Tag: Books
Kamala Harris, President of the United States? “It would be a mistake to say that it never will be”
/ Podcasts / international book In the recent history of the United States, she was often a pioneer: the first prosecutor from California’s minorities, the first black senator from the…
Torquemada, Florence Delay, Yu Pei-Yun and Zhou Jian-Xin: the books not to be missed
Cain’s Jaw By Torquemada, trans. from English by Claire Watson. The pocket book, 100 p., €14.90. The rating of L’Express: 4/5 CAIN’S JAW By TORQUEMADA © / THE POCKET BOOK…
With the success of ChatGPT, publishers and e-book platforms like Amazon find themselves overwhelmed with books written by or with AI. A phenomenon that worries the real authors…
With the success of ChatGPT, publishers and e-book platforms like Amazon find themselves overwhelmed with books written by or with AI. A phenomenon that worries the real authors… ChatGPT, the…
Book sales: parity on the move
It’s near parity! Yes, there are almost as many women novelists as men in our list of fiction, and a very good female proportion in that of essays. So what…
Roald Dahl’s books rewritten: “A distressing view of children’s literature”
The Puffin publishing house has announced new versions of children’s novels by Roald Dahl, author among others of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda Or Fantastic Master Fox. Several hundred…
Roald Dahl’s books are cleared of offensive words
Words like “fat” and “ugly” disappear from British author Roald Dahl’s children’s books. The books are being changed to be more inclusive and less offensive. It is the publisher Puffin…
J.-MG Le Clézio and Jeanne Pham Tran: books not to be missed
Obverse. News from the undesirables By J.-MG Le Clézio. Gallimard, 224 pages, €19.50. The rating of L’Express: 4/5 Obverse. News from the undesirables By JMG Le Clézio. Gallimard © /…
“The King and the Clockmaker”: the master of thriller Arnaldur Indridason goes back in time
“The author with 18 million readers worldwide”! The banner, which flashes on the cover of the new novel by Icelandic Arnaldur Indridason, would have something to frighten the writer of…
Alexandra Goujon: “The Ukrainians are convinced that they will win”
/ Podcasts / international book Since its invasion by Russia on February 24, 2022, Ukraine has been in the international news when the country’s history was little known until then.…
The 1st African Book Festival of Marrakech, all fire, all flame
Flam: four initials to designate the African Book Festival in Marrakech which took place a few days ago. For the first time, some fifty writers and artists from the Maghreb…