This year, I was asked to join the jury of the competition of the prize of anticipation 2025 organized by the extraordinary utopia. A moment that I particularly like and which consists in carefully reading texts and evaluating them with the most objectivity possible. The contest is based on a solarpunk theme. More information about le site anticiporg.
Nights of reading 2025
I will participate to the 9th of Nights of reading organized by the C.N.L (Centre National du Livre) from the 23 to the 26th of january 2025.
A lot of events will be organized to make you discover or rediscover a whole of artworks.
You could access on line to my radio chronicle on Chronicle advengers and outlaws : Miss Fisher detective“>this page of the website.
This event is mentionned too on The Nights of reading official website.
Discover the plot : experience and feedback 2024
The performance that took place on November 19 at the Lion’s Club was an unforgettable moment. It was a friendly and enriching conversation around the literary work of one of my novels Fantastic L.A. This event took place as part of a charity event.
The session began with a concrete sharing of the creative process. Then it continued with a time of exchange, questions / answers with the participants in a warm atmosphere, it continued with a discussion. I thank all the participants. The event met an incredible success.
Forensic science
I used the knowledge I had acquired by enrolling in Forensic Science (University of Singapore), it gave me the necessary elements to develop Fantastic L.A, even if it is about a fantastic story. This information still helps me in my writing.
Useful link: Forensic Science
Playing with text
When I wrote Fantastic L.A, I played a lot with the characters and all the objects used to solve the riddle. For example, crosswords. While thinking about them, I did some research and discovered the origin of the first crosswords. On the original document, definitions and a grid. In the center the word : fun (joy in French).
With the definitions of the original document that you will find at the end of my post, I wrote this short poem :
What we all should be ?
A daydream, a pigeon, a part of the ship
What artists learn to do ?
Opposed to less, exchanging the plurial of this
Link : article about Arthur Wynne.