During the Brive Book Fair (Corrèze) which takes place from November 8 to 10, many Corrèze authors will present their works. Here is a subjective and non-exhaustive overview.
From November 8 to 10, all roads lead to Corrèze. Brive becomes the French capital of the Republic of Letters, the epicenter of a vibrant and living literature.
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Big names and young talents, winners of the most prestigious literary prizes, celebrities, but also politicians, journalists and athletes… They will all be there. And authors from Corrèze, by birth and adoption, will not be missed.
The known, the faithful, the ambitious
Among the best known: Christian Signol (She dreamed of other skies and other mornings), Franck Bouysse (Bitter world), Gilbert Bordes (The evil beast) and Jean-Paul Malaval (Under a bad star).
Added to this are Jean-Michel Valade (Planchetorte, a valley in Brive), Julien Bouissoux (Summer at Jary) and Xavier Patier (A dog's day).
Impersonator, comedian, singer, television host, Patrick Sébastien publishes The carnival of the ambitiousa book in which he gives unfiltered portraits of fifty celebrities he has encountered throughout his career and his thoughts on ambition.Patrick Sébastien will sign his book, The Carnival of the Ambitious. Photo Remi Dugne
For a more humane justice
Art historian, writer and photographer, Georges A. Bertrand will present his collection of Corrèze short stories (The injury).
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With a degree in literature, history and Russian, after legal training, she became a magistrate, specializing in anti-terrorism. The president of the Unité-Magistrats SNM-FO union, Béatrice Brugère, will dedicate in Brive her plea for a return to the deep vocation of Justice: to protect the weakest, to truly sanction offenders, to safeguard threatened freedoms, to become more accessible and more human (Justice, rising anger). Another Corrézien, Sébastien Pimont (dean of the Sciences-Po law school), will also participate in a meeting of the Temps present cycle, dedicated to justice.
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Jérôme Garcin, president of the Brive Book Fair 2024, in front of eight readers of La Montagne
The ethno-anthropologist Marie-France Houdart will present her book at the Fair, Limousin, welcoming land and will host a round table on Occitan: Friday at 2:30 p.m. at the Readers' Forum.
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