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. |
Opera at the library !
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Join us for an afternoon of opera at the library with the students from the Franco-American Vocal Academy (FAVA) based in Austin, Texas ! Students will give an interactive demonstration on the basics of opera, along with vocal techniques and songs. The audience is invited sing along with the performers after learning about the different styles of singing.
5 to 5:45 pm – Program adapted for a young audience from 6 years old 6:30 to 7:30 pm – Program for all audiences
Free and open to the public, we’re pleased to organise this program in partnership with the Franco-American Vocal Academy and the city of Angers.
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Opera at the library !
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Join us for an afternoon of opera at the library with the students from the Franco-American Vocal Academy (FAVA) based in Austin, Texas ! Students will give an interactive demonstration on the basics of opera, along with vocal techniques and songs. The audience is invited sing along with the performers after learning about the different styles of singing.
5 to 5:45 pm – Program adapted for a young audience from 6 years old 6:30 to 7:30 pm – Program for all audiences
Free and open to the public, we’re pleased to organise this program in partnership with the Franco-American Vocal Academy and the city of Angers.
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Journée Portes Ouvertes et Essais Gratuits
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Come discover our collection of 22,000 books in English and assortment of cultural activities! This day is an excellent opportunity to discover the English-language Library in Angers. We are a registered non-profit organization and proudly house the second-largest collection of English-language books in France. We currently have 2,000 members from 76 different countries. You are welcome to join us to:
Program for activity free trials: 14h – 14:45 | ENGLISH CONVERSATION GROUP (Adults) 15h – 15:45 | ENGLISH CAMP (Collégiens) 16h – 16:45 | CHILDREN’S HOUR (3-6 years old) To ensure the free trials run smoothly, we kindly ask that you reserve your spot in advance. |
Book Club reads “The Schoolhouse”
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The June read for the book club is “The Schoolhouse by Sophie Ward. The Book Club is full for the 2024-2025 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! |
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” organises 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 (perferably cell phone) to this email address. You will be sent full details of the walk in due time. |
Summer Book Sale!
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Stock up for a summer of reading with light, breezy popular fiction and novels from our Summer Book Sale! Perfect books to take to the beach or enjoy on the plane! From Tuesday, June 17th to Saturday, July 12th during opening hours. Books for 2 € each, all proceeds go to funding the library’s many activities that you know and love.
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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 “Miss Iceland” by Audur Ava Olafsdottir. 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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Author Talk: Alexander Dickow
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Alexander Dickow is a poet, novelist, translator, and scholar of literature. Originally from Idaho in the northwestern United States, he writes in both French and English. Alexander will focus on the relationships between three of his works: his latest book (in English), The Distance, and You In It, which is a narrative and dramatic poem (BlazeVOX Books, 2025), and the second is Le Premier Souper, a science fiction novel in French from La Volte (2021) as well as the new novel he is currently working on, also science fictional and also in French. Alexander will talk about how his works in French and English are different, what makes him write in both languages, and the role of translation in his work.
Free and open to the public. No reservation necessary. This event is in partnership with Maison Julien Gracq.
Literary Works: The Distance, and You In It (BlazeVOX Books, 2025), Le Premier Souper (La Volte, 2021), Déblais (Louise Bottu, 2022), Appétits (La Rumeur Libre, 2022), Rhapsodie curieuse (Louise Bottu, 2017). |
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. |