📖 Did you read Karim Kattan's Le Palais des deux collines? Do you want to talk about it?

Join our book club on 15 May at the French Institute as part of #BeyondWordsFest

Explore a family’s story against the backdrop of Palestine’s struggles.

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🎬Inspired by a true story and based on the novel by Emmanuel Carrère, Kirill Serebrennikov's Limonov, co-written with Pawel Pawlikowski, recounts the life of revolutionary writer Eduard Limonov (Ben Whishaw)

🗓️From 9 May at Ciné Lumière
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📖 #BeyondWordsFest presents Anne Berest: Gabriële

Discover the radical life of Gabriële Buffet — muse to Duchamp & Picabia — in a talk with author Anne Berest (The Postcard).

🗓️10 May at the French Institute with @europaeditions.bsky.social
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I’m very much looking forward to this year’s #BeyondWordsFest, a remarkable platform for 🇫🇷 and Francophone literature in the 🇬🇧. Delighted to see Philippe Sands, Karim Kattan and Anne Berest among the featured speakers.

#BookoftheWeek returns with #Gabriële by Anne & Claire Berest (Europa Editions, trans. by Tina Kover).

Dive into the tempestuous love triangle between Gabriële Buffet, Francis Picabia & Marcel Duchamp.

Meet the author at #BeyondWordsFest on 10 May

www.europaeditions.com/book/9798889...

Beyond Words - Institut Français · Royaume-Uni Audiences can expect the best of contemporary French literature in English translation, the latest and most inspiring publications from both sides of the Channel and a great line-up including acclaime...

📚 #BeyondWordsFest starts next week!

From 5–17 May, join us for a literary journey through books, films & ideas.

The programme also includes a selection of exciting new literary adaptations for the big screen.

Check it out!
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🎬 As part of #StageonScreen & #BeyondWordsFest, we explore the art of acting with dir. Sophie Fiennes at Ciné Lumière.

🎭 Acting (7–16 May) + Q&A with Sophie Fiennes & Cheek by Jowl
🎭T.S. Eliot’s Four Quartets (12 May) + Q&A with Sophie & Ralph Fiennes

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📚 Meet Palestinian author Karim Kattan & @willforrester.bsky.social from @englishpen.bsky.social, who will dive into The Palace on the Higher Hill — a story of exile, homecoming & political ghosts

8 May @frenchinstituteuk.bsky.social
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#BeyondWordsFest

Promotional poster for the Beyond Words Festival at the French Institute in London. The event features Karim Kattan, a Palestinian author, who will speak on "Navigating Palestinian Memory and Identity Through Literature" on 8 May at 19:00. The image shows a black-and-white photo of Kattan wearing an open-collar shirt, with a book cover of his novel The Palace on the Higher Hill displayed in the bottom left corner. Festival dates (5–17 May) and hashtags are included on a background of Mosaic’s pink brand colour with magenta graphic shapes, with logos for Beyond Words and The French Institute.]

🧵👇Discover #BeyondWordsFest (5-17 May @ifru_london) an exciting festival bursting with literary events, screenings, readings and talks by renowned authors and new voices

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🎭 Four Quartets – Ralph Fiennes transforms T.S. Eliot’s poetic epic into stage mastery; Sophie Fiennes turns it into cinema magic.

🗓️ 12 May at Ciné Lumière + Q&A with Ralph & Sophie Fiennes, as part of #BeyondWordsFest & #StageonScreen
🎟️ www.institut-francais.org.uk/cinema/t-s-e...

🎬 Adapted from Deborah Levy’s Booker Prize-nominated novel, #HotMilk is a haunting tale of illness, freedom & mother-daughter bonds, starring Emma Mackey, Fiona Shaw & Vicky Krieps.

🗓️ 10 May at Ciné Lumière as part of #BeyondWordsFest
🎟️ www.institut-francais.org.uk/cinema/hot-m...

Join Franco-British lawyer and author Philippe Sands in conversation w Bruno Patino, journalist & CEO of @artefr.bsky.social for a discussion of their respective books about Pinochet.

📅 10 May, 17.00 @ the French Institute as part of #BeyondWordsFest
🎟️ www.institut-francais.org.uk/events-agend...

📖 #BeyondWordsFest presents Anne Berest: Gabriële

Discover the radical life of Gabriële Buffet — muse to Duchamp & Picabia — in a talk with author Anne Berest (The Postcard).

🗓️10 May at the French Institute with Europa Editions
🎟️ www.institut-francais.org.uk/events-agend...

📚 #BeyondWordsFest is coming soon!

From 5–17 May, join us for a literary journey through books, films & ideas.

The programme also includes a selection of exciting new literary adaptations for the big screen.

Check it out!
🎟️ www.institut-francais.org.uk/festivals-an...

38 Londres Street by Philippe Sands review – Pinochet and the Nazis A human rights lawyer skilfully gathers the threads that link the former Chilean dictator to a fugitive SS officer

🇫🇷📚 "A less skilful narrator might have lost the reader in a thicket of legal arguments. That isn’t Sands’s style." – @theguardian.com

📍 Meet @philippesands.bsky.social & Bruno Patino at #BeyondWordsFest on 10 May.
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www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...

Join Franco-British lawyer and author Philippe Sands in conversation with Bruno Patino, journalist & CEO of ARTE for a discussion of their respective books about Pinochet.

📅 10 May, 17.00 at the French Institute as part of #BeyondWordsFest
🎟️ www.institut-francais.org.uk/events-agend...

📚✨ #BeyondWordsFest is back @frenchinstituteuk.bsky.social from 5-17 May!

Discover an exciting programme of talks, readings & films with top authors & new voices.
👉 www.institut-francais.org.uk/festivals-an...

Start a new chapter! #BeyondWordsFest is back @frenchinstituteuk.bsky.social from 5-17 May! 📚

Go #BeyondWords with acclaimed authors & new voices through talks, readings & films

Check the full line-up & book now!
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