Located in the heart of the Vençois area, in the Middle Country of Azure, La Gaude, with its 6,500 inhabitants, encapsulates all the charms of an authentic Provençal village (above Cagnes-sur-Mer), 10 kilometers from Nice Airport.
This delightful village, seen as a balcony over the Côte d’Azur, hosts for the tenth year, the “Book in the Street” event.
The primary goal of this festival is to foster genuine encounters: meetings with authors are thus very accessible, with discussions possible and notably easy, as the human scale of this festival favors simple and fruitful contacts.
This book festival explores numerous diverse cultural spaces, including cinema, music, theater, poetry, street performances, and entertainment in the broadest sense of the word. For this tenth edition, the book remains the star, this time paired up with comics to address the theme of commitment!
Numerous authors will come to illustrate and exchange their personal experiences with the public on this central theme: Richard Bohringer, Pascal Picq, Jennifer Dalrymple, Antoinette Fouque, Gaston Kelman…
Highlights of this event:
Prestigious guests: This year too, a significant delegation of personalities will be present, mingling with many authors and writers, philosophers, men of letters, and sociologists; also, European comic book scriptwriters and illustrators will attend: the goal is to reach the widest audience possible!
Reflection: Round tables and conferences addressing significant societal issues will provide some answers to our questions, alongside, interviews with all our guests will offer a more intimate look at them.
Diversity: Over 70 authors will be present: children’s books, documents and narratives, biographies, current affairs, essays, novels, and poetry, with comics also being very prominent this year, and finally, a space reserved for many authors from La Gaude.
Openness: The selection of authors is open to a very large audience, also targeting families as a whole, from the youngest to the oldest, from the littlest to the eldest. This festival is not just for enthusiasts and specialists, but for everyone, allowing a simple and constructive approach to the concept of commitment.
Free admission: All performances, concerts, film shows, round tables, and conferences are free. A rich and varied program, for ALL audiences…
Simplicity: All access is open, authors remain available and easily approachable, thus facilitating contact and exchange.
International reach: Significant participation of Belgian authors, also this year, participation from our Italian friends from the town of CAPPANORI, twinned with LA GAUDE which will send a cultural delegation for the occasion, gathering, thanks to the LA CATHODE association, a range of talents; Switzerland will also be present.
Comfort: All accesses are open, parking is free, many information points providing immediate information, public toilets, numerous convivial spaces, and attentive and listening volunteers will allow you to move around without hindrance and attend all events.
Literary news: More than 70 authors will be present, among them, about twenty writers will present, for the first time at a festival, their latest works freshly published for the occasion. The La Gaude festival remains a dynamic showcase of French publishing.
