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The Saturday Reading Group is for anyone who loves to read, socialize in English, and meet new people.

The September read for the group is “The Lovely Bones” by Alice Sebold. The group will be discussing the 2009 film based on the same title.

When and where: Meetings will be held in the library once a month on Saturday afternoons starting at 3:00. Cost: FREE to all members of the library. To join: Please contact Anne Kaar at bookgroup@ellia.org

This is a special moment when the community gathers together to talk about everything and anything (…in English of course!) and sips coffee and tea. Coffee House is free and open to all library members. Just drop in, no need to reserve!

For music lovers who are not necessarily musicians, the library presents a series of sessions aiming at illustrating  the heritage of English Classical Music in its most specific and beautiful forms, mainly vocal music. Each session will focus on a composer, with a short presentation of the work and the composer, followed by the listening of selected pieces through  selected  videos, often with different interpretations. The point is to share comments and criticism with the group members.

This session will focus on Handel’s opera “Giulio Cesare in Egitto”.

These sessions are free and open to the public. Please let Michel Cartillier know if you will be present by sending an email to this address.

Time to get outside! Get on those hiking boots and take some time to revel in the great outdoors! The idea is to organise 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 you going ! Maximum group is 20 so make sure to sign up!

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.

Once a month on a Friday evening the library will offer a theme-based “Afterwork”. This is an activity for young professionals, students at the university level and anyone who would like to network in English. The season kicks off on September 21st from 6-7:30 pm with a Texas theme. So put on your cowboy boots and come by the library! No reservations needed! 5 euros per person at the door to cover the cost of drinks and nibbles.

The September read for the bookclub is “American Pastoral”.

American Pastoral is a Philip Roth novel published in 1997 concerning Seymour “Swede” Levov, a successful Jewish American businessman and former high school star athlete from Newark, New Jersey. Levov’s happy and conventional upper middle class life is ruined by the domestic social and political turmoil of the 1960s during the presidency of Lyndon B. Johnson, which in the novel is described as a manifestation of the “indigenous American berserk”

For any inquiries about joining the book club please send an email by clicking here.

This is a special moment when the community gathers together to talk about everything and anything (…in English of course!) and sips coffee and tea…come and join us for the first Coffee House after the summer break! This event is free and open to all library members. Just drop in, no need to reserve!

“Books and Tea” is a monthly meeting for bookworms and tea drinkers. Bring a book you’ve really enjoyed, talk about it and pass it on! The group meets from 2 to 3:30 at the tea shop in town called “Les Casse-Croûte de Suzy”. No need to sign up, just come and enjoy!