Have you ever tried to understand the psychology of a lump of sugar which is trying to hide from the view of the coffee drinker? A...

For today's Book of the Week, the Book Office is taking you to the privacy of an Afghan home, in which a woman attempts to keep her...

The Book of the week is Marie Darrieussecq's Being Here: The Life of Paula Modersohn-Becker, translated by Penny Hueston and published by...

Ahoy, bookworms! It gives us great joy, here at the Book Office, to announce the list of books we’re be supporting the translation of...

We were very sorry to hear that Paul Otchakovsky-Laurens, the renowned publisher of a great number of prestigious French authors, died in...

We couldn't not talk about Emmanuel Carrère: his different books are translated into English by Linda Coverdale and John Lambert at...

Welcome to the 4th writer of our countdown, Marie Darrieussecq! Her different books have been translated into English at Faber & Faber....

"Grains of sand, bridges, shampoo, a bike, board games, yoga, sellotape, birds, balloons, tattoos, wandering hands, tweezers, maths,...