Only in France does this literary art form receive so much public attention – and for two weeks! For over a decade, poetry is celebrated each spring in France with its own festival, Le Printemps es Poètes. Paris is host to many [more...]

Used books from floor to ceiling greet you as you enter this charming bookshop and tearoom. The delicious tea is served in the cheerful room in the back, decorated with English accents and chintz fabric. Be sure to get a side order of [more...]

Make it an evening of board games with friends at Apparemment Café, where comfortable couches make this café a cozy living room away from home. There are also rows of books ready for the borrowing, so feel free to drop by for an [more...]

La Belle Hortense (named after a 19th-century novel) is a teeny little wine bar/bookstore in the chic Marais neighborhood. It can feel like a literary salon, but both the wine picks and the books on sale are worth a detour, so don't be [more...]

If your date is a fellow Anglophone, go book-browsing at WHSmith, a great big English-language bookstore located right by metro Concorde. Perfect for a stroll in the Tuileries gardens after you’ve gotten your literary [more...]

If you read French, you’re lucky – you can take advantage of France’s huge world of comics, which here is free of the nerdy teenager associations of American comics. There’s more than Tintin and Asterix, though, so take your [more...]

Literature lovers can head to the marché Brancion, which assembles lots of used book sellers every weekend at the Parc Georges Brassens in the 15eme (rain or shine, since it takes place under a covered marketplace). Browse cheap [more...]

Take a walk in a park whose entrance is protected by 2 bronze bulls and is lined with iron pavillions. A unique section of the park is dedicated to the blind, with the sound of the fountains and the smell of the flowers acting as [more...]

If you like to stroll along the Seine and you like books, combine to two by visiting the biggest "bookstore" in Paris. Look for the green metal book stands – "les bouquinistes" – that fold out during opening hours to reveal all [more...]

Get lost in a maze of books in this quirky English bookstore. You will see books in more places that you could possibly imagine -- on the floor, on the ceiling, under the staircase -- and on a huge variety of topics. If you have found [more...]

A great little nook in Paris, directly across from Notre Dame, set in one of the most character filled corners of the city, where fragments of many generations of Parisian architecture can be found blended into the walls of the present [more...]