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BUSINESSLOWAug 17 · Aug 17, 2026, 10:32 AM

France enters literary season amid publishing industry crisis

France 24 [en]

Back to school in France also means “rentrée littéraire”, the annual period when thousands of new books hit shelves across the country. For FRANCE 24, French bookseller Isabelle Claret Lemarchand, who runs a bookshop in London, discusses the style and trends of this year’s new releases, compares the French and British trends, and reflects on the challenges facing the publishing industry.

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