Anne Trager's Blog, page 30
November 1, 2012
Le French Book titles ready for libraries
Good news! Le French Book’s e-titles are now available to libraries! We just partnered withthe leading global digital-content distributor Overdrive. Overdrive distributes to more than 19,000 libraries, schools and retailers worldwide.
We are excited to work with Overdrive. We’ve had a number of requests for our books from libraries and are happy to get this off the ground. Our goal is to get these great reads from France to new readers, so working with Overdrive was an obvious choice. Our goal...
October 30, 2012
Behind the scenes of France’s top crime fiction award
I am honored today share an interview of Judge Bruno Cotte, who has had a long career as a judge in the upper spheres of the French judicial system and is currently at the International Criminal Court in The Hague. He was on the jury of the Prix du Quai des Orfèvres, France’s top crime fiction award, when Frédérique Molay won it in 2007 with The 7th Woman.
A certain Jacques Catineau, who was a figure in French publishing and advertising, founded the prize in 1946. The goal was to bring police...
October 24, 2012
Start reading The 7th Woman now: free chapters
Here is an excerpt from Frédérique Molay’sThe 7th Woman.
Read the first three chapters in full: click here
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Marie-Hélène
It felt like lightning had struck him. He couldn’t breathe. His mouth was dry, and his throat tight. He was free-falling. She was wildly attractive: about thirty-five, five and half feet tall, slender, with short auburn hair and brown eyes highlighted by plain eyeglasses. Her voice was soft and steady. She had a keen, friendly and reassuring look in...
October 19, 2012
The Winemaker Detective’s Guide to Wining and Dining 4 – A Parisian Market
We’re keeping with ourTreachery in Bordeaux theme this week, adding another recommendation from that book’s hero Benjamin Cooker, wine critic and author of theCooker Guide. Many thanks to the authors Jean-Pierre Alaux and Noël Balen. This is a little teaser for what we are preparing for you next week, where the setting will be Paris.
The Poncelet Market: Paris is a village
There is a timeless spot well worth the detour a merestone’s throw from the Champs-Elysées and the Arc de Triomphe. The mar...
October 17, 2012
The Winemaker Detective’s Guide to Wining and Dining 3 – Bordeaux
Once again, Benjamin Cooker, the winemaker detective hero of Treachery in Bordeaux gives us a restaurant recommendation, this time in Bordeaux itself (thanks to the authors Jean-Pierre and Noël).
Le Petit Commerce: The Open Sea
At the beginning, there was a man. And his name was Fabien Toureille. As is often the case when a place has strong vibrations and good intentions, you need someone who is out of the ordinary, the neighborhood troublemaker, someone who breaks away from conventions, an icon...
October 15, 2012
Winemaker Detective’s Guide to Wining and Dining 2 – A Wine from Bordeaux
Here is another wining and dining post from the winemaker detective Benjamin Cook, wine critic and hero ofTreachery in Bordeauxby Jean-Pierre Alaux and Noël Balen. We gotsome exclusive material from Benjamin Cooker himself (thanks to Jean-Pierre and Noël). Here is a recommendation for a fine wine from nowhere else but Bordeaux.
Château Pavie
It may seem superfluous to cry victory for a great Saint Émilion wine. Yet, for Château Pavie, its new owner Gérard Perse was not assured of success, even...
October 4, 2012
Sweepstakes winners – updated
We are happy to announce the prize winners from our sweepstakes we ran for the launches ofThe Paris Lawyer, Treachery in Bordeaux,and The 7th Woman.Congratulations to all out winners. This is who they are and what they won. I recommend you check out these books. Many thanks to our partners.
Trip to France with stay at the Garonnella
Grand prize winner: Jake Morris
Wine from Vignobles & Signatures
Winners: Kathy Curran, Mary Lublin, Debra Guyette
Signed hardback copy of Robert Dugoni’s book The Con...
Sweepstakes winners
We are happy to announce the prize winners from our books sweepstakes we ran for the launch ofThe Paris Lawyer.Congratulations to our 18 winners. This is who they are and what they won. I recommend you check out these books. Many thanks to our partners. By the way, there is still a chance to win the trip to France and the wine. Those drawings will be held on October 30.
Signed hardback copy of Robert Dugoni’s book The Conviction
In this gripping, high-octane legal thriller by critically acclaim...
October 3, 2012
These Wines Could be Yours
It’s about time we post the full list of wines that we are giving away in our sweepstakes. You can still enter if you haven’t done so already (if you are over 21 and will enjoy these responsibly, of course). Your first chance to do so is here.We’d like to give a special thanks to our partnerVignobles & Signatures. This is a sampling of some of the fine wines they produce.
Champagne Drappier
Cuvée Brut rosé
Domaine Alain Jaume et fils
Cuvée Grand Veneur 2010, Châteauneuf du Pape rouge
Domaines Pie...
October 2, 2012
The Winemaker Detective’s Guide to Wining and Dining – Toulouse
In Treachery in Bordeaux by Jean-Pierre Alaux and Noël Balen, the hero, winemaker detective Benjamin Cooker, is a revered and feared wine critic, author of The Cooker Guide. For the launch of this first in the series, Le French Book got some exclusive material from Benjamin Cooker himself (thanks to Jean-Pierre and Noël). Here is a recommendation for a fine meal in Toulouse. Why Toulouse? Well, because the sweepstakes are still running to win a trip there. While you spend five nights at the G...
