Saturday Reading Group
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The Saturday Reading Group is for anyone who loves to read, socialize in English, and meet new people. For this meeting, the group will read « Women Talking » By Miriam Toews 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. |
Fall Fundraiser: Big, Big Book Sale (BBB)
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It’s time for our next BIG, BIG BOOK SALE (BBB)! Come to the library and browse through hundreds of second-hand books in English that we’ll have for sale. Whatever your reading style or level is, we’ll have something for you: children’s books, young adult fiction, crime thrillers, classic novels, non-fiction (gardening, cooking) biographies, autobiographies and many, many more! The cost is 2€ per book, or buy 5 books and get the 6th book free! We will be open from 10:00 to 18:00, but we encourage you to come early before our hottest titles go! And that’s not all. We’ll also have an assortment of homemade baked goods for sale. You don’t want to miss out! This event is open to the public. We are a registered nonprofit and the BBB is a bi-annual library fundraiser in which we sell books that have been generously donated to us by our community in order to raise money to fund our operations. It is an important event that allows us to continue to thrive and offer quality books and services. If you are interested in donating your gently used books, you may bring them to the front desk of the library before Saturday, September 27th. Thank you for your continued support! |
Walk and Talk
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Get on those hiking boots and take some time to revel in the great outdoors! The group « Walk and Talk » organizes an easy walk once a month – approximately 10 km, 2 to 3 hours in the afternoon – in order to discover or re-discover the beautiful hiking paths of the Maine-et-Loire. Come along with good walking shoes, protection against rain, cold or heat according to the season…. a bottle of water and a little « en-cas » to keep your stamina up ! Maximum group is 20 so make sure to sign up! Want to sign up? Easy as pie!Sign up by sending your name, email address and phone numbers (preferably cell phone) to this email address. You will be sent full details of the walk in due time. |
Take your TOEIC test
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The library is an authorized 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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The Book Club reads « Girl, Woman, Other »
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The September read for the book club is « Girl, Woman, Other » by Bernardine Evaristo The Book Club is full for the 2025-2026 year. If you would like to join the waiting list, please send an e-mail to reception. We also invite you to consider joining Books and Tea or Saturday Reading Group! |
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. |
Textile Arts & Crafts Workshop
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If you enjoy exploring all forms of textile and multimedia art, this activity is for you. We experiment with many different techniques (embroidery, weaving, patchwork, quilting, collages, dyeing techniques…) and we take pleasure in sharing and exploring various types of work together. Some of our shared projects are displayed at the library. This year we intend to go further into the artistic side of creation. No previous expertise required. Just come and join us! |
Books and tea
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“Books and Tea” is a monthly meeting, on a Thursday, for bookworms and tea drinkers. Bring a book you’ve really enjoyed, talk about it and pass it on! The group meets from 2:15 to 3:45 at La P’tite Cigogne, 23 rue du Musée in Angers. No need to sign up, just come and enjoy! |
Saturday Reading Group
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The Saturday Reading Group is for anyone who loves to read, socialize in English, and meet new people. For this meeting, the group will read « The Overstory » By Richard Powers . 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. |
Garden Club visit
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On Thursday afternoon, September 4th, the Garden Club will visit the Jardin du Chatelaison in Saint Georges sur Layon. You can find information about this garden here. This guided visit will take place mostly in French. The cost of the visit is 5€. If needed, we can try to arrange a ride for you.
We always plan lunch at a nearby restaurant before each garden visit, and you are welcome to bring snacks to enjoy afterward.
If you would like more information about this activity, or if you would like to join us for the visit (or the visit + lunch), send an email to GardenClub@ellia.org. |