Images and stories that tell it all. Reference works on leading topics in the history of the 20th century: pictorial exploration of history through the people who made it, placing important figures in their historical context.
Belfond introduces French readers to major foreign authors, publishing Colum McCann, Monica Ali, James Frey, Michael Cunningham, Douglas Kennedy, Haruki Murakami and Iain Pears, as well as leading authors of thrillers like David Baldacci, Harlan Coben, Robert Crais and John Sandford, and women’s novelists like Jayne Ann Krentz, Belva Plain and Nora Roberts. Where French literature is concerned, Belfond publishes Françoise Bourdin, Jean-Louis Fetjaine, Xavier Hanotte, Brigitte Kernel, Gilles Laurendon and Anne-Marie Langlois, as well as non-fiction and biographies, including that of Paris mayor Bertrand Delanoë.
Convergences is a new department of the Place des éditeurs, and starting in 2007 has been publishing works in the field of tourism and young people. Convergences Tourisme will begin bringing out a collection of illustrated color guides entitled “Départ immediate” in March. These guides are very visual and are accompanied by a site to aid in travel preparations (www.guides-departimmediat.fr). Convergences Jeunesse has a partnership with TF1 to launch a collection of books entitled “Ushuaia Junior” intended to help young people understand and respect nature and people.
Hemma: introducing the very young to the pleasure of books
Market leader for French and Dutch-language books for children, Hemma’s catalogue offers around 500 titles, of which some 150 are new, and a back catalogue of almost 3,500 titles. Every segment of the children’s book market is covered, including first books for the very young, books with CD or audio cassette, paperback novels and colouring books. Hemma publishes and packages books under licence from many globally-known companies, including Disney, Sarah Kay, Barbie, My little Pony, Littlest Petshop, Bob the Builder, Bratz, Dora and Happy Feet. Hemma also offers a wide range of titles featuring generic characters (Camille, Pierre, Coralie).
A focus on humour, surprise and appeal. Books illustrated by the greatest photographers: Anne Geddes, Reza, Vicky Ceelen, Rachael Hale and more. The best in humour: Laurent Gerra, Calvin and Hobbes, Morchoisne and Guy Carlier. Curiosity leading to publications on all aspects of today’s culture: music, with L’album des 50 ans de l’Olympia; dance, with Philippe Verrièle’s Chefs-d’œuvres de la danse; film; television, and more.
Langue au chat is a specific brand created to republish and develop the best titles from the now defunct Dorling Kindersley, undoubtedly the most important publisher and packager of non fiction books for children. Langue au chat adapts new collections for children aged between 9 months and 8 years in the French-language market (outside Canada) and offers more contemporary presentations of bestsellers including "Touche à tout", "Anibambins", "P’tits doux", "Grands Imagiers" and "livres surprises". This year, for the first time, this emerging publishing house will develop new series under licence, including "La maison de Mickey" and "Les Petits Einstein".
An examination of current society; a substantial number of historical works (such as Sur les routes de l’ouest by Françoise Perriot); essays; first-person narratives; authors in the news such as Dave, Robert Hossein and Annette Vadim; and a Fantasy collection built around The Lord of the Rings, with both French and foreign authors (such as Pierre Pevel, Robert Holdstock, Megan Lindlholm and more).
The world’s leading independent publisher of travel guides, Lonely Planet has a catalogue of about 600 works, from Alaska to China, New Zealand, Corsica and Zimbabwe. The catalogue includes about 120 French-language guides to Europe and the rest of the world, along with a collection of 14 small-format guides to France (which appeared in March 2007).
Publishes anthologies of major literary authors past and present. An entire library of must-read novels, from science fiction to detective fiction, from Alexandre Dumas to Bernard Clavel with Simenon and Ed McBain thrown in, as well as illustrated collections of poetry and reference books on film and comic strips.
From international best-sellers to regionally-based novels, from romantic fiction to whodunits and thrillers, from science fiction to current events, Presses de la Cité represents publishing for the general public at its best, with a catalogue of world-renowned authors such as Danielle Steel, Elizabeth George, Wilbur Smith, Boris Akunin and Jean M. Auel.
A major publisher of how-to books and illustrated works by top specialists: wine (Robert Parker), cooking, sports, health, well-being, gardening, tourism and more. Reference works, atlases, books that let you pursue your enthusiasms or discover the world (in partnership with the magazine Géo), and handsomely illustrated coffee-table editions.
