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Rue des Voleurs - maybe something sinister within?
‘Rue Des Voleurs’ is about an old theme and a new theme. The old theme is French ‘Orientalism’, the fascination of the French for the...
FILM REVIEWS from Fulham Prep School - 'Les Malheurs de Sophie'
We recently had the pleasure of welcoming year 7 class from Fulham Prep School who submitted their film reviews for 'Les Malheurs de...
The Novel of the Century, by David Bellos
You know that here at the Book Office, we love to make you discover books and authors you might not have heard of yet. Well today, we are...
The Reading Guide to the French Elections
Are you puzzled by the French elections? We have exactly what you need. In much the same way as our friends from Penguin (see their...
Publishing Scotland Takes Scottish Books To The World
As the UK must now officially prepare for a general election, our colleagues from Publishing Scotland keep calm and carry on, showing...
FILM REVIEWS AND DRAWINGS from St Michael's Prep School - 'Le Tableau'
We recently had the pleasure of welcoming year 6 class from St Michael's Prep School, Otford Kent, who submitted their film reviews and...
Meet the author: Ananda Devi interviewed by translator Jeffrey Zuckerman
What better person to interview an author than his or her translator? Than the person who spent hours reading, analysing, dissecting,...
Based on a true story, by Delphine de Vigan
"I'd like to describe how L. came into my life, and in what circumstances. I'd like to describe precisely the context that enabled L. to...
Delphine de Vigan: Mental illness, the middle class… and how much is a mask?
It was mid- March. Winter, that season encapsulating darkness and misery, continued perhaps its malign grip on London, but there seemed...
Compass, by Mathias Enard
Vienna. Nightfall. Franz Ritter, a musicologist - of whom the reader is quickly told that he suffers from an incurable and voluntarily...
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