On the 14th of July, Weidenfeld & Nicolson are publishing this fascinating account by Anne Sebba of the lives of people, women in...

Happy Bastille Day! Everyone knows that France celebrates the 14th of the July every year with a national holiday, French flags and lots...

Yves Bonnefoy was born on the 24th of June 1923. He died aged 93 years old, on the 1st of July 2016. He was a poet, an art critic and...

Many of us have a writer who means something special to them, whose words have affected us like few other things could ever have. This...

Jean-Christophe Rufin has several hats. And two feet made for walking, as you can see. He is a French diplomat, historian, novelist and...

Donald Nicholson-Smith, who translated into English 3 books by a Jean-Patrick Manchette, the French author of subversive crime fiction,...

‘Nous sommes les oiseaux de la tempete qui s’ annonce’, by Lola Lafon, was not available on the shelves of the Mediatheque (currently...

Tahar Ben Jelloun was born in Fez, Morocco in 1944, and emigrated to France in 1971. He is an award-winning and internationally...

This Guest Post was written by Bing Taylor, author of 'MAQUIS, The Secret War of Joseph Quantock'. Set in Occupied France during...

I don't know if you have noticed, but it seems the world is going a little crazy lately. Hence, we thought it would be a good idea to...