The Tourism and Leisure Association in Chemillois is organizing its 8e Anjou authors' book fair Sunday November 17, festive room of the Théâtre Foirail, from 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Entrance is free.
During the organizational meeting on Monday October 28, the president, Philippe Gallotte, detailed the program for this day: We will welcome 60 authors, illustrators, publishers, originating from or residing in Anjou or having written about this same region. The list is available on the association's website.
Before adding: “ The spirit of this event is based on the relationship between the book, its author and the public. These authors, as part of a classic fair, will offer their works for signing and will discuss with the public the themes of their works. All themes will be covered: heritage, history, youth, travel, poetry, novel, thriller, nature, well-being, gastronomy, comics… ».
Roxane Dambre as guest of honor
This year, the guest of honor will be Roxane Dambre, Angevine and author of several fantasy, feel-good and romantic comedy books.
In the afternoon, two talks will be organized: at 3 p.m., haiku by Valérie Dauphin, author, then at 4 p.m., the world of Roxane Dambre, author and guest of honor. And all day long, we are offering an exhibition and animation Histoires de porte-plumes, by Chemillois Michèle and Jean-Claude Garcia. It will be possible to try different pens for writing. Jean-Claude Garcia has nearly 300 penholders in 28 different materials.
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