Travel Journal Fair

8th edition of the Travel Journal Fair

The Travel Journal Fair offers you a complete immersion in the fascinating world of travel journals. Come and explore a variety of enriching activities: browse numerous fine art stands, take part in various drawing workshops, and attend captivating conferences and films. Exhibitions will also allow you to discover original and inspiring creations.

The fair is also a space for exchange, discovery and sharing. Throughout the weekend, attend documentary film screenings and discover travel journals presented by their creators. Immerse yourself in a world of creativity and escape, where each page tells a new adventure.

Country of honour this year: Poland

Detailed programme available for download HERE

Saturday, 13 September 2025

9 a.m. >> Exhibition opens

9:30 a.m. >> Outdoor and indoor workshops begin
(Meet at the ‘WORKSHOP DEPARTURES’ point in the courtyard of La Fruitière Numérique 15 minutes before the start time)

9:30 a.m. >> Screening* Journey to Kurdistan, in this Far East, by Claude CHALABREYSSE – Camus Room – duration 1 hour 30 minutes
Kurdistan through geography and geopolitics.

11 a.m. >> Exhibition opening – Courtyard of La Fruitière Numérique – duration 1 hour 30 minutes

11:30 a.m. >> Screening* Le carnet du chemin (The Way's Notebook), by Henri DE COURTIVRON – Camus Room – duration 1 hour 30 minutes
The stages of the journey from Le Puy-en-Velay to Santiago de Compostela, accompanied by sacred music.

2pm >> Film* Le sabot montagnard (The Mountain Clog), by Ashley PARSONS and Quentin BOEHM – Salle Camus – duration 1h30
In 2024, Ashley and Quentin set themselves the task of bringing their three stallions back to France from Kyrgyzstan.

4pm >> Conference* Les Îles Fortunées (The Fortunate Islands), by Daniel CASTEILL – Camus Room – duration 2 hours
Visits to the Canary Islands from 2018 to 2024.

7pm >> Exhibition closes

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Sunday, 14 September 2025

9 a.m. >> Opening of the Fair

9:30 a.m. >> Start of outdoor and indoor workshops
(Meet 15 minutes beforehand at the ‘WORKSHOP DEPARTURES’ point in the courtyard of La Fruitière Numérique)

9:30 a.m. >> Screening*Pottery Communities of Africa, by Rachel BERNARD-BRAGANTI – Camus Room – duration 1 hour 30 minutes
The director presents communities of women potters she met during her many trips to Africa.

11:30 a.m. >> Lecture* The world at the end of the handlebars, by Pierre ROBIN – Camus Room – duration 1 hour 30 minutes
Cycling immerses the traveller in geography and history, adding depth to their perspective.

2pm >> Lecture* Frères d’arbres (Brothers of Trees), a walking journal in the Maures massif, by Jean-Yves SIMON and Patrick DUFOSSÉ – Camus Room – duration 1h30
For the release of the book Frères d’arbres, a hymn to walking, trees and friendship.

4pm >> Film* Sons of the Wind, by Jérémy BIGÉ – Camus Room – duration 2 hours
During 90 days in the summer of 2022, a major walk in the footsteps of Soviet missionaries, explorers of yesteryear and nomads who inhabit the high prairies.

6.30pm >> Closing of the exhibition

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* Free films and conferences for visitors with a wristband issued at the entrance to the exhibition.