Admina day ago1 minFIVE PICTUREBOOKS FOR SPRING Let’s celebrate spring with these five picture book chosen by our librarians
AdminMar 122 minBook of the Week : Real Life by Adeline Dieudonné.A fierce and poetic debut on surviving the wilderness of family life.
AdminMar 114 minThree French Philosophers to watch out for Claire Marin, Elsa Dorlin and Barbara Cassin are philosophers respectiviely working on notions of rupture, defense and nostalgia.
AdminFeb 281 minCelebrate International Women's Day with Faïza GuèneCelebrate International Women's Day with literature at the French Institute in the UK.
AdminFeb 281 minBook of the Week : Politics and Literature by Jean-Paul Sartre.A useful, concise introduction to Sartre's thinking.
AdminFeb 281 minA selection of kids' albums: stories by Michael Escoffier The Quentin Blake Library in South Kensington holds many kids' albums by the talented French writer Michael Escoffier.
AdminFeb 212 min19 must-read French books in translationThe French Book Office is delighted to reveal the books selected for the Burgess programme 2020!
AdminFeb 191 minBook of the Week : The Edges of Fiction by Jacques RancièreWhat distinguishes fiction from ordinary experience is not a lack of reality but a surfeit of rationality.
AdminFeb 191 minRediscovering Dora MaarRediscover Dora Maar's iconic figure at Tate Modern and through the upcoming biography "Finding Dora Maar"
CarolineFeb 132 minLiterary Focus: The Invention of the selfHow do we become something other than what the world has made of us? It’s a simple question that has been around for a long time.
AdminFeb 112 minNew Magazine subscriptions at La Mediathèque La Mediathèque is diversifying its offer with a number of new magazines. From science to art, there is something to satisfy all tastes.
AdminJan 171 minWhat to read ahead of the Night of Ideas 2020?Yhe Night of Ideas will take place on Thursday 30 of January 2020 and will focus on our relationship with Nature and AI.
AdminDec 16, 20192 minEUROLIS SEMINAR 2019: How to attract young adults to the library?On Friday 6 of December, the Italian Institute welcomed the librarians who are part of the EUROLIS* network for a day of workshops and talks
CarolineDec 4, 20193 min The Choix Goncourt UK The Prix Goncourt is a prize in French literature, given by the académie Goncourt to the author of "the best and most imaginative prose work of the year". Th...
CarolineNov 26, 20191 minReviews of Dilili in Paris by the pupils of The Hampshire School ChelseaThe Institut Français was delighted to welcome the pupils of The Hampshire School Chelsea for the screening of Dilili in Paris by Michel Ocelot.
CarolineNov 26, 20191 minReviews of Le Tableau by the pupils of Reedham Park SchoolThe Institut Français was delighted to welcome the pupils of Reedham Park School for the screening of Le Tableau by Jean-François Laguionie.
AdminSep 10, 20191 minReviews of Les aventures de Spirou et FantasioThe Institut Français was delighted to welcome the pupils of Sussex House School for the screening of Les aventures de Spirou et Fantasio by
CarolineSep 6, 20192 minModern languages and the role of libraries WESLINE and the French Institute review the state of languages learning and explore ways in which librarians can support this endeavour.
