The new catalogue (Title Alphabetical Order) is now online. To download it, just click Here.
Also available : Author Alphabetical Order Here.
lundi 11 janvier 2021
samedi 11 avril 2020
April Newsletter 2020
I hope you are all keeping safe & busy. Seems like a good time to do a spring clean !
There is not a lot of news. Below a list of the new books which will be in the library some day
If the Comédie du Livre takes place (pretty unlikely as it is normally held about the third weekend in May) one of the guest authors is Jonathon Coe.
The Foal Annual General Meeting will take place on Saturday 20 June. It is also the excuse to have a meal together sitting round our friend Anne Marie’s pool. (She has kindly accepted to host again this year).
I hope you have all got plenty to read although you must be running out by now.
NEW BOOKS IN LIBRARY SOON
NON FICTION
Albert Costa The Bilingual Brain Hardback
Matt Haig Reasons to stay alive Paperback,
Jack Fairweather The volunteer Paperback
Hadley Freeman House of Glass Hardback
FICTION
Isabelle Allende A long petal of the sea Hardback,
Jessie Burton The Confession Hardback,
Piero Chaira The Bishop’s bedroom Paperback
Susan Choi Trust Exercise Paperback,
Bernadine Evaristo Girl, Woman, other Hardback,
Jill Ciment The body in question Hardback
Joseph Kanon The Accomplice Hardback
Deborah Levy The man who saw everything Hardback,
Hilary Mantel The Mirror & the Light Hardback, Colum McCann Apeirogone Hardback
Kevin Nguyen New Waves Hardback
Ian Rankin The West wind Hardback
Gary Shteyngart Lake Success Paperback
Elisabeth Strout Olive again Hardback
Kate Weinberg The Truants
The Hilary Mantel book (which is the last in the trilogy and has taken three years to come out) is 784 pages…! (Wolf Hall & Bring up the Bodies)
vendredi 3 janvier 2020
Newsletter New Year 2020
May the New Year keep you
« healthy, wealthy & wise »
Very best wishes for 2020 from the FOAL team. I take this opportunity to thank board members who, among other things, are diligent in manning the library
Coffee mornings These will be starting on January 24. They take place from 10.30-12 at the library. Galette des Rois on that morning
Other dates : February 15 March 20 April 18 May 29
These mornings are open to Foal members
Easy reading We are going to add some « easy reading » books to the collection for non English speakers. We quite often get people coming in & asking if we have anything « easy to read »
Reading to young children Some young mothers would like to find sessions when someone would read aloud in order to habituate their young offspring to the music of the language. Volunteers please. These could take place a couple of times a month on opening Wednesdays
Armchairs We have decided to have a couple of armchairs in the main library area to encourage convivial chats. If you have a small armchair to donate it/they are welcome Send email to foal34@gmail.com
Montpellier Film Buffs A sister association called Montpellier Film Buffs organises monthly viewing of selected films. For more info, send an email to
edwinhill@hotmail.com
Last but not least You need to pay your dues 30 euros payable to Foal & sent to Mike Davison 13 rue de la Paix 34130 St Aunès. If you have joined & paid 30 euros in the last three months you are covered until end 2020. If you only paid 15 euros you need to pay for 2020. Of course, disregard this reminder if you have already paid (& some of you have) Thank you for supporting the library
samedi 30 novembre 2019
The new catalogue is now online !!!
lundi 28 octobre 2019
NOVEMBER NEWSLETTER 2019
RAFFLE 
We are selling raffle tickets
now & we already have some VERY GOOD PRIZES :
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A set of eight accessories for the wine buff in a special gift box
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Set of herbal tea bowls
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A 1 litre bottle of coffee layered liqueur
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A pineapple slicer
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A cheese grater with tank
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Voucher for 25 euros at « Chic et Bohème »
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Voucher for 25 euros at Pimpon
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Two makeup pouches
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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 !!!
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