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Interview: The British translator of Asterix on one of her toughest French challenges yet

The Connexion speaks to Adriana Hunter as she prepares to tackle the poetic bestseller Son odeur après la pluie

British writer triumphs in French idyll

Ann Mary Stanton credits a UK literary society for inspiring her award-winning writing career in rural France

Booker-nominated novelist among star guests to speak at French literary festival

Author Sunjeev Sahota will be talking about his latest novel at Festilitt, a Franco-English literary festival in Parisot, France, this October

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Anniversary tributes for Jean de Florette and Manon des Sources author

April 18 marks the fiftieth anniversary of Marcel Pagnol’s death. Commemorations celebrating his life and work are taking place around the country

Six things that show the French love for books and reading

To mark France’s national day for independent bookshops on April 15, we take a look at what helps foster the country’s love of literature

Books with a link to France November 2022 - The 20 minute review

We read recent releases with a link to France. To be fair, each gets 20 minutes’ reading time

Books with a link to France October 2022 - The 20 minute review

We read recent releases with a link to France. To be fair, each gets 20 minutes’ reading time

How reading Annie Ernaux will help you understand France

The French author has just been awarded the Nobel Prize for literature, having been commended for the unflinching gaze with which she beholds French society

Jules Verne: the hidden story of France’s first science fiction writer

Family turmoil, ill health and hurtful rejection by literary peers plagued a life that was still full of travel and adventure

France buys Marquis de Sade’s 120 Days of Sodom manuscript

The ‘national treasure’ and shocking work of 18th-century fiction, written on a 12-metre-long scroll, has been bought with corporate sponsorship for a public library in Paris

'I am the novelist I am because of Carcassonne'

Novelist Kate Mosse speaks about Carcassonne and her second novel in a series set there during the Wars of Religion

Tracy Chevalier takes part in literary weekly talk

Author of the popular “Girl with a Pearl Earring” novel, Tracy Chevalier, is to be a guest on the online Franco-British literary festival on Friday June 5.

Enjoy Languedoc Trilogy author talk

Popular novelist, Kate Mosse is the guest in this Friday’s online series of talks with authors organised for the confinement period by the Franco-British literary festival, Festilitt.

Franco-British literary festival’s lockdown events

A weekly literary treat open to all during the confinement period has been set up by the organisers of an acclaimed annual Franco-British literary festival.

‘British literati can look down at crime writing’

Scottish crime author Peter May briefly puts his pen down to speak to The Connexion about writing inspiration, the importance of research, British literary snobbery, and life in rural Lot...

Macron appoints author as French language champion

President Emmanuel Macron has appointed award-winning French-Moroccan writer Leïla Slimani to champion the French language and “represent the open face of Francophonie”.

Victor Hugo’s ‘work of art’ on Guernsey to get revamp

When Victor Hugo, writer of The Hunchback of Notre Dame, was exiled from France he spent 15 years in Hauteville House, Guernsey, where he wrote Les Misérables. It is now a Hugo museum but needs renovation and, Mark Hayes says, funds

Festilitt: The little literary festival that could

Girl with a Pearl Earring author Tracy Chevalier will head a list of writers at a Franco-British literary festival in October.

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Interview: The British translator of Asterix on one of her toughest French challenges yet

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Booker-nominated novelist among star guests to speak at French literary festival

Anniversary tributes for Jean de Florette and Manon des Sources author

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