Also available : Author Alphabetical Order Here.
vendredi 12 avril 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.
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)
vendredi 16 novembre 2018
The new catalogue is now online !!!
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.
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