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A cultural stroll through Paris with actor Alex Vizorek and singer Hélène Ségara

Culture

Greek island Ithaca hopes for big tourism boost thanks to Odyssey movie

Europe
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Literary icon Margaret Atwood on why The Handmaid’s Tale no longer feels like fiction

Culture
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Salman Rushdie on survival, censorship and the power of fiction

Culture

Marjane Satrapi, French-Iranian author of 'Persepolis', dies of 'sadness' at 56

Culture
Entre Nous

Paris's Saint-Germain-des-Prés book fair returns

France
Middle East Matters

Crackdown on culture: Israel censoring Palestinian voices

Middle East

Could a controversial award-winning short story signal a new era of literary 'AI slop'?

Analysis
Culture
arts24

Booker Prize nominee Chigozie Obioma on being an African writer today

Culture
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From translating Agatha Christie at 17 to redefining Nordic Noir: Ragnar Jónasson's rise

Culture
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Streep, Hathaway and Blunt reunite for 'The Devil Wears Prada 2' premieres

Culture

Prize-winning book 'Houris' brings prison term for French-Algerian author Kamel Daoud

France
Perspective

'Poems help me wrestle with my fears': Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Tracy K. Smith

Culture
Spotlight

Locating Shakespeare's £140 London flat

Culture
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Paris Book Festival kicks off amid Grasset publishing controversy

Culture

French billionaire Bolloré sparks turmoil at Grasset as 115 authors leave publishing house

France
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Author Ece Temelkuran finds solidarity in her 'Nation of Strangers'

Culture

Turmoil at publisher owned by French billionaire Bolloré sparks exodus of top authors

France
The 51%

George Sand: The French woman writer who outsold Victor Hugo

International Booker Prize 2026 shortlist announced featuring French witch, sworn virgin

Culture
Entre Nous

MinaLima revisit Saint-Exupéry's 'The Little Prince' drawings

Culture
Perspective

'I'm proud when we can turn our diversity into strength': Author Jens Christian Grøndahl

Culture
Perspective

'My children became my purpose': Author Stuart J. Green on rebuilding after trauma

Culture
Spotlight

Iranian-American writer Azar Nafisi on literature in times of crisis

Middle East
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Novelist Dinaw Mengestu on the battle for freedom of expression

Culture
Focus

Book bans on the rise in Texas public school libraries

Americas

Writing for survival: Gaza author dares to hope against the odds

Long read
Middle East

Quidditch team from Ugandan village harbours Harry Potter-inspired World Cup dreams

Africa
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Author Tash Aw explores desire, duty and family dynamics in 'The South'

Culture
Entre Nous

Books, after hours: France celebrates reading for pleasure

France
Perspective

Agatha Christie's great-grandson on how her works transcend time

Culture

Agatha Christie wove satire, social comedy into ‘serious business of murder’ with effortless grace

UK
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Booker Prize winner David Szalay on his 'risky' novel 'Flesh' that wowed the literary world

Culture
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Taffy Brodesser-Akner's take on the Jewish American family saga

Culture
Perspective

'I'm interested in how people exist in our minds': Writer Claire-Louise Bennett

Culture
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aja monet: The Grammy-nominated poet taking on power and the culture wars

Culture

Ex-president Sarkozy’s 20-day prison diary: ‘Like the Count of Monte Cristo’?

Analysis
France
Perspective

'The Black Pool': Irish author Tim MacGabhann on overcoming addiction

Europe
Paris des arts

A cultural stroll through Paris with writer Amanda Sthers and singer Keren Ann

Culture

French authors and screenwriters sue TikTok over copyright

Culture

Pardoned French-Algerian dissident writer Sansal en route to Germany

Africa

Algeria pardons French-Algerian author Sansal after year-long imprisonment

France
Perspective

Ta-Nehisi Coates: 'As a Black American, we get used to living under the weight of inequality'

Americas
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France's Goncourt literary prize awarded to Laurent Mauvignier for family saga

Culture

France's Goncourt literary prize awarded to Laurent Mauvignier for family saga

Culture

FRANCE 24's Elena Volochine wins top French journalism prize for book on Putin propaganda machine

Culture

Virginia Giuffre's posthumous memoir shines new light on Epstein ordeal

Culture

Hungary's Laszlo Krasznahorkai wins 2025 Nobel literature prize

Culture
Perspective

Best-selling author Katriona O'Sullivan on her memoir 'Poor' and growing up in poverty

Europe
Perspective

Ukrainian soldier and poet Yaryna Chornohuz on life in the trenches

Europe
Paris des arts

A cultural stroll through Paris with author Fatou Diome and choreographer Mourad Merzouki

Culture
Perspective

'Some wounds have never been allowed to heal': Author Martin Doyle on the Troubles

Europe
arts24

The magic of midnight travel: Monisha Rajesh on the rise of the night train

Culture

The Bright Side: French National Library launches appeal for Proust's 'madeleine' manuscripts

France
arts24

Elif Shafak: Fiction as a bridge across divides in a fractured world

Culture
Perspective

'No Country for Love': Yaroslav Trofimov on the cost of survival in 1930s Ukraine

Europe
Entre Nous

Gretchen Rubin on the keys to adulthood and better living

Culture

The Bright Side: Finnish fans celebrate 80th birthday of beloved Moomins characters

Europe
Perspective

'There must be a joke in this': British comedian Mark Steel on his cancer memoir

Culture
Perspective

Author Jonas Hassen Khemiri on 'The Sisters', his epic saga of sibling rivalry

Culture

French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal won't appeal sentence, hopes for pardon

France
Perspective

Artist Nikkolas Smith aims to 'inspire people to make a positive change in the world'

Culture
Eye on Africa

Algerian court upholds writer Sansal's five-year jail term

Africa

Algeria upholds five-year jail sentence for writer Boualem Sansal

Africa
Perspective

'Liberals need to reconnect with people's deep feelings of being disrespected,' sociologist says

Paris des arts

A cultural stroll through Morocco's capital Rabat

Culture
arts24

Brazilian author Djamila Ribeiro honours the unseen work of Black women

Culture

Frederick Forsyth, bestselling author of 'The Day of The Jackal', dies age 86

Culture
France in focus

Jules Verne: The 'Extraordinary Voyages' of a visionary French writer

France
Eye on Africa

Tributes pour in for acclaimed African literature giant Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

Africa
arts24

TV series: A modern makeover of Judy Blume's 'Forever'

Culture
Perspective

Anthropologist Pedro Cesarino explores Amazonian cultural clash in new novel