Books, Writing & Film

The Writers Workshop

Have you ever written down your dreams? Would you like to turn your experiences into stories or poetry? Do you love to write? The Writers Workshop is for any Club member interested in pursuing the art of writing (in English). Assigned topics allow the writer to tell a story while sharpening technical skills, style and voice in fiction, non-fiction and poetry. One Friday morning a month.

Film Club

Join us once a month to watch a movie with other club members in a local cinema followed by discussion of the movie over a glass of wine or a coffee in a nearby café. We will choose movies either in English or with English subtitles that are screening on a Monday afternoon or early evening depending on showtimes. 

Book Discussion Groups

Come join one of our book discussion groups to meet women who enjoy reading and sharing their views on a wide range of books. Once a month on a Thursday morning and Thursday evening.

Daytime Book Discussion Group

2026 – 2027 Book Discussion Group   Second Thursday of the month at 10 a.m. unless marked*
List of books with their description

*September 17 (3^rd Thurs)  Stones from the River - Ursula Hegi                                                

October 8  The English Patient - Michael Ondaatje                                                    

November 12  Everybody’s Son - Thrity Umrigar                                                                    

December 10  The Correspondent - Virginia Evans                                                             

January 14   Jacob’s Room - Virginia Woolf                                                          

February  11   The Only Woman in the Room - Marie Benedict                                        

March 11   Between Two Worlds - Olivier Norek                                            

*April 22 (4^th Thurs)  Just the Plague - Ludmila Ulitskaya                                                    

May  13  Girl interrupted - Susanna Kaysen                                          

June 10   Choices Meeting            

Evening Book Discussion Group

Our 2026 Evening Book Discussion reading list is:                              

6 Jan - The Lion Women of Teheran by Marjan Kamali
3 Feb - I Deliver Parcels in Beijing by Hu Anyan
3 Mar - The Art Thief by Michael Finkel
31 Mar - Woman in the White Kimono by Ana Johns
5 May - The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon
2 Jun - Cantora by Sylvia Lopez-Medina
1 Sep - The Alice Network by Kate Quinn
6 Oct - People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks
3 Nov - Mother Mary Comes to Me by Arundathi Roy
1 Dec - Disobedient by Elizabeth Fremantle

Les livres et les dates pour 2026

d’habitude le 3e jeudi du mois

• janvier 15 - Les silences des pères - Rachid Benzine
• février 19 - Londres 13:30 - Laurence Boissier
• mars 19 - Thérèse Desqueyroux - François Mauriac
• avril 16 - L'apparition - Didier van Cauwelaert
• mai 28 - Très sage Héloïse - Jeanne Bourin
• juin 18 - Les fausses innocences - Armal Job
• septembre 17 ou 24 - Cœur-d'amande - Yasmina Khadra
• octobre 15 - Une famille normale - Garance Meillon
• novembre 19 - Les mains du miracle - Joseph Kessel
• décembre 3 (1er jeudi) – choix de livres pour 2027

Click here for the "résumé des livres".