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Librairie Le Bleuet

Banon

A rambling bookstore that spills across several Provençal houses with a tranquil courtyard garden for reading. It's one of the largest outside Paris, with French titles for all ages.

Historic Provençal houses
Labyrinthine multi-room layout
Quiet reading garden
Massive rural book collection

Tips

📖"get lost here for an afternoon" (The Times)
🏠"so many rooms, so many stairs"
follow up with coffee at nearby Café Union

Librairie Le Bleuet

Rue Saint-Just, 04150 Banon, France

Upcoming at Librairie Le Bleuet

Friday, Jun 12
Exposition « Monts et Merveilles »

Exposition « Monts et Merveilles »

June 12 at 5pm

Never been in such an agreeable bookstore. This mountain-themed exhibition brings together comic legends Jean-Marc Rochette (Le Transperceneige) and Eric Savoldelli with illustrator Clara Debray amid towering bookshelves and that intoxicating paper scent.

Saturday, Jun 13
Café littéraire avec la romancière Laurine Roux

Café littéraire avec la romancière Laurine Roux

June 13 at 11am

Spend a morning with award-winning novelist Laurine Roux in one of Europe's largest rural bookshops. She'll read from her new medieval novel, discuss themes of power and vengeance, and sign books over a shared potluck buffet.

Saturday, Jun 20
Rencontre avec Emmanuel Gobilliard

Rencontre avec Emmanuel Gobilliard

June 20 at 11am

A bishop walks into a bookstore, and everyone's invited. Emmanuel Gobilliard brings his surprising book about everyday saints to Le Bleuet, Europe's largest rural library, for readings, discussion, and a communal potluck where believers and non-believers break bread together.