- ‘The Story of Spanish’ co-authors discussed intriguing new book
“A fascinating exploration. As Cervantes asked, can we ever have too much of a good thing?” – Marsha Dubrow, Examiner.com. Read the article
- Spanish Gave Us the Dollar, the Filibuster, Chocolate and the Concentration Camp
“We know that Spanish has given us “gringo“, “macho“, and “marijuana”, but it’s also given us the terms for filibuster, concentration camp, and the dollar as
- “La historia del español” revela a los norteamericanos la “sorpresa” de este idioma
Por Julio César Rivas/EFE , Toronto (Canadá)
Los autores canadienses Jean-Benoit - A Compelling Compendium
Booklist’s starred review of The Story of Spanish: “Nadeau and Barlow once again present a thoroughly researched linguistic history. Part anthropological study, part
- A debate in Paris
On October 19th, Jean-Benoît Nadeau participated in a debate with the Time’s former European bureau chief Donald Morrison, organized by France’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Estates-General
- A Multi-layered History of the Spanish Language
In Maclean’s magazine, Brian Bethune writes about The Story of Spanish: “Nadeau and Barlow present a multi-layered history of the language.”
- Article on Le Français quelle histoire! in the French magazine, Le Point
Jean-Benoît just got back from Paris where we launched the new and revised French translation of The Story of French. Good news! The French
- Between the Covers Reviews The Story of Spanish
“…Interesting look into a subject that is at once familiar but rarely examined in this manner.” Between the Covers, Baltimore County Public Library.
- Bonjour Paris’s Favourite Books: The Bonjour Effect
The Bonjour Effect is on the new list of favourite books posted on BonjourParis.com.
- Canadienses escriben una historia del español
El matrimonio de Julie Barlow y Jean Benoit-Nadeau presenta en DC el libro que indaga las controversias del idioma
Por Paula Andaló, El Tiempo
- CBC Radio Interview on The Story of Spanish
Listen to CBC’s All in a Weekend radio show from May 11, 2013 where host Sonali Karnick talks with Nadeau & Barlow about
- Cinco de Mayo: A U.S. Celebration
In this interview with Mike McConnell from WGN radio in Chicago, Julie explains why Cinco de Mayo is more American than Mexican.
- Critique d’Ainsi parlent les Français dans Le Devoir
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
- Donald Morrison on The Story of Spanish
“You don’t have to know any Spanish to enjoy this charming biography of what is perhaps the world’s least appreciated major language.”
–Donald - Expatica’s Top Ten Books on Figuring Out the French: Sixty Million Frenchmen
Sixty Million Frenchmen Can’t Be Wrong is on the top of the list of Expatica’s Top Ten Books on Figuring Out the French.
“The
- Fausta’s Blog: The Bonjour Effect
“It’s time for book reviews. Here are three books I recommend, and one I’ll be buying. Faust’s Blog
- French Language World Forum 2012
Announcing Jean-Benoît Nadeau’s new blog on the Forum mondial de la langue française (The French Language World Forum).
About the Forum: www.ForumFrancophonie2012.org
- Globe and Mail Op/Ed on French elections
Barlow and Nadeau publish Op/Ed on French Elections in Globe
- Grands Prix 2012 Finalist
Jean-Benoît Nadeau is among the finalists for the Grands prix 2012 from L’Association québécoise des éditeurs de magazines for his article in L’actualité,
- Huffington Post Recommends Story of Spanish for Thanksgiving
The Huffington Post recommends calls The Story of French a” savoury biography.” It’s among Steve Leveen’s recommending reading for Thanksgiving.
- Huffington Post: France is Fighting its Own Taboos
We published an opinion piece about the November 13 terrorist attacks in Paris in the Huffington Post today. In our view, the French have
- Jean-Benoît is a finalist for the Judith-Jasmin Award
Jean-Benoît Nadeau is among the finalists for the FPJQ’s 2012 Judith-Jasmin award for his MSN.ca column article, “Le Québec analphabète,”
- Jean-Benoît Nadeau and Julie Barlow win literary award in Paris for The Story of French
On Friday, December 9th, l’Académie des Sciences d’Outre-mer (The Academy of Overseas Sciences) awarded the Prix de la Renaissance Française (French Renaissance Award) to Canadian
- Jean-Benoît on Bazzo.tv
Is there too much English in Quebec schools? On Oct. 13, 2011, on Bazzo.tv (Télé-Québec), Jean-Benoît Nadeau and Gérald Larose debated on Quebec’s
- Jean-Benoît on France Culture
Quebec and France: two different cultures separated by the same language! On the French radio program TOUT UN MONDE, which aired on Oct.
