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Last Deadline for European Literature Night 2016
The Call for Papers for the European Literature Night 2016 is this Friday 11th of December. The European Literature Night (ELN), the...
Top of the Pops - Culturethèque style
So, I managed to convince DJ Nico to dip his hands into our new music selection on Culturethèque. I bet you didn't know that we've...
A Life in Fiction: Emmanuel Carrère’s Limonov
Leading the Reading Group at the Institut français is proving to be an incredibly enjoyable experience. With reading being a solitary –...
Paris, je t'aime
The lovely Laura from LLB Promotion sent me one of the best initiatives I've seen since the devastating Paris attacks on the 13th of...
Paying our respects
It's difficult to say something about the Paris attacks without sounding patronising/angry/worried/scared/upset/shocked/devastated....
Maylis de Kerangal’s Naissance d’un pont: Birth of a literary monument
On Thursday 12 November, I got the chance to lead what turned out to be a most fascinating discussion of Maylis de Kerangal’s...
Why are there so many French literary awards?
Other than the 'Richard and Judy book prize', I was pretty darn ignorant of the literary scene (forgive me!). But then, I hopped over to...
Word up Your French Special Edition: French greetings
A few days ago, the Book Office Team told me about 'Flirting with French', a book about a American man who wants to be French (it's...
MAD ABOUT MODIANO
Who on earth is Patrick Modiano? He's a French writer, and his birthday is 10 days after mine. Oh, and he won the 2014 Nobel Prize in...
The Lobster (2015) - Film Review
I did it! I finally went to see a film on time and in it's entirety (i.e. not two months later whilst I'm cooking some eggs and feeding...
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