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EVENT REVIEW: ELISE FONTENAILLE- NDIAYE
On the 9th of July a ceremonial reading of an atrocity book was staged at the Houses of Parliament. Robert Murtfeld explains more: "The...
GUEST POST: THAT'S JUST HOW IT IS BY PIERRE AUTIN-GRENIER - ENGLISH TRANSLATION BY ANDREA REECE
Andrea Reece, up-and-coming young translator, explains her translation of French author Pierre Autin - Grenier's That's Just How It Is...
AUTHOR PROFILE: ALAIN MABANCKOU
Alain Mabanckou is francophone Africa’s best-loved writer. Born in 1966 in Congo, he is an award-winning novelist, poet and essayist...
AUTHOR PROFILE: CEDRIC VILLANI
At the Edinburgh Book Festival? Try getting tickets for the Cedric Villani event today! Prolific writer and mathematician Villani...
CAMUS REVISITED
Catch up on an event which took place at the Institut français on the 24th of June 2015. Jeremy Harding (London Review of Books), Abraham...
EDINBURGH BOOK FESTIVAL ANNOUNCMENT
From the 15th to the 31st of August we'll be heading to Edinburgh to support some of our favourite French authors at the world-famous...
LAKES COMIC FESTIVAL 2015
Love French comics? Fancy a trip to the Lake District this autumn? Why not try out the Lakes International Comic Art festival in Kendal...
Frank Sinatra, “My Way” (Claude François)
If you think that French culture is old-school and can’t cross the borders, we are sorry to say that you are totally wrong. The peeps at...
JEANNE LANVIN COUTURE: FASHION FOCUSED ON THE WOMAN
Paris’s Jeanne Lanvin exhibition at the Palais Galliera is a ‘must-see’. I went because I love Lanvin today and also because know I will...
BURGESS PROGRAMME ANNOUNCEMENT
All you wanted to know about the Burgess Translation Grant… As you might have seen from our previous posts, here at the Book office, we...
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