M Fest – July 25-26 2026 – Nanteuil, France

Posted: July 6th, 2026 | No Comments »

So, if you loved M Fests in Shanghai (M on the Bund), Beijing (Capital M) and the literary events in Hong Kong (M on the Fringe) then the M Festival this late July (25/26) in Nanteuil-en-Vallée, Charente, France is for you.

The weekend is all happening in the historic Abbaye Notre-Dame de Nanteuil and the enormous grounds of the Abbaye including the ruins of the Romanesque 12th century church and the “Trésor.” The old Granary is now a museum and its very spacious rooms are delightfully cool in the summer.

The list of writers includes me, and Alan Hollinghurst, Amy Tan, Fuchsia Dunlop, Marie NDaiye, Victor Mallet, Anne Sebba, Simone Gelin, Tash Aw, Aube Rey Lescure, Yin Myo Su, Helen Scales, Harriet Welty Rochefort, Aaliyah Bilal, Philip Eisenbeiss, Philip Marcovici, Ross Garnaut, Nick Bonner, Bénédicte Charpiat, Jonathan Kerr, Frédéric Lemaître, Edward Denison, Ren Guang Yu.

Lots of events to attend including myself talking with Anne Sebba on the life of Wallis Simpson and I’ll be talking about the history and legends of Shanghai’s old French Concession too.

The full programme of events and talk is here

And all of course hosted in inimitable M style…

All details of venues, events, writers, tickets, accommodation, travel etc are here

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