- Julie interviewed about The Bonjour Effect in Toronto Star
What do the French really mean when they say Bonjour? Julie answers this and more in an interview in the Toronto Star.
- Julie interviewed in BBC Story: Why the French don’t Show Excitement
Julie was interview for this BBC story exploring how the concept of “excitement” doesn’t translate into French. “Verbally, ‘I’m so excited’
- Kirkus Reviews The Story of Spanish
Pop history of the evolution of the Spanish language and its spread through conquest, commerce and culture.
Read the review » - LA Times Reviews The Story of Spanish
By Hector Tobar, Los Angeles Times: ‘The Story of Spanish’ offers a rich history of the language. Read the whole article »
- Linguistic Ideologies in Print Media
On October 31, 2013, Jean-Benoît Nadeau will be at the University of Augsburg to give his presentation – Converging views: “Urgent” Spanish and “quiet”
- Maclean’s Magazine Quotes Jean-Benoît Nadeau on the French Language and Immigrants in Quebec
Jean-Benoît Nadeau, co-author of The Story of French is quoted in Maclean’s - Montreal, Mon Amour
Julie Barlow has an article in the Spring 2013 edition of CELLIER, available in SAQ stores. In “Montreal, Mon Amour” ten prominent Montrealers – from
- Nadeau & Barlow’s Op-Ed in USA Today: Hispanic heritage runs deep in the USA
Hispanic Heritage in the U.S. runs much deeper than most people think. Julie and Jean-Benoît explain why in the op-ed “Hispanic heritage
- Nadeau et Barlow sur France Culture 19 et 20 juillet
Chers Ami(e)s et Collègues,France Culture diffusera La langue française n’a pas dit son dernier mot
- New Release: Look it up!
Julie just released a new book she helped two McGill family medicine professors write. It shows doctors and patients how to use online information to
- Nuevo Mundo Interviews Nadeau & Barlow
Nuevo Mundo Television host Ginella Díaz interviewed Julie and Jean-Benoît in Spanish about the making of The Story of Spanish. Watch the
- Op/Ed: Ontario should buy more Quebec electricity
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
- Op\Ed in the Gazette: Hydro-Québec is preparing for the future — and so should you.
In this opinion piece in The Gazette, inspired by our book Charging Ahead: Hydro-Québec and the Future of Electricity, we explain how Hilo,
- PRI’s The World in Words and The Story of Spanish
Patrick Cox from PRI’s The World in Words talks with Julie Barlow about The Story of Spanish. Listen to the podcast
- Required reading…
“…[Sixty Million Frenchmen Can’t Be Wrong] should be handed out at Calais and Charles de Gaulle airport to anyone hoping to get a grip on
- Review of The Bonjour Effect in 4-Traders.
“this new book goes well beyond the “bonjour.” As usual, Nadeau and Barlow write as if they are anthropologists viewing a culture through the
- Shelf-Awareness Magazine: The Story of Spanish Interview
Interviewed in the May 3 issue of Shelf-Awareness, Julie Barlow and Jean-Benoît Nadeau talk about some of the discoveries they made when
- So What Makes The French So French?
What makes the French so infuriatingly French?
By Philip Delves
- Spanish Embassy in Washington’s The Story of Spanish Book Launch
Wednesday, May 22, 2013. Jean-Benoît Nadeau and Julie Barlow launched their latest book The Story of Spanish with the help of the
- States of Spanish
In the April 2013 edition of Language Magazine, Julie Barlow and Jean-Benoît Nadeau published an essay that explains why Spanish is no longer a “foreign” language in
- Story of Spanish released in Paperback July 15
St. Martin’s Press is releasing The Story of Spanish in paperback July 15. Order your copy on Amazon.com or Amazon.ca
Successful languages: Authors say english has helped french
By Pat Donnelly
Who knew that at the time of the
- The ABC’s of the French Language
The French magazine Femme Actuelle Jeux recently published an “ABC of the French Language” based on our book The Story
- The Bonjour Effect in the Globe and Mail
Lysiane Gagnon reviewed The Bonjour Effect in her column in the Globe and Mail: Finding your way in France, a country where polite conversation
- The Bonjour Effect in the New York Times Book Review
Molly Young wrote a glowing review of The Bonjour Effect in the New York Times Book Review, May 22, 2016, In the Know:
- The Bonjour Effect is back in the New York Times Book Review
The New York Times Book Review included The Bonjour Effect on its list of new paperback releases this May. Read the short piece about the book here, in Paperback
- The Bonjour Effect on Travel with Rick Steves
What a pleasure it was talking to Rick Steves about The Bonjour Effect for his radio show- The Bonjour Effect on Travel with Rick Steves
On his special Bastile Day show Rick Steves asks us about how the French reacted to our translation of The Bonjour Effect, what
- The Bonjour Effect reviewed in France Today Magazine
France Today magazine says The Bonjour Effect is The Bonjour Effect is “a- The Bonjour Effect: Launch at Paragraphe Books
- The Daily Mail reviews The Bonjour Effect
In this review in the Daily Mail, Marcus Berkmann writes The Bonjour Effect shows that “however French we may have thought the French were, we
- The French Identity
In this article about the state of French immigration in the Christian Science Monitor, interviewee Jean-Benoît Nadeau comments on the French
- The Independent reviews The Story of French
“…an excellent book … stuffed with surprises, insight and humor.”
