Tag: Books
Did Christine Dupont de Ligonnès’ book appeal to readers? – The Express
Lots of movements this week from March 11 to 17 in our list of tests proposed by Edistat. Starting with the arrival in majesty of François Sureau with Go away…
the prescription of a doctor in spite of himself – L’Express
The incipit sets the tone: “My name is Martin Faubert and you are not reading an essay on happy sobriety or the power of positive thoughts that are just waiting…
more self-published authors during the third edition
It is this Sunday March 17 that the third edition of the Paris African Book Fair ends. Since Friday, around thirty conferences have allowed the public to discover renowned African…
Mathieu Belezi or the Algerian obsession – L’Express
Is the fetus, in its mother’s womb, permeable to smells, lights, voices, in short, to a country…? Mathieu Belezi, conceived in Algeria while his father was doing his military service…
In 2024, can we still make good poetry? – The Express
It was February 21, on the occasion of Missak Manouchian’s entry into the Pantheon: with his usual emphasis, curling his mustache, Arthur Teboul performed The Red Poster of Aragon. Increasingly…
“new”, “dark”, “fantasy”… Romance at the top of sales – L’Express
Publishers are tearing their hair out, as romance, new, dark or fantasy, takes possession of our fiction charts. Finally, not all publishers, since some such as Hugo Publishing, now a…
Paul Fournel and Swedish pentathlete Hans-Gunnar’s one too many strokes – L’Express
“I remember the modern pentathlon in Mexico. Why was I interested, in that fall of 1968, in Hans-Gunnar Liljenwall? We were coming out of a hectic spring, I was preparing…
In publishing, an unprecedented waltz of transfers – L’Express
We already mentioned the subject here, last November, but we can’t help but come back to it, as the inexhaustible phenomenon is growing, with each day bringing its share of…
the three notable meetings of the journalist – L’Express
In September 1947, Madeleine Chapsal married Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber, five years after their meeting in Megève during the war. The young woman is in the front row when her husband, an…
Death of Philippe De Gaulle: an end of life surrounded by books and his family
Philippe De Gaulle, son of Charles de Gaulle died this Wednesday March 13, 2024. The former admiral of the French Navy was 102 years old. Born on December 28, 1921,…