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No Place to Lay One's Head, Françoise Frenkel
The Book Office was completely taken by No Place to Lay One's Head, by Françoise Frenkel. What makes No Place to Lay One's Head unique is...
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...
A Walk Through Paris, Eric Hazan
The Book Office is delighted to present the Book of the week: A Walk Through Paris. A radical exploration, by Eric Hazan. You're stuck in...
First Palmer Prize in the Queen's College, Oxford
The Book Office is delighted to share exciting news for translation in the academic world! The Queen's College, in Oxford, just launched...
"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...
Translating Vénus Khoury-Ghata’s "Seven Stones"
The Book Office is delighted to present the Book of the week: Seven Stones, by Vénus Khoury-Ghata. Aneesa Abbas Higgins, translator of...
Woman at Sea, Catherine Poulain
This week, discover what Le Monde described as 'a tale of travel and adventure, the story of a body utterly surrendered to pain and joy....
Happy Literary Valentine’s Day!
Your better half is away? You are too tired to go out? You are single anyway? … … Well, that doesn’t matter at all, because what we would...
Georges Simenon’s birthday, a celebration in translation
The Book Office is delighted to celebrate Georges Simenon’s 115th birthday today! (Wait, are we a day too early? It seems that the...
Homage to the writer Mathieu Riboulet
The Book Office is sad to announce the loss of Mathieu Riboulet, who passed away yesterday in Bordeaux. Aged 57, Mathieu Riboulet had...
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