Editorial log

The editorial log gathers the news, research, writing notes and behind-the-scenes work on Bruno Courtin's novels. It follows the evolution of the literary projects, from the earliest hypotheses to publication. Each article opens a window onto the workshop of creation: character construction, documentary research, narrative choices, cover artwork, corrections and editorial stages.

• Terra Australis — The Memory of Climates · Press Release (Autumn 2026 Release)
  Release · 2026-07-31
  Coming autumn 2026: Terra Australis — The Memory of Climates. A scientific and climate thriller by Bruno Courtin weaving together Antarctica in 2029, an Alsatian family caught in the 2026-2028 heatwaves, and an ancient civilization erased beneath the ice 34 million years ago.
• On Maya civilisation — material for a forthcoming novel
  Research · 2026-07-19
  Notes on the Maya cities, their calendar, their scribes and their forests — the raw material of a novel to come.
• NeuroAurum: memory as a battlefield
  Novels · 2026-07-17
  First volume of Les Chaînes du Vivant. An ancient signal, a therapy that repairs — and rewrites.
• Ancient civilisations: absence and inexistence are not the same
  Research · 2026-07-17
  A short essay: how modern science handles what it does not yet see, and what fiction can restore of it.
• Les Héritages du vivant: earth, water, air and fire
  Novels · 2026-07-17
  From Botswana to New Caledonia, four beings — Kamaï, Kea, Nox, Anouk — trace the living inheritance we have inherited.
• The climate as an invisible character
  Research · 2026-07-17
  How the climate is written into contemporary fiction — a presence that shapes lives without saying its name.
• Welcome to the editorial log
  News · 2026-07-17
  A space to follow Bruno Courtin's novels, their research, their behind-the-scenes work, their corrections and their publication milestones.
• SHE: a silent presence at the heart of a life
  Novels · 2026-07-17
  Notes on SHE — the patient novel of a silent presence that gradually reshapes a whole life.
• Malo — Volume III — The Route of the Rising Sun
  Novels · 2026-07-17
  From the Andaman Sea to the mountains of Satsuma, Malo pursues a network that reaches all the way to sixteenth-century Japan. Publication planned for 2027.
• Mauritia: a world reclaimed by the ocean
  Novels · 2026-07-17
  A novel of memory, water and a civilisation swallowed by the Indian Ocean.
• Le Feu intérieur: transforming what burns
  Novels · 2026-07-17
  Madagascar / Manhattan, 2058. NeuroAurum launches Mnemora — some memories, however, refuse to be reconciled.
• Behind the scenes of the novels
  Behind the scenes · 2026-07-17
  Notes on the writing workshop: how each novel is researched, sketched, tested and revised.
• Malo — Volume II — The Routes to the East
  Novels · 2026-07-17
  Notes on the second volume of the Malo trilogy — European maritime rivalries and the routes to the East.
• Malo — Tome II : Les Routes de l'Est
  Novels · 2026-07-17
  Deuxième tome de la trilogie Malo. De Madagascar à Malacca, une route de cartes, d'épices et de secrets — poursuivre vers l'Est jusqu'aux limites du monde connu des Européens.
• L'Arbre qui cachait la forêt: listening to the living world differently
  Novels · 2026-07-17
  A quiet, patient novel about listening, loss and what still grows when nobody is looking.
• Terra Australis: beneath the ice, a memory waits
  Novels · 2026-07-17
  A scientific and climate thriller between Antarctica, Alsace and Réunion Island — a novel currently in development, publication planned for 2027.
• Project Lithium: when the earth keeps memory
  Novels · 2026-07-17
  From Potosí to the Salar de Uyuni, an archaeological and ecological thriller where the ground itself remembers.
• Ongoing research on Terra Australis
  Research · 2026-07-17
  Notes on the documentary research underpinning Terra Australis: the 1959 Antarctic Treaty, oldest fossils, ice cores and the pace of the current climate.
• France 2026: notes on ongoing warming
  Research · 2026-07-16
  Documentary notes on the current climate — the raw material behind the contemporary strand of Terra Australis.
• Malo — The Secret Routes of the Indian Ocean
  Novels · 2026-07-16
  From Saint-Malo to Madagascar: the route of winds, currents and destiny. Discover Malo's first long crossing — six to eight months at sea.
• Bruno Courtin's official website is now online
  Publication · 2026-07-16
  The author's official website is now online. It presents the fictional universes, the novels in progress and the professional resources.