Site of the week: French Book News

This week's recommendation comes via the ever-splendid Ready Steady Book. A treat for francophiles and francophones, French Book News is a site created by the book departments of the French embassies in the UK and US to promote the charms of Gallic literature. Structurally, the site is not fantastic, and seems to have un peu de difficulte with both Firefox and Safari on Mac OSX. But persevere, if you can, and you'll find recommendations of fiction and non-fiction in French and in translation on a variety of subjects. There is also basic information on French literary festivals and prizes, directories of publishers and booksellers plus a semi-regular themed newsletter.