For this second edition, the aim is clear: nearly forty authors signing copies and fifteen lectures in a single day. The Fontainebleau Book Festival is back on Sunday 27 September 2026, organised by the association History, Stories.
The day is divided between the Municipal theatre, Rue Denecourt, where the village hall hosts the book-signing sessions, and the’The Black Eagle Hotel, Place Napoléon Bonaparte, for some of the sessions. The two venues are a three-minute walk from each other, making it easy to move from one session to the next without any hassle. Timetable: 10.00 am to 1.00 pm, then 2.00 pm to 7.00 pm.
The Book signings are free to attend : you go in, have a chat with the authors, and leave with a book – signed or unsigned. Access to All the talks on the day cost €4, and that is free for under-18s. Four euros for fifteen lectures – the value for money speaks for itself.
Fontainebleau has two independent bookshops in the town centre, a thriving library and a local history society. A book fair on a human scale, where you can actually have a proper chat with the authors rather than queuing behind forty other people, fits quite naturally into this landscape. The first edition showed that there was an audience for it: the second has doubled the numbers.
The list drawn up by the organisation, in the order in which it is published: Dorothée Adam, Béatrice Alemagna, Eloi Audoin Rouzeau, Stéphane Audoin Rouzeau, Alain Baraton, Muriel Barbier, Victor Battagion, Cécile Berly, Anais Brunet, Pierre-Yves Cézard, David Chanteranne, Pauline Dreyfus, Sophie Couturier, Nicolas Chaudun, Vincent Dugomier, Patrice Duhamel, El padre, Benoit Ers, Eric Fouassier, Christophe Galfard, Emilie Guillaumin, Denis Hannotin, Albertine Gentou, Brice Homs, Maud Jan-Ailleret, Ninon Lacoume, Alexandra Lapierre, Claire Léost, Rémy Marion, Jennifer Lesueur, Dominique Missika, Camille Pascal, Marylène Patou-Mathis, Jean Noël Liaut, Emmanuelle Papot, Jean-Claude and Dominique Polton, Maria Pourchet, Alix de Saint-André, Nathalie Saint-Cricq, Ingrid Seithumer, Laurène Vernet, Nicolas de Tavernost with Alexandre des Isnards, Laurent Tillon and Laëtitia de Witt.
The full programme and list of authors are now available online at the Fontainebleau Book Festival website, at the ticket office.
Please note: We would be delighted to check your establishment details. It's free, but to make sure it's you, please complete the information below.
