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Edinburgh's Book Fest: the programme is out!
From August 11 to 27, literature is setting the tone in the Scottish capital! The Edinburgh International Book Festival is back, and the...
Being Here: The Life of Paula Modersohn-Becker - Marie Darrieussecq
The Book of the week is Marie Darrieussecq's Being Here: The Life of Paula Modersohn-Becker, translated by Penny Hueston and published by...
A very happy World Book Day!
On this March 1st, the Book Office wishes you a happy World Book Day! ... Who said that it was only about children's books? For this...
"La Francophonie" – in books!
In the last few weeks, you might have heard the names of Emmanuel Macron, Leïla Slimani, Alain Mabanckou, and a number of other writers...
Kazuo Ishiguro, Nobel Prize in Literature
No one had expected him, and yet... The novelist Kazuo Ishiguro has worked for a long time, carving patiently sentences which are a...
Frankfurt in French #6: Amélie Nothomb
Well-known French writer Amélie Nothomb is translated into English at Faber & Faber. Sulphuric Acid (2008) The Life of Hunger (2007)...
Frankfurt in French #4: Marie Darrieussecq
Welcome to the 4th writer of our countdown, Marie Darrieussecq! Her different books have been translated into English at Faber & Faber....
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