The French Library is situated in the Alliance de Wellington premises and is open to anyone in New Zealand. It offers a great variety of books, DVDs, CDs, magazines, videos, CD-roms, comics, self teaching methods and reference books about France. All resources are available on free loan provided you become a member of the Alliance de Palmerston North.
Not only is it a library, but it also organizes book clubs, competitions, a story time and activities for children and is a great place for school groups to visit.
Access the French Library Website
Library rules
Duration of loans
- Schools / Universities / Alliance Française branches / Individuals outside the greater Wellington region :
- All other resources : 30 days
- Others :
- Smaller books, comics, magazines, CDs, CD-Roms, audio cassettes : 15 days
- Larger books : 30 days
Cost of sending out resources
All postage costs for sending out resources from the French Library must be met by the borrower.
Cost of returning resources
All postage costs for returning resources to the French Library must be met by the borrower.
DVD collection
A one-off bond of $ 40.00 is required if you wish to borrow DVDs. Please note, this bond will be banked when received but will remain refundable at any time upon request provided that no DVD has been lost or damaged by the borrower.
Methods of payment : cash, eftpos (no credit cards), cheque (payable to Alliance française Wellington Inc.).
Lost and damaged materials
All lost and damaged items (excluding DVDs) will be charged to the borrower at replacement cost.
Subscriptions
Members of the Alliance Française de Palmerston North, please contact alliance.palmerston@gmail.com.
What's new ?
Novembre 2009
Adults
Children
Romans :
- La Nébuleuse du crabe by Eric Chevillard
- Le vin de solitude by Irène Némirovsky
- Horowitz et mon père by Alexis Salatko
- Bleu catacombes by Gilda Piersanti
- Un paysage de cendres by Elisabeth Gille
- Un aller simple by Didier Van Cauwelaert
- Iran, les rives du sang by Fariba Hachtroudi
- Le douxième iman est une femme ? by Fariba Hachtroudi
- Khomeyni Express by Fariba Hachtroudi
- Sur la dune by Christian Oster
- Taxi by Luc Besson with Marion Cotillard Exilés by Monique Dartonne with Romain Duris
- La femme d'à coté (The woman next door) by François Truffaut withGérard Depardieu
- Ne le dis à personne (Tell no one) by Guillaume Canet with FrançoisCluzet
- Les femmes de l'Ombre (Female Agents) by Jean-Paul Salomé with Sophie Marceau
- Midi 20 by Grand Corps Malade
- Zest of. by Zazie
- 74321338982 by Aston Villa
- Mon paradis by Christophe Maé
- Duos by Charles Aznavour
Livres tout-petits et petits :
- Moi, peur? by Peta Coplans
- La maison de carton by Michael Rosen and Bob Graham
- La cabane dans le cerisier by Penny Dale
- Emile et Lilou : En route ! by Roméo P.
- OdorImages Joyeux Noël
- Mon jardin enchanté : Fées by Léonie Worthington
- Franklin est contrarié
- M.Parfait by Roger Hargreaves
- Contes en images : le vilain petit canard
- L ' Oiseau de pluie by Monique Bermond
- Le premier jour d'école by Rosemary Wells
- La famille Avoine by A. Ahlberg
- Sierra Brûlante by Pierre Pelot
- Soleil sous la neige by Anouk Journo-Durey
- La créature d'un autre monde by Liliane Korb
- Clémence la fée des vacances by Daisy Meadows
- Arthur et les Minimoys : la BD du roman : Tome 1 byLuc Besson
- Arthur et les Minimoys : la BD du roman : Tome 2 by Luc Besson
- Tintin et les Oranges Bleues (Tintin and the Blu Oranges)
- Arthur et les Minimoys by Luc Besson
- Mobi clic : Joue avec le peintre Picasso (7/13 ans)
- Tobo clic : Les pierres de pluie (4/7 ans)
Alliance Française de Palmerston North Incorporated - CC44167 - is a registered charitable entity in terms of the Charities Act 2005
