With award season in full swing for most other art forms, translated fiction proved to be no exception as last night saw the Society of Authors’ Translation Prizes at Europe House. There were no wardrobe malfunctions, or red carpet tantrums …

Documentary film-maker turned crime writer arrives in London today to promote his first novel in English (also his first in French), Arab Jazz, riding a wave of most unwelcome publicity. Late last month he told the Independent: “When I heard about the …

Lydie Salvayre (publishing 2016) wins the Prix Goncourt – France’s most prestigious literary prize