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Ruth Diver was awarded the prize for her translation of The Convoy by Beata Umubyeyi Mairesse (Open Borders Press), from Le convoi (Flammarion, 2024). The…

To coincide with the anniversary, the Institut français du Royaume-Uni published a commemorative booklet, An Anthology of Translated Plays – Cross-Channel Theatre (2014–2025), offering a…

Known for his incisive and often provocative writing, Sansal will speak on questions of free expression before joining a conversation with Sir Trevor Phillips OBE,…

Organised by the French Institute in London, the South Ken Kids Festival is back for its 28th edition from 16 to 24 March 2026. Under…

Launched in 2016, the Night of Ideas has become a worldwide project staged in 190 cities and 104 countries. In London and Edinburgh, the French…

Based on the true story of Pateh Sabally, a 22-year-old Gambian refugee who died in Venice’s Grand Canal in 2017, the novel follows a narrator…

The 2025 attributions went to: Gaël Faye, Jacaranda, trans. Sarah Ardizzone, Chatto & Windus, 2026 (Jacaranda, Grasset, 2024) Mathias Enard, The Deserters, trans. Charlotte Mandell,…

Get a preview of the Spotify playlist: Listen to the playlist   Follow us to discover songs in French and stay tuned for monthly updates.…

Following its Artistic Committee in December 2025, Fluxus Art Projects announces its new laureates. 15 projects have been selected, including 6 in the UK, 5…

  Call for proposals This call for proposals supports: Translation of French plays into English Programming, production, promotion and/or touring of French theatre in the…

Since the founding agreement, signed in 1905 between France and the United Kingdom, thousands of young people have travelled between the two countries with the…

Inspired by the 2021 Channel shipwreck in which 27 migrants lost their lives, the series gives voice to a French coastguard haunted by questions of…