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French author Olivia Rosenthal's book among 2018 PEN Translates award winners
To leave with the Reindeer by Olivia Rosenthal, translated by Sophie Lewis and published by And Other Stories, just won one of the 2018...


History of Violence, Edouard Louis
You liked The End of Eddy? Here is your chance to immerse yourself again in the words of Edouard Louis, with his radical and urgent new...


The Years, Annie Ernaux
The Years is ‘a Remembrance of Things Past for our age of media domination and consumerism’ says the New York Times. It is a monumental...


Simone Veil at the Pantheon
Today, the Institut français celebrates the life of Simone Veil with a special screening of "Simone Veil, une histoire française", on the...


Smoking Kills, Antoine Laurain
A little preparation is needed before you open this book of the week. Antoine Laurain, its author, gives you a trick: Close your eyes,...


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...


Vernon Subutex 2, Virginie Despentes
Follow Vernon Subutex for a new episode with today's Book of the week, the second volume of Virginie Despentes's trilogy. Vernon Subutex...


7th East London Comics & Arts Festival
The ELCAF is back, proudly supported by the Book Office! From June 22nd to 24th, it will again feature over 100 exhibitors plus a...


Small Country, Gaël Faye
Small Country (Penguin) - Petit Pays, in French (Grasset) - by Gaël Faye and translated by Sarah Ardizzone is today's Book of the week...


Camaraderie in the European Poetry Festival
The Book Office is proud to be supporting the European Poetry Festival, which took place between April 5th and 14th, gathering over 70...
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