I hope you're in a good shape today... because you're about to join Jean-Christophe Rufin on a physical and mental experience, as well as...

We had the chance to interview Riad Sattouf for the British release of his graphic book The Arab of the Future, translated by Sam Taylor...

This week, French Books UK is taking you on a little twenty-one-day journey back to the 19th century in charming company of Octave...

We're all in this together! In less than three months, the United Kingdom will decide whether to leave the European Union or not. In the...

Guess what? Riad Sattouf is coming to the French Institute! On 6th April at 7pm he will present his unmissable graphic book The Arab of...

A review of Noir Parfait, a novel by French writer Valentin Retz published by Gallimard in 2015 "The commercial distinction between...

Crime fans, get out your diaries! The Oxford Literary Festival is opening next week-end, and French writer Bernard Minier will make the...

Not one, not two… but three nominees for the French language!!! Yes, three exclamation marks: one for each of our favourite writers...

The theme of this year’s Reading Group at the Institut français (http://bit.ly/1TzgI5I) is Testing translations, but there is a definite...

Who would have thought? I have actually written two consecutive blogs for the 'Book of the Week' (but have utterly failed to start my...