The French Publishers' Agency

06/11/2026

📖 | NEW BOOK ALERT – NONFICTION / PHILOSOPHY

“𝙷𝚘𝚠 𝚍𝚘 𝚠𝚎 𝚕𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚒𝚗 𝚊 𝚏𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍?”

FPA handles the English-language rights to Étienne Miqueu’s book, published by , an original philosophical inquiry into coexistence, interdependence, and the political lessons of symbiosis.
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📚 𝚂𝚈𝙼𝙱𝙸𝙾𝚂𝙸𝚂: 𝙾𝙽 𝙻𝙸𝚅𝙸𝙽𝙶 𝚃𝙾𝙶𝙴𝚃𝙷𝙴𝚁 𝙸𝙽 𝙿𝚁𝙰𝙲𝚃𝙸𝙲𝙴
Étienne Miqueu
Flammarion
320 pages, 2025
https://www.frenchrights.com/nonfiction #/symbiosis-on-living-together-in-practice/

🧐 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐭:
√ A brilliant inquiry into the political potential of symbiosis in contemporary life
√ A timely blueprint for how to live together in a fracturing world
√ A innovative interdisciplinary essay by a promising young philosopher

Drawing on biology, philosophy, and political theory, Étienne Miqueu explores symbiosis as one of the most fertile ideas for thinking about our present. From microorganisms and lichens to contemporary social and political thought, he uncovers a tradition that sees life not as competition, but as interdependence.

In an age marked by polarization, identity conflicts, and growing calls for exclusion, offers a bold intellectual methodology for reimagining collective life. An original and accessible essay that bridges science and philosophy to address one of today's most urgent questions: how can we live together without erasing our differences?

✍️ 𝐄́𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐮 is a researcher, author, and PhD candidate at New York University whose work lies at the intersection of philosophy of science, environmental humanities, and political theory.

05/19/2026

📖 | NEW BOOK ALERT – NONFICTION / SOCIAL SCIENCES

“𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚐𝚕𝚘𝚋𝚊𝚕 𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚘𝚖𝚢 𝚛𝚞𝚗𝚜 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚋𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚠𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚗.”

FPA is thrilled to handle the English-language rights to Isabelle Guérin’s book, published by Éditions La Découverte, a powerful investigation into debt, gender, and the invisible labor sustaining global capitalism.
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📚 𝙳𝙴𝙱𝚃 𝙱𝙴𝙰𝚁𝙴𝚁𝚂: 𝙷𝙾𝚆 𝚆𝙾𝙼𝙴𝙽 𝚂𝚄𝚂𝚃𝙰𝙸𝙽 𝙲𝙰𝙿𝙸𝚃𝙰𝙻𝙸𝚂𝙼
Isabelle Guérin
La Découverte
256 pages, 2026
https://www.frenchrights.com/nonfiction #/debt-bearers-how-women-sustain-capitalism/

🧐 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐭:
√ A groundbreaking comparative study of women's economic roles in sustaining global capitalism
√ An essential contribution to contemporary debates on labor, rights, and gender relations
√ An accessible study on the political and moral economies of debt, by a leading expert

From France to Tamil Nadu, Senegal to Morocco, Isabelle Guérin investigates the lives of women whose unpaid, invisible, and indebted labor sustains families—and entire economic systems. They negotiate, borrow, sacrifice, and absorb the shocks of everyday survival.

Blending ethnography, statistics, and narrative inquiry, the book reveals debt not simply as an economic mechanism, but as a social and political system deeply intertwined with gender, kinship, and power.

A deeply contemporary subject, it sheds light on the hidden structures sustaining today’s global economy. Debt Bearers offers a striking rethinking of capitalism through the lens of women’s lived experience.

✍️ 𝐈𝐬𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞 𝐆𝐮𝐞́𝐫𝐢𝐧 is a socioeconomist, director of research at IRD and Cessma, and a leading specialist on debt, gender, and inequality. She is the co-author of The Indebted Woman (Stanford, 2023).

05/14/2026

📖 | NEW BOOK ALERT – NONFICTION / PHILOSOPHY

“𝚆𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝙺𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚑 𝚞𝚜 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚏𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚍𝚘𝚖, 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚎, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚍𝚒𝚐𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚢?”

