This Cafรฉ Littรฉraire event marks the award ceremony for the Ligue des optimistes de France's short story competition. Florian Mantione, Hรฉrault delegate of the Ligue des optimistes, and Thierry Lefebvre, organiser of the Concours des nouvelles optimistes, present the prizes.
The programme includes a talk on optimism and readings of the four winning stories, held in collaboration with bookshop Gibert Joseph.