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.

Also signing : Victoria Charlton, Sonya Lwu, Ophélie Cohen, Guillaume Le Cornec, Nicolas Le Flahec, Christophe Gavat, Julie Malaure, Jean-François Pasques, Pétronille Rostagnat, Tess, Olivier Tournut, Stanislas Petrosky, Amos Frappa, Olivier Barde-Cabuçon, Annick Côte, Stéphane Lanos, Jacques Morize, Richard Schilty, Gilles Vincent, Judith Wiart, Gérard Coquet, Walid Nazim, Julie Subirana, Dominique Martin
A word from the Quais du Polar team :
All the authors taking part in the festival’s 21st edition are now confirmed. Over 350 submissions have been received this year. A choice had to be made among them, so that each one could be given the opportunity to be highlighted during the encounters. Regular guests sometimes have to give up their spot, so that you can discover new talents, and be able to find them better in 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!