Writer’s corner

Writer’s corner | 28/10/2017 | 2:00 -4:00

Upload yourself at the WC…well, this is perhaps not what you think it is…WC is short for Writer’s corner and this is a new activity for library members!

Calling all writers: this informal afternoon to network with other writers will take place once a month.  Writers can come and just write or type around a table.  Afterwards budding writers can get up and chat around the tea or coffee pot near the reception desk. There is no reading aloud or guidance or discussion, it’s just a space where people can commune in the act of writing. No need to sign up…just show up pen and paper and/or computer in hand!


Intensive English workshop for “collégiens”

Intensive English workshop for “collégiens” | 24/10/2017-26/10/2017 | 3:00 -6:00

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This halloween workshop for young adults at the “collège” level (between the ages of 11-14) takes place in the library and runs over three consecutive afternoons of three hours each. This is a wonderful way for kids to have fun learning English through games, songs and lots of speaking and moving around. Cost is 75 euros (includes snack, materials and library membership). Please contact the front desk to sign up. Limited to 15.


Saturday Reading Group

Saturday Reading Group | 21/10/2017 | 3:00 -4:30


The Saturday Reading Group is for anyone who loves to read, socialize in English, and meet new people.

The October read  for the group is “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee. Through the eyes of “Scout,” a feisty six-year-old tomboy, the book carries us on an odyssey through the fires of prejudice and injustice in 1932 Alabama. Presenting her tale first as a sweetly lulling reminiscence of events from her childhood, the narrator draws us near with stories of daring neighborhood exploits by her, her brother “Jem,” and their friend “Dill.” Peopled with a cast of eccentrics, Maycomb, a “tired and sleepy town” modeled after Lee’s native Monroeville, finds itself as the venue of the trial of Tom Robinson, a young black man falsely accused of raping an ignorant white woman. Atticus Finch, Scout and Jem’s widowed father and deeply principled man, is appointed to defend Tom for whom a guilty verdict from an all-white jury is a foregone conclusion. Juxtaposed against the story of the trial, is the children’s hit and run relationship with Boo Radley, a shut-in whom the children, and Dill’s Aunt Rachel, suspect of insanity, and whom no one has seen in recent history. Cigar-box treasures, found in the knot hole of a tree near the ramshackle Radley house, temper the children’s judgment of Boo. “You never know someone,” Atticus tells Scout, “until you step inside their skin and walk around a little.” But fear keeps them at a distance until one night, in streetlight and shadows, the children confront an evil born of ignorance and blind hatred, and must somehow find their way home.

When and where: Meetings will be held in the library once a month on Saturday afternoons starting at 3:00. Cost: FREE to all members of the library. To join: Please contact Anne Kaar at bookgroup@ellia.org


Bookclub

Bookclub | 20/10/2017 | 2:30 -4:00

The October read for the bookclub is “Mothering Sunday” by Graham Swift.

It is Mothering Sunday. How will Jane Fairchild, orphan and housemaid, occupy her time when she has no mother to visit? How, shaped by the events of this never to be forgotten day, will her future unfold? Beginning with an intimate assignation and opening to embrace decades, Mothering Sunday has at its heart both the story of a life and the life that stories can magically contain. Constantly surprising, joyously sensual and deeply moving, it is Graham Swift at his thrilling best. `Mothering Sunday is a powerful, philosophical and exquisitely observed novel about the lives we lead, and the parallel lives – the parallel stories – we can never know … It may just be Swift’s best novel yet’

For any enquiries about joining the bookclub please send an email by clicking here.


Knit and natter

Knit and natter | 20/10/2017 | 10:00 -11:00

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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 members. No need to reserve, just come and enjoy yourself!


Coffee House

Coffee House | 20/10/2017 | 9:00 -11:00

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This is a special moment when the community gathers together to talk about everything and anything (…in English of course!) and sips coffee and tea. Coffee House is free and open to all library members. Just drop in, no need to reserve! Coffee house is every Friday except during school holidays.

 


Books and tea

Books and tea | 19/10/2017 | 2:00 -3:30

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“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 to 3:30 at “Les Casse-Croûte de Suzy” 3 rue de l’Espine. No need to sign up, just come and enjoy!


Pizza and board games

Pizza and board games | 17/10/2017 | 6:00 -8:00

pizzaThe pizza and board games evening is scheduled one Tuesday a month from 6-8 pm. Cost is 7 euros (covers pizza and non-alcoholic drinks, 5 euros for children 12 and under and native English speakers). No reservations necessary, just come and enjoy!


Open house and BBB (big, big booksale) & bakesale

Open house and BBB (big, big booksale) & bakesale | 14/10/2017 | 10:00 -6:00

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The library’s big booksale and bakesale (otherwise known as the BBB) & fall fundraiser is on Saturday, October 14th from 10-6!

The big, big booksale & bakesale is not to miss. This is the ultimate win-win situation: support community services that the library provides while finding great book bargains…oddles and oddles of books for sale and a delicious bakesale!

 

 

 


Talk by Curtis Robert Young on African-American soldiers in France in WW1

Talk by Curtis Robert Young on African-American soldiers in France in WW1 | 13/10/2017 | 10:00 -11:00

Talk by Curtis Robert Young on African-American soldiers in France in WW1

The library is pleased to announce a new Speaker series in English that will take place from September 2017 through June 2018 with a variety of different topics. Click here for a schedule of talks through December.

Curtis Robert Young will be speaking on “When the Blues People Sang America to France – African-American soldiers in France in World War 1”

Curtis Robert Young is a historian, consultant and writer. He is professor of literature at ESSEC Grande Ecole.  His current work celebrates the role played by African-American soldiers in 1917 France.  He lives in Paris.

No reservations necessary. Limited seating so come early! This program has been made possible through a generous grant from the American Embassy.


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