LITERARY AND ARTISTIC ENCOUNTERS AT THE CASA PAIRAL

Venue: garden of the La Casa Pairal hotel
Date: Sunday 17 May
Timetable: from 10.30 am to 5.30 pm
Free admission

The Rencontres littéraires et artistiques invite you to a day of creation, sharing and discovery at the Dédicaces – Autrices d’Aqui et d’Ailleurs.

Throughout the day, the public will be able to meet a number of authors from Collioure, different regions of France and abroad. Novels, journalism, visual arts, photography, gastronomy, social history and poetry will all be represented in a rich and varied programme.

With the exceptional participation of François Desclaux. An art collector for 40 years, he will be exhibiting his personal collection of paintings representing Collioure, with works by Augustin Hanicotte, Ernest Pernelle, Willy Mucha, Marcel Delaris, Julien Py, Jacques Casademont, Pierre Chartron and Philippe Jamin.

Authors present: Mylène Desclaux, author and publicist (Collioure, Paris, USA); Brigitte Farines, novelist and psychologist (Collioure); Laurence Haloche, author, journalist and food columnist (Collioure, Paris); Anna Ferrière, author of Les Papillons de Collioure, MA2F gallery (Collioure, London, Aix-en-Provence) ; Caroline Chemarin, author and teacher (Collioure, Andorra) ; Nathalie Du Lac “Liths”, author, photographer, visual artist and art teacher (Collioure) ; Pascale Oriot, novelist, journalist, astrologer and lyricist (Perpignan, Guadeloupe) ; Fabienne Clos-Pierre, reader, author and jazz dance teacher (Saint-Cyprien, Rennes, Saint-Cast, Costa Brava) ; Nicole Anglès, author of novels (Collioure) ; Karen Karbo, author and journalist (USA, Collioure); Laurence Gillery, author, doctoral student in contemporary social history and professional journalist (Collioure); Fabienne Potherat, author, graphic designer, art graduate and doctor of psychoanalytical studies.

With thanks to the municipality’s technical services.