The first of June, ALFA held an interesting meeting with author and film maker Marc Gee at the new Spa Resort Longevity. Marc presented his novell Autumn kill and talked about ups and downs in the cultural industry.
The combination of interesting speaker and new venue seemed to work well.
Next English Language event will be lit.ALGARVE [...]
Change of time and venue!
In August we will have a sunday instead of the monday session:
On monday, the 1st of August, 4-6 pm the UK author and film maker Marc Gee will be presenting his latest novel Autumn kill and answer your questions.
Where: In the beautiful wellness resort Longevity situated in the curve before arriving [...]
dear ALFANs
I hope you are enjoying the summer that finally seems to have arrived. Coming monday, the 5th of July there won’t be any ALFA (thanks god for that, I hear somebody say, what difference does it make, another voice).
Well, I have tried for more than two years to give authors a platform to make [...]
EUROPE’S MOST SOUTHERN
ENGLISH LITERATURE SALON
ALFA – the association of literature and film friends in the Algarve
A associação dos amigos da leitura e do filme no Algarve
ALFA – the association of literature friends in the Algarve holds a literature salon in English.
Every first Monday of the month, at 7.30 p.m. sharp [...]
last month it was Easter, this coming monday is… – no excuse is good enough, just get yourselves together and come to the May edition of the ALFA literary salon on monday the 3 rd of May when yours truely will tell you all about the great American who revolutionized American novel writing (and who [...]
Dear ALFANS / Liebe ALFANS
this is a combined english/german newsletter – a way to enhance your language learning
we start in English und hören auf Deutsch auf:
1.) TRACES/TRACKS
the time for the ongoing 5th multi-media-competition is coming to an end. By the 31st of March all entries have to be submitted – if not “for real” at [...]
to all of you who were there and to all of you who missed it:
now I know what the ALFA effect is! – exclaimed one visitor who did
experience – like so many others – what it means to be transformed
from a non committed member of an audience into a fan of an author (or
authoress as [...]
Dear ALFANs
I do hope, you are still going strong, inspite of the not too friendly weather we have to endure.
If you master the Portuguese language enough to follow subtitles, come along tonight to the Auitório Municipal in Lagoa where we show the film DIE WEISSE ROSE with German spoken and Portuguese subtitles. It is the [...]
Monday 1st of February, the first ALFA literary salon of 2010 took place. The highly international audience concisting of at least British, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, German, French, Swiss, Ukrainian Nationals was amused, entertained and taught by the experienced lecturer Professor Brian Wood. He took us in his comical way on his expeditions (1961) and Cruisetours [...]
Dear Alfans,
Before you can blink – the first month of this still very new year has almost swished past us, rained away or frozen stiff – depending on where in the world you happen to be. (Hopefully NOT in/on Haiti!!)
Now get yourselves together and come to this year’s first ALFA literary salon on monday the [...]
