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Love story: literary speed dating in an age of declining readership

This week saw France hand out its biggest literary awards, the Prix Goncourt and the Prix Renaudot. However, reading is on the decline, with only 56 percent of French people describing themselves as regular readers in 2025, down 5 percentage points from 2023. But might those numbers rise if reading was a way to meet your soulmate?

Love story: literary speed dating in an age of declining readership

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