dupic on the theme Storm chaser by passion and agro-ecologist at heart.
28e Book days in Gargilesse, Place Alexandre Manceau, Saturday September 14, from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m., Sunday September 15, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Information at 06.31.86.47.91.
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