Festilitt
Parisot franco-english literary festival
11 – 13 october 2024
12th edition of the festival
This year the festival takes us on a journey that starts in London and leads, via Occitanie and Provence, to Venice. Wine takes centre stage, with passion for ‘le terroir’ in a lecture musicale with a glass in hand.
In the French programme, Leonor de Recondo plunges us into the Venice of Vivaldi. Catherine Bernard, a wine enthusiast, invites us to taste the elixir of the gods and Elrik Fabre Maigné with Vincent Pouchet cello for the musical readings in french and english . The story of Italian migrants who found refuge in Occitanie is told to us by Alain Monnier. The shepherdess Violaine Bérot brings us her own, contemporary reinvention of Virgil’s Bucolics. And, as well as sharing his latest work on the photographer Pierre Apraxine, Jean Poderos will also lift the lid on the world of professional literary editors.
In the English programme, migration is also a key theme, along with colonialism and its fallout. Booker–shortlisted Sunjeev Sahota brings us grief, guilt and secrets against the backdrop of a trade-union election. Debut novelist Nicolas Padamsee explores being young, male and influenced by far-right ideology. Matthew Parker transports us to the era of the Empire showing us how common issues continue to resonate. And for lighter relief, M. L. Longworth invites us to solve the mystery of a vanishing museum in Provence and Melanie Cantor’s comedy proves that the best things can come from disaster.
Our guests
French authors
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![Photo de Leonor de Recondo](https://festilitt.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/invite-Leonor-de-Recondo-300x300.jpg)
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British authors
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![](https://festilitt.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/invite-Melanie-Cantor-300x300.jpg)
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The festival programme
2024
For the 12th edition of the festival, Friday 11th October is dedicated to the village children. Saturday 12th and Sunday 13th will see talks with authors in French and English, book signings, a lecture musicale, dinner with the authors, a wine tasting, tea and home-made cakes, and to close, the famous French dictée.
Festival highlights
The activities and events organised each year during the Festilitt festival.
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Authors’ talks and book signings
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Lecture musicale
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Lunches and dinners with the authors
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Book sales
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Children’s Festilitt
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Authors’ Coup de coeur
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Dictation
![Sonia Percival](https://festilitt.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Sonia-Percival-e1724947225576-300x215.jpg)
Art Exhibition
Festival news
Practical information
Coming to Parisot
By road
Parisot lies to the east of the A20 between Cahors and Montauban.
By train
On the Toulouse – Capdenac line, stop at Villefranche-de-Rouergue, Najac or Lexos station.
On the Toulouse-Cahors line, stop at Caussade station
By plane
Toulouse-Blagnac Airport
Where to stay
Mas de Cazes, chambres d’hôtes, 82160 Parisot, 05 81 98 51 16
Mas de Laché, un gîte et chambres d’hôtes, 82160 Parisot, 05 63 02 23 91
Mas de Carrié, chambres d’hôtes, 82160 Parisot, 09 51 50 25 95
Gite d’étape François Cazes, Lieu-Dit Leymou, 82160 Parisot, 05 63 65 70
Studio de bois blanc (2 personnes), 82160 Puylagarde, 06 51 31 95 43
Le Coutillard, gîte, cabine & 3 roulottes, 82160 Parisot, 06 32 13 53 12
La Bergerie, gîte rural, 82160 Parisot, 05 63 67 06 85
Julien Basse, gîte pour 5 personnes, 82160 Parisot, 05 63 65 73 80
Eating out
Auberge de la Castille, 5 rue de la Mairie, 82160 Parisot, 05 63 24 02 14
Fourchettes et Cie, 1 Place du Foirail, 82160 Parisot, 05 63 64 05 14
Our partners and supporters
Festilitt would like to thank the association’s friends and benefactors, all the volunteers and the festival hosts: Parisot Town Hall, Ginals Town Hall, Castanet Town Hall, Parisot Media Library, La Folle Avoine Bookshop, Le Tracteur Savant Bookshop, LibraryLit, APE de Parisot, Association Rencontre & Partage, Le Soleil parisotain, ASCOP, CFM radio Caylus, FIFI, Boulangerie Barroul, Boulangerie Viguié, La Parisotaine, Fourchettes et Cie, Auberge de la Castille, Traiteur Brigitte Bach and La cave S’o.
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