This event is in the past.It took place on March 20, 2026 at Librairie Quilombo.
Literature TalkLiterature TalkOlympia Press. Une avant-garde pornographique: Rencontre avec Thibault Saillant
Charonne
Step inside an anarchist bookstore to discover how a scrappy Paris publisher smuggled Nabokov, Beckett, and Burroughs past the censors. Thibault Saillant's illustrated new book unpacks Olympia Press's wild ride from 1950s expat bohemia to its spectacular flameout in scandal and court battles.
Literary debate
Counter-culture history
Anarchist bookstore
Banned books
Tips
đź“š75 rare illustrations in the book
🔥also published Valerie Solanas's SCUM Manifesto
🧨"rare place of resistance" (Google review)
Olympia Press. Une avant-garde pornographique: Rencontre avec Thibault Saillant
Charonne
Literature TalkLiterature TalkStep inside an anarchist bookstore to discover how a scrappy Paris publisher smuggled Nabokov, Beckett, and Burroughs past the censors. Thibault Saillant's illustrated new book unpacks Olympia Press's wild ride from 1950s expat bohemia to its spectacular flameout in scandal and court battles.
Literary debate
Counter-culture history
Anarchist bookstore
Banned books
Tips
đź“š75 rare illustrations in the book
🔥also published Valerie Solanas's SCUM Manifesto
🧨"rare place of resistance" (Google review)
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