Culture· Published on November 9, 2026
Brive Book Fair: €1.18 million in sales, a new record
- Event date
- Friday, November 6, 2026
- Address
- Brive-la-Gaillarde · Directions ↗
The 44th Brive Book Fair, held from Friday 6 to Sunday 8 November, generated €1,180,000 in sales according to the organisers, up from €1,164,000 at the 43rd edition in 2025 and just €695,000 in 2014. The organisers say it remains "definitively the literary event where the most books are sold in 30 hours of opening". Christian Signol topped the sales with 1,300 books in three days, ahead of doctor-author Baptiste Beaulieu (1,220) and Philippe Jaenada, described as the Goncourt winner (950 novels), while teenagers flocked to Victor Dixen and Hugo Décrypte, with 400 sales each. At a time when books and reading seem to be losing ground, Brive mayor Frédéric Soulier hailed the fair as "a timeless counter-example of peace through reading".