Put your suitcases away and set your alarm clock, September says it's time to go back to work! And as I realized there was no real...

Author of Dirty War, Dominique Sylvain reveals her writing influences in this touching piece: Les romans sont des pierres séchées par le...

In celebration of Nobel Prize winner Patrick Modiano the French Institute are holding several special events in his honour. The events...

Fans of Flaubert, avid readers of Posy Simmonds, lovers of the Normandy countryside, Gemma Bovery is (finally) screening at the Institut...

Forever Pavot was formed in La Rochelle, west of France, in 2011 and the band describe their music as "Pop 60's Psych Library Soundtrack...

You know how sometimes, a particular thing is so deeply attached to the country it comes from that it's just how it's known throughout...

I'm not sure how râler became such a trendy Gallic pastime, but they say it's good for your health, so I'm sure French people aren't...

Yasmina Khadra joined us for a Q&A session in May, following the screeing of the film The Attack or L'attentat. The film is adapted from...

I have had an amazing opportunity of doing my work shadowing placement at the French Institute for two weeks and was assigned to work in...

Translator Aneesa Abbas Higgins interviews French writer François Garde, author of the Prix Goncourt winning book What Became of the...