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Due to Covid-19, the TOEIC test is cancelled.

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.

The Saturday Reading Group is for anyone who loves to read, socialize in English, and meet new people. This session will be held online with Zoom*.

This Saturday, we will discuss When the Doves Disappeared and also any suggestions you have for next year.

The May read for the group is When the Doves Disappeared by Sofi Oksanen. It’s Communist Estonia in 1941, as the Allies and the Axis clash in battle, two Estonian cousins are fleeing from the Red Army. Roland, a loyal freedom fighter, and Edgar, an opportunistic mercenary. When the Nazis take control of the country, Roland goes into hiding. Edgar abandons his wife, Juudit, and transforms himself into a loyal supporter of Hitler’s regime. Flash forward to 1963: Estonia is back under communist control behind the Iron Curtain. Edgar has taken on yet another identity as a Soviet apparatchik, desperate to hide the secrets of his past and maintain his connections to power. But his fate remains entangled with Roland and Juudit, who may hold the key to uncovering the truth. In a fast-paced page-turner that switches between these two time periods, Sofi Oksanen brings to life an unforgettable story of deception, surveillance, passion, and betrayal.

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.

*Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87517538034?pwd=blNLMlkyOTB2NVFUUFlYSDFkZjFoQT09

Meeting ID: 875 1753 8034
Password: 071253

Zoom is a leader in video communications with an easy cloud platform for video and audio conferencing. You can use it for free but you will need to download the software beforehand. Click here to start…don’t worry about using your “work email” any email address is fine. To see if your computer or other devices are compatible go to https://zoom.us/test for a quick test.

Covid-19 is all over the news and unfortunately, a significant number of fake news is going around as well. So, what better way than your Press Review (online version) to try to make sense of it all and exchange on what we have read, seen and heard?

Join library volunteer and journalist, Isma, for a bi-weekly meeting of the Press Review on Zoom. Bring your curiosity and some sources you may want to discuss.

Click here to join the Zoom session!* New members are welcome!

*Zoom is a leader in video communications with an easy cloud platform for video and audio conferencing. You can use it for free but you will need to download the software beforehand. Click here to start…don’t worry about using your “work email” any email address is fine. To see if your computer or other devices are compatible go to https://zoom.us/test for a quick test.

Join us on Zoom for a talk by Dianne Hayter.

Dianne Hayter is Labour’s Deputy Leader in the House of Lords, and the Shadow Minister for Consumers, Devolution, Brexit and the Cabinet Office. She was previously Chair of the Labour Party and, in her professional life was the Chief Executive of a number of political organisations and charities (the Fabian Society, the European Parliamentary Labour Party, Alcohol Concern) and a consumer champion, serving on the Legal Services Consumer Panel, the National Consumer Council and the Financial Services Consumer Panel, as well as on various regulatory bodies. She has a PhD in history and is the author, editor or contributor of a number of books.

Click here to join the Zoom session*, your host will open up the session at 9:45 am on Friday, May 8th.

*Zoom is a leader in video communications with an easy cloud platform for video and audio conferencing. You can use it for free but you will need to download the software beforehand. Click here to start…don’t worry about using your “work email” any email address is fine. To see if your computer or other devices are compatible go to https://zoom.us/test for a quick test.

“Books and Tea” is a weekly meeting (during lockdown) for bookworms and tea drinkers (you can sneak in a cup of coffee, nobody will know!). “Bring” a book you’ve really enjoyed and talk about it! The group meets from 2 to 3 on Zoom! every Thursday through May 7th…

Click here to join the Zoom session*! New members are welcome!

*Zoom is a leader in video communications with an easy cloud platform for video and audio conferencing. You can use it for free but you will need to download the software beforehand. Click here to start…don’t worry about using your “work email” any email address is fine. To see if your computer or other devices are compatible go to https://zoom.us/test for a quick test.

“Sans distinction d’origine ou de couleur : France confronts wartime segregation” 

When the doughboys arrived in France in 1918 their leaders made every effort to send Jim Crow along with them. This talk will take a closer look at how as the war drew to a close, the French National Assembly responded.

Join us on Zoom for a talk with Curtis Young who has spoken at the library twice. Curtis Young is a historian, consultant and writer, and is well known to attendees of the Library’s Speakers Series. 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.

Click here to join the Zoom session*, your host will open up the session at 9:45 am on Friday, May 1st.

*Zoom is a leader in video communications with an easy cloud platform for video and audio conferencing. You can use it for free but you will need to download the software beforehand. Click here to start…don’t worry about using your “work email”, any email address is fine. To see if your computer or other devices are compatible go to https://zoom.us/test for a quick test.

“Books and Tea” is a weekly meeting (during lockdown) for bookworms and tea drinkers (you can sneak in a cup of coffee, nobody will know!). “Bring” a book you’ve really enjoyed and talk about it! The group meets from 2 to 3 on Zoom! every Thursday through May 7th…

Click here to join the Zoom session*! New members are welcome!

*Zoom is the leader in video communications, with an easy, reliable cloud platform for video and audio conferencing, chat, and webinars. You can use it for free and without downloading the software. Just click and meet! To see if your computer or other device are compatible go to https://zoom.us/test for a quick test.

Since you cannot come to the library we are bringing the board game evening to you! It is a shame not to have this favorite activities within the library walls, filled with laughter and that lovely smell of pizza! Well, the next best thing is playing from home on Zoom*! Join us for this upcoming event hosted by volunteer Jeff Ball. Please click here for everything you would ever want to know about this event!

To sign up to this event use this link.

Join us on Zoom for an interview with Walter Wells.

Walter Wells retired as executive editor of the International Herald Tribune in 2005, having previously worked as editor and managing editor since 1980. He is the co-author (with Patricia Wells) of the book “We’ve Always Had Paris … and Provence” and (with Jean-Marie Colombani) of Dangerous De-Liaisons.  He is one of the few non-French citizens to be awarded the French Legion of Honor. Since his retirement he spends his time between Paris and Provence as sous chef in Patricia’s cooking classes.

Click here to join the Zoom session*, your host will open up the session at 9:45 am on April 24th.

*Zoom is a leader in video communications with an easy cloud platform for video and audio conferencing. You can use it for free but you will need to download the software beforehand. Click here to start…don’t worry about using your “work email”, any email address is fine. To see if your computer or other devices are compatible go to https://zoom.us/test for a quick test.

“Books and Tea” is a weekly meeting (during lockdown) for bookworms and tea drinkers (you can sneak in a cup of coffee, nobody will know!). “Bring” a book you’ve really enjoyed and talk about it! The group meets from 2 to 3 on Zoom! every Thursday through May 7th…

Click here to join the Zoom session*! New members are welcome!

*Zoom is the leader in video communications, with an easy, reliable cloud platform for video and audio conferencing, chat, and webinars. You can use it for free and without downloading the software. Just click and meet! To see if your computer or other device are compatible go to https://zoom.us/test for a quick test.