News reaches us that the Esperanto Association of Britain’s Geoffrey Sutton’s ambitious mission to produce an encyclopedia of the congeries of literature produced during the 121 years since Esperanto’s introduction has been accomplished

Here’s information from the official press release:

• a unique work of international reference
• an English-language companion for the literary enthusiast
• a ‘must’ for every serious library and media reference section Read the rest of this entry »

A number of JEBanoj have already signed up to attend the Internacia Junulara Kongreso (IJK) which this year is taking place in Szombathely in Hungary, from 26th July to 2nd August 2008.

If you want to know more about the congress, we recommend you visit the official IJK website, where you can read all the details about the location and programme (in Esperanto only), as well as view a list of those people who have already signed up. Read the rest of this entry »

Just to inform you that the British Esperanto Congress is taking place in Southport, Merseyside from Friday 9th May 2008 to Sunday 11 May 2008. Southport is a vibrant seaside town, easily accessible both by road and public transport, and this year’s congress promises to be a thoroughly enjoyable event.

If you wish to read more about the weekend, which is organised by the Esperanto Association of Britain (EAB), please click on the following link to the EAB website which provides further details: http://www.esperanto-gb.org/eab/eab_events/bk_payment.htm#ko ngreso You can also sign up and pay via this page; the cost is £10 for JEB members but to read how you could claim your costs back via NoJEF please see the following part of the JEBsite http://www.jeb.org.uk/attend-eo-events-for-free Read the rest of this entry »

The next JEB meetup is scheduled to take place on Saturday, 8th March in Peterborough.

This is an informal affair, to which everyone is welcome We’re likely to be meeting around lunchtime, probably somewhere in the vicinity of the station as most of us will be arriving by public transport. Read the rest of this entry »

The Esperanto Association of Britain runs a programme called Springboard which offers teaching to primary schools using Esperanto as a faciliating device to create language-awareness.

Along similar lines, the Springboard staff asked me to give a presentation to a primary school in Leicestershire in recognition of the European Day Of Languages last September. It went pretty well. Here is the report that I provided to them. Read the rest of this entry »