Saint-Germain-des-Prés Book Fair
This first edition, free and open to all, will take place on June 29 and 30, 2024 on the Place Saint-Germain-des-Prés, in the very heart of the artistic lung of Paris’ most literary district. Conceived by Carole Fernandez, the Salon will welcome 70 authors, including well-known names, new talents, fiction and non-fiction writers and children’s authors.
It’s an opportunity for the general public to discover a wide range of literary trends, and to soak up the poetry of this square facing the thousand-year-old bell tower of Saint-Germain church.
In partnership with German-speaking institutions such as Les Deux Magots, Castel, Lipp and the bookshop L’Écume des Pages, this first Salon du livre is set to become a permanent fixture, promoting literature in Saint-Germain-des-Prés time and again.
The prestigious publishing houses and major groups that make up today’s French publishing landscape have responded to the challenge. present. As guardians of a highly symbolic literary heritage and talent scouts, their authors will follow in the footsteps of Vian, Beauvoir, Sartre, Camus and so many others who have remade the world and left their mark.