Arts Books & Ideas Sat 5 July at 2pm Talk with comics artists Elizabeth Holleville, Kate Charlesworth, Alfred and James Albon Join us for a Talk with comics artists Elizabeth Holleville, Kate Charlesworth, Alfred and James Albon as part of the Auld Alliance Comics Festival! Kate…
Arts Books & Ideas 5 & 6 July Auld Alliance Comics Festival Join us for a vibrant weekend celebrating the rich worlds of French and Scottish comics in partnership with La Belle Adventure! Discover incredible graphic novels,…
Arts Books & Ideas Sat 5 July at 5.45pm Live-Drawing Concert with Alfred Lionel Papagalli, known as Alfred, is a widely acclaimed French comic book author, musician and actor. A self-taught artist, he began publishing with Éditions Delcourt…
Arts Books & Ideas Sun 6 July at 2pm The Glasgow Looking Glass: Talk with John McShane, Pete Renshaw and Colin Maxwell To commemorate the 200th anniversary of 'The Glasgow Looking-Glass’, the world’s first comic, the French Institute will host a Talk with comics expert and artists…
Arts Books & Ideas Thu 10 July at 5pm Art Deco – From Paris to Scotland In relation to the exhibition Art Deco Scotland: Design and Architecture in the Jazz Age, this lecture will focus upon the French influence on Scottish…
Books & Ideas Talks Tue 19 Aug at 6pm Meet the authors Laurent Binet and Jean-Baptiste Andréa Meet multi-award-winning French writer Laurent Binet for a talk on his books HhHH, The 7th Function of Language, Civilizations and Perspectives, and French novelist Jean-Baptiste…
Books & Ideas Kids & Families Sat 13 Sep at 10.30am Heure du conte with the author Camille Brunel Join us for a special Heure du conte with French author Camille Brunel! Having taught literature for seven years near Paris, Camille Brunel now writes…
Books & Ideas Tue 23 Sept at 12.30pm Reading group “Le soldat désaccordé” by Gilles Marchand Once a month, the reading group meets up to discuss a couple of books selected in advance (from classical to contemporary French literature) and discovers…
Books & Ideas Education Thu 25 Sep at 6pm European Day of languages – Aberlangs: Aberdeen City of Languages During this talk hosted for the European Day of Languages, Drs Fransiska Louwagie and Clémence O’Connor (University of Aberdeen) will discuss Aberlangs, a partnership initiative…
Books & Ideas Thu 2 Oct at 4pm Meet the author Constance Trautsolt Meet French writer Constance Trautsolt for a talk on her brilliant first novel Pour la peau de Shirley Page (‘For the Sake of Shirley Page’)…
Books & Ideas Thu 9 Oct at 4pm Meet the author Elise Hugueny-Léger Meet French writer Elise Hugueny-Léger for a talk on her first creative writing non-fiction, Twenty twenty: petites traversées franco-britanniques, which came out with Editions Créaphis in…
Books & Ideas Talks Tue 14 Oct at 5.30pm Jean-Yves Laurichesse: Writing between memory and fiction A Professor of Modern and Contemporary French Literature with a string of publications on such authors as Jean Giono, Claude Simon and Richard Millet, Jean-Yves…
Books & Ideas Tue 28 Oct at 12.30pm Reading group “Le premier exil” by Santiago H. Amigorena Once a month, the reading group meets up to discuss a couple of books selected in advance (from classical to contemporary French literature) and discovers…
Books & Ideas Tue 25 Nov at 12.30pm Reading group “Alpinistes de Staline” by Cédric Gras Once a month, the reading group meets up to discuss a couple of books selected in advance (from classical to contemporary French literature) and discovers…
Books & Ideas On Celebrating Comics and Graphic Novels Next event : Auld Alliance Comics Festival Sat 05 Jul at 10:30
