Join the Saint-Louis Book Forum at the Fondation Fernet-Branca !

Special opening hours: Saturday and Sunday, 10 AM – 6 PM

Saturday, April 26

• 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM: Writing Workshop with Marion Fritsch

Wander through the Fondation Fernet-Branca and let your emotions speak in this unique creative writing workshop with Marion Fritsch, the poet with nearly 450,000 followers on Instagram.
Registration required: camille.guillois@ville-saint-louis.fr
Marion Fritsch, creator of the popular Instagram account @un_livre_une_histoire, is a leading voice in contemporary poetry. She shares a new poem every day, offering a fresh and deeply personal take on the language of love.
Her debut poetry collection, Les Fragments du cœur, is published by Éditions Albin Michel.
 

• 2:30 PM – 3:10 PM: Discussion

A Museum in Turmoil — in Comics!
With Hélène Poizat, Fanny Delqué, and Pierre Freyburger de Mise à sac (La Doller)
Hosted by Antoine Jarry

Former Mulhouse city councilor Pierre Freyburger is also the grandson of renowned textile designer Jacques Dettwiller. Together with Hélène Poizat, he co-wrote the script for the graphic novel Mise à sac, which tells the story of the large-scale thefts from Mulhouse’s Musée de l’Impression sur Étoffe. The illustrations are by Fanny Delqué.

A graduate of the École de l’Image d’Épinal, Fanny Delqué has lived in Mulhouse for the past 15 years, working as a freelance illustrator. Originally focused on communications, she has increasingly turned toward publishing. Mise à sac is her first graphic novel, published by Éditions La Doller.

Sunday, April 27

• 10:50 AM – 11:30 AM: Panel Discussion

Sensitive Forms 

With Dana Grigorcea (The Weight of a Bird in Flight, Les Argonautes) and Charlotte Augusta (Inner Works, Denoël)

Born in Bucharest in 1979 and now living in Zurich, Dana Grigorcea studied German and Dutch literature as well as directing. She has received several literary awards, including the Swiss Literature Prize in 2022 for Those Who Never Die. Her latest novel, The Weight of a Bird in Flight, delves into the Brancusi vs. United States trial, exploring the connections between art, love, and life.

Born in 1988 and based in Paris, Charlotte Augusta has lived in China, the United States, and the United Kingdom. She works in the art world and teaches at Sciences Po Paris. Inner Works is her debut novel, examining power dynamics in the workplace and their psychological impact.

• 2:00 PM – 2:50 PM: Round Table

Ode to Nature – Around the Book Alsace Nature à livre ouvert
With Gérard Freitag and Fanny Delqué (Alsace Nature à livre ouvert, Médiapop), and Aline Martin, President of the association À livre ouvert / Wie ein offenes Buch
Hosted by Antoine Jarry

Gérard Freitag, a novelist and poet, wrote the texts for Abécédaire des 50 ans d’Alsace Nature in 2015, illustrated by Caroline Koehly. He received the Jury Prize at La nature du livre in 2021 for his novel Les Papillons d’Alfred Bindler. He and his wife Geneviève were members of Alsace Nature when it was still known as AFRPN (Association Fédérative Régionale pour la Protection de la Nature). He was also part of JPN (Jeunes pour la Nature), under the educational guidance of Jean-Paul Ahr.
He now presents his latest work, Alsace Nature à livre ouvert, published by Médiapop