ILLE Paris x Araku Café
Our collaboration with Araku Café brings literature into a warm, everyday setting where books and conversations unfold naturally over coffee. Araku has generously opened its space to our community, making it possible for readers to gather in an environment that is relaxed, welcoming, and deeply appreciated by our participants.
📍 Event schedule
Every first sunday of the month (RSVP on Mobilizon)
When: 14:00 to 16:00
Where: 8 Rue De Prague, Paris 75012
This partnership has also enabled us to host and maintain curated book collections at the café. Among them is the Indian Women in Literature collection, which highlights voices across regions, languages, and generations, and invites readers to engage with perspectives that are personal, political, and powerful.
We are equally proud to host a dedicated Manav Kaul collection, offering readers sustained access to his literary work and encouraging deeper engagement beyond single texts. These collections are available to browse during events and café hours, allowing literature to remain present even outside formal gatherings.
Through our collaboration with Araku Café, we continue to explore how literary communities can thrive in shared public spaces, where a book can be picked up spontaneously, a conversation can begin over a cup of coffee, and literature becomes part of the city’s daily rhythm.
Discover Araku coffee
It is not obligatory to do so, but we highly recommend that you treat yourself with a cup of Araku coffee to enjoy during the event. Araku is the first Indian specialty coffee boutique to open in Europe. They bring direct‑trade, biodynamic Arabica coffee beans from the tribal farmers of India’s Araku Valley and roast the beans locally in Paris. They source from over 10,000 Adivasi farmers across 520 villages and cultivate a biodynamic agroforestry system on the Eastern Ghats, ensuring organic, ethically-traded coffee that celebrates both flavour and farmer empowerment. In their Parisian café, you’ll find six distinct Arabica crus (Signature, Sélection, Grande Réserve, Haute Altitude, Micro Climat, Première Récolte), each roasted to bring out notes of fruit, caramel, spice, chocolate, or honey. Their coffee beans have won the Gold medal at the Prix Epicures 2018 and each cup of coffee is brewed by a highly trained barista with special care.
