The best bookshops Picardy

La Palette du Libraire has the charm of the shops of yesteryear, with the added bonus of modernity! With its exceptional range of hours, the bookshop has become an essential place to get the freshest morning news. Next to this well-stocked press section, the bookshop offers a fine selection of novels, comics, essays and other literary festivities. And if you can't find what you're looking for, we'll be happy to order for you. A stationery department, a children's games department, and even a grocery and accessories department are added to the list! We like to meet the authors that mark the year. There is always something to see and do at the Palette du Libraire!

It's impossible to walk around Lille without passing Le Furet du Nord, the emblematic bookshop on the Grand-Place. Its 4,500 sq. m. of floor space, with over 135,000 items spread over seven floors, offers a wide range of literary genres, comics, mangas, travel guides, sports and cookery books, DVDs, art supplies, textbooks, stationery... There really is something for every taste, age and budget. So if you're a fan of culture in all its forms, this magical place is sure to become your favorite HQ!

An indispensable address in Compiègne: a downtown bookstore that resists the large cultural complexes of the periphery. The rays are perfectly well distributed: travel, novels, essays, psychothèque, youth with a sofa so that kids can quietly browse their future album, comic strips… Most: informed advice issued by professionals who always manage to find a book when we forget its title and the author's name!

Neuville-en-Ferrain is home to a bookshop called Cultura, offering a wide selection of books, music, films and hobby items. The bookshop is located in the Aushopping Promenade De Flandre shopping center, on the Route de Roncq. In addition to in-store shopping, Cultura also offers a drive-through and delivery service for those who prefer to shop online.

"This is the first impression shared by many visitors to this Furet du Nord, considered the most beautiful in the region (900 m² and three floors). It is indeed in a magnificent Art Nouveau building that the Furet du Nord has opened its new store in the city of Douai (a store that used to be located a few minutes away on foot). As soon as you enter, you can't help but be impressed by the metal structures everywhere, in an Eiffel type, and the numerous staircases. In the past, it was the Tréca hardware store that was located here.

While the book destocking shops are disappearing one after the other in Amiens, specialist bookshops are trying as best they can to make a place for themselves in the shadow of the Fnac. Keep them going by daring to push the door! You will find books of course, but also second-hand CDs and DVDs in this beautiful bookshop, all in sobriety and simplicity. A listening point is even available. Don't be intimidated by the small size of the place and the impassive face of the bookseller: there are some interesting things to find there. Painting and drawing exhibitions are also held there regularly. A mixture of conviviality and culture.

Cultura is a benchmark when it comes to articles dedicated to creative and cultural hobbies, or gift ideas! Scrapbooking, painting, decorative objects, knitting... there's something for everyone:

- Numerous workshops for DIY enthusiasts .

- A vast selection of books and regular invitations from authors for reading enthusiasts.

- Video games, CDs, DVDs... for enthusiasts who always find what they're looking for.

- An instrument department, where lessons and small concerts are often organized for fans of live music.

Small" bookstores like this almost don't exist anymore! This beautiful independent bookstore, located in the heart of Bergues, is an emblematic business of the city. Gift ideas, stationery, leather goods... But Florence Bertein's department is books, and especially her advice! Precious and precise. She speaks so passionately about the books she advises that it will inevitably make you want to read... a book, or even several. Regional books are well promoted, and events are regularly organized.

The Martelle House is a real institution in Amiens. Since 1957, the independent bookstore has been a haven for all book lovers. The building is two storeys high. Let's start in the basement with the school and stationery area as well as games and toys. If you are looking for a board game, you are in the perfect place. Sellers are great advisors. Then let's move on to the ground floor, the panacea for book lovers. There are several tens of thousands of titles in all styles, and on all subjects: French literature, foreign literature, poetry, tourism, fine arts, politics, cuisine, etc. And finally, let's end the visit with the first floor: the world of fine arts, with easels, drawing sheets and other tubes of paint, framing and creative leisure. Finally, the bookshop regularly offers reading moments for children, meetings and dedications with the authors of the moment. Announcements are to be followed on the Facebook page.

