Every year, Quais du Polar organises a thriller study day for teachers and librarians, in conjunction with the Lyon education authority, the Lyon municipal library network and the DRAC Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. The aim of this day, part of which is devoted to youth novels, is to raise awareness of thrillers among teachers and librarians and to give them ideas for starting work on the genre with adults and children.
2025 training day
See you on Thursday April 3, 2025 for the next training day!
Registration opens on Monday January 13 on the Enssib website.
Back to the 2024 training day
The 16th study day took place on Thursday, April 4, 2024 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the ENSSIB.
According to the latest barometer on the French and reading, crime and spy novels come third in the ranking of most-read genres. Often regarded as a genre apart, devalued in comparison with ‘white literature’, the crime novel is nevertheless a very much alive literature, not only because of its success with a wide readership, but also because of the wealth of artistic sensibilities it conveys.
This day is aimed at national education authorities, book and reading professionals and, more broadly, professionals working in the field of culture and cultural action: socio-cultural players, moderators, local authority technicians, etc.
A look back at the 2024 programme
9am: Welcome and coffee in the ENSSIB lobby
9.30am – 10.30am: Overview of new adult thrillers for 2023-2024
Presented by PAGE des libraires and moderated by Jean-Baptiste Hamelin, Le Carnet à spirales bookshop (Charlieu) and Stanislas Rigot, Lamartine bookshop (Paris 16eme).
10.30am – 11.15am: Masterclass AI and changes in the book trade
Hosted by Samuel Sfez, translator represented by the ATLF.
With Kim Leuzinger, 47°Nord bookshop (Mulhouse) and Delphine Valentin, foreign literature editor at Éditions Rivages.
11.30am – 12.45pm: Marseille 73, the fiction of reality
Hosted by Jean-Baptiste Hamelin, Le Carnet à spirales bookshop (Charlieu), represented by PAGE des libraires.
With Dominique Manotti, author of Marseille 73, and Soraya Barka, niece of Ladj Lounès, the young man whose murder is at the heart of Marseille 73.
2.30 pm – 3.30 pm: Overview of new children’s thrillers 2023-2024
By Cédric Chaffard, specialist children’s bookseller and board games expert.
3.30pm – 4.15pm: Interview with Jørn Lier Horst and translator Marina Heide – Teenage thrillers
Hosted by Cédric Chaffard, specialist children’s bookseller and board games expert.
4.15pm – 5pm: Black novel classics brought up to date
Hosted by Stanislas Rigot, Lamartine bookseller (Paris 16eme), represented by PAGE des libraires.
With Aude Cirier, editorial director of the Quatro collection (Éditions Gallimard), Stéfanie Delestré, editorial director of the Série Noire collection (Éditions Gallimard) and Natacha Levet, author of Le Roman Noir, une histoire française (Presses Universitaires de France).
Practical information
Registration
Registration is mandatory and free of charge on the ENSSIB website.
Contact
mediation@quaisdupolar.com
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