Amicale

L'Amicale and its Book1 literary section are pleased to invite you to the launch event for the 3rd European Romance Novel Prize (2024-2025), which will take place :

Friday 26 April

       From 12.15pm to 1.45pm

               At

        Palais de l'Europe

Bar des parlementaires

Avenue de l'Europe

Programme:

- Dynamic presentation of the 10 competing novels by the European partners

- Musical interludes

- Readings of extracts from the books in French ... Read more »

In this second newsletter we will tell you about a superb concert that  the Support Action Ukraine Association in partnership with the Amicale of the Council of Europe Association, will organize in support of young people traumatized by the war, and for the construction of a mobile operating theater for Zaporzhzhia.

There will also be an article dedicated to the Amicale Femmes conference as part of the literary meetings for “Strasbourg Capitale du livre”. And we will talk about the Spring ... Read more »

On this last day of the spring of poets, dedicated to grace, how can we not end with the hymn "Amazing grace", composed in the 18th century by John Newton and covered by the greatest American artists, including Aretha Franklin, Joan Baez, Ray Charles or Elvis Presley? This song is an integral part of the history of the United States, and its most poignant performance is undoubtedly that, a cappella, by Barak Obama during the ceremony in tribute to the victims of the Charleston massacre in June 2015.

Amazing ... Read more »