Pizza and board games

Pizza and board games | 20/09/2022 | 6:00 pm-8:00 pm

Pizza and board games

Join us for our ever-popular game night and pizza party! Cost is 7 euros (covers pizza and non-alcoholic drinks, 5 euros for native English speakers and children under 13). Event starts at 6 pm sharp. Last entry at 6:15 pm. First come, first serve with 40 participants max. Children under 13 need to be accompanied by an adult.


Saturday Reading Group

Saturday Reading Group | 17/09/2022 | 3:00 pm-4:30 pm

Saturday Reading Group

The Saturday Reading Group is for anyone who loves to read, socialize in English, and meet new people. For this meeting, the group will read The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett.

The Vignes twin sisters will always be identical. But after growing up together in a small, southern black community and running away at age sixteen, it’s not just the shape of their daily lives that is different as adults, it’s everything: their families, their communities, their racial identities. Many years later, one sister lives with her black daughter in the same southern town she once tried to escape. The other passes for white, and her white husband knows nothing of her past. Still, even separated by so many miles and just as many lies, the fates of the twins remain intertwined. What will happen to the next generation, when their own daughters’ storylines intersect?

Weaving together multiple strands and generations of this family, from the Deep South to California, from the 1950s to the 1990s, Brit Bennett produces a story that is at once a riveting, emotional family story and a brilliant exploration of the American history of passing. Looking well beyond issues of race, The Vanishing Half considers the lasting influence of the past as it shapes a person’s decisions, desires, and expectations, and explores some of the multiple reasons and realms in which people sometimes feel pulled to live as something other than their origins.

Meetings are once a month on Saturday afternoons starting at 3 pm. Open to all library members. To sign up please contact the group coordinator at bookgroup@ellia.org.


Book Club reads “Middle England”

Book Club reads “Middle England” | 16/09/2022 | 3:00 pm-4:30 pm

Book Club reads "Middle England"

The September read for the book club is “Middle England” by Jonathan Coe.

The country is changing and, up and down the land, cracks are appearing – within families and between generations. In the Midlands Benjamin Trotter is trying to help his aged father navigate a Britain that seems to have forgotten that he exists, whilst in London his friend Doug doesn’t understand why his teenage daughter is eternally enraged. Meanwhile, newlyweds Sophie and Ian can find nothing to agree on except the fact that their marriage is on the rocks…

As acutely alert to the absurdity of the political classes as he is compassionate about those who have been left behind, this is a novel Jonathan Coe was born to write.

To join the book club please send an email to the group coordinator here.


Knit and Natter

Knit and Natter | 16/09/2022 | 10:00 am-11:00 am

Knit and Natter

Come along and bring your knitting,

Have a natter while you’re sitting,

Or learn to knit with wool provided,

Needles loaned and stitches guided.

Knitted garments are très chic,

So be in vogue and start this week.

Knit and Natter is a free activity, open to all library members. No need to reserve, just come and enjoy! If anyone has some extra yarn please bring it in.


Coffee House

Coffee House | 16/09/2022 | 9:00 am-11:00 am

Coffee House

This is the last Coffee House before the summer break! Save the date of September 16th to kick off the new year of friendship and fun! Join the library community for a special moment to talk about anything and everything (in English of course!). Just come in and chat with others, have a cuppa and enjoy the company! Coffee House is free and open to all library members. No need to reserve! Donations welcome as always!


Books and tea

Books and tea | 15/09/2022 | 2:15 pm-3:45 pm

Books and tea

“Books and Tea” is a monthly meeting 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 Cour…23 rue de la Roe. No need to sign up, just come and enjoy!


BYOB (Bring Your Own Baby)

BYOB (Bring Your Own Baby) | 10/09/2022 | 4:15 pm-5:15 pm

BYOB (Bring Your Own Baby)

Are you a new mom or dad and looking to meet other English-speaking parents in the area? The BYOB (Bring Your Own Baby) group is a way for families with young children to connect and chat about anything and everything related to the journey into parenthood. This group is for English-speaking parents with a baby (or babies!) under 3 years old so be sure to bring them along! Bilingual and multilingual families are welcome, too. The group will meet one Saturday a month from 4:15-5:15pm in the back of the library.

This activity is free for library members. For more information or to sign up, please contact the group leader.


Volunteer meeting…starts at 6pm!

Volunteer meeting…starts at 6pm! | 02/09/2022 | 6:00 pm-7:00 pm

Volunteer meeting...starts at 6pm!

Join us for the back-into-the-swing-of-things Volunteer Meeting on Friday, September 2nd. This is a call for volunteers and we’ve got good news. There are big things planned for the fall and we need your help!

If you have some free time and would like to volunteer for the library in the coming year, come to this organizational meeting. At this meeting, we will explain the different projects for the year ahead and ask you to think in what ways you could play a part.

If you are not able to attend this meeting, Jo (our volunteer coordinator) would be happy to meet with you on an individual basis. Simply send an email to Jo or just drop in and say hi!


Volunteer Meeting…starts at 10am!

Volunteer Meeting…starts at 10am! | 02/09/2022 | 10:00 am-11:30 am

Volunteer Meeting...starts at 10am!

Join us for the back-into-the-swing-of-things Volunteer Meeting on Friday, September 2nd at 10 AM sharp. This is a call for volunteers and we’ve got good news. There are big things planned for the fall and we need your help!

If you have some free time and would like to volunteer for the library in the coming year, come to this organizational meeting. At this meeting, we will explain the different projects for the year ahead and ask you to think in what ways you could play a part. Note that there is a second meeting on this same day at 6pm as well if you are not free in the morning.

If you are not able to attend this meeting, Jo (our volunteer coordinator) would be happy to meet with you on an individual basis. Simply send an email to Jo or just drop in and say hi!


Garden Club visit

Garden Club visit | 01/09/2022 | 3:00 pm-6:00 pm

Garden Club visit

The garden club invites you to discover the beautiful gardens in the area!

This will be a guided visit in English to the beautiful gardens of the Château du Pin in Champtocé-sur-Loire featuring unique topiary and extensive flower gardens that surround the chateau. Anchoring the gardens are the magnificent topiary providing backdrop to acres of rose gardens, frog ponds, expansive lawns and natural parks.

The Garden Club is open to all library members and offers visits once a month to a garden between April and October. For more information and/or to sign up for this visit, please send an email to Sylvie Leys  at elliagardenclub@gmail.com.


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