Tag: Books
Christmas gifts: ten children’s albums to put under the tree
1. For the youngest who still believes in Santa Claus. From 4 years old. The Closet Monster Hates Christmas By Antoine Dole and Bruno Salamone. Actes Sud junior, €16.50. Does…
The revenge of popular song: what if Abba and Bach had things in common?
Since Lautréamont, the encounter between an umbrella and a sewing machine on a vivisection table no longer surprises anyone. But the encounter in a book between the score of an…
Christmas books: the best stories to read to children
The end of year celebrations are a time full of magic and magic. To make children wait, nothing better than to read them books about Christmas! our selection Kids love…
Rennes, a new eldorado for booksellers
It’s a new kind of rush to the West. That of booksellers, seasoned or recently converted, many of whom choose Brittany to set up their business. Between 2019 and 2022,…
In his anthology, Philippe Torreton invites you to travel through centuries of poetry
/ Podcasts / Cultural guest Today’s cultural guest is actor and writer Philippe Torreton, who has just published ” Anthology of French poetry » published by Calmann-Lévy. A work composed…
Best literary sales: a market that is struggling to take off as Christmas approaches
One more effort, fellow readers. You only have three short weeks left to make authors, publishers and booksellers smile. As of December 4, the closing date of our weekly rankings,…
DRC: a novel on the mining mirage
The action begins in Kolwezi, a city which was built on the exploitation of copper and cobalt mines in particular. In Le champ de Dieu, Olivier Kalal portrays a young…
At the heart of Mayotte’s destiny
/ Podcasts / Book France The situation in the Mayotte archipelago is the subject of this week’s book France, with guest MP Mansour Kamardine, author of Sada’s child at the…
L’Express Personality Award: “Wherever you are, Salman Rushdie…”
From the first paragraph of his autobiography (1), Salman Rushdie brings back the memory of a day in February, when his life had just changed. “How does it feel to…
They braved the cold – when Annie Ernaux signed books
The queue was more than 100 meters long when the Nobel laureate in literature, Annie Ernaux, came to Söderbokhandeln in Stockholm to sign books. Despite the cold, many people waited…