Dibuka is a multi-media library focussing on France and contemporary francophone culture, the result of a partnership between the French Embassy in South Africa, the French Institute of South Africa and the Alliance française of Johannesburg.The library offers to the general public almost 20 000… Read more

Open Book Festival at The Fugard Theatre is an annual literary festival, the first of which happened in 2011. The hubs will once again be the Fugard Theatre, The District 6 Museum Homecoming Centre and much-loved indie bookshop, The Book Lounge. The French Institute of South Africa (IFAS), the… Read more

Celebrating 50 years of the famous French publishing house of children's literature, L'école des loisirs, we are showing two concurrent book exhibitions: La fabrication d'un livre and Nos héros préférés. La fabrication d'un livre shows the full creation and printing chain for a book through a… Read more

Wilfried N'Sondé is a French speaking writer and musician born in Congo, living in… Read more

The French Institute of South Africa is proud to support the new edition Open Book… Read more

Photos from left to right: Su Opperman; Lindokuhle Nkosi; Hippolyte; Jarryn Katia; Kai… Read more

This unique literary project comprises a week-long gathering, in the Western Cape, of… Read more

French authors at the 5th edition of Open Book Cape Town9-13 September 2015 The French… Read more

Much loved French children’s publisher, l’école des loisirs, celebrates its 50th… Read more

French journalist at the "Roundtable: Freedom of Expression"Saturday 4 July at 10am /… Read more

French author Valérie Zenatti was awarded this week the 41st Prize of the Book Inter… Read more

Michel Houellebecq Awarded Prize of the BnFThe French novelist Michel Houellebecq was… Read more

A huge hit in France and a number 1 international bestseller, sold in 35 territories,… Read more

Encounters with French writers in May Enjoy French literature during this literary month!… Read more

12 things you didn’t know about the French Author Franck ThilliezCrime author Franck… Read more

12 things you didn’t know about the French Author Olivier Truc Crime author Olivier Truc,… Read more

French authors at the 2015 Franschhoek Literary FestivalFranck Thilliez, Olivier Truc and… Read more

Book Presentation: ‘On est foutu’ by Matthews Mngadi As part of the Francophonie… Read more

5 March Alliance Française of Pretoria11 March Alliance Française of JohannesburgThe… Read more

On 26 January 2015, Ambassador Barbier awarded South African translator and academic… Read more

Translated in Afrikaans by Prof. Naómi MorganTuesday 9 December at 17:30 for… Read more

Book 3 of a Series of 10In Inside Out, writer and urban planner Tanya Zack and… Read more

Fugard Theatre | Cape Town 17 – 21 September 2014 Five days of Cape Town at its most… Read more

Clive Justus (chairperson for sub council 4), Jérôme Chevrier (head librarian of the… Read more

Photo: The Convent des Récollets is a historical building situated in the heart of Paris,… Read more

The well-known Cape Town Book Fair will return to the Mother City in 2014 but this time… Read more

Alliance française of Johannesburg17 Lower Park Drive, Cnr Kerry Road, ParkviewTuesday 24… Read more

9 & 10 May 2014 Chadian poet, novelist and essayist Nimrod Djangrang Bena, pen name… Read more

Book launch Thursday 13 March at 5:30 for 6 pmClarke’s Bookshop, 199 Long Street, Cape… Read more

Writing in Francophone Africa: trends and issuesWednesday 19 March, Elizabeth Sneddon… Read more

Ideology and Crime in the Third ReichWednesday 5 March 2014, DurbanThursday 6 March 2014,… Read more

Take part in the 80th International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions… Read more

Participating European Union Member States and Jacana Media are pleased to announce the… Read more

Sat 9 November 2013 at the Johannesburg City Library Starting at 11:30 am Presented by… Read more

14 – 18 October 2013 | Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre & BAT Centre, DurbanConsidered a… Read more

A Love to Hide tells the moving and true story of a young jewish girl looking to escape… Read more

Written and illustrated in 1973 by one of South Africa’s most famous artists, Gerard… Read more