Even before entering, the bookstore Le Bateau Livre invites you to escape with its white wooden facade and its logo in the shape of a smoking boat ready to leave on the seas of words and poetry. On 200 m², you will find something to satisfy all your desires for literature in a place full of woodwork, with art books, travel books, on feminism, foreign literature... But above all, you will be impressed by the size of the youth section! Headed for the back of the bookshop, with a wide choice of board games, playful books, comics, everything to help young people discover the world of words. The bookshop regularly organizes workshops and meetings.

A very large bookstore whose situation on the Grand Place is not to serve it. On the contrary. What are the best dreams of attracting the world in search of a specific book? The tourist part is well developed, if only for regional publications.

Repaire des amateurs de, the BD + Café is an important address in Lille. Franco-Belgian BD, comics, manga… the range is wide and you will necessarily find what you are looking for. Valéry and his team are, not only true passionate, but also excellent advisers. Since February 2016, a shelving of used albums has found its place in the basement. There are albums in excellent state, at low prices: the ideal to complete its collection at a lower cost. At the bar you will be asked to take a drink, reading one of the albums of the selection of the moment, made available free of charge. This place is inhabited by the BD, and beyond the books, there are also all these figurines displayed in the windows and the many derivatives that put water in the mouths of the passionate, and seem to give life to the greatest heroes of the 9 th art. Héros heroes when their cartoonists spend a few hours at a table of BD + Café for a signing session…

We like to go into this bookstore and wander at the gré in search of a book. We take his time in the comic strip corner, then in the new ones or in other records. For questions the bookseller is a charming host.

An essential choice in the city, where you buy its newspaper, magazines or Dvds under blisters. As of course, books occupy a significant place, plans and tourist guides are represented in number.

Large surface area for this temple of culture and this real institution in Arras. A small stationery and hobby department at the entrance and a very large choice of books: literature, school books, sociology, history... The manga and comics department is very well stocked, as are the youth and travel areas. In all areas, you will be able to get precious help and advice. Don't hesitate to wander through this beautiful space and move to the back where comfortable armchairs invite you to read.

In this shop with a Japanese atmosphere, manga is in the spotlight. There are also more general comics, comic books and derivative products displayed in the many windows. This specialized bookstore manages to distinguish itself from its local competitors by its Japanese atmosphere and a certain sense of commerce. The shop has undertaken to take over, within a week, volume 1 of a series that would have disappointed with the receipt and subject to quality. A good opportunity to test a universe before launching into a collection. A perfect place for enthusiasts or the curious. It will be difficult not to come back!

This is a renowned sign, not only for cultural activity but also for initiatives undertaken. So, books of all kinds are put forward so that no one can shout famine: novels, guides, tests, selection is drastic but wise, even comic strips. Used discs and dvds occupy the scene, and the background is reserved for young people.

Fnac is located in a commercial area that has been expanding in the last few years, just a stone's throw from a "Cultura" store, another giant in the distribution of cultural goods. For Creillois and Cantiliens, no need to go to Paris anymore to find a large choice of CDs, DVDs, books, computers, hi-fi equipment..

Also a ticket office for the Parisian theaters and the Ouvre-Boîte in Beauvais.

This independent, generalist bookshop, which takes part in a wide range of events to bring reading to life, offers you entire shelves of books for all ages and tastes: society/philosophy books, novels of all kinds, comics, fine books, essays, children's books..

Its main strength? The excellent advice Hélène and her staff give their customers, as well as their perfect knowledge of their trade and references...

This little bookshop in development lives up to its name: it's really nice!

A haven of peace in the heart of the Saint-Michel district, La Lison is an enthusiastic independent bookshop. Our ambition? To guide you and take you on a journey to the land of words. Yes, we tend to forget it, but that's what a bookshop is: a place for sharing, where dialogue gives rise to an encounter with a book. Its plus points? Its highly specialized, ultra-complete comics section, where comics rub shoulders with the best of contemporary creation. And above all, its children's section, nestled at the very back of the bookshop. Games and toys rub shoulders with the finest works.