Festi'Livres

The Vivre avec légèreté association is organizing the first edition of the Festi'Livres d'Ollioules. This new event is intended to be cultural, family-oriented and accessible to all, with the ambition of becoming a major event for Ollioules and the whole of the western Var, based on the pleasure of reading, writing, discovering and playing. The festival is part of the dynamic undertaken by the town of Ollioules to make the town center a lively, attractive and convivial place. It also prefigures the future cultural district of La Noria, based on access to culture for all, intergenerational activities and the vitality of the town center. Festi'Livres d'Ollioules is an event that celebrates reading in all its forms, games, creativity and intergenerational encounters between children, parents and grandparents. A moment of sharing between our favorite authors and readers of all ages. For the occasion, the town center will be transformed into a literary and playful space, with workshops, meetings, strolling shows, competitions, exhibitions, author stands and a gourmet area. Free and open to all, Festi'Livres d'Ollioules aims to bring together schools, families, associations, authors and cultural players. It builds on the dynamism of the town center, in synergy with the weekly market and local shops. From May to June 2026, in the run-up to the festival, a literary month will take place, during which authors and their partners will visit participating schools, as well as a number of other locations in the town, and take part in public events (conferences, round tables, meetings) to talk to students, families and the general public about books, writing, professions, the book chain and publishing. The Toulon Sound Library will be present at the Festi'Livres in Ollioules on June 13. Thanks to its volunteer readers, the library gives children and adults with reading difficulties (visual impairment, dyslexia, disability...) free access to thousands of audio books. To listen to a story is to enter into a narrative in a different way, to let yourself be carried along by a voice, to rediscover the pleasure of words, without constraint.