Stop studying French.
Start living in it.
Le Salon de Yasmine is an intimate book club for B1–C1 learners and native speakers who want to read one beautiful French book a month — with a reading guide, a community, and a standing Sunday evening appointment.
Join le Salon — €399/yearFounding member rate — closes April 30th
12 countries
since July 2025
That's all it takes.
There is a kind of luxury nobody talks about enough.
It doesn't require a flight or a hotel. It requires a book, a quiet hour, and a language you love.
When you read in French, you travel — genuinely. You're inside a Parisian apartment with Leïla Slimani, or in post-war Algeria with Camus, or in a village in Burgundy with Valérie Perrin. Your phone means nothing. The news means nothing. There is only the page, the language, and wherever the writer decides to take you.
The Salon gives you that, every single month — with a reading guide so you're never lost, a community so you're never alone, and a Sunday evening conversation that becomes the highlight of your month.
You've done the hard part.
This is what comes next.
You studied grammar. You survived the awkward conversations. You're past the beginner stage. The Salon is for serious learners — and curious native speakers — who want to go further.
- You're at B1, B2 or C1 in French
- You want to read in French but keep stopping halfway
- You're tired of choosing books alone — too easy or too hard
- You want real conversation in French, not grammar exercises
- You've started L'Étranger three times and it's still on the nightstand
- You're learning alone and want people who understand that
- You want to practise without pressure, stress or rigid schedules
- Native French speakers are welcome here too
Six books already read together.
More coming.
Since July 2025 we've read Camus, Gaël Faye, Victor Dixen, Mona Chollet, Karine Tuil and Mathilda de Mateo. Some members loved every one. Some didn't — and showed up to the conversation anyway. We agree to disagree, in French. Here's what's coming next.
Books are chosen by Yasmine — contemporary, francophone, alive. No classics for the sake of it. Members also recommend books, and some of those sessions have been the best ones yet.
Everything you need.
Nothing you don't.
One book per month
Chosen by Yasmine — calibrated to your level, never boring, always alive. No more guessing. No more giving up on page 40 because it was the wrong book.
Reading guide for every book
Context, key vocabulary, and questions to guide your reading. The thing that sits beside you on the sofa so you're never lost and never alone with the page.
Monthly conversation salon
Once a month, live, in French — just the community and Yasmine. No formal agenda. People who read the same book talking about it honestly. Some months we love it. Some months we don't. Always worth it.
Video critique every two weeks
Yasmine shares what she's been reading personally — books she loved, books that disappointed her, writers nobody is talking about yet. Your window into the francophone literary world, updated every fortnight.
Private Discord — Yasmine is in it daily
Not a team. Not a bot. Yasmine is in the Discord every single day. If you're stuck on page 47 at 10pm on a Tuesday, she's there. So are 25 members from across the world who genuinely love this language.
How to read in French — video series
When you join, you land in the member area where Yasmine has built a practical video series on reading in French as a learner. You'll know exactly how to approach every book before you open it.
Last Sunday of every month.
Put it in your calendar now.
One fixed slot, once a month. The appointment that makes the habit real — and the conversation you'll look forward to all week.
Can't make it live? The Discord keeps the conversation going — and Yasmine is there every day regardless.
A reader who teaches.
Not just a teacher who reads.
I've been teaching French for over 20 years. But more importantly, I've been reading my whole life — in French, English, Spanish and Portuguese. I learn languages myself, which means I know exactly what it feels like to be on page 47 wondering if you're understanding or just moving your eyes across words.
My taste runs toward feminist literature, contemporary francophone writers from across the world — not just France — and voices most people haven't discovered yet. I don't do classics for the sake of it. I do books that are alive. And I have strong opinions about them.
The Salon exists because I wanted a space where serious learners could experience French the way I do — through stories, arguments, laughter, and the specific pleasure of finishing a book in a language you love.
Real people. Honest words.
This is not for tourists.
The Salon is a year's commitment. I'm not looking for people who want to try it for a month, get distracted, and disappear. If you join, I expect you to show up — not perfectly, but genuinely. Miss a book occasionally, that's life. But come back.
The members who've been here since July are different readers now than they were then. That transformation takes time, and it takes the group. If you're serious about reading in French — really serious — you'll know by the end of the first book whether this is your place. I believe it will be.
There are no refunds, but there is no contract either. You can cancel anytime. You just won't want to.
One year. Twelve books.
One community.
Founding member pricing closes April 30th. After that, both plans increase by €100 — permanently. If you join now, April and May are already underway — no pressure. You have all the time in the world before June.
- One curated book per month
- Reading guide for every book
- Monthly conversation salon with Yasmine
- Video critiques every two weeks
- Private Discord — Yasmine is there daily
- How to read in French — video series
- Access to full member library
- Everything in Standard
- Priority access to Paris events
- First access to all new programmes
- Direct access to Yasmine
Joining now? April and May are already underway — no pressure on you at all.
You have all the time in the world to settle in before June. Summer is the perfect moment to start.
Everything you want to know.
Your French won't change on its own.
Neither will your Sundays.
Join before April 30th at the founding member rate.
After that, the price goes up to €499/year — permanently.
Doors close April 30th, 2026 at midnight Paris time