Most books are still classified by genre. But readers do not always look for a genre: they look for something to feel, to understand or to process. Closing that gap makes reading more attractive for everyone, from passionate readers to those who have drifted away from books or who need them most, including the most vulnerable.

Live on stage, Love for Livres presents the Libraries of Emotions search engine, a tool that recommends books by the emotions they carry, powered by the Key Emotion Indicator (KEI), a robust methodology drawn from cognitive neuroscience. The engine is deliberately hybrid: AI where it amplifies the work and the metadata reach, human expertise where precision matters. The best of technology, combined with the sharpest of the human mind.

Built within LOE for Good, cofunded by the European Union under Creative Europe, the engine is deployed with 8 partners across Europe and Tunisia and tested in the field by partner public libraries, including programmes supporting displaced Ukrainian populations. Publishers, booksellers, librarians, social workers and educators use it to make books findable by what they make people feel; readers use it to find the book they need.

In one hour: a live demonstration, the science behind emotion-based curation, the bibliotherapy approach that supports it, first lessons from partner libraries, and what emotion-based discoverability changes for publishers, booksellers, libraries and cultural institutions. 

Join co-founders Céline Mas and Omar Peraza to discover what reading by emotions can offer in times of crisis and well beyond!