L’autrice explique, sur France 5, pourquoi elle a signé, avec quelque 200 autres auteurs, une pétition dénonçant la décision de licencier Olivier Nora, PDG de Grasset depuis vingt-six ans.
Emblematic author of Grasset, Virginie Despentes responds to Vincent Bolloré: “It’s not a war, it’s predation”
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Story Timeline
Tue 13:55 - Le Figaro
Hachette announces the departure of Olivier Nora, CEO of Grasset for 26 years
Wed 15:27 - La Libre (BE)
Five authors from Grasset react to the dismissal of Olivier Nora: “I told him that they were going to have his life”
Wed 23:15 - Le Figaro
“We do not want our work to be the property of Vincent Bolloré”: find the open letter from the 115 authors announcing their departure from Grasset
Thu 03:44 - Le Monde
Grasset: after the dismissal of Olivier Nora, the prestigious publishing house faced with the hemorrhage of its authors
Thu 04:00 - Le Figaro
Beigbeder, BHL, Despentes... 115 authors leave Grasset after the “unacceptable” dismissal of its CEO, Olivier Nora
Thu 08:25 - Euronews
Wave of departures at Grasset: 115 authors leave publishing house after ousting of CEO
Thu 16:45 - Le Figaro
The massive departure of authors from Grasset, an unprecedented movement which should not shake the accounts of the Hachette group
Thu 16:46 - Le Figaro
Earthquake at Grasset: behind the scenes of the departure of one hundred and seventy writers
Fri 04:20 - Le Monde
“By landing Olivier Nora de Grasset, Vincent Bolloré did not succeed in fracturing the camp of writers, who are by nature unpredictable and solitary”
Fri 07:07 - Le Figaro
Where can Olivier Nora go after Grasset? What will Jean-Christophe Thiery do?
Sat 05:52 - Euronews
La coup de Grasset: The exodus of authors and the choice of a collective response
Sun 04:54 - Le Monde
Grasset: Vincent Bolloré counterattacks in the “JDD” and assures that “those who leave will allow new authors to be published”
Sun 06:56 - Le Figaro
“A small caste that believes itself to be above everything and everyone”: Bolloré responds to the “earthquake” at Grasset
Mon 11:06 - Euronews
Crisis at Grasset: Bolloré strikes back as 308 authors call for a 'conscience clause' in publishing
Tue 11:30 - La Libre (BE)
“Vincent Bolloré behaved like a thug. He tricked me, deceived me, humiliated me. I will never forget”