The family in Covid-19 times

Posted on 19 June 2025 Catherine Garbi En ce moment
Covid-19 has suddenly become part of our daily lives. How to reconcile telecommuting and family life? During this period of confinement, we’ll need to make the best possible arrangements to ensure that our families get on well until the crisis is over. Telecommuting for parents, distance learning for children. The whole family finds itself stuck […]
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Literary challenge: 20 reading ideas

Posted on 19 June 2025 Valérie Jacquod En ce moment
Do you feel like reading but lack inspiration? Have you finally finished the pile of books on your bedside table and are feeling idle? Have you been browsing our eLectures e-book platform but can’t make up your mind? Feel like taking up a challenge? Start a reading challenge! Here’s a suggestion of 20 categories, along […]
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A summer in Switzerland (2/4): mystical walks

Posted on 19 June 2025 Evelyne Campiche En ce moment
After the events of the last few months, full of emotion, uncertainty and stress, it’s time to refocus. We’re living in unprecedented times, and no one knows how things will turn out. Switzerland abounds in mystical places, vibratory places, retreats, places to recharge one’s batteries, sacred places, hermitages. We’ve put together a selection of documents […]
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Tribute to Ennio Morricone

Posted on 19 June 2025 Federica Rusconi Castellani En ce moment
On July 6, 2020, Ennio Morricone, author of some of the finest soundtracks in Italian and world cinema, passed away. The composer was 91 and his career spanned more than 60 years. Morricone has written music for over 500 films and TV series, many of them immortal. His music has been used in over 60 […]
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Love in LAF

Posted on 19 June 2025 Ana Gonçalves En ce moment Sélections
Our rich collection of French-speaking African literature (LAF) often goes unnoticed by the public at the Riponne site, even though it abounds in a wide and varied selection of works by talented French-speaking African authors. To rectify the situation, we’re offering you the chance to discover LAF through the prism of love. In this strange […]
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A summer in Switzerland (4/4): Dare literary exoticism…

Posted on 19 June 2025 Ana Gonçalves En ce moment
In this final instalment of our summer series “Un été en Suisse”, we invite you to cross (in all serenity, I promise!) the linguistic borders of our country through Swiss German, Ticino and Romansh authors. For some, vacationing in Switzerland is a choice imposed (or not!) by you-know-what… Despite the general mood, summer is sacred, […]
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