La Nuit de la Lecture

First part : For the whole family ? from 10am to 8pm ? At the Panoramic Trouilleville is back in Tarascon! Guest artist : Johan Troïanowski The author of comic strip, Johan Troïanowski, returns, after his artistic residence in 2021, to present his book-role-playing Trouilleville (Makaka editions). The author will be present throughout the day to meet the readers. Initiation to the role-playing game "Trouilleville" from 10:30 am to 12:30 pm Come and play Trouilleville with your family in the company of the author, who will reveal all the secrets of this role playing game for children. From 7 years old. Registration required. Workshop " My monster in comics " from 2 to 4 pm The author Johan Troïanowski invites the youngest to the art of illustration. The mission of the day, create your own comic book monster in the manner of Trouilleville. From 7 years old. Limited number of places. Registration required. Meeting and signing sessions from 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm Johan Troïanowski comes to meet you and signs your copy of Trouilleville, or his other works. Possibility to buy the author?s books on the spot, in partnership with the Librairie Lettres Vives. Take on the wizarding world with the Game Brigade The wizard's chest ? Escape-box from 10am to 7:30pm Are you witches? or just Dujmous? Reveal your true nature by taking Professor Patromalle's bewitched tests. The Game Brigade presents its new escape box. Duration: 55 minutes. Limited number of places. Up to 4 players per session. From 12 years old. On registration. The world of Y?kai with Delphine Dufour-Minassiam / My origami workshop What better than the Y?kai, these strange and terrifying characters from Japanese folklore, between monsters and spirits, to evoke "Fear"? At the border between the world of humans, animals, objects and spirits, they play tricks and bewitch us. Family origami Y?kai paper workshops from 10:30 am to 12:30 pm and from 2 pm to 4 pm Delphine Minassiam invites the youngest to discover the secrets of Y?kai. During the workshop, she accompanies them, step by step, to create in origami some of the most famous of these creatures. Duration: 2 hours. From 8 years old. Registration required. Tame your fear with Simona Acerbi ? The S workshop. Installation-restitution of the project carried out with the Pôle Jeunesse, Di Nistoun and TEEF All day Simona Acerbi went to meet families and children of the territory. During the workshops, children and parents gave shape to puppets that face their fears. The artist creates an installation from the imagined objects and the recordings made during the workshops. The installation can be discovered all day long. Family workshop Puppet making from 3pm to 3:45pm Following the theatrical reading, families who wish can participate in the creation of puppets "Mr./Ms. Afraid of the dark? Duration: 45mn. Age: from 4 years old. Children are asked to bring an adult with them! Limited number of places. On registration. Dramatized reading of tales at 4 pm Simona Acerbi invites us to a theatrical reading of a tale about fear, created for the occasion by mixing the ideas of the children. An exchange with the public follows the workshop. Duration: about 35 minutes. From 4 years old. Second part: For adults - At the Lettres Vives bookstore Musical reading Benoît Séverac / Jean-Paul Raffit at 7:30 pm The Librairie Lettres vives invites you to a musical reading in the heart of the bookshop. This year's guest artist is Benoît Séverac, author of dark and detective literature, for adults and children. His last book Le tableau du peintre juif was published by Manufacture des livres in 2022. A on the occasion of the Night of Reading, he proposes a reading of one of his works, accompanied on the guitar by Jean-Paul Raffit. Benoît Severac - reading. Jean-Paul Raffit - electric guitar, effects. Duration: about 45mn-1h. Depending on available places. Shared aperitif dinner from 8:30-9:30 pm Everyone brings something to eat or drink, but above all to share! Everyone is invited to come and share this aperitif, before continuing the evening. Evening of readings from 9:30 pm Where everyone can come and share their readings? This year, the theme of the evening is fear. But of course, any reading for the Night of Reading is welcome!