Melbourne couple wins at 2019 Prix Sorcières
Picture book Petit Soldat (Editions du Seuil), by Melbourne-based couple Pierre Jacques Ober and Jules Ober, has been awarded at the 2019 Prix Sorcières in France. Due to be published...
Canadian literary prize suspended after authors protest Amazon sponsorship
In Canada, a Québécois literary prize has been suspended by organisers after prize finalists and the public protested the sponsorship by Amazon, reports the Guardian. The five finalists for the 2019...
Bella Andre makes French-translation deal with Kobo
US author Bella Andre has signed a deal with ebookseller Kobo for the exclusive rights to French translations of five titles over a three-month period, reports Publishers Weekly. The first title available, Le Cadeau (The Wedding...
Your store: French storytelling
‘Une souris verte qui courait dans l’herbe,’ French tutor Myriam Bourdon reads aloud to children at Readings bookstore in St Kilda. She then whispers the translation: ‘A green mouse that...