Sophie Marceau, André Comte‑Sponville and others featured on French literary TV and radio shows

The Reader Times desk 25 October 2026 Based on Livres Hebdo reporting

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Prominent cultural figures including actress Sophie Marceau, philosopher André Comte‑Sponville and writer Sylvain Prudhomme appeared on France 5’s La Grande Librairie and France Inter’s Le Masque et la plume this week.

Augustin Trapenard hosted a panel on France 5’s La Grande Librairie that included André Comte‑Sponville, Sophie Marceau, Blanche Leridon, Clémentine Mélois and Sylvain Prudhomme.

On France Inter, Rebecca Manzoni and her regular contributors discussed recent titles by Jonathan Littell, Lilia Hassaine, Emma Marsantes, Sonia Devillers and Gustavo Faveron Patriau during the programme Le Masque et la plume.

France Culture’s Le Book Club, presented by Marie Richeux, welcomed comic‑artist Blutch, author Nicolas Martin and singer‑songwriter Tiffany Forestier for a literary conversation.