Also available : Author Alphabetical Order Here.
samedi 30 novembre 2019
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.
lundi 28 octobre 2019
NOVEMBER NEWSLETTER 2019
RAFFLE 
We are selling raffle tickets
now & we already have some VERY GOOD PRIZES :
·
A set of eight accessories for the wine buff in a special gift box
·
Set of herbal tea bowls
·
A 1 litre bottle of coffee layered liqueur
·
A pineapple slicer
·
A cheese grater with tank
·
Voucher for 25 euros at « Chic et Bohème »
·
Voucher for 25 euros at Pimpon
·
Two makeup pouches
·
A manucure in a swish beauty parlour
·
A pair of gloves
Tickets are 1 euro with
a really good deal of 10 tickets for 8 euros. Money from the sale of tickets
goes towards buying new books & is an important source of funds for FOAL
Members of the board are busy collecting prizes. The draw will be
held at the Christmas party which takes place on
Friday 13th December at the library starting at 6.30. As usual, you will be providing the delicious
eats (organization nearer the time) & FOAL will be providing the drinks.
NEW BOOKS
The new books will be in the library any day now. Margaret Atwood’s “The
Testaments” got this year’s Booker prize. The relevant reviews are on the
suggestion table & I will be sending out lists any day now.
NEW SHELVES
We are investing in some new shelves on which we will put the Book Sale
books, freeing up the tables for discussions & Book Chat & Coffee
Mornings. The latter is a new venture for FOAL members which will start in
January & will be held once a month, one month a Friday, one month a
Saturday. I f you wish to participate, send an email to foal34@gmail.com
We have also decided to buy a couple of armchairs which will be placed in
the main room in the hopes that people will stay for a chat & a cuppa.
BOOKS FOR BOOK SALE
PLEASE do not bring in books without first giving us a list. Without a list
we cannot accept books. Too many people are emptying their shelves &
bringing in books which are unsellable.
We shall be holding a special book sale on Saturday 9 November with a 3
for 2 offer. (Buy two get a third book free)
COFFEE MORNING
From January we shall be
holding a coffee morning once a month so that members can get together for
discussion. If you are interested, send an email to foal34@gmail.com
vendredi 4 octobre 2019
AUTUMN NEWWSLETTER 2019
AUTUMN NEWSLETTER 2019
The library is back to normal after the summer break. The updated catalogue is online on the blog and we shall very soon be ordering new books. One book from the last order which has only just arrived « The Testaments » by Margaret Atwood which is a follow up to « The Handmaid’s Tale » 35 years later !
The suggestion table is
popular, we change the books regularly but you can also participate by
suggesting books .
CHRISTMAS PARTY
Our famous Christmas Party will be held on Friday 13th December at the library starting at 6.30. It could well be your lucky day for the RAFFLE We already have some super prizes
Looking forward to seeing you
in the library soon
PS Normally there are some fun graphics in the Newsletter but they won't transfer from my document???
mardi 1 octobre 2019
The new catalogue is now online !!!
lundi 2 septembre 2019
jeudi 27 juin 2019
FOAL AGM June 2019
The AGM went off successfully, Foal's financial situation is healthy, what we really need to do is recruit more members. We shall address this question in the autumn. The AGM was held at our friend Anne-Marie's & we had a great lunch party afterwards, sitting at tables under the trees overlooking the swimming pool. The food was , as usual, delicious we have some really good cooks among our members. We were lucky the heatwave hadn't started.
Here are some photos
Here are some photos
mercredi 12 juin 2019
WE HAVE SELECTED SOME REALLY GOOD SUMMER READING
FOAL book order May 2019
FICTION
FOAL book order May 2019
NON
FICTION
Lisa Brennan-Jobs Small
fry NF
Jill Dawson The
Language of Birds NF
Marek Kohn Four
words for Friend NF
Kate Atkinson Big Sky GF
Margaret Atwood The
Testaments (September) GF
Fiona Barton The Suspect Thriller
Jane Casey Cruel
Action Crime
Esi Edugyan Washington
Black GF
Amenatta Forna Happiness GF
Amitav Ghosh The
Shadow Lines GF
Amitav Ghosh The
Calcutta Chromosome GF
Linda Grant A
Stranger City GF
Mark Haddon The
Porpoise GF
Joanna Harris The
Strawberry Thief GF
Jess Kidd Things
in jars Crime
Elizabeth McCraken Bowlaway GF
Ian McEwan Machines
like me GF
Jeff Noon Slow
motion ghosts Crime
Ali Smith Spring GF
Jeanette Winterson Frankisstein GF
vendredi 12 avril 2019
The new catalogue is now online !!!
mardi 2 avril 2019
SPRING NEWSLETTER 2019
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 will soon be online on our
Facebook page & in the blog.