Wally Mongane Serote, Niq Mhlongo and Kgebetli Moele are the guests of Passage de… Read more

A significant number of South African authors will be boarding planes later this week to… Read more

The 2013 Franschhoek Literary Festival will take place from 17 – 19 May and promises to… Read more

Laurent Binet, author of HHhH, the 2010 Prix Goncourt du premier Roman, is invited to a… Read more

A new book presents the translation into Afrikaans of a selection of eighty poems by… Read more

Project Gutenberg offers legally over 40,000 free ebooks: you can choose among free epub… Read more

One of the foremost poetry festival in Africa, Poetry Africa will this year pay a tribute… Read more

ololo Nedim Gürsel is a French writer of Turkish origin. Born in Turkey in 1951, he was… Read more

In the framework of the France - South-Africa seasons 2012&2013, a special program of the… Read more

The M&G literary festival will take place from Tuesday 28 August to Sunday 2 September at… Read more

Born in Martinique, a French territory in the Caribbean, the successful novelist,… Read more

"Die Pes" ("The Plague"), one of the most successful novels of Nobel Prize winner Albert… Read more

In his book and exhibition "South African Road Trip", internationally celebrated French… Read more

Arago is the online museum of the French photography. Aiming to offer a free, direct… Read more

Located at the heart of the European Union, the little kingdom of Belgium has a striving… Read more

The 7th European Union literary award ceremony was recently held at IFAS – French… Read more

Leïla Marouane attended the "Time of the Writer" literary festival in Durban at the end… Read more

Stand up and read in Zoo Lake (Johannesburg)! Intofrench, Alliance française and IFAS… Read more

Stuck. Her characters, most often women, are stuck. Crushed between past and present,… Read more

Want to improve your cooking skills and discover some tips and tricks about the French… Read more

Any spare time during the summer break? Willing to add the depths of literature to the… Read more

For the opening of its exhibition on Boris Vian, the French National Library has launched… Read more

The "Cité nationale de l'histoire de l'immigration" - "National museum of the history of… Read more

In a previous article, Intofrench introduced you to the French custom of the “new… Read more

Published twice a year, Fiction France offers a selection of excerpts from French fiction… Read more

Boasting a line-up of 20 selected poets from 12 different counties, the 15th edition of… Read more

First designed as a preface to an anthology of South African literature in French… Read more

Discover masterpieces of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of France. Defined by the… Read more

Explore online the Palace of Versailles, the unrivalled estate that was the centre of… Read more

As for many other things, September marks the start of the new literary season in France.… Read more

Stéphane Audeguy will be another inspiring representative of the Francophone literature… Read more

Wanna know what's the hottest books on the shelves in France? Then this website is for… Read more

Build on videos, texts, images and sounds, the "webdocumentaire" is a new documentary… Read more

Europeana enables people to explore the digital resources of Europe's museums, libraries,… Read more

His exuberant and refractory prose makes of Congo-Brazzaville-born Alain Mabanckou… Read more

Corneille, Racine and Molière have defined the canon of French classical theatre. We… Read more

France-based South African author Denis Hirson, whose latest publication is Afrique du… Read more

Jozi Book Fair 2011 at Museum Africa (Newtown) promises to be a spectacular show as… Read more

First published in French in 2004, “L'Africain” is a masterpiece of the novelist and… Read more

Véronique Tadjo's novels evoke Africa's vivid myths, daily life and tragedies. Born in… Read more

L’écrivain espagnol Jorge Semprun est mort L’écrivain et homme politique espagnol est… Read more

A rare comic strip artist, Loustal has developed a very personal way of telling stories.… Read more

Hailing from Abidjan, Marguerite Abouet will take part in several literary events in… Read more

Hailing from Abidjan, Marguerite Abouet will take part in several literary events in… Read more

Dibuka is a multi-media library focussing on France and contemporary francophone culture,… Read more

Discover the French press on the websites of Le Monde, Courrier international, l'Express,… Read more

During his visit at the fair from 17 to 21 March, South African writer, scriptwriter and… Read more

14 - 19 March | Durban The written word will envelop Durban as writers from around South… Read more