EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT - Book Club EVENT Saturday 24 February 2024
Announcing EVENT across 6 time zones: UK, EUROPE, AUSTRALIA, USA. Are you joining us? Its not too late to register, find form below. Check the EVENT time for your time zone. Zoom link essential.
French Book Club EVENT: Saturday 24 Feb 2024
As we’re at the culmination of reading our first 2024 book: 'The Many Lives and Secret Sorrows of Josephine B.' by Sandra Gulland, we’ve scheduled an online EVENT to enable us to share, discuss, laugh, and connect about the book and with each other - francophiles across the world. Are you joining us?
WHEN: There will be two EVENTS, both on Saturday 24 February. Each event will run for just over an hour.
ACCESS: A Zoom link is essential to enable you to access the event.
- If you have NOT REGISTERED yet, here is the form. Be quick.
- If you have registered and do NOT have a Zoom link yet email me info@myfrenchlife.org ASAP (pls check your email inbox & Spam folder first)
[Look for an email from: info@MyFrenchLife.org with the subject line:
Your ZOOM link Feb '24 French Book Club Discussion EVENT:' The Many Lives and Secret Sorrows of Josephine B.' by Sandra Gulland]
- If you'd like to invite a friend to attend please ask them to complete this registration form to get their Zoom link: https://forms.gle/xC3Cfd593gPTSP4w7
WHAT TO EXPECT:
These will be informal small-group discussions. Both Jacqueline Dubois Pasquier & I will be present to welcome you and facilitate the discussion.
PREPARATION:
We recommend that you read the following items as they are particularly relevant and will inform the discussions.
- of course, the selected book,
- the interview of author Sandra Gulland by Jacqueline: here
- an important comment by Maggie Scott re the Sandra Gulland interview: Found below the interview - made on 18 February
- the interview of Maggie Scott (Historical Consultant): About successful historical fiction writing - she quotes Sandra Gulland
Also, we encourage you to have at hand quotations you'd like to highlight - not essential. And you're welcome to join us even if you haven't finished reading this book.
Note the EVENT TIME for your time zone.
EVENT #1 - EUROPE & AUSTRALIA
UK/ Ireland:- Saturday 24 February - 9am
France:
- Saturday - 24 February - 10amAustralia
- East Coast - Saturday 24 February - 8pm
EVENT #2 - USA, EUROPE, AUSTRALIA
USA:
- PST - Saturday 24 February - 12 noon
- MST - Saturday 24 February - 1pm
- CST - Saturday 24 February - 2pm
- EST - Saturday 24 February - 3pmFrance: - Saturday 24 February - 9pm
Australia:
- East Coast - SUNDAY 25 February - 7am
*Thank you to those who’ve already registered to attend this Book Club EVENT, please find your email now and hit ‘Reply’ to confirm you have the Zoom link.
Responses to date have been across 6 time zones which is challenging to coordinate. The preference for Saturday has been overwhelming. We hope that you can join us even if Saturday is not your preferred date.
A reminder for those who've not finished the book, please still join us to listen or participate, the choice is yours.
And finally, reading for the next book club pick will commence in mid-March 2024 - watch out for announcements in March.
And finally, we're looking forward to chatting with you about this fascinating book.
Warm regards
Judy MacMahon, Fondatrice and Jacqueline DuboisPasquier, Founding Facilitator, MyFrenchLife™️ French Book Club
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