Les Nuits de la lecture 2027 dans les bibliothèques de la Ville de Paris

From Wednesday 20 to Sunday 24 January, the Nuits de la lecture return to your libraries, around the theme of "Childhood".

For this 11th edition of the Nuits de la lecture, the Ville de Paris libraries are renewing their commitment to this national operation by staging numerous free events around the timeless theme of "Childhood".

From foundational fairy tales to coming-of-age novels, from poetry to contemporary narratives, from comic books to children's literature, the theme of childhood runs through every genre and imaginary world. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry once said: "I am of my childhood. I am of my childhood as one is of a country." Behind this sentence, the author presents childhood as a formative experience that awakens our consciences and shapes our individual development, as well as our relationship with the world.

On this occasion, close to 80 events are being prepared to take over your libraries. Meetings, musical and illustrated readings, performances, pyjama parties, reading parties, literary cabarets… a varied and accessible programme of literary events that showcases books and reading in all their forms, with childhood as the guiding thread.

A national operation organised by the Centre national du livre.