Every month the group meets to discuss a book selected in advance (from classical to contemporary French literature) and discover the other members’ views on them. The discussion is held in French. In July, the group will be discussing Les années by Annie Ernaux (2008, Gallimard), who will be one of the star guests of this year’s Edinburgh International Book Festival. Groupe de lecture : Annie Ernaux Institut français d'Ecosse The groupe de lecture is open to members of the Institut français d'Ecosse only. Admission is free, but the number of places is limited. To sign up, please fill in the registration form and send it to library ifecosse.org.uk. Access Details IFE Membership and Discount Rates Photo: Annie Ernaux in Paris (2001, Leemage - AFP). from Institut Français Écosse http://www.ifecosse.org.uk/Groupe-de-lecture-Annie-Ernaux.html via IFTTT via https://onlinevideoproduction.tumblr.com/post/185658215422
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Created in 1982 the Fête de la musique is now an established tradition in France (and many other places around Europe and the Francophone world) taking place on the 21st of June. On that very special day, every musician – amateur or professional – comes out onto the streets, the squares, and the cafés to perform for free. With close to 4 hours of singers and songwriters, classical musicians, and DJ/MCs, the Institut français d'Ecosse’s fête de la musique is a fun way to kick off your weekend! Looking beyond Scotland, we’ll also be participating in one of the global objectives of the fête this year, now in its 38th edition, to celebrate and focus on Europe by kicking off the evening at 6pm with a participative performance of the European anthem, Beethoven’s Ode to Joy, and a reading of the German poet Friedrich Schiller’s text. The programme for the evening will proceed as follows*: 6.00pm: Ode to Joy and introductions Event Details Fête de la musique 2018 Institut français d'Ecosse Access Details Bookings IFE Membership and Discount Rates Design credit: Studio des signes from Institut Français Écosse http://www.ifecosse.org.uk/Fete-de-la-musique-2019.html via IFTTT via https://onlinevideoproduction.tumblr.com/post/185596142637 Drawing Europe Together is an exhibition of vibrant and thought-provoking illustrations by esteemed children’s book artists from across Europe, organised in collaboration with Axel Scheffler and the European Commission. About the exhibition The seed of an idea for this exhibition was planted the day after the EU referendum of 23rd June 2016. Award-winning children’s book illustrator Axel Scheffler, who was devastated by the result of the vote, travelled to Germany to take part in a Brexit discussion on the radio. Afterwards, he had dinner with an equally concerned group of people, including Markus Weber, children’s book publisher at Moritz Verlag. Believing that a united Europe was the greatest guarantee of peace and prosperity, they wondered what they could do. Some time later, Weber came up with the idea to ask his illustrators to create a ‘drawing for Europe’. Whether they wanted to draw something about the story of Europe, the European Union or anything else on the subject, was left entirely up to them. The pictures were first shown during the Frankfurt Book Fair in October 2017 and afterwards at the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs in Berlin. In November 2017, The Guardian published a feature about the project, and this gave Scheffler’s editor at Scholastic Children’s Books the idea that the exhibition should come to the UK. The Institut français in London – in collaboration with Pulse of Europe, a pan-European citizens’ movement for a united Europe – took up the baton and hosted the exhibition at its premises in April/May 2018. The Drawing (for) Europe exhibition was highly acclaimed by the press and public alike. Some British-based children’s book illustrators were asked to contribute; not surprisingly, many commented visually on Brexit. About the book Scheffler’s long-term publisher, Pan Macmillan, then decided to create a book – Drawing Europe Together, Forty-five Illustrators, One Europe – and invited even more illustrators to contribute. In addition, Macmillan asked all the artists to write a few words to explain the thoughts behind their drawings. The forty-five illustrations were exhibited together for the first time at the launch of the book at Waterstones Piccadilly, London, in November 2018. In partnership with Axel Scheffler, Pan Macmillan and the European Commission, we are now able to tour these illustrations around the UK, bringing these often touching and thought-provoking artworks to a wider audience. Event Details Exhibition: Drawing Europe Together Institut français d'Ecosse Access Details Image: Drawing Europe Together book cover, Axel Scheffler Please note that the opinions expressed within the illustrations and accompanying texts are the views of the artists and do not necessarily reflect the views of the gallery or organisation. from Institut Français Écosse http://www.ifecosse.org.uk/Exhibition-Drawing-Europe-Together.html via IFTTT via https://onlinevideoproduction.tumblr.com/post/185381881717 |
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