Author: Ivan Garcia
Ivan Garcia

IVAN GARCIA

Web editor at Le Temps newspaper and teaching trainee, Ivan Garcia is in charge of the Literature section at Regard Libre, where he writes regularly.

Bernard Campiche: «I'm not a publisher for fame: that's all I'm good for!»

Bernard Campiche: «I'm not a publisher for fame: that's all I'm good for!»

He launched his publishing house in 1986. Since then, thirty-four years have passed. Bernard Campiche is an exception in the publishing world. A solitary editor, his love of texts is reflected in his meticulous editorial work. In the course of his career, he has published major French-speaking authors such as Anne Cuneo, Alexandre Voisard, Jean-Pierre Monnier, Anne-Lise Grobéty and Jacques Chessex - to name but a few. We met with one of the most meticulous publishers in French-speaking Switzerland in Orbe in September, prior to his move to Sainte-Croix.
Challenges for a new theatrical season

Challenges for a new theatrical season

ARTICLE LONG FORMAT, IVAN GARCIA | So, here we are. After several months off, it's time for a (masked) return to the theater. This raises a myriad of questions: what to see? Which plays to write about? Who to interview? Who to interview? How? etc. The list of criteria is endless, tastes vary and different theaters have their own preferences. So, as a first step, we consult our e-mails - newsletters are a great help to drama critics - and look at the theaters' programs. It's a good time to focus on a few things and take a look at the highlights of the first half of the season.
Matthieu Mégevand: «For some artists, creation is an explosion».»

Matthieu Mégevand: «For some artists, creation is an explosion».»

LONG FORM INTERVIEW, Ivan Garcia | Historian of religions, journalist and director of the Labor et Fides publishing house, Matthieu Mégevand is a busy man in his thirties. He is currently completing a novel trilogy, published by Editions Flammarion, on the theme of creation/destruction. The first part, «La bonne vie», published in 2018, is dedicated to the poet Roger Gilbert-Lecomte and his «experimental metaphysics». This first book won him the eleventh edition (2019 - 2020) of the Le Roman des Romands literary prize, awarded by school and gymnasium classes. The second part of his trilogy, published in 2019, focuses on the painter Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, and takes the reader back to Belle Epoque Paris to follow in the footsteps of this misunderstood deformed genius. As for the third part, now in the final stages of writing, it will be published in the coming years and will take as its protagonist that virtuoso of musical beauty, Mozart. To discuss this ambitious trilogy and his career as a writer, we meet Matthieu in Geneva at the «café librairie-livresse», a stone's throw from Plainpalais.