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See Julie’s recommended reads on France on  the new site  Shepherd’s Discover the Best Books site: “The Best books for understanding the French.”

Suddenly Home EIGHT: Beginning of the Day Rituals In my decades listening to friends talk about their jobs, I’ve noticed people like to get to …

Suddenly Home SEVEN: Let the dishes pile up My apologies for the hiatus. In my last post (Keeping the Kids at a Distance) I mentioned …

In this opinion piece in The Gazette, inspired by our book Charging Ahead: Hydro-Québec and the Future of Electricity, we explain how Hilo, the new …

“So many surprises and interesting things in this book.” Host Sonali Karnick talked to Julie and Jean-Benoit about their latest book Charging Ahead: Hydro-Québec and …

We just published an Op/Ed in Montreal answering Green Party Leader Elizabeth May’s claim that “Hydro-Québec should be selling more electricity to Canada.” As we explain, …

On his special Bastile Day show Rick Steves asks us about how the French reacted to our translation of The Bonjour Effect, what they thought …

Louis Cornellier a écrit dans Le Devoir cette fin de semaine une très belle critique d’Ainsi parlent les Français: “Le sujet est en or — …

La revue Avenues a bien aimé Ainsi parlent les Français. Ils ont sans doute un biais favorable, Jean-Benoit étant un de leurs chroniqueurs…