This unique project led to a partnership with Ouest Track, a radio station based in Le Havre, to develop the festival's local communications.

During this creative moment, interviews were conducted with the guest authors, along with readings from the books in the 2025 selection, as well as specific music-related content.

A successful project that enabled the participants to gain self-confidence in public speaking, while validating certain skills as part of their professional retraining and social integration process.

The Livres & Musiques - le Plateau podcast is now available online!

Photo credits: © DR

In the spotlight this year: Murielle Szac and Jeanne Detallante, winners of the Prix des Ados 2025 for their committed graphic novel. Joan Baez says no to injustice (Actes Sud).

Readings, discussions with authors, musical performances, educational workshops, tours of the town and the Franciscaines... An intense day, supported by Philippe Augier, Mayor of Deauville and President of the Franciscaines, Michel-Édouard Leclerc, President of the Leclerc Group, as well as Christine Caron, Céline Robert, the Franciscaines teams and representatives of the Espaces Culturels E.Leclerc and their booksellers.

Thank you to the 6,000 students who took part, to the authors, teachers, booksellers and partners for this wonderful adventure!

Photo credits: © Naïade Plante

Nearly 6,000 middle and high school students in Normandy were mobilized to read and study the four competing novels in class: Amy pour la vie by Sophian Fanen, Les petites voleuses by Claire Renaud, Enquêtes & Charleston by Mélanie Bantignies and Joan Badez says no to injustice by Jeanne Detallante.

Marie Barsacq, the French Minister for Sport, Youth and the Voluntary Sector, took the opportunity to send a video message of congratulations to all those involved in the Prize, and praised Deauville's initiative in offering young people "a space for freedom, imagination and reflection". A fine illustration of the ambition Deauville has been pursuing for over 20 years: to encourage young people to enjoy reading, the first key to accessing culture!

Ask for the program for the 22ᵉ edition of the Livres & Musiques festival and get ready for a great weekend of festivities just the way we like them!

A host of free events await you: musical readings, concerts and performances, meetings and book signings... There'll also be dancing, with a gypsy ball led by a festive quintet! No fewer than 36 guests will be on hand. So don't delay, and pick up your brochure at Les Franciscaines!

And for the impatient among you, discover the program directly online: Programmation Livres & Musiques 2025

Ticketing is now open: you can reserve your tickets online for all the events you're interested in by visiting the following page: Book online

Since its inception, the Livres & Musiques festival has been promoting access to books and reading among young audiences. Created in 2009 with the support of Espaces Culturels Leclerc de Normandie and their booksellers, the Prix des Ados is a literary prize awarded by nearly 6,000 Normandy^3rd and^2nd graders.

This year, the 2025 edition mobilizes more than 5400 registered students, from a hundred schools in the five Normandy departments. The reading committee selected four books inspired by music and offered by Espaces Culturels Leclerc to each participating class to read and work on: Enquête & Charleston, Amy pour la vie, Les petites voleuses & Joan Baez says no to injustice.

In parallel with this grand ceremony, which takes place on April 29, educational workshops based on the books in the selection will be offered to schoolchildren in attendance, as well as discovery tours of the Franciscaines, enriching this day of exchanges.