Also available : Author Alphabetical Order Here.
vendredi 16 novembre 2018
The new catalogue is now online !!!
The new catalogue (Title Alphabetical Order) is now online. To download it, just click Here.
Also available : Author Alphabetical Order Here.
Also available : Author Alphabetical Order Here.
mercredi 24 octobre 2018
AUTUMN NEWSLETTER
AUTUMN NEWSLETTER 2018
NEW BOOKS : the new books have
arrived, been covered & are now on the shelves. A lot of happy reading in
the offing
CHRISTMAS PARTY : an important date to put in your diaries ; Friday
14th December at 6.30pm at the library. As usual, you will bring sweet or
savory (organiser to be confirmed), FOAL will provide the drinks & we will
start off the party with the raffle draw. Board members go to great lengths to find
worthwhile prizes which are starting to come in. Tickets are 1 euro each or ten tickets for 8
euros (a bargain !) We shall start
selling tickets in November but also on the day of the party
DUES : (this does not concern new members since September whose dues are paid to end 2019). Dues to be sent to
Mike Davison 13 rue de la Paix 34130
St Aunès at the beginning of January. We thank you all for your support
Dues : 30 euros
individual 40 euros family 20euros student
NEW OPENING HOURS : we have come to the conclusion that we need to change
opening hours, the kind volunteers who staff the library all agree that we
should open on the Saturday mornings from 10-12am & on Wednesdays from
3-5.30pm. We shall be starting at the beginning of December.
dimanche 30 septembre 2018
NEWSLETTER OCTOBER 2018
NEWSLETTER OCTOBER 2018
We had a lot of sign-ups for the « Welcome
Drinks » but not a lot of takers on the evening of the event (21st
September) so all the sign-ups were contacted (email & text message) for a
replay on the 28th & two couples turned up. Conclusion : having a
stand at the Antigone des Associations is a waste of time & effort of the
volunteers who staff the stand. Next year, we will ask another association to
put FOAL flyers on their stand & leave it at that.
Conversation sessions
Our friend
Barbara Arhel has kindly agreed to hold conversation sessions on Tuesdays
during term time from 14.30-15.30. These sessions are for Foal members &
represent a plus but not the main reason for joining the library. Barbara is a
volunteer & may not always be available. The sessions will start on Tuesday
2nd October
Opening hours
We would like
to have your opinion on opening hours. We are thinking of changing them
slightly because there are times when there are no visitors. We suggest closing
half an hour early on Wednesdays (15-17.30) & opening half an hour later on
the Saturday openings (10.30-12.30).
New books
The new books will be in the library mid October. You will
find a hard copy of the updated catalogue in the library & online. I know
most of you have never visited the blog (all you need to do is click on the
link at the bottom of the email). You will find the catalogue there
Donations children’s books
If you have any children’s books to donate to the library,
please bring them along, any other books, please send a list
mercredi 19 septembre 2018
mardi 10 juillet 2018
The new catalogue
mardi 22 mai 2018
Comédie du Livre newsletter
COMEDIE DU LIVRE SPECIAL
The Comédie du Livre takes place this
weekend on the Esplanade. This year the main guests are Dutch &
Flemish authors although, of course, other nationalities are invited too.
I have noted three events that might
interest Foal members :
Friday 25th a « literary
discussion » with the American author James Morrow at the Musée Fabre
auditorium at 11am
An « English breakfast » with
Jenny Colgan on Saturday 26th on the terrace of the Mercury hotel at 11am (we
don’t know this author, from the description of her œuvre it sounds rather like
« chick lit »)
Also on Saturday at 7pm at the Panacée
auditorium a discussion with Herman Koch whose bestseller « The Dinner »
we have in the library. He is Dutch but I imagine he will be interviewed in
English.
The Bookshop will have a stand & they usually have English-speaking
authors there.
dimanche 22 avril 2018
SPRING NEWSLETTER APRIL 2018
SPRING NEWSLETTER APRIL 2018
You will have seen the new books in the library, you will also find the
relevant book reviews in a file on the new book shelf. We will be ordering more
new books for the summer. The updated catalogue is online at our Facebook page
& the blog.