FPA handles the English-language rights to Lahouari Addi’s book, published by Armand Colin, an ambitious reflection on Kant’s enduring relevance to contemporary political and social thought.
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📚 𝙱𝙰𝙲𝙺 𝚃𝙾 𝙺𝙰𝙽𝚃: 𝙵𝙾𝚄𝙽𝙳𝙰𝚃𝙸𝙾𝙽𝚂 𝙾𝙵 𝙸𝙽𝚃𝙴𝙻𝙻𝙴𝙲𝚃𝚄𝙰𝙻 𝙼𝙾𝙳𝙴𝚁𝙽𝙸𝚃𝚈�Lahouari Addi,
Armand Colin
304 pages, 2026

🧐 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐭:
√ A renowned Algerian sociologist’s reflections on Kant
√ A strategic repositioning of Kantian thought for interpreting our own era
√ An illuminating interdisciplinary dialogue between Kant and leading figures of the social sciences
https://www.frenchrights.com/nonfiction #/back-to-kant-foundations-of-intellectual-modernity/

Why would a sociologist return to Kant three hundred years later? Coming from a background steeped in both North African and Western socio political thought, Lahouari Addi revisits Kant as a living framework for thinking about rationality, emancipation, justice, and human dignity today.

Engaging with Marx, Weber, Durkheim, Rawls, and Bourdieu, the book places Kant in dialogue with the social sciences to illuminate contemporary ethical and political tensions. Far from treating Kant as a fixed philosophical monument, Addi reactivates his thought as a tool for understanding modernity, power, and the unfinished project of universalism.

✍️ 𝐋𝐚𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐢 𝐀𝐝𝐝𝐢 is a sociologist who taught at the University of Oran and at Sciences Po Lyon. He is currently affiliated with ENS Lyon and UMBC, and is the author of several major works on political Islam, modernity, and democratic thought.

05/12/2026

🖲️ | AI IN PUBLISHING: A TOOL, A TENSION, A TURNING POINT

𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚚𝚞𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚒𝚜𝚗’𝚝 𝚐𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚜𝚘𝚘𝚗.

𝙱𝚎𝚢𝚘𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚝𝚜 𝚒𝚖𝚙𝚊𝚌𝚝 𝚘𝚗 𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚘𝚕𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚜𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚜, 𝙰𝙸 𝚒𝚜 𝚊𝚕𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚢 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚍𝚊𝚢-𝚝𝚘-𝚍𝚊𝚢 𝚙𝚞𝚋𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔𝚏𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚜. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚞𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚢 𝚒𝚜 𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚏𝚒𝚐𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚝 𝚘𝚞𝚝… 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚒𝚜 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚔𝚎𝚎𝚙 𝚞𝚜 𝚋𝚞𝚜𝚢 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚊 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚎.
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Here’s what emerges from a recent North American survey led by BISG and BookNet Canada (559 professionals across publishing, libraries, and related fields):

💡 Key Takeaways

AI adoption is underway but not yet widespread (around half of professionals and organizations report using it), with current uses focused on operational efficiency—administration, marketing, and data analysis—rather than core editorial work. Individuals are moving faster than organizations, with strong interest in training, while formal policies remain limited.

At the same time, concerns are clear and widely shared: lack of control over copyrighted material, risks around content quality, and the need for transparency toward readers. Overall, the industry is engaged but cautious, and actively seeking guidance, frameworks, and shared best practices.

🧐 What this means for publishing

AI is not (yet) transforming the core of editorial work—but it is already reshaping how teams operate. For now, the shift is operational before it is creative.

Well, the real question is less “for or against” and more : How do we integrate AI in a way that protects value—editorial, legal, and human?

One thing is certain: this is not a passing trend, but a long-term structural issue for the industry.

🔗 Read the full article by Milliot for detailed insights :

A survey of AI usage among North American book professionals, conducted by BISG and BookNet Canada, found that just under half of respondents use various AI tools despite deep concerns, particularly around issues of copyright infringement.

05/12/2026

🇺🇸🎯 | INSIGHTS

𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚄.𝚂. 𝚖𝚊𝚛𝚔𝚎𝚝 𝚛𝚎𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚍𝚜 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚒𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚎.

𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚛𝚎𝚙𝚘𝚛𝚝 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝙿𝙴𝙽 𝙰𝚖𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚌𝚊 𝚘𝚗 𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚜𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚑𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚕𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚜 𝚊 𝚍𝚎𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚏𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚄.𝚂. 𝚖𝚊𝚛𝚔𝚎𝚝: 𝚒𝚝𝚜 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚏𝚘𝚌𝚞𝚜 𝚘𝚗 𝚍𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚌 𝚙𝚞𝚋𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐, 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚋𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚊 𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚎 - 𝚢𝚎𝚝 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕 - o𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚕 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔𝚜.
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Today, only 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝟑% 𝐨𝐟 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬 published in the U.S. are translations. This reflects a market where local production remains dominant, and where international titles need to be carefully positioned to find their place.

In this context, what makes the difference is rarely the quality of a title alone. What matters is how clearly it is positioned, when it is introduced, and whether it reaches the right editor at the right moment.

👉 Independent publishers continue to play a key role in bringing international voices to the forefront, while larger houses tend to approach translation more selectively.

It also brings translators back to the center of the equation - not only as linguistic mediators -, but as key cultural connectors. Yet the report makes clear that there is still significant progress to be made in the U.S. when it comes to their recognition and compensation.

For French publishers, this does not restrict ambition : it reframes it. International development becomes less about broad exposure and more about targeted alignment: identifying the right editorial homes, anticipating expectations, and building relationships over time. In this environment, precision matters more than volume, and consistency often outweighs one-off opportunities.

This is where a local presence becomes a real advantage. Working with a U.S.-based structure such as The French Publishers’ Agency, based in New York at the heart of the East Coast publishing scene, helps position projects in a way that is immediately legible within the American landscape, while preserving what makes them distinctive. It also allows for direct, often in-person exchanges with editors, and for staying close to a market where timing and context can significantly influence outcomes

The takeaway is ultimately encouraging. The U.S. market is open to international works, and the appetite for strong voices is very real. But access is rarely accidental. It is built through careful positioning, informed timing, and a clear understanding of how the market moves.

For a deeper look at how these dynamics shape access to the U.S. market, the latest report from PEN America offers a clear and data-driven analysis.

Introduction In 1969, PEN America’s Translation Committee, an expert working group by and for literary translators, released its Manifesto on Translation, stating that while “the duties of a translator are well known,” their “rights have never been satisfactorily formulated.” Setting out a...

05/12/2026

📖 | NEW BOOK ALERT – FICTION

𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚛𝚢—𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚙𝚊𝚜𝚝.

FPA handles the English-language rights to Omar Youssef Souleimane’s book, published by , a contemporary novel exploring exile, memory, and identity.
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📚 𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝚂𝙼𝙸𝙻𝙸𝙽𝙶 𝙰𝚁𝙰𝙱
Omar Youssef Souleimane
Éditions Flammarion
240 pages, 2025
https://www.frenchrights.com/fiction #/the-smiling-arab/

🧐 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐭:
√ Strong relevance to current geopolitical and migration debates
√ A gripping hybrid structure between novel and investigation
√ A distinctive, authentic authorial voice with strong literary and commercial appeal

A Syrian writer in exile returns to the Middle East after learning of his closest friend’s death. What begins as a journey of mourning turns into an investigation into disappearance, responsibility, and loss.

From France to Beirut and Syria, the narrative unfolds as both a physical journey and an inner descent, confronting memory, identity, and the unresolved fractures of exile.

As clues accumulate, certainty dissolves. The search becomes less about uncovering the truth than about navigating ambiguity, forcing the narrator to confront the limits of memory, the weight of silence, and the fragile line between personal history and collective tragedy.

✍️ 𝐎𝐦𝐚𝐫 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐟 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐞 is a Syrian poet and writer living in exile in France, whose work explores displacement, identity, and the human consequences of the Syrian conflict.

04/21/2026

📖 | NEW BOOK ALERT – FICTION

“𝙰 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚖𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚋𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚍.”

FPA handles the English-language rights to Yasmina Khadra’s book, published by , a powerful novel exploring memory, spirituality, and the moral weight of silence.
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📚 𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝙿𝚁𝙸𝙾𝚁 𝙾𝙵 𝙱𝙴𝚃𝙷𝙻𝙴𝙷𝙴𝙼
Yasmina Khadra
Flammarion
272 pages, 2026

🧐 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐭:
√ A major new work by a world renowned Algerian novelist
√ A deeply humanistic and engaged tale that explores the moral weight of silence
√ Vibrant storytelling, illuminating the complexity of individual destinies in Palestine

A Parisian publisher is kidnapped and confronted with a manuscript he once dismissed. Its author, a Palestinian monk named Wahid, forces him to listen—to his story, and to that of a land marked by both spirituality and violence.

