French bookshops have novel plan to fight VAT rise
Booksellers hint at a possible 'labelling strike' where they would simply refuse to stick new price tags on booksBehind nine vast window displays of graphic novels, art and politics books, hand-written reviews were tacked to recommended fiction and boo...
Quai d’Orsay’s comic-book hero tickles French fancy
Satirical graphic novel based on former PM Dominique de Villepin has become surprise French literary hitA silver-haired aristocrat thunders through the palatial offices of the French foreign ministry quoting Greek philosophers and demanding his speech-...
Political essay by 93-year-old tops Christmas bestseller list in France
Resistance hero Stéphane Hessel stuns publishing world with 30-page work that calls on readers to be outraged about societyProving that age is no boundary to publishing success, the French book world has been taken by storm by a surprise Christmas bes...
