The Long Haul. Diary of a Wimpy Kid is the ninth book in this series of children’s books written and illustrated by American author and cartoonist, Jeff Kinney. Published by Penguin the latest book is about a family road trip. Normally this is supposed to be a lot of fun but of course this story […]
Swiss Cricket
2014 Gingins Cricket Club Autumn Indoor Tournament Cricket, that wonderfully eccentric sport beloved by an odd bunch of nations whose only real link is that they were once part of the thankfully defunct British Empire. And now in Switzerland, the sound of leather against willow is ringing out from Zurich to Gingins. Over the first […]
Payot’s best sellers of the week
Seventeen Coffins, Philip Caveney, Fledgling Press From the author of the Sebastian Darke thrillers and Crow Boy comes an exciting novel that both teens and adults will enjoy. Seventeen Coffins is the second book in the Crow Boy series and stars Tom Afflick and his mysterious Plague Doctor. Tom is drawn back to Edinburgh. At […]
Cut your heating bills
Nyon has long been keen to develop its green credentials and live up to its self-proclaimed sobriquet “Cité de l’énergie”. Putting its money where its mouth is, the city has announced that it is running a seminar on 24 November on how to save money by cutting heating bills. Its aim is to inform the […]
Payot’s best sellers of the week
The Edge of Eternity by Ken Follet has once again risen to the top of Payot’s best seller list. So, to avoid tedious repetition, we look instead at number 2 on the list, Michael Connelly’s The Burning Room published last week by Little, Brown and Company. Set in the LAPD’s Open-Unsolved Unit, a man succumbs […]
Update: Le News focusing on digital – monthly in print
Le News is further shifting it’s focus towards digital and will now be appearing monthly in print, while its e-newsletter will continue to be sent out weekly by email. The next print edition will be on 4 December 2014. Please click here to subscribe to the Le News weekly e-newsletter. SPECIAL OFFER: We are offering […]
Payot’s best sellers of the week
Gray Mountain by John Grisham and published by Doubleday enters Payot’s top 10 bestseller list at number one. Not surprising given the author’s stellar reputation for weaving a right ripping yarn. His latest legal thriller focuses on a young female protagonist dispatched through redundancy to a legal aid centre in a small Virginia town, dependent […]
Leman International Fair in Lausanne
The Leman International Fair at Beaulieu in Lausanne is always vibrant, eclectic and a pleasure to visit. Doors open at 11. 00 on Sunday 2 November. Entry is free and if you are a new arrrival in the area you will find over 100 exhibitors keen to help you settle in. If you’ve been here […]
Payot’s best sellers of the week
Expo 58 by Jonathan Coe, published by Penguin. Expo 58 enters the Payot best seller list at number 1. The Atomium, built for the 1958 World’s Fair in Brussels, is the setting for Jonathan Coe’s latest thriller. Coe, author of the hugely successful The Rotters’ Club has received widespread acclaim for what Robert McCrum in […]
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