The Independent- The Irish Independent Reviews The Bonjour Effect
Columnist Mary Kenny calls the Bonjour Effect a “riveting study.” ‘French conversation can be terrifying, and now I know why.” Read the interview.
- The Montreal Gazette Reviews The Story of Spanish
Julie Barlow and Jean-Benoît Nadeau follow up their exploration of French with The Story of Spanish
By Marian Scott, The Gazette
The Story of Spanish
By Jean-Benoît
- The New York Times Reviews The Story of French
The French Have
- The Rude French Waiter Scandal: Julie Barlow interviewed in France-Amérique
Julie was interviewed for an article in France-Amérique’s web magazine about the French waiter who was fired from his job in a Vancouver
- The Story of French in The Independent
Plus ça Change, by Jean-Benoît Nadeau & Julie Barlow
Revive
- The Story of French in the New York Times
“…a well-told, highly accessible history of the French language that leads to a spirited discussion of the prospects for French in an increasingly English-dominated
- The Story of French in The New Yorker
The New Yorker’s European correspondant Lauren talks about The Story of French in her essay Love in Translation, in the April edition.
- The Story of Spanish in Examiner.com
“Their compelling book combines history, research, anecdotes, reflections, travelogue — and trivia.” – Marsha Dubrow, Examiner.com. Read the article »
- The Story of Spanish in The Economist
From The Economist’s Books and Arts section:
The Rise of Spanish: Hats off
Spanish has more native speakers than any language other than Mandarin. Yet- The Story of Spanish Montreal Book Launch
On Thursday, June 13, 2013 Julie Barlow and Jean-Benoît Nadeau presented their book The Story of Spanish at Paragraphe bookstore.
- The Story of Spanish: Now in Bookstores
More than three years after we started researching and writing The Story of Spanish, it’s finally in stores! Get your copy now at:
- The Stuph File Program Talks About The Story of Spanish
Peter Anthony Holder, host of the Stuph File Program, interviews Julie and Jean-Benoît about the many surprising facts they discovered while researching
- The U.S. Needs to Embrace its Latino Personality
Read Nadeau & Barlow’s latest commentary about the United States and immigration in the Globe and Mail: Strangely, Americans see immigration reform as
- The Virtues of Bilingualism
There’s nothing like becoming bilingual when you’re young.- The Wall Street Journal Reviews Sixty Million Frenchmen Can’t Be Wrong
The Wall Street Journal Reviews The Story of Spanish
Our first newspaper review in The Wall Street Journal, by the paper’s former Latin American- The Wall Street Journal: Cinco de Mayo No Hecho en México, Actually
Julie and Jean-Benoît Nadeau published an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal, May 3. Read the article »
- The WSJ on Sixty Million Frenchmen…
“… does its job marvelously well. After reading it, you may still think the French arrogant, aloof and high-handed, but you will know why.”
- Top Book on Figuring out the French
Sixty Million Frenchmen Can’t Be Wrong is one of the “Top 10 books on figuring out the French,” according to
- Una historia canadiense de la lengua española
Por Rufo Valencia, Radio Canada International
Jean-BenoÎt Nadeau y Julie Barlow son dos autores canadienses que se lanzaron con gusto a la tarea de
- We’re from Mars, the French are from…
By Peter Oliva
In 1831, 66 years before Edmond Rostand created
- When Jean-Benoît Met Julie
- Why are the French Rude? Interview in The Local
Why are the French rude? Paris expat site The Local interviewed Julie and Jean-Benoît about this persistent, mistaken perception of the French. Read The French are
- Wine Lovers Love The Bonjour Effect!
We’re delighted to discover The Bonjour Effect is on the Sonoma Index-Tribune’s list of bestselling paperbacks this week.
- Winesworld Magazine Reviews The Bonjour Effect
Winesworld Magazine says “Francophiles, and every would-be tourist will be well served by the detail of the Bonjour Effect.” Read interview here.
- Winnipeg Free Press Reviews The Story of Spanish
They present an entertaining — if arduous — journey through 3,000 years, five empires and three continents, detailing how the Spanish (Castilian) language developed…
- The ABC’s of the French Language
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