This will take place on Saturday 22nd June . Our
friend Anne-Marie has very kindly offered to hold the party in her garden again
(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. You can also
bring along your swimsuits.
MEMBERSHIP
We have lost a few members this year. Foal members need to be ambassadors
for the library. Please take flyers & give them to people who might be
interested. We have found it difficult to recruit new members. As you know the
Antigone des Associations doesn’t yield new members & we do all we can to
advertise in English publications to little avail. One of our board members,
Claudine Soudais is very active with schools & teachers but not a lot of
return yet.
lundi 25 février 2019
FEBRUARY NEWSLETTER
The Friends of the Anglophone Library
February 2019 Newsletter
Winter is nearly over &
the next newsletter will have daffodils & Easter bunnies on the top
line !
We
have invested in a banner to put outside the library during opening hours. This
was a great success on the first day we put it out with several people coming
in & one person bought quite a lot
of books from the Book Sale. (if you have books in good condition, do send us a
list, we can either add them to the collection or put them in the Book
Sale) foal34@gmail.com
Suggestion table
We have set up a suggestion
table on which we put books we liked. We have noticed that you tend to go to
the new books section & neglect the rest of the collection. You can all add
books to the suggestion table.
New books
The new books will soon be in
the library. I would like to thank the volunteers who cover the books & if you
wish to help, send us an email. I will send out the list in a separate mail.
AGM & summer party
It’s early days but we have
set a date for the AGM & party. It will take place on Saturday 22nd June. Our friend,
Anne-Marie has kindly offered to hold it at hers like last year. Do put this
date in your diaries.
NEW BOOKS FEBRUARY 2019
The new books have arrived & been covered by our kind volunteers
GF General Fiction
GF General Fiction
FOAL
BOOK ORDER February 2019
NON
FICTION
Mathew Dennison Eternal
Boy Biography
Michelle Obama Becoming Memoir
Iris Origo War
in Val d’Orcia
Pope-Hennessy/Vickers The Quest for Queen Mary Memoir
Cathy Newman Bloody brilliant women
Francis Welch The
Imperial Teaparty
FICTION
Jessica Barry Freefall Thriller
Helen Dunmore Betrayal GF
Dan Fesperman Safe
Houses Espionage
Lucy Foley The
Hunting Party Thriller
John Grisham The
Reckoning Thriller
Chris Hammer Scrublands Thriller
Greer Hendricks An
Anonymous Girl Thriller
Sigrid Nunez The
Friend GF
Louise Penny Kingdom
of the Blind Thriller
Sally Roony Normal
People GF
CJ Sansom Tombland GF
Manda Scott A
Treachery of Spies Espionage
Karin Slaughter Pieces
of Her Thriller
Amor Towles A
Gentleman in Moscow GF
Chris W ormersley City
of Crows Historical fiction
mardi 1 janvier 2019
New Year greetings 2019
May the New Year keep you
« healthy, wealthy & wise »
The library reopens on
Wednesday 9th January.
CHRISTMAS PARTY
Our party was a great
success, we sang some Christmas carols, we had some wonderful food & lots
of people won prizes in the raffle. I would like to thank the Board members who
go to a lot of trouble to find prizes. The fact that there are so many makes
the raffle very attractive & is a good way to raise funds for the library.
Thanks to Phil Claringbull for cleaning up afterwards
CONVERSATION SESSIONS
These will now take place
every second & fourth Monday of the month from 2.30-3.30. The first
meeting on January 14th
OPENING HOURS
Reminder : 3-5.30pm on Wednesdays & 10-12 on the 1st & 3rd Saturday of
each month
SUGGESTION TABLE
We shall be inaugurating our
suggestion table in January. The person manning will put out a few books that
they recommend (old or new), hoping to introduce you to some hidden treasures
DUES
Library dues are payable at
the beginning of January to Mike Davison, 13 rue de la Paix 34130 St Aunès (cheque made out to FOAL) 30
member 40 family & 20 student or
unemployed
Of course, disregard this
reminder if you have already paid (& quite a lot of you have)
Spot the Shakespearean character
ANSWERS CHARACTERS IN SHAKESPEARE ‘S PLAYS
1. Oberon
(Midsummer night’s dream)
2. Hamlet (easy
that one !)
3. Cordelia (King
Lear)
4. Dogberry (Much
ado about nothing)
5. Orsino (12th
night)
6. Julius Caesar
8. Hippolyta
(Midsummer night’s dream)
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