Meeting in a few hours! + a lovely French expression 🍂

To our circle of French Story Listeners,

We’re meeting again in a few hours to continue reading and editing Barry’s brand-new book together!

📅 Today’s Details

Today, Friday, September 18th
🕓 4pm UK / 5pm France / 11am EDT / 8am PDT

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Telling It Back: A Gentle Way Into French

Dear French Story Listeners,

Think about the last time you told someone about a movie you loved.

You didn’t recite it word for word. You told it, in your own way, and in doing so, you understood it a little more deeply. You made it yours.

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What a first session! + Chapter 2 next Friday, and something special 🍂

To our circle of French Story Listeners,

What a beautiful first session of Le Cercle de Bruno! 💕

There was so much laughter, so many wonderful tangents, and the kind of real, unpolished French conversation that reminds us why we started this in the first place.

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It’s today! Join us for Le Cercle de Bruno 📚

To our circle of French Story Listeners,

Today’s the day!

We’re so happy to remind you that Le Cercle de Bruno begins this afternoon, and we would love for you to be there.

📅 Today’s Details

Today, Friday, September 11th
🕓 4pm UK / 5pm France / 11am EDT / 8am PDT

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Why we start with the body, not the book

Dear French Story Listeners,

It’s la rentrée, that particular feeling in the air when September asks us, gently, what we’d like to begin again.

Maybe it’s French, for you. Maybe it’s been a while, or maybe you’ve never quite started at all.

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La rentrée is here 🍂 + join our new Friday Story Circle

To our circle of French Story Listeners,

September has quietly arrived, and with it, la rentrée, that gentle, collective exhale of settling back into rhythm after summer’s looser days.

There’s something lovely about this time of year: notebooks are new, the light is shifting,

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Small Steps, Big Heart: Your New Story Awaits

To our circle of French Story Listeners,

This week, seven brave beginners spent five days living in French together.

An intensive crash course, held daily over Zoom, small enough (just 7 learners!) that no one could hide, and gentle enough that everyone found their footing.

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