On 28th April we had the pleasure of welcoming year 5 class from the The Hampshire School, who submitted their film reviews and drawings...

The book of the week unites all books: adventure book, historical panorama, satirical tale, philosophical summa, polemical mockery,...

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...

Leading figures of children’s illustration, such as Axel Scheffler, Stephanie Blake, Claude K. Dubois and Patrick George give us their...

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

Iconic French singers tend to be known worldwide. Virtually everybody is familiar with the names, if not the music, of Édith Piaf,...

50 years since May 1968! Events are buzzing to celebrate the anniversary of the protests, and the Book Office would like to share an...

At the book office, we are very proud to announce that Olivier Rolin's novel Stalin’s Meteorologist: One Man’s Untold Story of Love, Life...

For today's book of the week, the Book Office and Baudoin Dupret ask the question What is the Sharia? The book is published by Hurst...

On 12 April, the Man Booker International Prize first selection was reduced to a shortlist of six titles, among which we're thrilled to...