Born in Italy, Beatrice Alemagna has lived in Paris since 1997. Her work has been translated into more than 14 languages and exhibited...

The Ismena Collective will be presenting Anais Nin: The Lie Box at The Forge on November the 23rd. Mayda Narvey, creator of the show,...

Continuing our Patrick Modiano celebration, with the first event starting at the French Institute tonight, this week's Book of the Week...

Author of Dirty War, Dominique Sylvain reveals her writing influences in this touching piece: Les romans sont des pierres séchées par le...

In celebration of Nobel Prize winner Patrick Modiano the French Institute are holding several special events in his honour. The events...

Yasmina Khadra joined us for a Q&A session in May, following the screeing of the film The Attack or L'attentat. The film is adapted from...

Translator Aneesa Abbas Higgins interviews French writer François Garde, author of the Prix Goncourt winning book What Became of the...

On the 9th of July a ceremonial reading of an atrocity book was staged at the Houses of Parliament. Robert Murtfeld explains more: "The...

Andrea Reece, up-and-coming young translator, explains her translation of French author Pierre Autin - Grenier's That's Just How It Is...

Alain Mabanckou is francophone Africa’s best-loved writer. Born in 1966 in Congo, he is an award-winning novelist, poet and essayist...