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Flash Covid-19: unfortunately, Word for Word has cancelled their performance because of COVID-19. They might reschedule for November so please stay posted. We are sorry for any inconvenience.

This event has been cancelled.

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.

This event has been  cancelled.

Join the library community for a special moment to talk about anything and everything (in English of course!) over a cup of coffee or tea. Coffee House is free and open to all library members. Just drop by, no need to reserve!

Flash Covid-19: unfortunately, Word for Word has cancelled their performance because of COVID-19. They might reschedule for November so please stay posted. We are sorry for any inconvenience.

This event has been cancelled.

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

This visit is to Bouilhol in Sceaux d’Anjou who produce over 300 varieties of flowers for pots or window boxes, shrubs and vegetable plants. They produce in cold green houses in order to minimize CO2 emissions and shock to the plants when transplanted. They use as little chemicals as possible and preferably use natural predators. The group will be able to buy young plants after the visit.

This free activity is open to 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.

This event has been cancelled.

There are still a couple of spaces left to join the Drama Club which is open to adults and university students, with or without acting experience. These evenings of acting consist of miming, improvising, and acting out published works of theater such as sketches and plays.

This activity is open to library members, the cost is 90€ for the 2019-2020 school year. Sign up at the front desk with the registration form. Take the stage and break a leg! 

This event has been cancelled.

Join Nii Parkes for this very special event. Nii Ayikwei Parkes is a writer, editor, socio-cultural commentator and performance poet. He holds an MA in Creative Writing from Birkbeck (University of London) and is a 2007 recipient of Ghana’s national ACRAG award for poetry and literary advocacy. Nii’s début novel ‘Tail of the Blue Bird’ was shortlisted for the 2010 Commonwealth Prize and his work has been translated into Italian, French, Chinese, Dutch, German and Arabic. His latest books of poetry are the Michael Marks Award-shortlisted pamphlet, ballast: a remix (2009) and The Makings of You (Peepal Tree Press).

Nii will be in the library for a morning writing workshop in English. Note that sign-ups are necessary by sending an email to info@ellia.org

This workshop has been made possible with the generous support of the Région de la Loire et Mobilis.

This event has been cancelled.

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.

This event has been cancelled.

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.