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A resident of Mosul browses through books on Al Najafi Street on Saturday 5 October, 2019.
Literature

Literary renaissance grips Mosul in Iraq

A picture taken on October 7, 2019 shows letters and documents by French writer Marcel Proust (1871-1922) displayed before the auction at the Christie's auction house in Paris.
Literature

Proust’s self-promoting letters fail to sell at Paris auction
British writer Jonathan Coe in Paris, September 2019
Culture France UK

Following the thread of British politics in Jonathan Coe's new book 'Middle England'
'This Hostel Life' author, Nigerian novelist Melatu Uchenna Okorie
Africa: Stories in the 55

Camaraderie and Irish attitudes in Nigerian writer’s short story collection
Olivier Da Lage journalist, author of Mr Singh's Rickshaw, interviewed by RFI, September 2019
CULTURE

Mumbai murder mystery digs deep into origins of Hindu society
Sound Kitchen Podcast
Sound kitchen

Tsipras’ nemesis

Acclaimed American author Toni Morrison, at the Enoch Pratt Library January 29, 1998.
US - literature - loss

“Beloved” US Pulitzer Prize writer Toni Morrison has died, aged 88
A mailbox dedicated to Arthur Rimbaud at the west cemetery of Charleville-Mezieres

Letters to Rimbaud, 127 years after his death
Nigerian writer Helon Habila, author of the novel "Travelers"
Africa: Stories in the 55

Helon Habila's novel 'Travelers' explores the lives of Africans in exile
Omani author Jokha Alharthi and translator Marilyn Booth pose after winning the Man Booker International prize, London May 21, 2019.
Oman - Literature

Omani female novelist Jokha Alharthi wins Man Booker International award
Kenyan writer and LGBTQ activist Binyavanga Wainaina
Society

Kenyan writer and LGBTQ activist Wainaina dies
Australian author Karen Viggers

Wilderness and the human condition: Australian author enthralls France
French author Michel Houellebecq in 2017.
Culture

Enfant terrible of French literature to receive Legion of Honour
South African novelist Mphuthumi Ntabeni, author of "The Broken River Tent"
Africa: Stories in the 55

South African novelist Mphuthumi Ntabeni shines a light on the Xhosa narrative
Sulaiman Addonia, author of the novel "Silence is My Mother Tongue"
Africa: Stories in the 55

Life and sensuality in a refugee camp in Suliaman Addonia's "Silence is My Mother Tongue"
The Sound Kitchen
Sound kitchen

The Jacques Chirac Foundation awards its Prize for Conflict Prevention
No Friend but the Mountains-- an award-winning book by asylum seeker Behrouz Boochani
Culture

Asylum seeker stuck in detention wins Australia’s most prestigious literary prize
The Sound Kitchen
Sound kitchen

French President Emmanuel Macron’s concessions to the Yellow Vests
Sound kitchen

The French Prime Minister’s response to the Yellow Vests
Rupert Everett plays 19th Century writer Oscar Wilde in his directoral debut 'The Happy Prince'
Cinefile

A compassionately splendid The Happy Prince, in We the Coyotes, LA tests young love
The covered market and Donjon in Niort
Culture

'Ugliest' French town invites author Houellebecq to sample its 'happy' herb
French author Michel Houellebecq in 2015.
Culture

France’s Houellebecq foresees Yellow Vest unrest in new novel
Rupert Everett plays 19th Century writer Oscar Wilde in his directoral debut 'The Happy Prince'
CINEFILE N°21 Monthly French-flavour film reviews

The Happy Prince portrays Oscar Wilde's last gasp in Paris
Nicolas Mathieu at the Drouant restaurant after receiving the Prix Goncourt
France

Novel of youth and disillusion wins France's Goncourt prize
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