Franco-Irish Literary Festival | Alliance Française Dublin These words spoken by Marguerite Yourcenar resonate with a special force as we embark on the twenty-fifth edition of the Franco-Irish Literary Festival.

A couple of free events featuring Azouz Begag in Dublin next week. We read extracts from Le gone du Chaâba in my final year class today so might be of interest to French students

www.alliance-francaise.ie/filf/

A black and white image of a theatre before a show. A sparse crowd looks at an empty stage with a backdrop the reads La Haine Jusqu’ici rien n’a changé

I’ll be introducing the 14th April 6pm showing of La Haine @queensfilmtheatre.bsky.social noting developments in depictions of ethnicity, gender and police violence in the banlieues from 1995 until 2024’s stage retelling La Haine: jusqu’ici rien n’a changé queensfilmtheatre.com/Whats-on/La-...

Staff and students in French at Queen’s University Belfast standing in front of a window through which a red bricked building can be seen, and holding copies the Goncourt finalist novels

Goncourt reading group getting under way in earnest today in French at QUB - fun discussions about plot, character, style, the experience of reading and some very specific vocab! Looking forward to much more in the run-up to this year’s #ChoixGoncourtUK

6-month post in French at QUB: hrwebapp.qub.ac.uk/tlive_webrec...

Capture d’écran de l’article de Public Sénat qui rend compte du vote.

Le Sénat vient d’adopter en commission une proposition de loi visant à interdire l’usage de l’écriture inclusive.
« La langue française est en situation de fragilité » affirme le rapport d’examen, contre l’avis de la plupart des linguistes.
Le français va très bien, merci… sauf pour les réacs.

Registration is now open for "Speaking Out: Tackling Accent Bias at an Elite University," an in-person event organised by Christian Ilbury with the 93% Club and Tackling Elitism at the University of Edinburgh.

Thu 23 Nov 2023, 6-9:30pm

Please register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/speaking-o...