French Fiction Reading Group

To all francophiles of York and North Yorkshire, we invite you to join our monthly French Fiction reading group!

Every last Sunday of the month, after our doors have closed, we will meet in the bookshop to discuss, in French, the latest novel our group will have read, also in French. Anyone comfortable reading and speaking in the language is welcome to join - our group will be led by our native French bookseller and welcomes all nationalities and backgrounds.

This November, for our last reading group of the year, we will be discussing La danseuse by Nobel laureate in Literature Patrick Modiano.

We have plenty of copies this month’s book in French available in the bookshop - come redeem your voucher, and bonne lecture.

N.B. We have a very limited amount of seats available to our reading groups, if for any reason your plans change, do let us know in advance so that we can offer the seat to the next person on the waiting list!

"La danseuse arrivait, le matin, à sept heures quarante-cinq, gare du Nord. Ensuite le métro jusqu'à la place de Clichy. Le bâtiment du studio Wacker était vétuste. Au rez-de-chaussée, une dizaine de pianos d'occasion, rangés en désordre comme dans un dépôt. Aux étages, une sorte de cantine avec un bar et les studios de danse. Elle prenait des cours avec Boris Kniaseff, un Russe que l'on considérait comme l'un des meilleurs professeurs... Une odeur particulière de vieux bois, de lavande et de sueur."