Free entry! However, you need to register, so we can monitor the number of people attending and keep within the regulations under the Covid Protection Framework. 

In the first book My French Platter we heard how Annemarie and her husband, Steve, left their life in New Zealand to manage a 15th-century farmhouse in France, but ended up living in filth and becoming homeless.

In My French Platter Replenished we hear more about their adventures, from being an unemployed homeless couple moving on to new adventures and opportunities. As they take on the management of a new employers majestic home, will the opportunities to create luscious food for the guests and explore rural France enable them to create a dream life? Or will the French officialdom, family illness and a sudden career curveball send them hurrying home to New Zealand?

Enjoy a complimentary glass of rosé and light canapés, while hearing this fascinating midlife adventure that will either make you want to stay at home or take the world by storm!

Cash sales of the book will be available on the night - $29 each, or $54 for two.

Perfect for fans of Peter Mayle’s A Year in Provence, Janine Marsh’s My Good Life in France and Beth Haslam’s Fat Dogs and French Estates.

All visitors to the libraries aged over 12 years and 3 months must have their Ministry of Health-issued My Vaccine Pass scanned before entry. Masks are required to be worn in the libraries, except by those who are exempt. All offerings are subject to the Covid Protection Framework traffic light system. 

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