Belgian director Amélie van Elmbt’s lovely trifle “The Elephant and the Butterfly” is as sweet and gentle — and at times simplistic — as its storybook title may imply. This fable-like drama involves a 30-ish chef, Antoine (Thomas Blanchard), who shows up unexpectedly to visit his ex-lover, Camille... Continue reading at 'Los Angeles Times'
[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-06-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Val McDermid has written an apocalyptic science thriller on the failure of antibiotics for BBC Radio 4, entitled "Resistance". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-02-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This week Facebook revealed it has partnered with eight French media companies to fact-check and filter news articles that have been flagged by its users. The news follows a similar effort started by news coalition led by First Draft News. French publishers have welcomed the efforts but admit... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2017-02-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A French novel set in Japan over 1,100 years ago has been a bestseller in France since its January publication. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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News organizations operating in France will open up a new fact-checking service, CrossCheck, at the end of this month. Their initial focus will be on covering the forthcoming French elections, but with a number of international organizations participating, the project's reach could... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2017-02-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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By making it a key marketing message, the brand is hoping to win over consumers that, according to consumer research, favor environmentally friendly brands. Sixty-six percent of consumers say they are willing to pay more for sustainable brands, up from 55% in 2014 and 50% in 2013, according to... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2017-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Vincent Monadé, president of the French National Book Centre (Centre National du Livre, CNL), yesterday called for all institutions in the book sector to join forces and prepare a common set of proposals for books to present to candidates in the French presidential election. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-01-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sales through French bookshops declined by 0.5% in December from a year earlier. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-01-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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More than 100 staff of the La Martinière group walked out for an hour in protest over working conditions in the children and young adults book division, according to the French trade publication Livres Hebdo. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-01-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The 2014 Pulitzer Prize winning novel about a French woman and a German man living during World War II with poetic and moral themes around music and science continues its streak on the bestseller list. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2016-11-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The ebook retailer has added Kodansha Comics and Vertical Comics to its client list, and now has a comprehensive offering of titles from major U.S. manga publishers. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-11-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Virago has been praised as "brave" and "inspiring" from people in the trade after a BBC documentary traced the history of the women's publisher from its early-1970s roots to the present day. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-11-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Today at 2:30 p.m. at Frankfurt Book Fair, Italian bestseller Gianrico Carofoglio is in conversation on the Publishing Perspectives Stage (6.0, E 11) with Bitter Lemon Press' François von Hurter. The post Thursday at Frankfurt: Warming to Carofiglio’s ‘Cold Summer’ appeared first on Publishing... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2016-10-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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French publishers from Senegal, Guinea and Haiti discuss their distinct challenges. The post French Publishing: Is Paris Still the Center? appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2016-10-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hodder & Stoughton has acquired an award-winning French novel and commercial-literary crossover, The Last of Our Kind (Le Dernier Des Nôtres) by Adélaïde de Clermont-Tonnerre. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-10-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Owl Field has created a children’s audio production using 3D (binaural) audio, thanks to The National Lottery’s Creative Scotland Open Project Funding. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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French publishers are making a stand against ad blocking, again. After successful trials in March, 80 percent of the country’s top publishers are serving messages to ad-blocking users. Publishers are taking a tougher stance this time, with the likes of Le Monde blocking content to those who have... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2016-09-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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To promote Don Easton's latest book, Dundurn Press is releasing one of his previous titles for free on Wattpad. Can it produce new buyers? The post Marketing Experiment: A Canadian Publisher Spins an Old Title on a New Platform appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2016-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A grieving father and husband turned a social media post about loss into a bestseller with this memoir, which has sold over 100,000 copies in France since its April release. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-09-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins Children’s Books is to publish Michael Morpurgo's The Fox and the Ghost King, a fable about Leicester City Football Club's historic football premiership win, originally written for BBC Radio 4. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-08-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kobo is set to release a new premium e-reader in September – The Kobo Aura One – which reduces blue light to help readers sleep better after using it. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-08-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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