Quart d'heure de lecture: experience this free literary moment at the Pantheon in March

This is the fourth year that the event is taking place across France, on March 11, 2025. The Quart d'heure de lecture is an opportunity to read a book of your choice for 15 minutes, and to rediscover - or create - a habit of immersing yourself in the wonderful world of literature on a more regular basis. By 2022, over 2,000 schools, associations, libraries and companies had taken part in this literary movement.

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Régine Hatchondo, President of the Centre national du livre, wants to make the French"a reading people". While it is sometimes difficult to find the time to read in everyday life, the Quart d'heure invites citizens to pause for a few minutes, take some time for themselves and develop the pleasure of reading. This event has been introduced in schools, as a way of ritualizing the practice through regular reading. Why not join us?

Anyone can take part: all you need to do on Tuesday March 11 is have a book by your side, whether it's a manga, a novel, an essay or any other genre, to complete the challenge. We're counting on you to carry on after today! And if you'd like to experience this moment in community, the Centre national du livre website lists participating venues near you. This year, the Panthéon invites you to take part in a free collective event, through Les pensées géantes, an installation designed by contemporary music artist-composer Nicolas Frize.

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