BOOKS

Alain Baraton’s latest book is set in Paris. From the shared garden to the feminist garden as well as to the political and military garden..

For nearly twenty years, Cinebook has established itself as the leading English-language publisher of Franco-Belgian comics. What have been the main challenges in introducing this “ninth art” to Anglo-Saxon audiences long dominated by American superheroes and Japanese manga? Cinebook: American superheroes and Japanese manga still dominate the Anglo-Saxon market. But indeed, we have succeeded in establishing our brand—and that was our main challenge. Cinebook had to be clearly

With her sharp wit, cross-cultural voice, and talent for weaving intrigue into everyday life, Elle Jauffret has carved a unique place in the modern mystery world. Her new novel, Cosplayed to Death (out November 11, 2025), invites readers back to the picturesque yet perilous coastal town of Caper Cove, where competitive surfing, pop-culture fandom, and small-town secrets collide.

Washington, DC has long been a city where literature is lived rather than merely archived. To walk its streets is to move through layers of poetry, protest, scholarship, and salon culture. It is, after all, the place where a young Langston Hughes left his poems on a busboy’s table and was discovered; where Zora Neale Hurston carried her brilliance through the halls of Howard; where the written word has shaped political imagination as powerfully as speeches ever have. For the

What if the greatest mystery of art lay in a simple smile? In Rare smiles – An Investigation in the Museums of the World , published in November 2025, art critic Alexia Guggémos explores this universal emotion, so rare on canvas, yet so essential to our humanity. In museum galleries, faces line up, solemn, hieratic. And suddenly, a smile. Fleeting, shy, almost accidental. This fragile apparition is what Alexia Guggémos has been chasing for thirty years. In Rare smiles – An In

Step off the train at Oxford and you’re in a city where scholarship has shaped the streets for nearly a millennium. It’s compact enough...

Golf is a game of patience, precision, and personal growth. Unlike other sports that may rely on innate athleticism or explosive bursts...

As summer settles in—with its long, bright days and endless evenings—what could be better than an excellent crime novel to feed your...

Linda Bastide, a writer, poet, and actress, is a prominent figure in contemporary French literature. With a sensitive pen and a profound...