Literary Festival

From 18 June to 20 July. 2025

Go to book 2025: animals on the program!

Publié le 06 juin 2025 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)

Literary attractions, meetings with authors, immersive readings, manga workshops, book hunting... From June 18 to July 20, the Youth Literature Festival Go to book returns for her 11edition with the theme “Animals and us”. Objective: to transmit the pleasure of reading to children and adolescents aged 0 to 18.

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Go to book brings together more than 250,000 children, teenagers and parents every summer for the pleasure of reading. 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 will be held this year from 18 june to 20 july. This 11e edition will highlight youth books that question our relationship in the living, on the theme " Animals and us ”.

Workshops, games, shows and meetings with authors make room for books and reading in libraries, bookstores, holiday camps and airy centers, on the beach, at the foot of buildings or in small towns. Thousands of Reading Checks are also offered during the festival.

A collection of 10 news stories on the theme of animals is being presented this year: consult the compendium.

Also discover the bibliography designed for the event according to age.

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You can search for events using filters and compose your program using the interactive map of the 2025 edition.

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

June 17 to July 11, 2025, on Livrodrome, a traveling literary amusement park, settles in several cities in France. It offers free fun and participatory attractions. Associations, schools, booksellers, librarians, authors, illustrators, sound artists, engravers, sports clubs, theater companies, radio associations... are associated with the event. The park is accessible to disabled guests.

To learn more about the workshop program and register, please visit the Pre-registration workshop page (available soon).

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