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Event nights of reading 2026 – esperança in exlusively

Discover the protagonists of my new book, soon to be published: what were their hopes, their doubts, their desire to regain freedom? How did this idea come about? Esperança is a bilingual play; come and discover the writing process in a great place to read. One of my inspiration source was the play “the tempest” by William Shakespeare. Program

Text that I wrote about this event and a photo :

people at the public library – photo by Beatrice copyright 2026

Social media of the public library.

It was a wonderful day at the Ponteilla-Nyls library. I presented my new book, Esperança, exclusively. It exists in two versions, one in French and one in English. This play is set in a historical context. During the discussion, I outlined the steps I had taken, from inspiration to research and then to writing. A member of the audience read an excerpt for the 10th annual Nights of Reading. Esperança will be published very soon, and several copies have already been pre-ordered.

Event nights of reading 2026 – fake news and history of art

Find my great and new radio chronicle : “fake news and history of art”, podcasts would be broadcast with take it radio for the nights of reading (edition ten) organised with the center national of the book.Programm.

Take It Radio is an intergenerational web radio station, some of whose segments are aimed at young people in the Pyrénées-Orientales (P.O.) and cultural stakeholders. Its online presence is organized by the Fédération Départementale des Foyers Ruraux 66.

Wishes 2026

May this new year not fill you with regrets, but bring you the hope of renewal through these few words, ever more creativity, discovery, and opportunity 🙂

Continue on your path, follow your dreams with enthusiasm, take care of your health, and may your days be filled with literature and freedom.

For a few handfull of dollars

This year for the holidays I will be with my family and this week I played a board game with relatives, a game that my brother had given me the year Fantastic L.A. was published, on this occasion I borrowed a CD from the public library of Thuir, music from crime dramas for inspiration. This was the perfect opportunity to say goodbye to my book and move on to my next project, which isn’t a thriller this time…stay tuned 🙂

A few dollars for the stake and the rules of the game
a plan and clues
a fictional scenario for thrillers: murder in dusk
a cd about inspiring film music
game board for enthusiasts

Chronicle history of arts – recordings

Crédit photo, photograph of the team.

This morning with the team of take it studio (radio of the fédération des foyers ruraux) we recorded my chronicle fake news and history of arts, a big thank you everyone for this great time. This chronicle will be broadcast soon and you will be informed about it. This is a drawing that I created :

mixing console with markings
track 1 connected to the microphone and recorded, headphone conencted to the artist

Suggestion of the end of the year

It was a pleasure to share a book on November 20th at the Le Presse Papier bookstore’s book club. For this event, I chose to present “Women Also Made History” by Titiou Lecoq.

This book recounts the epic story of women chronologically throughout history, rectifying facts.

During this presentation, the readers present suggested two other books: one was *L’inconnue du portrait* by Camille Perretti, and the other was *Le cantique du chaos* by Mathieu Belezi, a dystopian novel. The bookseller made slightly different choices, which I also invite you to discover.

With that, I wish you all happy holidays.

Culture as a bulwark against obscurantism

In a previous article, I mentioned a survey by the National Book Center concerning reading in 2025, which complements the information and knowledge that I learned during this conference organized by occitanie culture (occitanie livre). During the web conference on illiteracy and illiteracy that I attended, I asked myself several questions about the socio-economic consequences, dropping out of school seems to me to be one of them. The interventions were very interesting. To find out more here are two links, one to the official website of national book center and the other to occitanie culture.

Witches’ Night 2025 : The Nameless Land

In Catalonia, Halloween roughly corresponds to Witches’ Night. A time when people eat roasted chestnuts during the equinox and tell stories to scare themselves or disguise themselves. For my part, I’m offering you a unique reading that’s part of my offering: extraordinary and magical.

Pour cet événement très spécial profiter de l’offre de lancement à -30% au lieu de 125 euros brut vous ne régler que 87,50 euros. Offer ends the 17th october 2025.

For this very special event, take advantage of the landing offer of 30% off. Instead of paying €125 gross, you will only pay €87.50.

Let’s share a reading together around a unique text!

Don’t forget to book.

Learn more about this event

Creation of characters : the behavior

When creating characters, whether for a novel or a play, two notions are important: observation and empathy. It is possible to imagine the physique and character traits beforehand, however, observing reality allows you to create very realistic fictional characters. Where are they heading? what pushes them to act?

Likewise, asking yourself what the characters feel, making them act according to their values to maintain a certain logic, all of this is part of what we can call empathy for the characters we create. Personally, I have always really liked the characters in my stories and when I had to create “bad guys” it was never easy and I often write them a past that helps enlighten readers.

Do you want to know more ? register to my masterclass.

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