THE DEUX-SÈVRES MONTHLY Are you part of a club or an association? Please share the details with us!
Don’t forget to mention ‘The Deux-Sèvres Monthly’ when responding to an advert!
Les Amis Solitaires We are a group of people living alone in France. We meet regularly for coffee mornings, lunches and the occasional visit. Our activities centre around SauzéVaussais, Civray and more recently Confolens. During the past few months we have started meeting for coffee in L'Absie for people living around Secondigny, Parthenay and Coulonges. This is on the 1st Tuesday monthly at Le Bistro from 11am. Why not join us? More details from Nigel 02 51 51 48 13.
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2nd Sunday Motorcycle Club has a new club website! Check it out: www.2ndsundayclub.fr If you would like to attend our coffee mornings please contact us via the website........ New members always welcome!
Exciting news for Readers and Writers
CALENDAR GIRLS 2012!
To our great delight novelist and children’s author Helen Dunmore will be guest of honour. Her novel, ‘A Spell in Winter’, won the Orange prize in 1996. ‘The Betrayal’, published in 2010, set in Stalinist Russia, is as sensuous and chilling as any of her works.
With the help of their friends they have produced a Calendar for 2012 in aid of two charities, ‘Against Breast Cancer’ and ‘Open Door’ (based in Civray).
Local authors from St. Clémentin are planning the firstever Litfest for the Deux-Sèvres in 2012.
If reading groups would like to know more about Helen Dunmore or to register interest in the Litfest contact Jocelyn Simms. Jocelyn is a founder member of the Deux-Sèvres writersʼ circle and leads a creative writing group at La Joie de Vivre, Moncoutant. Please call Jocelyn Simms on: 05 49 80 22 96
2012 is going to be a special year, because 3 ex-pat ladies, Karin Malpass, Jean Benny and Chris Crane decided to spice up some delicious desserts!
The Calendar will not only help you to keep up to date and tempt you with recipes, it will delight you with some "Pin -up" ladies who have made this calendar. The calendar priced at 10€ will be available at Open Door, Civray; local markets; La Grande Gallerie, Civray and o n l i n e t h r o u g h ‘ T h e Deux-Sèvres Monthly’ magazine. Please support us to support these charities.
Profits made from the sale of this calendar will be donated to the two charities listed below: Association La Porte Ouverte, ʻOpen Doorʼ www.opendoor-civray.com . AGAINST BREAST CANCER www.againstbreastcancer.org.uk Reg. Charity no 1121258.
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