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Kion fari se vi deziras partopreni la tutan kunkongreson kaj vojaĝi hejmen poste ne eblas? Ĉu vi devos elekti inter forlasi la kunkongreson frue (kaj maltrafi parton) kaj partopreni la tuton sed poste resti sola? Ne, ĉar laŭ tradicio ni proponas grupan manĝon ĉe loka restoracio. Ni kunvenos tie je la 19:00 por tri-plada manĝo, kiu kostas £24.95.

La restoracio estas Dover Marina Hotel, Waterloo Crescent, Dover CT17 9BP. Ili volas ricevi mendojn kun plursemajno antaŭaverto kaj ne permesas, ke homoj ne jam mendintaj aliĝu al grupo, do ne prokrastu. Ni kontaktos vin pli malfrue por ricevi vian elekton el la menuo. (Jen ekzempla menuo.)

What to do if you want to participate in the entire kunkongreso but can't travel home afterwards? Do you have to make a choice between leaving early (and missing out) and staying late (but being stuck on your own)? No, because we're offering a group meal at a local restaurant. We'll be meeting there at 7pm for a three-course meal, which costs £24.95 per person.

The venue is the Dover Marina Hotel, Waterloo Crescent, Dover CT17 9BP. They want orders placed well in advance and won't allow people to turn up as part of a group booking on the day, so you'll need to order before it's too late. We will contact you nearer the time for your menu choice. (Here's a sample menu.)

We'll be starting the Kunkongreso off with a fun social event!

Ian Carter will be running a cèildh (pronounced kay-lee), which is a traditional Irish or Scottish event featuring folk songs, music and storytelling.

Here's a nice video giving a short visual introduction to cèildhs:

Ours will all be in Esperanto, though!

Sign up quickly; the hotels aren't going to get any cheaper as you wait! If you're under 25 and live in the UK, contact us to ask how you could apply for financial assistance with your travel and accommodation costs.

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Perhaps you didn't know that there's such a thing as Esperanto music. It exists and fewer are better at it than Martin Wiese, who has been making music in the international language since co-founding the group Persone in 1986. He'll be leading the Saturday night entertainment at the Kunkongreso in Dover, which takes place in April!

Here's a flavour of what lies in store: Liza pentras bildojn

Hotel costs are still reasonable but there's no guarantee they'll stay that way so sign up quickly! Please bear in mind that we have to get names and numbers to the relevant companies for our excursion and group meal well in advance of the event, so please don't delay or you might not be able to join in with those activities.

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Ever wondered what it would be like to speak Esperanto within the family? Maybe you weren't aware that there are families that do this, where Esperanto is one of the native languages of the children?

Our guest speaker lives in such a family. He's Swedish, his wife is German, and they met through Esperanto. Since that was their common language, they use it with their multilingual daughter.

But what's it like? Is it strange? Are they forever running to dictionaries?

Bertilo will let you know because this is the theme of one of his presentations at the Kunkongreso in Dover, starting on April 12!

Hotel costs are still reasonable but there's no guarantee they'll stay that way so sign up quickly! Please bear in mind that we have to get names and numbers to the relevant companies for our excursion and group meal well in advance of the event, so please don't delay or you might not be able to join in with those activities.

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Ni estas tre feliĉaj povi anonci la daton de la ĉi-jara Somerlernejo. Temas pri ĉiujara kursaro, kiu okazis unuafoje antaŭ pli ol duonjarcento! La venonta komenciĝos ĉe nia sidejo en Barlaston je la 10:00 sabaton la 17an de Aŭgusto kaj finiĝos je la 13:00 dimanĉon la 18an.

Kiel kutime estos du klasoj: Jack Warren gividos sesion por progresantoj; homoj pli altnivelaj ĝuos la progresintan kurson gvidotan de Ed Robertson.

Somerlernejo estas senpaga; se vi atingos Esperanto-Domon, vi ricevos senkoste la instruadon!

