Écoutez la journaliste Lauren Bastide en conversation avec Bénédicte Dupré la Tour, autrice d’un premier roman, « Terres Promises » publié aux Éditions du Panseur en 2024. Avec pour décor la ruée vers l’or et la conquête de l’Ouest, ce roman choral suit huit personnages, huit destins. Au cours de cet entretien, Bénédicte Dupré la Tour évoque l’influence des westerns et de la littérature américaine sur son travail, les thèmes abordés dans son roman et le rôle essentiel que les libraires ont joué dans la diffusion de son livre.

En marge des Rendez-vous littéraires rue Cambon, le podcast « les Rencontres » met en lumière des primo-romancières.

(00:00) Introduction

(00:55) Présentation de Bénédicte Dupré la Tour et de « Terres Promises » par Lauren Bastide

(02:36) Sa rencontre avec l’écriture

(06:15) À propos de son lien à l’exil

(07:19) Son rapport à l’écriture

(08:12) Le temps de l’écriture

(09:28) La rencontre avec son éditeur

(10:56) La publication de son roman

(12:47) Lecture d’un extrait de « Terres Promises » par Bénédicte Dupré la Tour

(14:38) Son processus d’écriture

(16:48) La rédaction de son roman

(18:17) Ses sources d’inspiration

(23:28) À propos des différentes formes de langage

(24:32) La place des femmes dans son roman

(26:26) Ses contraintes d’écriture

(28:20) L’accueil des libraires

(30:00) Le réception du roman par les lecteurs

(31:24) À propos des mythes, des mensonges et des histoires de famille

(32:40) Le questionnaire de fin du podcast « les Rencontres »

Bénédicte Dupré la Tour, Terres Promises © Les éditions du Panseur, 2024 

Laura Ingalls Wilder, La Petite Maison dans la Prairie © Flammarion, 1978

Blueberry par Jean-Michel Charlier et Jean Giraud © Dargaud

Listen to author and critic Erica Wagner in conversation with Florence Knapp, writer of “The Names”, her debut novel published by Phoenix in 2025, and recently published in French by JC Lattès. In her novel, Florence Knapp tells the story of a family marked by domestic abuse and explores the theme of identity—what a name means to someone and how it defines a person. As the conversation unfolds, Florence Knapp mentions her literary influences and the rejection of her first manuscript.

As part of the Rendez-vous littéraires rue Cambon [Literary Rendezvous at Rue Cambon], the podcast “les Rencontres” highlights first-time women novelists.

(00:00) Introduction

(00:56) Presentation of Florence Knapp and her novel “The Names” by Erica Wagner

(03:57) On the author’s path to becoming a writer

(05:08) On her interest in paper piecing

(06:27) The rejection of her first manuscript

(08:58) On the challenges she encountered writing “The Names”

(10:09) The publication process of her novel

(13:17) Reading an extract of “The Names” by Florence Knapp

(16:31) The writing process of her novel

(19:09) On how craftsmanship inspires her

(20:40) The difficulty to write about domestic abuse

(23:34) On her literary influences

(25:58) The reception of the book

(28:36) The ending questionnaire of “Les Rencontres”

Florence Knapp, The Names © The Orion Publishing Group, 2025

Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman

Copyright © 2021 by Oliver Burkeman

Used by permission of Farrar, Straus and Giroux

All Rights Reserved

Charlotte’s Web © 1952 by E.B. White, courtesy of HarperCollins Publishers

The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat

Copyright © 1985, Oliver Sacks

All Rights Reserved

Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng, copyright © 2017 by Celeste Ng

Published by Penguin Random House US

Dans un documentaire sonore exclusif, Germaine Acogny, figure majeure de la danse contemporaine, raconte les coulisses de son spectacle au Théâtre des Champs-Élysées à Paris. 

Pour cette création imaginée en deux parties, la chorégraphe et danseuse interprète « Joséphine », un ballet célébrant la vie de l’artiste et militante Joséphine Baker. Paloma, Maison d’art résidente au 19M, a imaginé les quatre costumes de Germaine Acogny pour cette performance unique. À cette première partie succède une représentation du « Sacre du printemps » d’Igor Stravinsky, compositeur proche de Gabrielle Chanel qui fut la mécène de sa recréation en 1920. Chorégraphié par Pina Bausch, le ballet est interprété par des danseurs de l’École des Sables, école de danse créée par Germaine Acogny à Dakar.

