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Lyon International Crime Writing Festival 27 29 March 2009



To give to this genre the space and attention that it deserves, since 2005 Lyon hosts the International Crime Writing Festival (the original name is Quais du Polar), one of the most important events in this field. The next edition (the fifth) of the festival will take place in the French city from the 27th to the 29th March: all those who love this genre are invited in Lyon to take part in a number of interesting events.
The festival is intended to offer a wide view on the current state of crime writing, and to do so it will host many important authors (coming from both France and the rest of the world), who have recently published successful works and who, in so doing, have contributed in supporting and keeping this genre alive. Authors will take part in books presentations, debates and readings, which will permit all visitors to have a direct contact with their favourite writers, and which are to be considered as a unique chance for the authors themselves, since they will have the opportunity to have a confrontation with colleagues coming from all over the world.
During the festival some prizes will be awarded: the Quais du polar 20m minutes prize (awarded by readers to the best French crime novel of the year, which is chosen among 6 titles selected by the citys libraries and bookshops); the Prix BD-polar for the best comic strips; the Prix du polar europen, awarded to the best European crime novel by the magazine Point.
Besides literature, in Quais du Polar space will be given to cinema: the festival, indeed, will host projections of todays and yesterdays crime movies, and like every year there will be famous actors and directors, who will have the possibility to meet readers.
Many events will be dedicated to Lo Malet (2009 marks the centenary of his birth): to the author, who is the creator of one of the best-known French detectives, Nestor Burma, expositions, readings and screenings will be dedicated.
Apart from these main events, the festival will host also many other different happenings, which will make visitors of all ages happy: on the one hand the city during the festival will be animated by meetings, theatre events and concerts, on the other hand there will be also spaces for younger people, with readings of professional actors, writing and drawing workshops, a toy library and meetings with authors, in order to convey to children the fascination of literature, in particular of crime fiction.


If you are interested in the Crime Festival, youd better book immediately a cheap hotel in Lyon: the city, due to its historical and cultural sights, is always crowded with tourists.


Date: 27th - 29th March 2009
Location: Lyon, France
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