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ounded in Paris in 2015, the venture began as a multidisciplinary production company spanning publishing, music, video, and photography. Its original name, Art is Conspiration, was born from its guiding philosophy: to preserve a sense of mystery in order to nurture the imagination and shine a greater light on our publications.

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t the forefront of this approach, C | Éditions first emerged under the name Conspiration | Éditions. After four published works − including the acclaimed Le Meilleur Chanteur Français du Monde (Journal) by Jean-Luc Le Ténia − the structure evolved in 2018 with the creation of a new series, Le Savoir, which now exists alongside the contemporary literature collection Les C/.

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he following year saw the launch of L’Image, a collection dedicated to visual storytelling, inaugurated with a photo-novel adaptation of Murnau’s cult film Sunrise.

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n 2020, the long-anticipated move of our headquarters to Mhère, in the heart of the Morvan, was finally realized. The aim: to find a true haven for our publishing house, to contribute to the cultural vibrancy of this magnificent region, and to serve as a gathering place for a team dispersed across France.

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he year 2021 marked a new chapter in our development, with ten titles published, including the first two volumes of a new translation of the cult classic Little Nemo in Slumberland, and the complete Don Quixote illustrated by Gustave Doré − published in two volumes and selected by Le Figaro Littéraire as one of its holiday art book recommendations. That same year saw the birth of a new collection dedicated to Poetry, bringing together both contemporary voices and timeless classics.

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022 proved to be a pivotal year with thirteen new publications, including the third and final volume of Little Nemo in Slumberland (with support from the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region), Gide’s The Counterfeiters (supported by the Catherine Gide Foundation), and our first collection of contemporary poetry selected for the prestigious Apollinaire Découverte Prize 2022. That year also saw the release of Auguste Escoffier: Through the Seasons, a beautifully crafted cookbook inspired by the founder of modern cuisine and designed for passionate amateurs (supported by the region and the Auguste Escoffier Foundation), the limited and numbered reissue of Peace in the Shatterings by Henri Michaux—a rare artist’s book not republished in this form since 1959—and finally, Night of the Living Dead, a photo-novel adaptation of George A. Romero’s cult film that bridges cinema and graphic narrative, and which notably inspired the The Walking Dead series.

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n 2023, Grégory Rateau‘s Imprécations nocturnes won both the Amélie Murat and Renée Vivien poetry prizes. Meanwhile, after months of careful development, C | Éditions undertook an extraordinary editorial challenge: to republish the complete and original-scale version of the legendary Cassini Map, a feat never accomplished in France for decades.

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fter two and a half years of work, this monumental volume was released in March 2024, marking the launch of a new collection: L’Exception, dedicated to truly exceptional books of art and cultural heritage.