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Translating Didier Anzieu: Lecture & Book launch with Naomi Segal
Next tuesday, on the 10th May, Professor Noami Segal will present her new translation of Didier Anzieu's book The Skin-Ego in the...
Have you heard of les Nuits Sonores?
Find out more: it’s an electronic and independent music festival that takes place each year when summer is coming! If you want to have 5...
'I write, you write, he writes… I read, you read, he reads…'
I write, you write, he writes… I read, you read, he reads… " Talking about ‘littérature engagée’ is out of date! We all have, at some...
French Crown-Colour Bard
Last Saturday, I attended the opening night of Emma Rice’s imaginative and playful Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Globe, and was...
A Franco-British adaptation of Shakespeare’s masterpiece - Henry V by Antic Disposition
You know what? This year it’s the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death... and the ongoing centenary of the First World War! I know...
Reading Group - STEPPING INTO DANGEROUS TERRITORY
Michel Tournier addresses two equally dangerous subjects- fascism and pedophilia- in his ‘Le Roi Des Aulnes’. He comments on history-...
Two French titles to receive PEN Promotes Award!
How exciting! Two French books translated into English feature in this year's PEN Promotes award selection: About My Mother, Tahar Ben...
L'Art de la Simplicité (How to Live More With Less) by Dominique Loreau
It always seems complicated to live simply. Thankfully, with Dominique Loreau’s L’Art de la Simplicité (How to Live More With Less), you...
Reading Group - AN AUTHOR IN SEMI- SUBVERSIVE MODE
In ‘L’Armee Furieuse’, Fred Vargas manipulates, subverts, to a degree, but not totally, the genre of the ‘roman policier’. As a woman...
'The Santiago Pilgrimage' by Jean-Christopher Rufin
I hope you're in a good shape today... because you're about to join Jean-Christophe Rufin on a physical and mental experience, as well as...
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