This will take place on Saturday 30th June. Info for new
members: we decided a few years ago to add a party to the AGM aiming to attract
more people as attendance to this important event in the life of an association
was very sparse. Our friend Anne-Marie has very kindly offered to hold the
party in her garden (she lives in Les Aubes, directions nearer the time). After
a brief AGM we get down to the serious businss of the day. FOAL provides the
drinks & participants bring along the food which is usually delicious &
plentiful (organisation nearer the time). Put this date in your diaries
FOAL events When FOAL was set up
there were only a few of us & no books (see how far we have come!). We
needed to raise funds & thanks to our dynamic friend Philippe Marchand we
organised events such as play readings & the quiz. Now Philippe feels he
would like to take a rest.Thanks to increased membership we have less need to
raise funds so for the moment we are slowing down on events. However, we are
open to suggestions & offers of help & would be happy to see FOAL
organising such events from time to time.
Antigone des
Associations on Sunday 9th
September. We are giving it one more try. Past experience has shown
that all the enthusiastic signups on the day come to nothing. This year we are
going to ask people to sign up for a welcome drink at the library (21st
September) in the hopes that once they have actually seen the library they will
sign up for membership. We shall be offering 3months free for new signups. Do
try & inform anyone who might be interested in your circle of this
sensational offer!
Unfortunately, several of the board members including myself will be away
on that day so we need volunteers for the following two slots: 9-11
&3-5pm. (two for each slot) Please
send an email to foal34@gmail.com
Summer Closing Our last opening before the summer break will be on Saturday 21st
July, we will then be closed until Saturday 1st September. You can
take out more books for your summer reading.
mercredi 11 avril 2018
dimanche 4 mars 2018
NEW BOOKS FEBRUARY 2018
The
book reviews are in the library
NON
FICTION
Mary
Beard Women
& Power
Thurston
Clarke JFK’s last
hundred days
Lizzie
Collingham The Taste of
Empire : how Britain’s quest for food shaped the modern world
Simon
Fenwick Joan :
the remarkable life of Joan Leigh Fermor
Luke
Harding Collusion
Friedrich
Keller My Opposition
Robert
Macfarlane The Lost Words
Daniel
Mendelsohn An Odyssey :
autobio
Leslie
Pierce Empress
of the East
Alan
Taylor Appointment
in Arezzo : bio Muriel Spark
Matthew
Walker Why we sleep
FICTION
Margaret
Atwood The Heart goes last
Julian
Barnes The Only
Story
Benjamin
Black Prague Nights
Dan
Brown Origin
Harlan
Coben Don’t let go
Jennifer
Egan Manhattan
Beach
Robert
Harris Munich
Alan
Hollinghurst The Sparsholt
Affair
Joe
Ida IQ
Nicolas
Montemarano The Senator’s
Chrildren
Gin
Phillips Fierce
Kingdom
Ali
Smith Autumn
Ali
Smith Winter
Edward
St Aubin Dunbar
C
L Taylor The
Missing
Ruth
Ware In a
dark, dark wood
Ruth
Ware The woman
in cabin 10
dimanche 7 janvier 2018
Happy New Year 2018
FOAL CHRISTMAS (12th night) PARTY
As the dates before Christmas
were taken we decided to hold a 12th night party.
We had lots of sign ups &
about 30 people attended (some had been prevented because of a nasty virus).
There was a wonderful spread of delicious food (Foal members are excellent
cooks) . Kath Claringbull organised a singalong to the carol « The 12th night
of Christmas » which was quite à propos. Then our friend Phil Claringbull
put on his Father Christmas hat & drew the raffle prizes which were
numerous again this year. I actually took quite a lot of photos but my camera
played up so I only have two, of the spread. This was taken before all the food
had arrived by which time the table was almost too small to hold it all.
QUIZ
Our famous literary quiz will
take place on Friday
2nd February at l’Espace
Martin Luther King 27 Bvd Louis Blanc
Montpellier. Let’s hope we won’t have
the same misadventure as last year when we arrived at the venue to set
things up to find it closed (we had not been warned). Luckily there is another
venue not too far away & thanks to the brilliant work of our board members we were able to hold the quiz there.
Doors open at 5.45pm so that
you have time to get a drink in hand before the 6.15 start. You will be given a
playing card which will indicate which team to join. After the quiz we will
have time to socialise. Foal provides the drinks & nibbles & all we ask
of you is a small contribution of 5 euros per person which you put in an
envelope & pop into the donation box. We look forward to seeing you all
then.
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