Hi everyone.

I am on sick leave until the holidays. I will see you again in November. Remember to bring the book you chose to read.

I will post the videos of your performances soon.

Desert Island Book by Alice

Alice lives near Paris in a town called Gentilly, she has been interested in books since she was a child, she often read in her grand faher's library, and all her family reads a lot.

Her favorite books are especially the classic books, those which we read at school. For example she likes Sartre and Stendhal very much.

She chose this book: "Rebecca" by Daphné du Maurier, a British writter, because it's an old book she loves and she began to read it very early, without understanding really, without getting all the atmosphere of the work.

She read it again afterwards and appreciated it a lot. She says that if we stay in this optic: If we begin to read this book, we can't stop anymore.

"The Fidelity Files" by Meryl

Today we welcome Elizabeth. She's born the August the 31th 1995. She lives in Arceuil. She likes reading romantic books (that kind of book suit with her personality) but she can also enjoy reading a horror book .

Her favorite book is "The Fidelity Files" by Jessica Brody, it's the story of a woman who had to plays to roles because of her job. The fact is: Is she going to find one day love? Suspense......

Elizabeth appreciates this book because she found it really close to the reality. She appreciates reading and can read many books in a year! Well, not as me!

"The Desert Island Book" by Victoire

Today, the interviwee of our famous radio "Desert Island Book" is Victoire.
She is a sixteen-year-old girl and she is a student in IND High-School.
She lives in BLR, and likes drawing, playing the piano, and listening the music.

Her sister, Marie, enjoys reading very much, and she tells her the stories of the books she liked.
Victoire prefers classic books by authors like Zola or Maupassant. But she doesn't really like fantasy book (except Harry Potter...).
She has chosen "Au bonheur des dames" by Zola, as her favourite book. In fact, she is interested by the 19th century and she found the story and characters particullary attractive.
She doesn't often read, but she likes analysing texts when she enjoyed the book.

The Desert Island Book by Julien

Today in our show we received a very prestigious guest : Antoine Pacquier.

Antoine was born in Paris on June 26th 1995. He lives in Bagneux with his father, mother and brother. His brother is 13 years old.

Antoine traveled a lot, he has gone to Greece and Germany (last year with his highschool), to the Canaries and Spain.

Antoine, in the future, would like to be a hobo or a chief executive.

To go to the lost island, Antoine has chosen to take L'étranger of Albert Camus.

This book tells the story of a man who killed some people; he's in prison and thinks about his life.

Antoine likes a phrase about this book "a man can't live just one day".

He read this book the first week of Summer's holiday, in 3 days.

We thank Antoine for this very informative interview and wish him good luck. Thank you for your attention and see you soon. It was Julien Sanchez in Desert Island Book.

Presentation of Hair Today, No Her Tomorrow

"Hair Today, No Her Tomorrow is a poem" written in 1988 by Brian Patten, a Liverpool Poet.
The text is from the book Storm Damage, it's about love, cheating and unfaithfulness.
His work is composed of four stanzas, lines are short and there are many repetitions such as " I said [...] she said" at the end of lines.
The poem shows a couple who is quarelling about... a hair !
In fact, the woman found a black hair on their bed. She thought her husband was cheating on her and she told him she also cheated on him, although it was false.
He replied, it was cat's hair and asked her to go even if she admitted not to have deceived him.
... Because he really did and the cat was white !

I've appreciated a lot this poem, it's humorous and nice !
Brian Patten writes about a couple's life and he isn't growing more attractive by saying they're in love.
The punch line unexpected and original !
It's realistic and it can happen to anyone and it's true, and it shows you how stupid we are in these cases.

Marie-Sandra COUDERT.

Desert Island Books

Interview of Marie Billet : she was born next to Paris, she lives in Massy. She would likes to be a journalist, she want to succeed in her studies to succeed in life. She's serious student, likes to go with her friends. She has been to Corsica, "it's a very beautiful island " she said. She likes reading because if she doesn't like it, she wouldn't have chosen the literature section.

If she was alone on a desert island, she would put, in her bag, La Belle du Seigneur. It's romantic realistic book by Albert Cohen, the story takes place after the World War II. It's about a woman who is maried with a man who works with the UNO and the husband's boss falls in love with her and she leave her house and goes out with him but her love disappeares but thez must stay together and, to finish, to kill themselves.

Marie read just for the pleasure and when she read it, she had a lot of emotion because it remenber of past.

On the Road... On a Desert Island ?

Yesterday, on Radio 4, we hosted Sophie, 15, from Paris.
In life, she likes hanging out with friends, going to the cinema and listening to music.
She also plays the guitar.
The interviewer asked what kind of book she likes.
She said she has no favourite genre but does like classics, just as "On the Road" by Jack Kerouac, an American author from Massachusetts.
The main carachter is Dean, our guest found him interesting aswell as his conception of life ;
Carpe Diem
During the story he meets people but travels alone no matter what.
That's why she would take it with her on a desert island. She would think like him.

Marie-Sandra COUDERT.

Desert Island Books by Emmanuelle

Today, the interviwee of the radio called "Desert Island Books" is Meryl Jocktan. Let me introduce herself. She is a student of Notre Dame. She is seventeen years old. She had a good childhood because she travelled a lot and met a lot of people. She thinks that it was very fun. Her first book is babar. She would like to travel in Asia especially in Japan. She doesn't like reading a lot, she read four books this year.

