Letter from San Francisco: The Espresso Book Machine, by Guy Tiphane
Today it is possible to walk in the bookstore and ask for a book to be printed and bound as you wait. The machine is also a powerful tool for authors to create and sell books.


The launch of Under the Skin of War, by Chantal Ringuet, takes place this evening at Librairie Le port de tête.
Today it is possible to walk in the bookstore and ask for a book to be printed and bound as you wait. The machine is also a powerful tool for authors to create and sell books.

Part II of the text of a talk prepared for a panel on Publishing Literature in Translation at the Concordia University colloquium Traduire Arabe on Thursday, December 7, 2017.
Author Linda Leith with journalist Akim Kermiche.
After 60 years of absolute power, the Chinese Communist Party is more fragile than the world thinks – and has trouble dealing with any criticism or challenge, especially from its own people.

This is Part III of a three-part text, The Decision to Publish in French.