Barbara Casassus

1 week ago | science.org | Barbara Casassus

Europe is getting serious about its attempts to lure U.S. researchers who have lost their jobs or want to leave the country because of the assault on research by President Donald Trump’s administration.

2 weeks ago | thebookseller.com | Barbara Casassus

Amazon’s latest survey on French reading habits shows that 71% consider it easier to access the books they want to read online than by any other means. Of the total, 77% said it was easier to find the information they need to make their choice, and 72% said there was a greater variety of titles than before. The survey, to mark the 25th anniversary of the company’s arrival in France, was conducted by polling agency IFOP among a representative sample of 3,000 of French people aged at least 18.

2 weeks ago | thebookseller.com | Barbara Casassus

You are viewing your 1 free article this month. Login to read more articles. News More independent bookshops opened than closed in France last year, but the sector’s three-year buoyancy post-Covid continues to lose steam.

3 weeks ago | bmj.com | Barbara Casassus

News & ViewsFrench ministers sued... French ministers sued over “epidemic” of healthcare worker suicides in hospitals News BMJ 2025; 389 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.r826 Cite this as: BMJ 2025;389:r826 Following a number of suicides among medical staff in public hospitals, three French government ministers are being taken to court accused of manslaughter, institutional moral harassment, and other offences.

1 month ago | thebookseller.com | Barbara Casassus

Nearly a third of French authors say relations with their publishers have worsened over the past three years, and more than half are in favour of creating a mediation commission to help solve disputes. These were two findings from the 10th barometer of author-publisher relations, which was carried out for the collection agency Scam and the authors society Société des Gens de Lettres (SGDL) and published exclusively by Livres Hebdo on 8th April.