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Your Father's Room, Michel Déon
The Book Office is delighted to be presenting Your Father's Room, by Michel Déon, as book of the week! Later, although he wondered about...
The Man Booker International Prize Longlist is out!
The Book Office is delighted to hear that Laurent Binet's The 7th Function of Language (translated by Sam Taylor for Harvill Secker) and...
The Guillaume Barraud Quartet Comes to London
THE GUILLAUME BARRAUD QUARTET IS COMING TO TOWN! The French outfit, who combine the traditional flute sounds of nothern India with...
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...
WAR AS THE ULTIMATE LIE - LEMAITRE'S 'THE GREAT SWINDLE'
PLEASE NOTE: THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS With a sort of trepidation, I have next to my computer keyboard a copy of the Penguin Book of...
"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...
OUI LOVE NIGHT, in partnership with Rockfeedback & The Line of Best Fit
1st OUI LOVE NIGHT of 2018, ON 4TH APRIL, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ROCKFEEDBACK & THE LINE OF BEST FIT The first Oui Love night of the year is...
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