Going to book celebrates its 10th anniversary this year! This literary festival is organized by the National Book Center (CNL), with the participation of the Salon du livre et de la presse jeunesse en Seine-Saint-Denis and the support of the Ministry of Culture. It is an opportunity to take part in many activities around the book, free of charge and accessible to all.

“Read, move!” is the catchword of this 10^e the theme of sport at the 2024 Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games.

The event brings together more than 250,000 children, teenagers and parents every summer for the pleasure of reading. Workshops, games, shows and meetings with authors make room for books and reading in libraries, bookstores, holiday camps and airy centers, on the beach or at the foot of buildings or in small towns.

The 2024 edition offers 5,000 events. On the program: meetings with your favorite children's authors, traveling libraries, creative workshops for young and old, etc.

One interactive map allows you to spot the projects that you like the most now.

You can search by event name or filter by date, animation type, or age.

A new collection of short stories for the 10th anniversary of Partir en Livre

For this anniversary edition, Partir en Livre celebrates the link between sport and literature and will offer thousands of teenagers a collection of news on this topic.

10 emblematic authors of children’s literature present 10 texts on the theme of sport to teenagers for the 2024 OJP: Clémentine Beauvais, Kamel Benaouda, Claire Castillon, Christelle Dabos, Malika Ferdjoukh, Philippe Lechermeier, Davis Moitet, Susie Morgenstern, Cécile Roumiguière and Jean-Christophe Tixier.

Within the framework of theParis Cultural Olympiad 2024, this compendium will be distributed free of charge in paper format throughout the festival. It is also available online on the website of Partir en Livre.

And also... the Livrodrome, a traveling literary amusement park

For a month, the Livrodrome, a traveling literary amusement park, will settle in several cities in France to offer fun and participatory attractions. Associations, schools, booksellers, librarians, authors, illustrators, sound artists, engravers, sports clubs, theater companies, radio associations... are associated.

The Livrodrome will host its fairground in 10 stop-off cities with 2 dates in the cities labeled “Land of games”:

• Ermont (95) on 11 June;
• Saint-Germain-en-Laye (78) on June 14.

The 2 cities will welcome American and British athletes respectively. The Livrodrome 2024 takes on the colors of the Olympic Games by offering at each stage an attraction combining sport and literature.

View program by city.