Angles-sur-l'Anglin Book Festival
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Edition 2025 — Book Festival
34th edition of the Angles-sur-l'Anglin Book Festival, from August 15 to 17, 2025. Nearly 80 exhibitors, 20 authors for book signings, book craftspeople, storytelling, musical readings, concerts, and puppet shows in the upper town of the village. Free admission.
34th Edition: Three Days to Celebrate Books and Their Craftspeople
The 34th edition of the Angles-sur-l'Anglin Book Festival took place from August 15 to 17, 2025, in the upper town of the village, from 9 AM to 7 PM. Nearly 80 exhibitors—antique booksellers, second-hand booksellers, publishers, and book craftspeople—took over the square, streets, and market square. About twenty authors presented and signed their works, while engravers, illuminators, binders, and caricaturists offered demonstrations of their skills.
The program included puppet shows, storytelling, musical readings, "Garden Talks", and various concerts mixing chanson, accordion, Cuban, Balkan, swing, and gypsy jazz music. Admission was completely free.
Highlights
- 34th edition of the Book Festival
- 80 exhibitors and 20 authors for book signings
- Demonstrations by book craftspeople: engraving, illumination, binding, caricature
- Concerts: chanson, accordion, gypsy jazz, world music
- Puppet shows, storytelling, and musical readings
- Completely free admission
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Where does it take place — Book Festival
Ville haute d'Angles-sur-l'Anglin
Ville haute, Place et Champ de foire, 86260 Angles-sur-l'Anglin