Through Wahid’s life—shaped by multiple faiths and a fractured homeland—the novel explores the human, cultural, and spiritual complexity of Palestine. Both intimate and political, it gives voice to intertwined destinies and calls for a deeper engagement with the realities of conflict.

✍️ 𝐘𝐚𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚 𝐊𝐡𝐚𝐝𝐫𝐚 is the pen name of Mohammed Moulessehoul, an internationally acclaimed Algerian writer, translated into more than fifty languages and author of major novels including 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘵𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘬 and 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘒𝘢𝘣𝘶𝘭.

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04/14/2026

📖 | NEW BOOK ALERT – THRILLER / SCIENCE FICTION

𝙰 𝟻𝟶𝟶-𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛-𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝚜𝚎𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐. 𝙵𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎, 𝟷𝟻𝟷𝟿. 𝙸𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚕 𝚍𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙲𝚕𝚘𝚜 𝙻𝚞𝚌𝚎́, 𝙻𝚎𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚛𝚍𝚘 𝚍𝚊 𝚅𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚒 𝚒𝚜 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚞𝚖𝚎𝚍 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚋𝚢 𝚙𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚛 𝚒𝚗𝚟𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗.

FPA presents the English-language rights to Nathalie Cabrol’s book, published by Julliard, a high-concept international thriller blending science, history, and speculation.
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📚 𝙳𝙸𝙼𝙴𝙽𝚂𝙸𝙾𝙽𝚂
Nathalie Cabrol
Éditions Julliard
512 pages, 2026
Full English manuscript available

🧐 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐭:
√ A thriller grounded in science
√ Breakout debut with built-in audience
√ Essential reading for fans of Dan Brown and Michael Crichton

France, 1519. Leonardo da Vinci hides notebooks filled with cryptic diagrams and warnings about forces beyond human understanding.

Five centuries later, unidentified objects crash in the Andes—bearing symbols that match his lost writings. As scientists and secretive groups converge, deaths follow.

From Europe to the United States and South America, a global race begins to decode the mystery. But powerful forces are already at work, and what Leonardo foresaw may now be unfolding.

Blending historical intrigue, cutting-edge science, and high-stakes suspense, Dimensions is a sweeping international thriller across centuries, continents, and realities.

✍️ 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐞 𝐀. 𝐂𝐚𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐥 is a French American explorer and astrobiologist and the director of the Carl Sagan Center at the SETI Institute. Dimensions is her first work of fiction.

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04/07/2026

📖 | NEW BOOK ALERT – FICTION

“𝙷𝚘𝚠 𝚍𝚘 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚌𝚕𝚊𝚒𝚖 𝚊 𝚑𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚗𝚘 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚛𝚢?”

FPA handles the English-language rights to Mahmood Soumaré’s book, published by Globe, a strong novel exploring statelessness, identity, and belonging.
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📚 𝙻𝙰𝙽𝙳 𝙾𝙵 𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝚂𝚃𝙰𝚃𝙴𝙻𝙴𝚂𝚂
Mahmood Soumaré
Éditions Globe
320 pages, 2026
Shortlisted for the 2026 Prix Ouest France Étonnants Voyageurs.

🧐 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐭:
√ The seldom explored topic of intra-African migration
√ A gripping story about the fight for identity and dignity
√ An important novel by a must-discover African writer

In the Ravine, on the outskirts of an African capital, Baba Mathus shelters those without nationality, forming a fragile community built on solidarity. When five children are orphaned, their fate exposes the limits of this refuge.

Inspired by real histories of stateless populations in Ivory Coast, this polyphonic novel explores identity, belonging, and survival beyond the margins. It gives voice to those erased from official narratives while revealing the invisible structures that shape exclusion. Both intimate and political, it portrays resilience in the face of systemic injustice.

✍️ 𝐌𝐚𝐡𝐦𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐞́ Born in Bamako and now living in The Ivory Coast, Mahmoud Soumaré is an award-winning writer, notably recognized with the Bernard Dadié Prize for Young Writers.

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01/02/2026