Por pli da detaloj, ekzemplaj ekzercoj kaj por aliĝi, iru al https://esperanto.org.uk/events/somerlernejo/

Eblas ricevi agnoskatan ateston pri Esperanto per ekzamenoj okazintaj laŭ la komuna eŭropa referenckadro. Okazos venonta sesio la 15-an de Junio 2019 en Londono. Kiel en antaŭaj jaroj, EAB celas kuraĝigi partoprenadon per repago al ĝis dek sukcesintoj siajn ekzameno-kostojn, ĝis maksimume £50.

Legu pli da detaloj kaj registriĝu ĉe la oficiala paĝo pri la sesioj.

Plaĉas al EAB anonci, ke kune kun Clive Boutle de Francis Boutle Publishers, ĝi starigas poezian deklamadon en Londono.

Hispana poeto Jorge Camacho deklamos poemojn de Star in a Night Sky, antologio de Esperanta literaturo, kiun redaktis Paul Gubbins kaj eldonis Francis Boutle:

Jorge ankaŭ deklamos siajn proprajn poemojn, inkluzive de elĉerpaĵoj el sia plej lasta kolekto, Brulvunde:

Plietendiĝis la aranĝo tiel, ke deklamos du pliaj iberiaj poetoj. Martin Veíga lanĉos sian novan dulingvan kolekton Diary of Crosses Green dum Noèlia Díaz Vicedo deklamos en la kataluna:

La sekvan vesperon Jorge Camacho gvidos poezian atelieron en Esperanto ĉe la Londona Esperanto-Klubo.

Detaloj:

• La poezia deklamado okazos ĵaŭdon la 22-an de Novembro ĉe Bookmarks Bookshop, 1 Bloomsbury Street, Bloomsbury, WC1B 3QE. Ĝi estas senpaga kaj komenciĝos je la 7.30 ptm.
• La poezia ateliero kun Jorge Camacho okazos vendredon la 23-an de Novembro ĉe la Londona Esperanto-Klubo, Diorama Arts Centre, Regent's Place, 201 Drummond St, London NW1 3FE. La evento okazos de la 6 ptm ĝis la 9.30 ptm. Ne necesas esti klubano por partopreni, sed bonvolu atenti, ke la sola lingvo tie parolata estos Esperanto. Komencantoj estos bonvenigitaj.

EAB is pleased to have arranged, in conjunction with Clive Boutle of Francis Boutle Publishers, a poetry reading in London.

Spanish poet Jorge Camacho will read poetry from Star in a Night Sky, an anthology of Esperanto literature, edited by Paul Gubbins and published by Francis Boutle:

Jorge will also read some of his own original poetry, including extracts from his latest collection Brulvunde:

The event has expanded to include two other Iberian poets. Martin Veíga will launch his bilingual collection Diary of Crosses Green while Noèlia Díaz Vicedo recites poetry in Catalan:

The following night, Jorge Camacho will hold a poetry workshop in Esperanto at the London Esperanto Club.

Details:

• The poetry reading is on Thursday 22 November at Bookmarks Bookshop, 1 Bloomsbury Street, Bloomsbury, WC1B 3QE. It is free to attend and starts at 7.30pm.
• The poetry workshop in Esperanto with Jorge Camacho is on Friday 23 November at the London Esperanto Club, Diorama Arts Centre, Regent's Place, 201 Drummond St, London NW1 3FE. The event runs from 6pm to 9.30pm. You don't have to be a club member to participate but please bear in mind that the only language spoken there is Esperanto. Beginners are very welcome to come along.

Can't make Lernu or Lernu Plu in February? Not a problem -- we're pleased to announce that there will be a session in March too!

Maurizio Giacometto (Lernu) and Chris Lewis (Lernu Plu) will be making their debuts as EAB tutors as they lead FREE sessions at EAB's headquarters on March 30-31. Both are excellently positioned to understand and support our beginners since they too were beginners only a few short years ago. You're in good hands! Details

We've got good news for our new learners! Two very popular teachers have confirmed dates for sessions at Barlaston on February 9 and 10.

Ariel Bonkorpa (Lernu) and Tim Morley (Lernu Plu) will be pleased to welcome friends new and old to their FREE sessions at EAB's headquarters. Details