The 32nd issue of the magazine "Spered Gouez / l'esprit sauvage" published by the Breton cultural center Egin will be released for the Carhaix book festival (October 24 & 25). Dedicated to the memory of Charlie Grall, it has the theme "One is multiple."
Dedicated to the memory of Charlie Grall, a valuable collaborator of the publishing house and the magazine, co-founder and president of the festival, this issue is themed "One is Multiple," a theme explored by thinkers since antiquity and still relevant today. It invites the search for unity between the one and the multiple, between oneself and the world.
SG n°32, Un est multiple, 202627 authors are featured, including 7 for the first time in the magazine: short texts, short stories, poems, and photographs by Charles Akopian, Guy Allix, Anne Barbusse, Louis Bertholom, Jacques Bonnefon, Jean-Paul Bota, Alain Brissiaud, Jean-Yves Cadoret, Jean-Jacques Camy, Marie-Josée Christien, Jean-Paul Cœur, Chantal Couliou, Laurent Grison, Jacques Ibanès, Alshaad Kara, Jean-Luc Le Cléac’h, Nelly Lecoq, Xavier Le Floch, Pierre Louarn, Anne Lemaître, Dominique Marbeau, Yves-Marie Moal, Laurent Noël, Béatrice Pailler, Patrice Perron, Jacqueline Saint-Jean, and Sydney Simonneau.
The cover reproduces two paintings by Pierre Delcourt, an artist who lives and works in Côtes d'Armor.
The central feature "Tamm Kreiz" is dedicated to Marie-Hélène Prouteau, a writer and literary critic born in Brest, "her tidal country," whose oceanic breath inspires her universal humanism.
At the Spered Gouez publishing stand on October 24 & 25:
Issue #32 will be on sale for €16. The most recent previous issues will also be available, as well as works from the Parcours and Sources collections, including "Between the Lines of Armand Robin" by Jean Bescond.
Signing their new books throughout the weekend: Marie-Josée Christien for "Alambic" (inks by Laurent Noël, Al Manar, 2025) and "Just a Little Water" (photographs by Yann Pérennou, Tertium éditions, 2026) and Laurent Noël for "Worse than Painting" (Cactus Inébranlable éditions, 2025) and "Lieux(-)tus" (winner of the Paul-Quéré Prize 2025-2026, Les Éditions Sauvages). Laurent Noël will also present some of his inks created for "Alambic."
Website of the magazine and the publishing house: https://speredgouez.fr
Request for an order form: spered.gouez (at)orange.fr
Festival program, publishers, and authors present: https://www.festivaldulivre-carhaix.bzh/fr/
