The new catalogue

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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.

 

 

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.

 

AGM & PARTY 

 

This will take place on Saturday 30^th 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 9^th 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 (21^st 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 21^st July, we will then be closed until Saturday 1^st September. You can take out more books for your summer reading.

 

The new catalogue (Title Alphabetical Order) is now online. To download it, just click Here.
Also available : Author Alphabetical Order Here.

Click on “télécharger avec votre navigateur” (download to browser) and then on “ouvrir” (open) or "Enregistrer le fichier" (to save it on your computer).

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                 

 

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 2^nd 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.

SOMEMORE PRIZES FOR THE RAFFLE

We have some more super prizes

·        Voucher for 50 euros at Carrefour

·        Ice cream cone door stopper

·        3-D crossword puzzle of New York

·        2000-piece puzzle of USA

·        All-in-one picnic backpack (rug, plates, multi-purpose gadget, etc)