Tag: Books
The second edition of the African book fair opens its doors in Paris
The second edition of the African book fair opens Friday, March 17 for a period of three days in Paris, rich in activities. This event at the town hall of…
Stratford’s most ambitious young reader aims to read 500 books for this year’s MS Read-a-Thon
News Local News Books Stratford’s Izzy Marchenko, 6, is determined to read 500 books and raise $5,000 dollars for the MS Society of Canada through this year’s MS Read-a-Thon. Published…
Praise of empathy among biographers, by Pierre Assouline
Not all writers have to like their characters. It’s even so rare that when it happens in a novel, the critics take notice. The least of things in biographers. Some…
Mélissa Da Costa, the most widely read novelist in France, is releasing a new novel
/ Podcasts / Cultural guest Women from the End of the World is the title of his 6th book just released. At only 32 years old, Mélissa Da Costa has…
Book sales: time for spring cleaning
Prince Harry may complain about his “alternate” status, but for two months he has held a royal place in our rather stable best-selling list of essays, where people as diverse…
Fouad Laroui, Peter Stamm, Laurent Seksik: books not to be missed
30 days to find a husband By Fouad Laroui. Mialet-Barrault Publishers, 192 p., €19. The rating of L’Express: 4/5 30 days to find a husband By Fouad Laroui. Mialet-Barrault Publishers…
Proust in goodies, comics, theater: shocking or unexpected democratization?
True Proustians would like us to speak only of books. Those of their idol, “La Recherche”, they are content to say, or those of serious academics exploring his work again…
With “Immersion”, Hélène Artaud questions our relationship to the oceans
/ Podcasts / Book France How our relationship with the ocean has changed over the centuries, and more specifically in recent years… This is the question addressed by the France…
Special: Reading Day with Twelve Female Writers
On the occasion of National Reading Day in France, Friday March 10, 2023, special programming. “I read, you read, you read” and they read. They, like the twelve writers chosen…
Lunch of L’Express bestsellers: and suddenly the Vivendi affair comes to the table…
We did not airlift it to the roof of the Royal Monceau-Rafles, in the 17th arrondissement of Paris, but we are not far from it. Train canceled, so plane, then…