What’s happening

It’s time for our next BIG, BIG BOOK SALE (BBB)! 

Come to the library and browse through thousands of second-hand books in English that we’ll have for sale.  Whatever your reading style or level is, we’ll have something for you:  children’s books, young adult fiction, crime thrillers, classic novels, non-fiction (gardening, cooking) biographies, autobiographies and many, many more!

The cost is 2€ per book, or buy 5 books and get the 6th book free!  We will be open from 10:00 to 18:00, but we encourage you to come early before our hottest titles go!

And that’s not all.  We’ll also have an assortment of plants and baked goods for sale.  You don’t want to miss out!

This event is open to the public.

The BBB is a bi-annual library fundraiser in which we sell books that have been generously donated to us by our community in order to raise money to fund our operations.  It is an important event that allows us to continue to thrive and offer quality books and services. 

If you are interested in donating your gently used books, you may bring them to the front desk of the library before Saturday, April 13th.  Thank you for your continued support of our organization!

The library’s Garden Club will be selling seedlings from Saturday, April 20th through Saturday, April 27th during opening hours.

We’ll have lots of vegetable and flower seedlings available to choose from…but that’s not all…

The cherry on the cake (or the plum on the tree)…all proceeds help to support the library!

The library is an authorised test center for the TOEIC Listening and Reading Test (the Test of English for International Communication). For more information please visit our TOEIC page or to sign up go to the official ETS website.

“Springtime in the States” is a 3-day workshop for collégiens. Participants learn English in a fun, interactive way with games, songs and activities with lots of talking and moving around! The workshop will be at the library for three consecutive afternoons from 2:00-5:00.

To sign up, please contact the front desk by phone (02 41 24 97 07) or email (info@ellia.org). Limited number of participants so sign-up fast! Cost is 75 euros (includes snack, materials and a one-time library membership for collégiens who sign up for the first time).

Come and play (simple) Bridge (cardgame) at the library! Engage in a brain-stimulating sport: the Mini Bridge Exclusive Society. Discover, learn and play Mini Bridge in a relaxed, casual and informal ambiance. Mini Bridge, as developed by MBES allows and encourages

• conversations while playing the game,
• comments and remarks before, during and after the game,
• second thoughts,
• not taking oneself too seriously,

…in a nutshell, MBES (Mini Bridge Exclusive Society) proposes a different concept from the competing conventional Bridge Clubs.

Feel free to sign up and come and discover this new activity for library members! It is free and open to members of the library. Please contact the library to join!

“Books and Tea” is a monthly meeting, on a Thursday, for bookworms and tea drinkers. Bring a book you’ve really enjoyed, talk about it and pass it on! The group meets from 2:15 to 3:45. Note that the group will be meeting at La P’tite Cigogne, 23 rue du Musée in Angers. No need to sign up, just come and enjoy!