Literature
Library
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The library is an excellent way to improve your language skills and discover French culture.
Membership of Alliance Française de Brisbane gives you access to our library. If you are a member you can activate your library record by contacting us.
The library has a collection of books, videos, DVDs and magazines. While the most recent copy of magazines must remain within the library, previous issues are available to borrow. |
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Le Bookclub
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Our book club meets the second Friday of each month at Alliance Francaise de Brisbane between 6.00pm and 7.45pm.
The group size varies from about 8 to 15. Normally, 100 pages or so are assigned for each session, depending on the difficulty of the book. We freely discuss our impressions in a very friendly and informal atmosphere...tout en français. Our authors are chosen from contemporary French writers such as Marcel Pagnol, Erik Orsenna, Andreï Makine, François Cheng, JMG Le Clézio, Amin Maalouf, Marjane Satrapi, Jean Teulé, Hervé Bazin, Patrick Modiano... New members are welcome.
For more information on the current book, please click here.
Please note that we may change our venue due to exceptional events. |
When Cinema and Literature meet
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Based on a best-selling novel by Olivier Adam (the co-writer of Philippe Lioret’s Welcome), Against The Wind is a deeply moving family drama with immense depth and heart.
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This successful eponymous novel by David Foenkinos inspires a refreshing romantic comedy screened during The Alliance Francaise French Film Festival.
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France’s favourite kosher cat leaps from page to screen in this amusing animation based on Joann Sfar’s highly successful comic book series.
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From the furtive imagination of writer/director Yann Samuell comes the smash-hit adaptation of Louis Pergaud’s classic 1912 novel (a book long on the French curriculum and reprinted over thirty times!) about the rivalry between children from two villages.
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Daniel Auteuil makes his directing debut with this remake of Marcel Pagnol’s 1940 film of the same name.
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Tales of the Night are wonderful magical stories about the world and its discoveries.
Michel Ocelot, who gained huge public success with his former animation Kirikou, succeeds again in this new movie to embrace both children and adults in a wonderful and poetic world.
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Based on the Belgian comic book series by Godi and Zidrou, this movie is a pertinent and truly funny adaptation.
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Loosely based on the acclaimed novel Lives Other Than My Own by Emmanuel Carrère (itself inspired by a true story), All Our Desires is Philippe Lioret’s hugely anticipated follow-up to his multi-award winning drama Welcome.
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Download the list of all the books which have inspired some movies screened during The Alliance Francaise French Film Festival
More information about the Alliance Française French Film Festival in Brisbane here
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festival_books_afsite.pdf (1.1 MB)
