Dates
The 21st edition of the Quais du Polar festival will take place from Friday 4 to Sunday 6 April 2025!
The 2025 theme
The 2025 edition of the Quais du Polar International Festival will explore the theme of BORDERS.
Borders within the literary genre itself, with an expansion and numerous crossovers with other genres; geographical borders, with a strong presence of international authors as always; and, more broadly, the symbolic borders that divide us: cultural, social, religious, and political.
Current events will undoubtedly fuel our discussions…
Find here all the information on our previous editions and on all the authors who have already come to the festival.
Become a literary juror
– CALL TO JURY –
Nominate the French-speaking thriller of the year and participate in the choice of the 21e winner du of the Quais du Polar Readers’ Prize.
Quais du Polar, the international festival of detective literature and cinema, is launching a call for applications to form the new official jury of the Quais du Polar Readers’ Prize. This jury will be responsible for designating “the” French-speaking thriller of the year 2024, from a preselection of 6 novels.
Send us a letter explaining the reasons for your application and presenting your literary tastes. Don’t forget to mention your marital statusyour profession and your place of residence. This information is essential for us to establish a panel in our jury, before the deadline (postmark or date of the email as proof).
Applications open: Friday, October 4, 2024
Closing date: Sunday, December 1, 2024
Selection of jurors: Tuesday, December 10, 2024
Deliberation: Saturday, March 15, 2025 (travel expenses paid by Quais du Polar from mainland France)
BY EMAIL
Quais du Polar Association
Readers’ Prize Application
Villa Gillet – 25, Rue Chazière
69004 – Lyon
France
BY EMAIL
prixdeslecteurs@quaisdupolar.com
Participate as an author
– CALL FOR APPLICATIONS –
Authors who wish to participate in publishing 2025 of the Quais du Polar festival must have something new published between April 2024 and April 2025.
Pour soumettre une participation, envoyez-nous un exemplaire de votre ouvrage (ou un argumentaire s’il n’est pas encore paru) entre September and October 2024.. If your proposal is accepted, we will contact you in December 2024.
BY MAIL
Association Quais du Polar
Applications
Villa Gillet – 25, Rue Chazière
69004 – Lyon
France
BY EMAIL
assistant@quaisdupolar.com
Propose a project in line with the programming
– CALL FOR PROJECTS –
Each year we invite you to join the festival according to your ideas and your current programming, in the form that best suits the promotion of your activities and projects. A single watchword: stick to the spirit of noir and thriller!
If you are intrested, contact us at echospolar@quaisdupolar.com
Call for projects opens: Wednesday, October 2, 2024
Return deadline : Sunday, December 1, 2024
Selection of projects: Wednesday, December 18, 2024
Communication deadline: Wednesday, January 15, 2025