Saturday Reading Group by Zoom
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The Saturday Reading Group is for anyone who loves to read, socialize in English, and meet new people. As a result of the lockdown, the group will meet online by Zoom. Join the meeting by clicking here (Meeting ID: 835 5797 1279). The April read for the group is H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald. When Helen Macdonald’s father died suddenly on a London street, she was devastated. An experienced falconer—Helen had been captivated by hawks since childhood—she’d never before been tempted to train one of the most vicious predators, the goshawk. But in her grief, she saw that the goshawk’s fierce and feral temperament mirrored her own. Resolving to purchase and raise the deadly creature as a means to cope with her loss, she adopted Mabel, and turned to the guidance of The Once and Future King author T.H. White’s chronicle The Goshawk to begin her challenging endeavor. Projecting herself “in the hawk’s wild mind to tame her” tested the limits of Macdonald’s humanity and changed her life. 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.
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Cancelled Book Club
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The date for the April book club has been changed to May 21st following the governmental decisions for Covid 19. To join the book club please send an email to the group coordinator here. |
Take your TOEIC test
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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.
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Cancelled: Coffee House…masked and no drinks!
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Join the library community for a special moment to talk about anything and everything…in English of course! For the time being, we are inviting everyone to come and socialize but will not be serving drinks in order to keep everyone safe! This is Coffee House with a “hold the coffee” protocol! Things will get better but meanwhile no coffee or tea! Coffee House is free and open to all library members. Just drop by, no need to reserve! |
Books and Tea by Zoom
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With the lockdown, Books and Tea of April 15th will meet by Zoom. To join the meeting, please click here. Enjoy yourselves! “Books and Tea” is usually a monthly meeting for bookworms and tea drinkers at the library or in a café when sanitary restrictions allow it. However, with the current lockdown, you’ll share online about a book you’ve really enjoyed! |
Cancelled: Pizza and Board Games
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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. |
“Think Big, Think Green” invites Beverly and Stephane Ott to talk about their family farm & sustainable farm project
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Join the library for a Zoom talk by Zoom with Beverly Ott and Stephane Ott-Hauville (mother and son team!) for the library’s second speaker event for the “Think Big, Think Green” speaker series. Family farms? Here you have a wonderful example! Beverly Ott is co-founder and director of the association ECHOPPE which has been working in West Africa for over 30 years now. (Primarily Togo and Bénin) Beginning with small loans for women in urban areas, ECHOPPE today works with small farmers stimulating projects in agro-écology: beekeeping, forestry, soil conservation and organic farming. She and her husband Olivier also began a farm in Montilliers 20 years ago raising primarily sheep and renting Bed and breakfast rooms.
Beverly and Stéphane will present a dialogue on farming today in Africa and in France including anecdotes of some of the complexities hands-on to project start up. This talk is free and open to the public. There will be a 40-minute talk followed by a question-and-answer session. Click here for Zoom link. |
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Their son Stéphane Ott-Hauville grew up around those projects and after graduating in Engineering in Centrale Marseille he spent a year volunteering in Togo on the farm program Planète Paysans. Today, while he works remotely with the Urban Institute in Washington DC, he decided to turn the family farm into a sustainable farm project to explore local solutions to the climate crisis and share ideas with its many visitors.Cancelled: Coffee House…masked and no drinks!
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Sorry, this activity is cancelled until further notice. |
The library stays open during the lockdown
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Another lockdown but the good news is that… the library remains open for the circulation of documents!We are open from Tuesday to Saturday from 1 to 6 pm.Don’t hesitate to stop by the library to borrow and/or return books, DVDs and audiobooks. We will be happy to see you! If you wish to reserve your documents beforehand using our catalog, click here for a quick tutorial about how to search our catalog and how to put materials on hold. If you have any questions, contact us at info@ellia.org or 02.41.24.97.07. Please wash your hands on arrival and respect social distancing. Face masks are mandatory. Remember to have your completed “Attestation de déplacement dérogatoire” if you live beyond a 10 km perimeter. Stay safe and take good care of yourselves! |
Reading Shakespeare
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Treat yourself to an afternoon of a collective reading of one of Shakespeare’s plays. This activity consists of watching a BBC production on DVD and then reading relative scenes. This is a great activity for lovers of language and fans of the great wit. Free and open to all library members. For more information or to sign-up, please contact the group coordinator here. The number of participants is limited. |