Updated on 22/01/2025
Reading Nights return for their 9thth edition, from January 23 to 26, 2025, under the sign of heritage.
The theme of heritage first opens onto an intimate dimension: that of transmission. Family heirlooms, memories, values, material or immaterial goods – sometimes even wounds – make up this personal heritage that writers question and reveal in their works. This dialogue with the past, real or reconstructed, nourishes an intimate literature, where each generation updates and reinterprets its own story.
But heritage goes beyond the individual sphere. They are also part of a collective heritage: that of a territory, a nation, or even of all humanity. Literature, as such, is not only witness to this heritage; it is also one of its essential components, helping to ensure its vitality and transmission.
Heritage or contemporary work, each text enriches a constantly evolving cultural heritage. Through the exceptional collections that it transmits, literature nourishes a material heritage; by shaping our imaginations, our knowledge and our representations, it is also part of an intangible heritage. Today's writers, in turn, are building tomorrow's heritage, thus perpetuating a living and abundant tradition.
Heritage, finally, is revealed through places steeped in history: monuments, churches, libraries, natural parks… These inspiring spaces become real stages for hosting readings, meetings and literary performances. These 9th Reading Nights will be an opportunity to bring these places to life through events that celebrate the works as much as the sites that host them.
-4 meetings in Savoie
◆ Thursday January 23 at 6:30 p.m. | Little tales from home – Thérèse Cossé
Savoie Vine and Wine Museum
46 Rue du Dr Veyrat
73800 Montmélian
Free entry, for teenagers/adults
Without registration
◆ Thursday January 23 at 5:00 p.m. | Discovering heritage
Guided tour of the city told by Bénédicte Viallet, heritage guide and the librarians.
Louise de Savoie Media Library Rue des Écoles
73300 Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne
Open to all from 15 years old
By registration on 04 79 05 20 20
◆ Friday January 24 at 6:00 p.m. | Once upon a time there was Savoy
The little chimney sweep, the marmot… and the librarians offer you a moment of reading dedicated to the tales and legends of our beautiful region.
Library of the Two Worlds 30 Rue Francois Buloz
73290 La Motte-Servolex
All audiences from 6 years old
By registration on 04 79 25 60 93
◆ Friday January 24 at 6:30 p.m. | Storytelling evening
Stories, nursery rhymes and music by the librarians of the youth area.
Louise de Savoie Media Library Rue des Écoles
73300 Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne
From 3 years old.
By registration on 04 79 05 20 20
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