Finally! The Quais du Polar festival is thrilled to reveal the official author’s lists for the upcoming 2025 edition. What’s ahead? A writing journey around the globe that transcends geographical… and literary borders! See you from April 4 to 6, 2025 to explore these topics with more than 125 guests.
Full program details (lectures, Great Investigation, on-screen program, events in museums, bookstores or other partner structures…) will be announced by early March 2025. To download the 2025 author’s list in PDF, click here.

A word from the Quais du Polar team :
All the authors taking part in the 21st edition of the festival are now confirmed. Over 350 applications were received this year. A choice had to be made among them, so that each one could be highlighted at the meetings. Regularly invited authors sometimes have to give up their places so that you can discover new nuggets, and so that you can find them again at future editions!
Quais du Polar remains first and foremost a cultural association with limited human and financial resources, in a very complicated situation for the associative and cultural sector. The whole festival team is therefore particularly proud to defend the noir genre and its values, and proud of this selection of 127 authors, which promises great moments of exchange and pleasure!