First Sunday of the Month
At the Market in La Carneille from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM
THE KNITTING WORKSHOP will take place every month started on Friday, 13 February at LIRE ET FLANER from 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Next meeting on Friday, 20 February. Contact: DOMINIQUE TOUSSAINT (06 71 72 34 06) and NADINE LETONDEUR (07 69 01 23 35) Registration: €10 per person per quarter. Infos in french here
THE GAMES WORKSHOP (belote, tarot) will take place every two weeks starting on Tuesday 10 February at LIRE ET FLANER from 2pm to 4pm. Next meeting Tuesday, 24 February. Contact: JP MANESSE-DUPONT (06 61 15 16 41) Registration: €10 per person per quarter.
Infos in french here
THE CHRISTMAS WORKSHOP (making small items out of wood, fabric, paper, etc.) will take place once a month starting in May. Contact: NADINE LETONDEUR (07 69 01 23 35)
The WRITING WORKSHOP will present two themes each term: a literary theme (‘You who loved so much the grace of purple and white lilacs’) from February to April, and a philosophical theme (‘There is nothing to be done’).
Open to all. Maximum 4 pages (A4 format). Any font and size. All genres welcome. All languages (French, Italian, English, German, Arabic, etc.). Translation required.
Submissions by email only, no later than 30 April 2026. Two email addresses: macf61@aol.com or manesse.jeanpierre@gmail.com
More info here
Sunday, April 5, 2026
Presentation and book signing by YANIC SOUBIEN:
‘L’inattendu’ (The Unexpected)
Traditional Norman and Breton songs from the 18th and 19th centuries.
With JOSINE STIKER-MOUGEOLLE. Location to be confirmed.
Sunday, May 17 (the 3rd Sunday of the month)
Dance with CAROLE NATIVELLE and her accompanists:
“FROM THE DESERT TO THE SEA” (lecture, testimony, and experience).
Gardens of CLOS ULYSSE (La Carneille).
June 5 and 7, 2026
Friday, June 5: (READ AND STroll event in SEGRIE-FONTAINE):
« VILAIN LISERON » (musical reading and painting performance).
With Nadine Letondeur, Jean-Michel Thebault, and JP Manesse-Dupont.
Sunday, July 7: Literary outing to Clos Ulysse
« DU PINCEAU À LA PLUME » a portrait of Gine Guibout.
Activities in the garden of La Carneille and annual dinner.
July 4 and 5, 2026
Weekend dedicated to La Cavee des Artistes
visual arts festival in La Carneille.
August 2 (date to be confirmed)
Philosophical and literary getaway to Mortagne-au-Perche:
« SUR LES PAS d’ALAIN » (In the Footsteps of Alain)
pseudonym of the philosopher Émile Chartier. Museum and writing workshop.
6 September
The SOCIÉTÉ DES ÉCRIVAINS NORMANDS (Society of Norman Writers) will be present (at the market from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., then in the afternoon in the garden of CLOS ULYSSE) to present and sign a book entitled: NORMANDIE NOUVELLE FRANCE, a collective work to which 20 authors contributed.
This work is a testament to the authors’ deep attachment to CANADA, and more particularly to QUEBEC.
In this work, expressed through essays, stories, fiction and poetry, you will find dreams of freedom, love, mutual aid, wildlife, nature and forests…
September 26 and 27
Weekend dedicated to the Book Fair
(Writers in Swiss Normandy) in La Roche d’Oêtre.
October 4th
LYRIC RECITAL in the church of PONT D’OUILLY.
With SYLVIE-JANE COURAPIED and MARUSKA LE MOING.
November 7th and 8th
Exhibition, texts and short film with F. EISENBARTH: Les Chevaux Neufs (18th century) and ‘‘Sub imperio summa libertas’’ (Middle Ages):
CLOS ULYSSE. Closed Porch.
December 6th
CHRISTMAS ACTIVITIES at CLOS ULYSSE
(welcoming seniors, carols, stories, mulled wine and cookie bar).