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Deauville
Books & Music Festival
NEW YORK
9-11 May 2015
DEAUVILLE FREE
www.livresetmusiques.fr
The Deauville festival of literature :
100 guests, 50 encounters, readings, concerts, and debates; a major New York
bookseller; an area and programme elements dedicated to young readers.
Friday 8 May – 8:30 p.m. – Barrière Casino Theatre
Tales from Ellis Island
Musical readings of texts by Georges Perec about Ellis Island, an islet located near the
Statue of Liberty in New York, through which some 16 million emigrants transited
between 1892 and 1924. By Jean-Claude Drouot who played Thierry la Fronde.
Saturday 9 May – 12 noon – C.I.D
Welcome to New York!
Inauguration and Adam H. concert
12th Festival kick-off, a special moment open to all
Cocktail reception and concert by a promising American musician, the young and
talented Adam H
Saturday 9 May – 3:00 p.m. – C.I.D
In the ears of the 2014Goncourt Prize
Encounter with Lydie Salvayre around Pas Pleurer (Don’t Cry), 2014 Goncourt
Prizewinner
Saturday 9 May – 3:30 p.m. – Le Cercle
Rock Icons
Four Rock music experts including the legendary Richard Hell attempt to elucidate why
Rock stars – from Vince Taylor to Patti Smith – so inspire writers.
Saturday 9 May – 4:00 p.m. – C.I.D
Translating America
Three prominent figures in French translation: Claro, Michel Lederer and Nicolas
Richard evoke the rhythm of the American language.
Saturday 9 May – 4:30 p.m. - Le Cercle
Letters to the friends of Emily Dickinson
Judith Henry reads the correspondence of American poet Emily Dickinson, accompanied
by Duo Aedelounia (piano & soprano) With the Paris Conservatoire National de Musique et de Danse
Saturday 9 May – 5:00 p.m. – C.I.D
A Pocket History of counter-culture
Greil Marcus, emblematic Rock critic and Bob Dylan specialist, in debate with three
America-crazy authors
Saturday 9 May – 5:30 p.m. – Café Morny’s
Students’ Choice
Encounter with Héloïse Guay de Bellissen and Harold Cobert, the authors of novels
about two Rock icons : Kurt Cobain and Jim Morrison.
Saturday 9 May – 6:00 p.m. – C.I.D
When Jazz is there!
Top-level encounter with three literature and jazz enthusiasts: Jean-Claude Zylberstein,
Marcus Malte and Jean-Michel Dupont
Saturday 9 May – 6:30 p.m. – Le Cercle
Deauville Literary Prize
Literary prize award presentation presided by Jérôme Garcin. Readings by Anne-Marie
Philipe
Saturday 9 May – 8:00 p.m. – Barrière Casino Theatre
Show: On the road with the Beat Generation
For Books & Music, writers Philippe Dijan and Julien Delmaire, and musician Nicolas
Repac, have created this all-new show about the Beat Generation, based on exchanges
between Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg.
Saturday 9 May – 9:30 p.m. – Le Point de Vue
Concert: The Children of Jazz
Jazz concert with Christian Bonnet and his Black Label Swingtet.
Deauville takes on overtones of the Blue Note in Brooklyn. Let’s swing!
Sunday 10 May – 10:00 a.m. – Casino Cinema
Cinema Breakfast
With Douglas Kennedy, followed by a screening of the film Whiplash.
Sunday 10 May – 2:00 p.m. – C.I.D
To live is to dance !
Conversation with one of Joséphine Baker’s adopted children, Jean-Claude BouillonBaker, author of the book Un château sur la lune (A castle on the moon)
Sunday 10 May – 2:30 p.m. – Le Cercle
Rock ‘n’ Roll is my drug, Literature is my religion
Musical and literary conversation with Elliott Murphy
Sunday 10 May – 2:30 p.m. – C.I.D
Douglas Kennedy signing session
Sunday 10 May – 3:00 p.m. – Barrière Casino Theatre
An afternoon in New York ♯1
The diary of two New Yorkers
New York is the city that brings these two women together. Renata Adler is
acknowledged as one of the finest writers in American journalism from the second half
of the 20th Century. Sapphire is one of the emblematic figures of the black American
women’s movement. Her first novel, Push, was adapted for cinema under the title
Precious, and won multiple awards. A special event-encounter
Sunday 10 May – 3:30 p.m. – C.I.D
Writing Music
Encounter with the authors of the Prix de la Ville selection, who all share an insatiable
appetite for notes
Sunday 10 May – 4:00 p.m. – Le Cercle
“Go Now” by Richard Hell
Oyez! the exceptional presence of Richard Hell, one of the most influential members of
the American punk movement, author of Blank Generation, the anthem of an entire
generation of young people. Reading by actor Bruno Putzulu.
Sunday 10 May – 4:30 p.m. –Barrière Casino Theatre
An afternoon in New York ♯2
Encounter with Douglas Kennedy
A special event-encounter on the occasion of the publication of his second novel
Sunday 10 May – 5:00 p.m. – C.I.D
Deauville Crime
Two rock-inspired authors of the Série Noire published by Gallimard – Caryl Ferey and
Sébastien Raizer – talk about their works that have given rise to as much commentary as
they have gore.
Practical information
Access to the Books & Music Festival is totally FREE.
Entry to events is free without reservation, subject to the availability of seating.
Bookshop, information desk, young people’s area, school day, and encounters in the
Centre International de Deauville. Avenue Lucien Barrière.
Saturday 9 May : 11:00 a.m. > 8:00 p.m.
Sunday 10 May : 11:00 a.m. > 7:00 p.m.
Monday 11 May : 9:00 a.m. > 5:00 p.m. – Special day for schools
Entire programme in detail at www.livresetmusiques.fr