Events - 14 Mar 25
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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 open to all library members. No need to reserve! Recommended donation of 1 €. |
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Join us for this special Author Talk in English by Yara El-Ghadban on her novel “I am Ariel Sharon” as a part of her residence with Lettres sur la Loire et d’Ailleurs. The talk will take place from 10-11 followed by a book signing.
Born in 1976, YARA EL-GHADBAN is a Palestinian-Canadian novelist and anthropologist. Her books explore the lives of men, women and children who dream of a future despite history, colonial violence and exile. She is the author of four novels published by Mémoire d’encrier. Her most recent, La danse des flamants roses (2024), winner of the Mare Nostrum Prize for best Mediterranean novel, is shortlisted for the Frontières Prize and Prix des lycéens de la region des Pays de la Loire in France. Yara El-Ghadban wrote her first novel L’ombre de l’olivier in 2011. She published Le parfum de Nour in 2015 and Je suis Ariel Sharon in 2018. The latter won the Blue Metropolis Diversity Prize in 2019. Je suis Ariel Sharon has been translated into English, Arabic and German. In 2021, she co-authored with Rodney Saint-Éloi the essay Les racistes n’ont jamais vu la mer, a finalist for the 2022 Prix des libraires in Québec. Yara El-Ghadban was awarded the 2017 Victor-Martyn-Lynch-Staunton Prize by the Canada Council for the Arts for her contribution to Canadian literature. She lives and writes in Montreal.
Free and open to the public. No reservations necessary.
This event is in partnership with Mobilis, Médiathèques de la Ville d’Angers, Région Pays de la Loire, Residence Lettres sur la Loire et d’Ailleurs, and Le Mot de la Faim.
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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 library members. No need to reserve, just come and enjoy! If anyone has some extra yarn please bring it in. |
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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. |