Experience the 10th edition of the Nuit de la Lecture in Sospel! Theme: "Towns and Countryside": Come one, come all! It's better to register!
04 93 76 93 17 or mediatheque@sospel.fr
04 93 76 93 17 or mediatheque@sospel.fr
5:30 pm to 6:30 pm Pyjama evening for ages 4 to 10 - 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm Grand intergenerational quiz (teams of at least 2 generations).
The 10th Nuits de la lecture, organized for the fifth year by the Centre national du livre at the suggestion of the French Ministry of Culture, will take place from January 21 to 25, 2026.
The public will be invited to gather at thousands of physical and digital events around the theme of "Towns and Countryside".
The vision of town-country relations that prevailed until the middle of the 20th century, classically opposing urban and rural territories, has been the source of inspiration for numerous novels and literary works in all genres, from detective stories to science fiction and poetry.
Whether in its vanished, contemporary, futuristic or fantasized form, the city, as inspiration and muse, feeds the literary and artistic imagination, as well as sociological and geographical urban studies. A veritable literary motif in the 19th century, the city is the place of all possibilities, or all anxieties, conducive to moral and social reflection.
Another literary inspiration, the countryside, questions our relationship with the land and nature. Synonymous with authenticity for some authors, the countryside offers an infinite number of novelistic subjects through its landscapes, its rites and traditions, and its inhabitants.
Today, ecological transition issues are redefining the relationship between town and country. Intimately linked, these two geographical spaces respond to each other, despite long-standing representations. Nature, habitats, mobility, proximity, identity and political organization, regional planning, territorial inequalities: contemporary authors echo these concerns.
Created in 2017 by the French Ministry of Culture to celebrate the pleasure of reading, the Nuits de la lecture have won over an ever-growing audience with each passing edition.
The 10th Nuits de la lecture, organized for the fifth year by the Centre national du livre at the suggestion of the French Ministry of Culture, will take place from January 21 to 25, 2026.
The public will be invited to gather at thousands of physical and digital events around the theme of "Towns and Countryside".
The vision of town-country relations that prevailed until the middle of the 20th century, classically opposing urban and rural territories, has been the source of inspiration for numerous novels and literary works in all genres, from detective stories to science fiction and poetry.
Whether in its vanished, contemporary, futuristic or fantasized form, the city, as inspiration and muse, feeds the literary and artistic imagination, as well as sociological and geographical urban studies. A veritable literary motif in the 19th century, the city is the place of all possibilities, or all anxieties, conducive to moral and social reflection.
Another literary inspiration, the countryside, questions our relationship with the land and nature. Synonymous with authenticity for some authors, the countryside offers an infinite number of novelistic subjects through its landscapes, its rites and traditions, and its inhabitants.
Today, ecological transition issues are redefining the relationship between town and country. Intimately linked, these two geographical spaces respond to each other, despite long-standing representations. Nature, habitats, mobility, proximity, identity and political organization, regional planning, territorial inequalities: contemporary authors echo these concerns.
Created in 2017 by the French Ministry of Culture to celebrate the pleasure of reading, the Nuits de la lecture have won over an ever-growing audience with each passing edition.
Rates
Rates
Free access.
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Opening times
Opening times
On 24 January 2026
- 11:30 at 12:00
- 10:30 at 11:15
Location
Location
Spoken languages
Spoken languages
Environment
Environment
- Village centre
- River 5 km away
- 10 - 20 min walk from train station
- 10 - 20 min from a train station by bike
- 10 - 20 min from a bus stop by bike
- Less than 10 minutes from an SNCF train station by electric bike
- 10 - 20 min walk to bus stop
