IWCR BOOK GROUPS
If you enjoy reading and a thoughtful discussion, come along to one of our English Book Groups or join Le Cercle de Lecture Française.
Book group members meet once a month in each other’s homes.
A discount on books is available to Club members when you show your current membership card at the English Book Centre, Valbonne.
English Book Groups
There are four groups currently. Please email Dorothy if you are interested in joining a group.
Group I
at 12.00- Friday 24 February
- in the home of Jennifer, reading The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Sklootr
- Friday 30 March
- in the home of Agneta, reading Waiting for Snow in Havana by Carlos Eire
- Friday 27 April
- in the home of Doris, reading The Commoner by John Burnham Schwartz
Group II
at 12.00- Friday 17 February
- in the home of Judy, reading Waiting for Snow in Havana by Carlos Eire
- Friday 23 March
- in the home of Ruth, reading The House of the Mosque by Kadar Abdolah
- Friday 20 April
- in the home of Anne, reading My Tender Matador by Pedro Lemebel and The Shadow of What We Were by Luis Sepulveda
Group III
at 12.00- Tuesday 21 February
- in the home of Chris, reading Our Lives are the Rivers by Jaime Manrique
- Tuesday 23 March
- in the home of Julianna, reading The Hare WIth Amber Eyes by Edmund De Waal
- Tuesday 17 April
- in the home of Christine, reading The Calligrapher's Daughter by Eugenia Kim
Group IV
at 12.00- Monday 27 February
- in the home of Jane, reading Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson
- Monday 26 March
- in the home of Patricia, reading The Commoner by John Burnham Schwartz
- Monday 23 April
- in the home of Margaret, reading The House of the Mosque by Kadar Abdolah
PLEASE let the hostess know if you are unable to attend, thank you.
Cercle de Lecture Française
Contact Anne
Two groups meet monthly to discuss in French a chosen French book.
Group I
at 14.30- Wednesday 22 February
- in the home of Dilek, Pascale will present Après le tremblement de terre by Haruki Marukami
- Wednesday 21 March
- in the home of Anne, Claire will present Lignes de faille by Nancy Huston
- Wednesday 25 April
- in her home, Nicole will present one of three books: Le prix à payer by Joseph Fadelle, Mourir pour vivre à nouveau by Sabatina James or Laissées pour mortes by Rahmouna Satah, Fatiha Maamoura and Nadia Kaci
Group II
at 12.00- Thursday 15 March
- in the home of Jackie, Marie-Luce will present La vie d'un homme inconnu by Andreï Makine (brought forward from February)
- Thursday 12 April
- in the home of Renée, Anne will present Maupassant, le clandestin by Olivier Frébourg. Also reading two short stories La parure by Maupassant and La perle by Yukio Mishima
Please remember to let the hostess know in advance if you are coming or not. Thank you.