Fidèle à son attachement à la création contemporaine et à la danse, CHANEL a le plaisir de soutenir ce spectacle qui encourage la transmission entre les cultures et les générations.

Les cinq représentations ont lieu du 24 au 28 septembre 2025 au Théâtre des Champs-Élysées à Paris.

Entretien mené par Paul-Henry Bizon.

For the sixteenth edition of the Rendez-vous littéraires rue Cambon [Literary Rendezvous at Rue Cambon] held at the 7L library in Paris, CHANEL and Charlotte Casiraghi, ambassador and spokesperson for the House, invited novelist Katie Kitamura.

Moderated by journalist Caroline Issa, this encounter dedicated to the work of Katie Kitamura explores the changing nature of identity—a theme at the heart of her latest novel Audition—and the essential role of reading in her writing process: “The most intimate and optimistic thing I do every single day is to read. Because when I read, I open myself up to the mind of another person. And I hope to write the kind of fiction that allows a reader to do the same thing.” Together, they also talk about the contemporary questions that the author’s fictional heroines encounter.

(00:10) : Opening by Charlotte Casiraghi

(02:20) : Introduction by Caroline Issa

(03:50) : Katie Kitamura and her unnamed women characters

(06:17) : Reading of an extract of “Audition” by India Ennenga

(11:37) : The role of self-performance in the construction of one’s identity

(16:15) : Charlotte Casiraghi on female protagonists in contemporary literature

(20:50) : On the relationships shaping Katie Kitamura’s characters

(24:35) : Siri Hustvedt’s message to Katie Kitamura

(26:40) : Reading of an extract of “A Separation” by Charlotte Casiraghi

(32:40) : On literature as a collaboration between reader and writer

(33:40) : On taking risks in the creative process

(38:14) : On literature as a way to approach the complexity of truth

(39:40) : On feelings after reading Katie Kitamura’s books

(42:32) : Katie Kitamura’s takes on how to start writing

(44:05) : Questions from the audience

Katie Kitamura, Gone to the Forest © Clerkenwell Press, 2013 

Gone to the Forest by Katie Kitamura. Copyright © 2012 by Katie Kitamura. Reprinted with the permission of The Free Press, an Imprint of Simon & Schuster, LLC. All rights reserved 

The Longshot by Katie Kitamura. Copyright © 2009 by Katie Kitamura. Reprinted with the permission of The Free Press, an Imprint of Simon & Schuster, LLC. All rights reserved 

A Separation by Katie Kitamura, copyright © 2017 by Katie Kitamura. Published by Riverhead, an imprint of Penguin Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC 

A Separation by Katie Kitamura © Clerkenwell Press, 2017 

Excerpt from A Separation by Katie Kitamura, copyright © 2017 by Katie Kitamura. Used by permission of Penguin Random House LLC. All rights reserved 

Intimacies by Katie Kitamura, copyright © 2021 by Katie Kitamura. Published by Riverhead, an imprint of Penguin Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC 

From Intimacies by Katie Kitamura published by Jonathan Cape. Copyright © Katie Kitamura, 2021. Reprinted by permission of The Random House Group Limited 

Audition by Katie Kitamura, copyright © 2025 by Katie Kitamura. Published by Riverhead, an imprint of Penguin Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC 

From Audition by Katie Kitamura published by Fern Press. Copyright © Katie Kitamura, 2025. Reprinted by permission of The Random House Group Limited  

Excerpt from Audition by Katie Kitamura, copyright © 2025 by Katie Kitamura. Used by permission of Penguin Random House LLC. All rights reserved 

Mrs Dalloway © Virginia Woolf, 1925 

The Lady with the Dog © Anton Tchekhov, 1899 

The Aliens © Annie Baker, 2010. Published by Faber & Faber Ltd 

If I Had a Hammer  

Hays Lee, Seeger Peter, Ludlow Music Inc  

© Ludlow Music via Tro Essex Music Ltd 

Listen to journalist Erica Wagner in conversation with writer Aria Aber about “Good Girl”, her first novel published by Hogarth Press and shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2025. Through the story of the character Nila—from her Berliner childhood to her adulthood—this book reveals the metamorphosis of both a character from the Afghan diaspora and of a writing process at a crossroads between different languages and literary genres. As the conversation unfolds, the novelist and poet evokes how her readings influence her life, her writing and her inspirations.

