Start of the season at L’Herne

The Éditions de L’Herne are back in bookshops for the new season from 8 October, with a little something for everyone!
The Éditions de L’Herne are back in bookshops for the new season from 8 October, with a little something for everyone: an essay, a novel and a new Cahier. A new visual identity for the Novels collection: a new logo, new colors, new stamping… we can’t wait to share all of this with you.

• 8 October: Günther Anders’ essay, Le Temps de la fin, strives to analyze the imbalance between the capacity to invent characteristic to mankind and the incapacity to portray the consequences of its creations. Even though he develops his argument through examples from the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Günther Anders offers insights still highly relevant to today.

• 22 October: With La Ballade d’un petit joueur Lawrence Osborne brings to the reader a psychological thriller set in the dazzling scenery of Macao’s casinos. Lord Doyle, a corrupt English lawyer, is attempting to break free of his past by squandering his fortune at baccarat, trapped in an endless spiral of spectacular gains and staggering losses. Fortune seems to smile on him at last when he meets Dao-Ming, a beautiful but enigmatic wandering soul, which results in a whole series of unexplainable wins.

• 29 October : A new Cahier de L’Herne devoted to Margaret Atwood will explore the many facets of her thought and creativity, through numerous unpublished texts and essays by the author, addressing all of her literary calling, her political and ecological commitment or the friendship she has forged with her publisher.

From 25 September 2025 the National Library of France (BNF) will be holding the exhibition “Les mondes de Colette” which offers a journey through the work of the great writer, careful attention is given to the at times contradictory motions and the ways in which they can still resonate with contemporary queries. To mark the occasion, rediscover the  Cahier de L’Herne as well as the publication of a collection of personal texts on the Parisian life of the author.
Finally, in order to understand political current affairs at the start of this new 2025 season, we invite you to immerse yourself into our Carnets, classic texts that shape contemporary thinking and reflection. Discover our selection.