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Watch the trailer for No and Me, by Delphine de Vigan
Posted On: March 9, 2010Posted In: Video
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Watch a trailer for Delphine de Vigan’s bestselling novel, No and Me, newly translated from the French by George Miller.
Read More...February Reading Groups round-up
Posted On: February 17, 2010Posted In: Reading Groups
Publisher: The Bookhugger Crew
Looking for ideas for new titles to read with your reading circle or book group? Let us help. Here are some titles which have reading guides ready and waiting for you to stimulate discussion and debate.
Read More...The Bookhugger Author Panel: Writing from life
Posted On: November 3, 2009Posted In: Author panels
Publisher: The Bookhugger Crew
We asked three very different authors about how their life experiences feed in to their writing – and about how that writing is subjected to commercial pressures. What wins – money or art?
Read More...Read the first chapter of Sunset Oasis – and win a copy too [closed]
Posted On: September 7, 2009Posted In: Competitions, Extracts
Publisher: Sceptre
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Sunset Oasis won the inaugural International Prize for Arabic Fiction in 2008, and now it’s being published in English. Bookhugger brings you a chance to read the first chapter, and to win a copy so you can read on…
Read More...Get a flavour of The Gourmet
Posted On: September 2, 2009Posted In: Extracts, Reading Groups
Publisher: Gallic Books
France’s greatest food critic is dying, after a lifetime in single-minded pursuit of sensual delights. But as Pierre Arthens lies on his death bed, he is tormented by an inability to recall the most delicious food to ever pass his lips, which he ate long before becoming a critic.
Read More...Before The Hedgehog
Posted On: August 31, 2009Posted In: Extracts, Reading Groups
Publisher: Gallic Books
Following the success of The Elegance of the Hedgehog, French author Muriel Barbery’s first novel, The Gourmet, is published in English this month. Centring on an ailing food critic and his search for a perfect flavour from his youth, it features some of the same characters as The Elegance of the Hedgehog.
Read More...Jane Aitken from Gallic Books on the joys of French fiction
Posted On: July 22, 2009Posted In: Articles
Publisher: Gallic Books
Jane Aitken, Managing Director of Gallic Books, talks about what French fiction got to offer to an English-speaking audience, and the challenges of marketing it in an already crowded marketplace.
Read More...Best of the Web: check out Anna Sam
Posted On: July 15, 2009Posted In: Articles
Publisher: Gallic Books
Anna Sam is making a big splash with Checkout, her account of the eight years she spent working behind a French supermarket checkout. Here’s some of the best coverage, and a link to her appearance on BBC Radio 4’s Midweek too.
Read More...Read an extract of Checkout – A Life on the Tills
Posted On: June 26, 2009Posted In: Extracts
Publisher: Gallic Books
Anna Sam spent 8 years as a checkout girl. Checkout – A Life on the Tills is a witty look at what it’s really like to work in a supermarket: the relentless grind and less-than-perfect working conditions, along with people-watching and encounters with every kind of customer from the bizarre to the downright rude.
Read More...A Rare Interview with Muriel Barbery
Posted On: May 30, 2009Posted In: Interviews
Publisher: Gallic Books
Following paperback publication in the UK of international success story The Elegance of the Hedgehog, read a rare interview with author Muriel Barbery.
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