As part of the Rendez-vous littéraires rue Cambon [Literary Rendezvous at Rue Cambon], the podcast “les Rencontres” highlights the birth of a writer in a series created by CHANEL and House ambassador and spokesperson Charlotte Casiraghi. 

(00:00) : Introduction

(00:56) : Presentation of Aria Aber by Erica Wagner

(04:07) : On the author’s vocation as a writer

(05:30) : On choosing to write in English

(07:27) : On her debut poetry collection and the choice of writing a novel

(09:37) : An original take on girlhood

(11:26) : On photography and literature

(13:28) : On the publication process

(15:13) : Reading an extract of “Good Girl” by Aria Aber 

(17:19) : On her writing process

(20:03) : The writers that inspire her

(24:21) : A main character torn between shame and desire

(26:54) : Exploring new ways of literary creation

(28:35) : On the reception of the book

(33:20) : The ending questionnaire of “les Rencontres”

© Aria Aber, 2025, Good Girl, Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Good Girl : A Novel by Aria Aber. Copyright © 2025 by Aria Aber. Published by Hogarth, an imprint of Random House, a division of Penguin Random House LLC

The Ungrateful Refugee © Dina Nayeri, courtesy of Canongate Books Ltd

Aria Aber, Hard Damage © Aria Aber, 2019. Published by the University of Nebraska Press

Anna Karenina © Leo Tolstoy, 1877

From her first internship at 31 rue Cambon at the age of 15 to the editing of her book ‘CHANEL Haute Couture’ to be published in September, director and House ambassador Sofia Coppola reflects on how she sharpened her sense of fashion and singular aesthetic.

In a series of conversations led by Géraldine Sarratia released for the Fall-Winter 2025/26 Haute Couture show, ambassadors and friends of the House share their personal experience of CHANEL Haute Couture — on the occasion of its 110th anniversary — drawing on their memories of 31 rue Cambon.

Le temps d’une visite de l’appartement de Gabrielle Chanel, la réalisatrice et amie de la Maison Ramata-Toulaye Sy revient sur sa découverte de la Haute Couture de CHANEL et sur l’importance de la transmission des savoir-faire au fil des générations.

Dans une série de conversations menées par Géraldine Sarratia pour le défilé Haute Couture Automne-Hiver 2025/26, les ambassadrices et amies de la Maison Sofia Coppola, Ramata-Toulaye Sy et Carole Bouquet évoquent leur expérience personnelle de la Haute Couture de CHANEL — à l’occasion de ses 110 ans — avec pour point de départ leurs souvenirs du 31, rue Cambon.

During a visit of the apartment of Gabrielle Chanel, director and friend of the House Ramata-Toulaye Sy shares her impressions on discovering the world of CHANEL Haute Couture and the importance of passing down savoir-faire across generations.

In a series of conversations led by Géraldine Sarratia released for the Fall-Winter 2025/26 Haute Couture show, ambassadors and friends of the House share their personal experience of CHANEL Haute Couture — on the occasion of its 110th anniversary — drawing on their memories of 31 rue Cambon. 

L’ambassadrice de la Maison Carole Bouquet évoque son rapport personnel au vêtement et son itinéraire de femme et d’actrice.

Dans une série de conversations menées par Géraldine Sarratia pour le défilé Haute Couture Automne-Hiver 2025/26, les ambassadrices et amies de la Maison Sofia Coppola, Ramata-Toulaye Sy et Carole Bouquet évoquent leur expérience personnelle de la Haute Couture de CHANEL — à l’occasion de ses 110 ans — avec pour point de départ leurs souvenirs du 31, rue Cambon.

Ambassador of the House Carole Bouquet talks about her personal relationship with clothing and her journey as a woman and an actress.

In a series of conversations led by Géraldine Sarratia released for the Fall-Winter 2025/26 Haute Couture show, ambassadors and friends of the House share their personal experience of CHANEL Haute Couture — on the occasion of its 110th anniversary — drawing on their memories of 31 rue Cambon.