In person(s)

Paris Book Festival: how to make reading and books desirable?

Audio 29:00

Our guests from left to right: Régine Hatchendo, Marie-Aude Murail and Jean-Baptiste Passé © Cécile Lavolot / RFI

By: Pascal Paradou

1 min

According to a study by the Center National du Livre, there is a collapse in reading and books.

In question, the competition of the screens.

At what age do we notice this "dropout"? 

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The reading has been declared "Great National Cause" 2022. How to get a book out of its shelf?

What do young people like to read?

Has the Cultural Pass had an effect on reading? 

Guests: Régine Hatchendo,

president of the

Center National du Livre

, which has just published a study on reading and young people,

Jean-Baptiste Passé,

Managing Director of the

Festival du Livre de Paris

and

Marie-Aude Murail,

author for young people and adults

,

Prix Hans Christian Andersen 2022, the highest international distinction awarded to authors and illustrators of children's books.

His latest book

A l'hôtel du Pourquoi pas

is published by the

Ecole des Loisirs. 

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