Her favourite book ever is Intenebris. She read this book during her holidays. It's an horror book with suspence and blood. When she reads it, she is transported in an another world. It's a book whose the hero is a policeman who seek the serial killer who killed all his family. She really likes it, and she recommends it.

Desert Island Book by Marie

Today, the guest was Audrey Chauveau. She is a student in IND at Bourg-la-Reine, she lives in this town and is a very nice girl, aged sixteen.

First of all, she laks to us that she has travelled a lot, to Italia, Egypt, England, Wales, Belgium... and she particulary likes Egypt. She is a very dynamic girl, practices gymnastic ans plays the guitar. She likes visiting Paris with friends, going to museums, theaters..

If she must be alone on a desert island, she'll choose GONE by Michaël Grant. The story is about a town where there are no adults, the teenagers must survive alone. If she became a writer, she'll write realistic or romantic books. She likes read book because the story transport her into other world and make her fell strong emotions.

It was a very interesting interview during wich we learnt amusing things.

Desert Island Books, by Laura

Her name is Mathilde and she doesn't have a favourite book, but she likes The Old Man in the Sea by Ernest Hemingway. It's the first "serious" novel that she read. She doesn't think she would take it to a Desert Island because she prefers saving her life and so she would take Robinson Crusoe to know how to survive. The book she ashamed to like is The Little Prince by Saint Exupéry. If she was a writer, she would like to write Mer Anarchy, but she woulden't write Figaro's Wedding. If she were a character in a book, she would be Benjamin Malaussène in the novel by Daniel Pennac, but she woulden't be Pauline in Pauline. Finaly, she recommends The Picture of Dorian's Gray.

DESERT ISLAND BOOKS, by Mathilde.

Desert Island Books is the famous radio programme in which a person is questionned on her tastes in literature by a journalist. One of our journalists interviewed Mathilde, to know her tastes and favorites books.

First, the journalist began to ask what was the first book which she has ever read, and she gave the name of the novel The old man and the sea, by the famous writer Ernest Hemingway. She likes this novel because she agrees with author's thought, what he wanted to communicate and share with his reader. In her view, her tastes, in literature, are growing with time because now, she is interrested in a lot of different novels (classics, drama, …): " I stopped reading Oui-Oui & Co". When the journalist asked her, which writer she would like to meet, she answered Daniel Pennac, because she likes him so much ! To her, if she had to a desert island, she would decide to take the novel Rubinson Crusoe, because thanks to it, she would survive with nature on this desert island.

Finally, to conclude, she prefers classics novels and detective stories. One thing is sure: she loves literature !

Desert Island Books, by Audrey

After a very interesting interview between a presenter, Marie, of the famous programme : Desert Island Books, and the guest, Noemie Klaine, I took notes to keep track of this interview.

The subject of the programme is to ask a young high school student, which one of her favourite book she would take if she found herself on a Desert Island.

First, a brief presentation of Noemie Klaine : she's 16 years old, lives in a flat in the Paris Region; she goes to school in the Institute Notre Dame where she chose a literary section to become a primary school teacher.
Later she wishes to be married and have 4 children (twins). She would also travel to many countries such as Australia to see kangaroos, or New York.

If she won one million Euros she would stop working and buy a big house in Monaco.

Her favourite book she carries with her is "La Petite Fadette" by Georges Sand. It's a romantic story of an impossible love.
She first saw the film and it gave her the urge to read it.

Thanks to Noemie Klaine for taking part in the interview.

Desert Island Books, by Camille

Monday 19th September, I had the privilege to witness the famous programme : Desert Island Books.

And that day, the journalist, Antoine, interviewed Julien :

First, he talked about himself.

Julien was born in Thiais the 20th May 1995. He is not married and he hasn't got children. For the moment, he just has a girlfriend, called Aurélie. He said that he lives in l'Haÿ-les-Roses. He has travelled to Germany with his class ; he has visited Spain, Venice, Corsica.

Next, Antoine asked Julien the long-awaited question : "Which of your favourite books would you take to a desert island?" And Julien answered that if he had to take one book to a desert island, it would be Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea, by Jules Verne, because it was a present from his grand-father.

This book is about three men who go over-board of their boat. They fall on a big submarine, the Nautilus, commanded by Captain Nemo. And they embark for new adventures out at sea.

No Hair Today, No Her Tomorrow by Brian Patten

Here is the video of the poet reading his own poem at the Vienna Lit Festival in 2008.

Desert Island Book by Elisabeth

I interviewe Emmanuelle Chrétien, a young student from Notre-Dame, in Bourg-La-Reine, for the Desert Island Discs (a well-known Radio).

She was born on July 11th 1995 in Paris. She is a sixteen-year-old girl who likes hanging out with her friends during her pastime.

She loves classics and romantics books, it's why she chooses " I want to live " by Downhown. In this book, the heroine is a girl attained by a fatal (deadly) illness, a leukemia. She has little time to live, then she decides to etablish a list of all things which she would like to make before dying, so she is going to live her last days intensely and accomplish her dreams.

She likes it because it is very touching. She very recommands it.