For its second edition, the Night of Reading will take place on Saturday, January 20, 2018 in libraries and bookstores that offer several thousand events throughout France.
Throughout the day and evening, the French are invited to come and discover musical readings, theatre shows, readings in pajamas, under the duvet or flashlight, exhibitions, film screenings, games around the book and reading (quiz, survey, scavenger hunt or other escape game), writing workshops or book discoveries, lectures, literary tastings… and of course meetings with writers.
This national event around reading and the pleasure of reading is therefore inclusive and works with its associative partners so that this second edition allows to develop reading or organize the meeting with the book for the most diverse audiences. This year in particular, events are organized by associations in liaison with libraries and bookshops for migrants, for disabled people, hospitalized or in health facilities as well as with persons under the influence of the law (adults and minors, open and closed environments).
The Night of Reading 2018 also helps to strengthen bridges between the educational environment and the world of the library and bookstore, with the participation of documentation and information centres from schools and university libraries. For example, «Les Petits champions de la lecture» and the theatre classes of high schools are invited to exercise their talents in the libraries and bookshops participating in the event. This year, many local finals of the Small Champions of Reading, created by the Syndicat national de l'édition and which offers to all children of CM2, to participate in a reading contest aloud, will take place on January 20, 2018.
Find all the information about Night of Reading 2018 on www.nuitdelalecture.fr and on social networks with the hashtag #NuitLecture
In partnership with the Bibliothèque publique d'information, the Bibliothèque nationale de France, the Centre national du livre, the Syndicat national de l'édition, the Société des gens de lettres, the Syndicat de la librairie française, the Association des bibliothécaires de France, the Association of Directors of Municipal Libraries and Intercommunal Groups of Cities the Association of Departmental Librarians, ART+UNIVERSITY+CULTURE, France Loisirs, with the support of the RATP, PhenixDigital, Mediatables, Toute l'histoire, Mangas, Science & Vie Junior, RTL 9, 20 minutes, Radio France and France Télévisions.