A variety of Francophone book clubs are available and looking for new members all throughout New England. At the Alliance Française de Providence, RI, a friendly book club meets monthly to discuss francophone literature. The Alliance Française de Burlington, VT's book club will be recommencing in January. Housed at the French Cultural Center, the Alliance Française de Boston offers both a structured, instructor-led book club and an informal discussion group every month. Finally, Schoenhof's Foreign Book Sellers in Cambridge hosts meetings the first Thursday of the month from 6:15 to 8:00 p.m in the fall and spring seasons. Bonne lecture!

A new selection of movies is now available at the IF Cinema! Teachers (K-12, colleges, universities and Alliances Françaises) can access the platform of the Institut Français for educational purposes. More than 300 royalty-free films are available along with over 50 educational kits.

To have access to the films, teachers must register and have their educational project validated.

La Caravane des dix mots presents JeuMexprime, an online contest which invites students and adults alike to create a visual, written, musical or audiovisual composition around a series of ten words. For more information, please click here.

"Des mots pour voir, histoires de l'histoire de l'art", offers to use the same ten words and associate them with important landmarks of art history. Young francophones between the ages of 13 and 20 can submit written creations and win prizes! For more information, please click here.

Discover and download issues of Langues et cultures françaises et francophones, which will enable you to improve your French in a fun and relaxed way. Clear, modern, and unique, this teaching resource is ideally suited for language learners at B1-B2 proficiency.

The Canal Academie is a web radio show linked to the Institut de France. Their show is supplemented by a newsletter and investigates countless academic topics on diverse subjects.

Did you know that many NHL hockey players, including Boston's Patrice Bergeron, are Francophone? In combination with AT&T, the Bruins have developped materials to encourage the engagement of students in French language learning. Example lesson plans and supplemental curriculum materials with an ice hockey theme can be found at the Bruins website.

According to Descartes, living without philosophy is like living with your eyes closed and never attempting to open them. Come experience the full power of living with your eyes wide open in the friendly setting of Boston's very first French "Café Philosophique," organized by EFGB (Education Française Greater Boston), with the support of the Consulate General of France in Boston.

The AATF is pleased to announce its organization of the fifteenth annual National French Week. This week-long celebration of all things French will take place in schools and communities and AATF chapters across the U.S. from November 5-11, 2014.

Presented by Dr. María Luisa Parra, who boasts over 15 years of experience in the fields of second language acquisition, this workshop is geared towards parents of school-aged children. It will advise parents on how to promote their children's learning to read and write in a second language, while supporting their English literacy development at the same time.

This month, the French Cultural Center will be having a sale of used French books. Works include classic and contemporary literature and fiction and non-fiction styles.

The Cultural Services of the French Embassy and ARTE, the European cultural TV channel, are thrilled to offer ARTE Docs USA, a list of documentaries, for American Universities, non profit institutions, schools and Alliances françaises.

Chateaubriand Humanities & Social Sciences (HSS) is a fellowship program offered by the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the U.S. It targets outstanding Ph.D. students from American universities who seek to engage in research in France, in any discipline of the Humanities and Social Sciences. HSS Chateaubriand fellows are selected through a merit-based competition via a binational collaborative process involving expert evaluators from both countries.

This travel grant aims at giving students enrolled in an American University an opportunity to discover France. It is open to sophomore, junior & senior students who are enrolled in a double major, including one major in French and one major in another discipline. Consideration will also be given to students enrolled in a minor/certificate in French and majoring in another subject.