New books February

NEW BOOKS FEBRUARY 2017

NON FICTION

Patrick Leigh Fermor              Dashing for the post  HB 2016

Michael Rosen                        The Disappearance of Emile Zola  HB 2016

Edward Sorel                         The Great American Sex Scandal of 1936  HB 2016

Catrine Clay                           Labyrinths : Emma Jung & the early years of

                                                   Psychoanalysis  HB 2016

Artemis Cooper                      Elisabeth Jane Howard : an appreciation  1923-2014

                                                   HB 2016

Hashim Matar                        The Return    Memoir  HB 2016

Forgotten Fatherland              Ben MacIntyre              Biography  PB  2010

 FICTION

Jane Harper                                     The Dry                        Thriller  HB  2016

Emma Flink                                     Little Deaths                 Thriller  HB 2016

Zadie Smith                                     Swing Time                            Contemporary fiction HB 2016

Ratike Kapur                Private Life of Mrs Sharma  Contemporary  Fiction HB 2016

Michael Chabon                     Moonglow                     Contemporary fiction HB 2016

Fredrik Backman                    A Man called Ove                   General fiction HB 2016

David Baldacci                       No Man’s Land             Thriller  HB 2016

Michael Connolly                   The Wrong Side of Goodbye  Thriller HB 2016

Thomas Rydahl                      The Hermit                    Thriller  HB 2016

Ian Rankin                              Rather be the Devil       Thriller  HB 2016

Charlotte Hobson                   The Vanishing Futurist  Contemporary fiction  HB 2016

Sebastian Barry                      Days without End                  Contemporary fiction HB 2016

Margaret Atwood                    Hag Seed                       Shakespeare revisited  HB 2016

Susie Steiner                           Missing, Presumed        Thriller  PB 2016

Francis Spufford                    Golden Hill                 Historical fiction PB   2016    

                                                                    

Philippa Gregory                    Three sisters, Three Queens   Historical fiction HB 2016

Jasin Goodwin                       The Janissary Tree         Historical thriller PB 2006  

Leslie Downer                        The Last Concubine          Historical fiction PB 2008       

Leslie Downer                        The Samurai’s Daughter  PB  2013  HF

Leslie Downer                        The Shogun’s Daughter  HB 2017   HF

Alan Bennett                          The lady in the Van   PB 1999  GF

You will also find a large selection of donations which have been added to the collection

News about the Quiz

Imagine our surprise yesterday evening when we arrived at the venue (early, thank heavens) to find the place shut! Some quick thinking & a couple of phone calls led to another venue on offer & we made the changeover in double quick time (luckily it was not too far away) leaving someone on guard to inform people (thank you Caroline) The Foal team of helpers was absolutely brilliant & the Quiz went off superbly, just shows you what one can do in a tricky situation. We were assisted by a very helpful municipal employee. & in spite of the upset, we had a very good turnout. Participants largely deserved their glass(es) of wine. Pictures below show the venue, helpers with Vicki, the Quiz in action with our brilliant quiz master Phil Claringbull & ladies peeping out from the voting booths (probably in place for the socialist primary election on Sunday). The Chinese prints on the walls are probablty there to celebrate the Chinese New Year (we were at the Maison des Rélations Internationales)

The pictures have come out in opposite order.....

 

 

 

 

 

ENGLISH CONVERSATION CLASSES

We are setting up English conversation classes. For more information send an email to
foal34@gmail.com

OPENING HOURS AT 23 RUE LAKANAL

 

 

 

Now that we have the new premises we are open

 

EVERY WEDNESDAY form 3_6pm

 

The 1st & 3rd SATURDAY from 10-12.30

NEW YEAR GREETINGS

I hope you all had  a very good festive season & the Board members join me in wishing you an excellent 2017

 

UPCOMING EVENTS

Quiz

Our famous quiz takes place on 27th January at Espace Martin Luther King 27 Bd Louis Blanc. Doors open at 5.45 so that you can fortify yourselves with a drink before putting your brains & your memories to work. Please come along with 5 euros per person in a discrete envelope to cover expenses (anything extra goes into book purchasing fund)

Saint Valentine’s at the Domaine d’O

This should be a really fun evening, the Domaine d’O goes to great lengths to create a completely different venue at the theatre (rather like a cabaret, they push back the seating & set up a most convivial space). Music with the Big Ukelele Syndicate (10 ukeleles), dancing & fun (drinks on offer) Foal has a special price for associations  (16 euros). Please let me know if you are coming before 15 January at the latest foal@dbmail.com

 Voces 8

This is a bit later in the year but reminders are always helpful : a group of  English  singers called VOCES 8 (singing a capella a wide range of music from classical to jazz to American crooners) will be coming to the Domaine d’O on 28th March. I have taken an option for Foal  Special price 12 euros   foal@dbmail.com  before 15th February

 

BOOK SALE

We have a permanent book sale in the library. This is a means for us to raise funds and will usefully replace the grant from City Hall which may not be forthcoming again since the difference of the real value of the rent on the premises & the peppercorn rent we are paying represents a benefit in kind of over 9000 euros. If you have any recent books in good condition, do send us a list so that they can be either added to the collection or put in the book sale. We would also like to add CDs & DVDs, don’t hesitate to bring them along. We have sold quite a lot of CDs & need to renew the stock.

 

MEMBERSHIP DUES

As you know, we harmonised membership fees so that everyone pays at the beginning of January. Please send a cheque for 30 euros (40 for a family & 50 if you wish to be a benefactor), made out to Foal to Mike Davison 13 rue de la Paix 34130 St Aunès

 

CHRISTMAS PARTY

We had a great party as usual. Unfortunately, this year we had to have a cut off number of guests, but next Christmas we shall probably hold the party at the Library & we won't have to restrict numbers. The raffle was a great success, below a photo of all the goodies on offer. Members of the board worked very hard to get the prizes, there were lots of them so people had a very good chance of winning

 

 

The cosy area Rue Lakanal

We are feathering our nest in the the new premises Rue Lakanal. The room where we have the children's books & where you can have a cup of tea or coffee is looking really cosy. See below

 

 

 

We shall be open on the 14th & 17th December & then closed for the holidays until Wednesday 4th January