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Netflix Book Festival: Netflix builds a pop-up library at Ground Control
in short 16–18 October 2026 · Ground Control, 81 rue du Charolais, 75012 Paris · Free, booking required (one ticket per session, limited places)
Three free days at Ground Control on books that became films and series: a pop-up library, a drag quiz, a Bridgerton reading and a signing with Olivier Norek.
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Photo · Emmanuel Guimier / Netflix
The Netflix Book Festival runs from Friday 16 to Sunday 18 October 2026 at Ground Control, a food and culture hall in a former rail depot at 81 rue du Charolais, in the 12th arrondissement. It is the first edition, organised by Netflix with the Centre national du livre (the French national book centre), around novels, manga and comics adapted for the screen.
At the centre is a pop-up library in the Halle Event, where you can sit and read. The books are lent by several dozen French publishers, according to Ground Control.
The programme is booked session by session, and it is in French. Friday at 7.30pm: a drag quiz in teams of five, hosted by HitsuBlu. Saturday: a book club on Pride and Prejudice at 2pm, a panel on romance at 5pm, then at 7pm a reading of You and Bridgerton by the French voices of Joe Goldberg and Penelope, with a live cellist. Sunday: a talk and signing with crime writer Olivier Norek at 2pm, a Roald Dahl reading for children at 3pm, a One Piece drawing workshop for ages 10 to 15 at 3.30pm and a panel on adapting classics at 5pm.
Everything is free, with registration, while places last. Book on Dice before you come: each session has its own ticket.
Ground Control is about ten minutes on foot from Gare de Lyon (Metro lines 1 and 14, RER A and D). Opening hours for the library have not been announced; sessions run 7.30pm–8.30pm on Friday, 2pm–8pm on Saturday and 2pm–6pm on Sunday.
practical info
- where
- Ground Control
81 rue du Charolais, 75012 Paris · directions ↗ - getting there
- Gare de Lyon (Metro lines 1 and 14, RER A and D), then about ten minutes on foot
- when
- –
- opening hours
- Sessions: Fri 16, 7.30pm–8.30pm; Sat 17, 2pm–8pm; Sun 18, 2pm–6pm. Library opening hours not announced
- price
- Free, booking required (one ticket per session, limited places)
- booking
- Free with registration, limited places: one ticket per session on Dice, links on Ground Control's festival page
- who it's for
- All ages; Roald Dahl reading for children, One Piece workshop for ages 10–15. Sessions are in French
- status
- ended on 18 October 2026
- area
- Paris 12th
- organised by
- Netflix ↗
