The Alliance Française is proud to introduce the 2024 version of Culturethèque, your French e-library! Enjoy 24/7 access from your personal computer, tablet, or smartphone, browse through your favorite magazines as they hit newsstands, watch concerts and shows, listen to lectures, introduce children to cultural materials, read e-books and comics, and take advantage of language-learning materials tailored to your needs.

This service is FREE for all Alliance Française members and students.
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Culturethèque Summer Selection

From May through August, discover our summer selection on Culturethèque. Enjoy a curated collection of French authors, subjects, and titles perfect for the season.

Explore new stories, travel through literature, and enjoy reading in French at your own pace all summer long.

CULTURETHEQUE SPECIAL - SPRING SELECTION

As spring settles in and the days grow warmer, let’s dig into new adventures and explore:

1. Nature & Escape:

Culturetheque offers you free subscriptions to many specialized Magazines on Travel, Cooking, Gardening and Nature.

Travel:

Art Destinations: https://www.culturetheque.com/fr/beaux-arts-magazine
In motorcycle through the Alps: https://www.culturetheque.com/en/voyages-moto
The island of Beauty, Corse: https://www.culturetheque.com/en/voyager-ici-ailleurs

Cooking:
Special Spring: https://www.culturetheque.com/fr/cuisine-et-vins-de-france
For our kids: https://www.culturetheque.com/fr/quand-lola-cuisine
Listen to our own Heloise Brion: https://www.culturetheque.com/fr/heloise-brion-la- bonne-fee-des-reseaux

Nature:
Teach recycling to your kids: https://www.culturetheque.com/fr/le-grand-voyage-de- monsieur-papier
Make your garden a family project: https://www.culturetheque.com/en/le-jardinage- avec-les-enfants-0
The impressionists painted nature, 10 books on our favorite artists: https://www.culturetheque.com/en/impressionism

2. Feel good & lightness:

Culturetheque also offers comic books, podcasts and books also available in audio.
For an upbeat read: https://www.culturetheque.com/fr/ma-vie-est-tout-fait-fascinante

For an inner transformation: https://www.culturetheque.com/en/kilometre-zero-le-chemin-du-bonheur
The French “Art de vivre”, a key to happiness: https://www.culturetheque.com/en/le- bonheur-la-francaise-et-si-avait-deja-tout-pour-etre-heureux

3. Classics to rediscover

Timeless works to be (re)read in a new light are available in all formats: books (unabridged or short version), audiobooks, easy read for beginners, synopsis and reading sheets.

- The classic fairy tales (and famous movies) such as Little Red Riding Hood, Cinderella, Puss in Boots were originally written in French by Charles Perrault. Full edition: https://www.culturetheque.com/fr/contes-2
 - Audio for children: https://www.culturetheque.com/fr/le-petit-chaperon-rouge-3

Classics are always a treat.
You can follow romantic Emma Bovary engaging in an adulterous affair to escape the boredom of provincial life
https://www.culturetheque.com/fr/madame-bovary (full version)
https://www.culturetheque.com/en/madame-bovary-2 (easy read version)

Or you can galop through France with D’Artagnan, while listening to
https://www.culturetheque.com/en/les-trois-mousquetaires-2 (audio book)
https://www.culturetheque.com/en/les-trois-mousquetaires-3 (easy read version)

… And because this book is all the above, nature , escape, art and love, we strongly recommend the story of Mimo “Watching Over Her” (Viola): https://www.culturetheque.com/en/veiller-sur-elle-prix-goncourt-2023-prix-du-roman- fnac-2023-grand-prix-des-lectrices-elle-2024