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L'Echo du Forum     Issue No 49 - February 2010  

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Bonjour! Our first annual in store sale will be on Saturday 13th February at your French bookshop in Fremantle. We have great specials, as well as a second-hand book sale. For your children, a free mask making workshop with Christine from 2 to 4pm. Find more details below!

A day not to be missed, with great bargains! And a sure way to find the perfect present for your loved one(s) on Valentine's Day! A bientôt! Jacques

La citation du mois - "La vie? Un rien l'amène, un rien l'anime, un rien la mine, un rien l'emmène."  Raymond Queneau

 

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Trésors d'enfance: Les buvards publicitaires - Editions Petit à Petit - $44.50

 

Evoquer Le Manège enchanté, Mon savon, La Maison du café, Poulbot, la biere "La Semeuse"... C'est un peu comme ouvrir la malle aux souvenirs de nos grands-parents: un mélange de nostalgie et d'étonnement.

Les buvards publicitaires, véritables TRESORS D’ENFANCE, utilisés et collectionnés par des générations d’écoliers, passionneront tous ceuxqui souhaitent découvrir le quotidien fascinant

d’un passé pourtant proche.

A l’intention toute particulière des collectionneurs, figure une cotation indicative des buvards présentés.

Provence Style - Ed. Angelika taschen - $19.50 - SPECIAL PRICE!

Traverse a wordless cross-section of Provence images, each as lovely as one would imagine in one's dreams, together painting a vivid mosaic of Provençal living. A great gift!

Also in the same collection: Paris Style, Pierre et Gilles: Sailors & Sea, Robert Doisneau.

 

Contes pour garçons - Ed. Piccolia - $26.50

Le corbeau et le renard, Le lièvre et la tortue, Tom Pouce... Animaux et créatures extraordinaires sont réunis dans ce recueil de fables, d'histoires et de contes. Une couverture souple et des illustrations tendres et drôles, qui feront le bonheur des garçons.

Also in the same collection: Contes pour filles.

For more books, please visit our website www.leforum.com.au

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Valentine's Day

La Saint Valentin

 

Our new Valentine's Day page is full of great gift ideas, and romance themed books, DVDs and CDs!

Below: La plus belle histoire de l'amour, Love me if you dare, Les petits 4 heures de mon enfance, So Frenchy So Chic 2010, Macarons.

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Coco Avant Chanel - $44.50 - A film by Anne Fontaine - with Audrey Tautou, Benoit Poelvoorde, Alessandro Nivola  - rated M - region 4 DVD, in French with English subtitles

From rags to riches to Haute-Couture: the incredible story of Coco Chanel. In a remarkable tour de force portrayal, the lovely Audrey Tautou (Hunting and Gathering, Priceless, The Da Vinci Code) becomes the legendary style icon Coco Chanel. From her humble beginnings at a French country orphanage to the extravagant heights of Parisian society, Chanel's indomitable creative spirit was expressed as a dance hall singer, seamstress, social rebel and fashion icon. Benoit Poelvoorde and Alessandro Nivola portray the men of wealth and elegance infatuated with the multi-faceted Coco Chanel, whose vision and style - inspired by fashion and fueled by passion - paved a daring new way for modern women to look, dress and live their lives.

 

Cendrillon - $39.50 - by Tony Wolf - book + DVD - All regions DVD, in French with English subtitles

Un livre aux illustrations rondes et colorées pour (re)découvrir un conte célèbre : Cendrillon. A lire ou à regarder et écouter grâce au dvd incluant un spectacle de marionnettes et des chansons originales.

 

Paris Lonely Planet. - $29.50 - with Toby Amies - rated E - region 4, in English with no subtitles

 

In Paris, Toby goes from the avant-garde of an artist squat led by the charismatic Gaspard Delanöe to the serious arts of Paris chic and fine dining with society dandy Emmanuel de Brantes.

Trendspotter Joelle Dirringer gives Toby a backstage look at the Paris perfume industry when she takes him to a perfume laboratory to mee the 'noses' who develop the world's favourite toilet cleaners and exquisite new fragrances.

After a memorable encounter with Buggy Rollin' Toby gets an insight into Paris trash-chic and takes to the dance floor when casting agent Speedy Yellow decides Toby fits the bill for an upcoming fashion shoot in a traditional Guinguette ballroom...

For more information about DVDs, please visit our website www.leforum.com.au

 

Les bons plans du Forum

January/February

issue of Bien-Dire

No 68:
Incomparable Jura
Les vins francais face au monde
Voter aux élections municipales ?
La Savoie fête ses 150 ans en France
Tintin et Le Musée Hergé
Un Mitterand chez Sarkozy
La tendance consomm'acteurs
Les séjours culinaires

 

 
  • Mardi Gras Sales - Come down on Saturday 13th February to Le Forum bookshop to grab a bargain on our first annual in store sale. All day specials include a second-hand book sale, 15% off a wide range of CDs, 10% discount when you purchase 3 or more 'Livre de poche'.

    • Also on the programme: a free mask making workshop for children from 2 to 4pm to prepare Mardi Gras! Please RSVP for the workshop here or by phoning us on (08) 9 3355 730. See you then!

  • Did you know that Le Forum is on Facebook? Become a fan to keep in touch with us. Discussion forums are also available on our facebook page, for you to share your thoughts on books, films etc...
  • 'Bouquine club': Celui-ci existe depuis plus de 3 ans maintenant. Vous trouverez la sélection des livres lus et à venir sur notre site Internet. Le lundi 1er mars, nous parlerons de 'L'échappée belle', le dernier roman d'Anna Gavalda.
  • Two *NEW* Bien-dire Essentials: Se présenter and Comment se renseigner.