Overview

🎉 Women in Books Festival 📚

Saturday, September 20

10am - 11:30pm Theatrical tour: In the footsteps of Marcelle Tinayre Walk in the village with guide Stéphanie Roumegous. Discover the places of memory of this woman of letters, her house, the places described in her novels, with readings of passages evoking Oléron. 14h - 15h 📖 Conference: Marcelle Tinayre: her life and her immense literary work With Alain Quella-Villéger, biographer of Pierre Loti, and France Grenaudier-Klijn, descendant of Marcelle Tinayre. A duo to tell this great woman of letters, her links with Oléron, family photos, archives and testimonies. 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm 📖 Conference: Disappearance of the feminine in French Lecture by Halima Gheriballah, Oriental dance teacher and moderate feminist, who will discuss the influence of language on women’s visibility. 4:00pm - 5:00pm 📖 Conference: Women of Cognac in the light Monique Filloux, from the wine-growing milieu, and Thérèse Bertrand, a winegrower and artist, testify to the evolution of women’s roles in Cognac farms. 5:30pm - 6:00pm 📖 Conference: Women in the 50s Meeting with Carole Merlo, author, who retraces the journey of one of her female characters in the 1950s and evokes the women’s condition of that time. 18h - 18h30 📖 Conference: Feminism in poems on the walls Intervention by Nathalie Man, a poet, who shares her approach to display feminist poems in cities around the world. Recognized artist in Nouvelle-Aquitaine. 8:30 pm – 9:30 pm (Saint-Trojan Church) ⛪ Concert organ and chant Programme of works from the 19th century to recreate the musical atmosphere that Marcelle Tinayre enjoyed. Concert offered by the association La Cabane à Musique.

Sunday, September 21

14h - 15h 📖 Conference: Judith Chesnel: the wife of Dugua de Mons With Catherine Goulletquer, discover these forgotten wives who accompanied great men, here the wife of the famous explorer Dugua de Mons. 3pm - 4pm 📖 Conference: Anita Conti, woman of the ocean Story by Laurent Girault-Conti, adopted son, about this photographer and oceanographer, pioneer attached to the sea of Oléron. 4:30pm - 5:30pm 📖 Conference: Courage women of the nineteenth century on the Charente coasts Conference with Frédérique Remy, author, who investigated a family drama and explored the lives of fishermen and sailors' wives in the 19th century.

All weekend (Cimaises Room)

📚 Exhibition: Marcelle Tinayre Discover this great feminist woman of letters, a contemporary of Pierre Loti, often in Saint-Trojan. Archives, photos, paintings, manuscripts and an exceptional sound archive of the INA. Audio readings by Aurélia Coulaty. Informations Free. All lectures are held in the Spur Room. The exhibition is held in the Cimaises Room. The concert takes place at the church of Saint-Trojan.

Address
Boulevard de la plage, Saint-Trojan les Bains, Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France