For the 8th session of our book club, we chose to talk about José Saramago. Saramago is a controversial writer.His writing evokes social intervention, political and religious criticism and condemnation of Portuguese society; topics covered by the omniscient voice of …
For this 7th session of our Book Club, we chose to talk about Lisbon, our beautiful country’s capital city! We proposed a small book, Lisboa – Livro de Bordo (Lisbon – Logbook), by the writer José Cardoso Pires. This book …
June is the month in which we celebrate Children’s Day. As such, our Book Club dedicated a special morning to Children’s Literature — the genre through which so many of us first first connect with language and discover the joy …
On May 30th, we held the 6th session of our Book Club Entrelinhas! World Portuguese Language Day, celebrated on May 5th and officially established in 2009 by the Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP), honors the Portuguese language as a …
This month, our Book Club Ler nas Entrelinhas coincided with one of the most significant dates in Portuguese history: April 25th. Literature played a very important role in the Revolution, not only through what was read, written, said and experienced …
For the 3rd meeting of our Book Club Entrelinhas, we challenged our students to explore Portuguese Poetry with us, as well as take part in our Open Mic session! Upon signing up, students were given a short anthology with various poems by Portuguese authors. As we read …
In the 2nd session of our Book Club, we covered the work Angústia para o Jantar, from Luis de Sttau Monteiro. This short play addresses social hypocrisy, conformism, and a form of oppression that transcends the political sphere, infiltrating domestic …
January 31st marks the debut of our Book Club – Entrelinhas. The first book we covered was Caso do Beco das Sardinheiras, from the author Mário de Carvalho. This book is composed by several short stories, all from the perspective …
Throughout the month of June, sardines were eaten, wine was drunk and dances were held in typical Lisbon neighbourhoods such as Alfama, Bica, Graça, Madragoa, Mouraria, Vila Berta, among many others! As usual, Saudade school took its students on a …
This month, we took our students on a guided tour through Lisbon’s Workers’ Villages, in Graça! Built in the 19th century to provide housing for the growing population migrating from the countryside to work in the city’s emerging factories, they …