
(FILES) This photograph taken in Terville, northeastern France on April 16, 2026 shows books from Grasset publishing house displayed for a photograph. More than 300 authors and figures from the publishing world, including authors such as Leila Slimani, Virginie Despentes, and Emmanuel Carrere, have signed on April 18, 2026 an opinion column in French newspaper La Tribune Dimanche, calling for the creation of a "conscience clause" in the publishing industry, following the dismissal earlier in the week of the CEO of the French edition house Editions Grasset Olivier Nora. (Photo by Jean-Christophe VERHAEGEN / AFP via Getty Images)

