The “Livre sur les quais” festival in Morges begins this Friday the 31st August and continues until Sunday 2nd September. Hundred of authors will gather in Morges to give readings, sign books and take part in many events including cruises with debates on a CGN boat and author readings on trains!
There is a full English programme at the festival with around a dozen writers present, from Tessa Hadley to Chibundu Onuzo and many more. Note: registration is required for the writing workshops.
Programme below. For more information and registration details for workshops, click on “English programme” on the main website.
Photo above: Livre Sur Les Quais 2017. Marquees along the lakeside in Morges full of books, authors and readers!
Photo above from the 2017 festival – a debate on a CGN boat.
18:00 Debate – Nigerian voices with Chinelo Okparanta, Chibundu Onuzo
Saturday
11:00 Encounter – The Spanish Flu with Laura Spinney
11:45 Encounter – Writing Crime with Luke McCallin
13:30 Debate – Writing War, Hope and Love with Aslı Erdoğan, Chinelo Okparanta, Geetanjali Shree
15:00 Debate – Urban Landscapes with Chibundu Onuzo, Lisa McInerney
16:30 Writing Workshop “The Narrative Arc in Memoir”
Sunday
12:30 Literary Cruise, English Cruise – Geneva Writers Group Summer Cruise: Memoir and Fiction with Maggie O’Farrell, Elena Lappin
13:30 English Programme for the young from 5 years old – Workshop – De drôles d’animaux
with Tanja Louwers Imagine and design with an illustrator (simultaneous translation English/ French)
13:45 Debate – Fictions of the Real with Claire Fuller, Tessa Hadley, Margriet de Moor
15:30 Writing Workshop – Fiction: “What to Leave out” with Anne Korkeakivi.
17:15 Encounter – Ways to Wholeness: C.J. Jung and Writing with Susan Tiberghien