Foreign editions

The French edition of The Red Virgin is released in September from Editions Vuibert. Bryan recreated the woodcut-style title lettering for its French title: Louise Michel, La Vierge Rouge. In the UK, Louise Michel is almost unheard of. Apparently, in France, most people will recognise the name – there is a metro station and a Parisian square named after her – but she's still, on the whole, a mysterious revolutionary figure.

The Spanish Edition, La Virgen Roja, published by Ediciones La Cúpola, is out in October and the Portuguese edition of The Tale of One Bad Rat has just been published by Levoir. Grandville Mon Amour will shortly appear in the Czech Republic, Grandville Bête Noire and Grandville Noel in Serbia and Sally Heathcote in Sweden. This month also sees the 4th printing of the multiple-award winning Spanish edition of Sally Heathcote: Suffragista.

Edinburgh Book Festival

Bryan and Mary are guests at the Edinburgh International Book Festival where, on the 27th August at 12.30, they will be talking about The Red Virgin and the Vision of Utopia. Chaired by Joe Gordon.