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. |
Book Club reads “Beloved”
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The September read for the book club is “Beloved” by Tony Morrison. “Beloved, novel by Toni Morrison, published in 1987 and winner of the 1988 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. The work examines the destructive legacy of slavery as it chronicles the life of a Black woman named Sethe, from her pre-Civil War days as a slave in Kentucky to her time in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1873.” 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! |
Knit and Natter
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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. |
Coffee House
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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 €. |
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! |
Fundraiser: The library’s food stand at Les Accroche-cœurs!
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Get ready for three days of great street theater in Angers and some delicious food made by the volunteers at the library! Les Accroche-coeurs is a yearly festival in Angers. Each year, the city makes a selection of organizations to run food stands and raise money for their operations. The library is very fortunate to have been selected this year! Stay tuned for more information regarding our food stand’s location and menu! We are a registered nonprofit and 100% of the proceeds will go towards funding our cultural programming. We will need a large team of volunteers to help prep and serve food during the 3-day event. Interested in helping? Contact Lena, our Volunteer & Activities Coordinator, to sign up! |
Volunteer Meeting…starts at 10am!
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Join us for the back-into-the-swing-of-things Volunteer Meeting on Friday, September 6th at 10 am sharp. This is a call for volunteers and we’ve got good news. There are big things planned for the fall and we need your help! If you have some free time and would like to volunteer for the library in the coming year, come to this organizational meeting. At this meeting, we will explain the different projects for the year ahead and ask you to think in what ways you could play a part. If you are not able to attend this meeting, Lena (our volunteer coordinator) would be happy to meet with you on an individual basis. Simply send an email to Lena or just drop in and say hi! |
Garden Club visit
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On Thursday, September 5, we will visit the Chateau Colbert potager & butterfly exposition in Maulévrier. The original plans for this garden date from the 18th century, and the 8000 square meter, organic kitchen garden was twice elected the “plus beau potager de France” (in 2016 and again in 2021). The one-and-a-half-hour visit is guided by the jardinier-potagiste, who will explain the secrets of a kitchen garden, and talk about some forgotten vegetables and aromatic herbs. The butterfly house is the private collection of the owner’s son who is a passionate entomologist. The cost of this visit is 9€.
We will meet for lunch beforehand at 12:00. A reservation has been made at Le Cheval Blanc, 12 rue St Pierre, St Pierre des Echaubrognes. They offer a menu du jour (entrée/plat poisson ou viande/dessert) for 16,90€.
Please send an email to GardenClubELLIA@yahoo.com no later than August 22nd if you are interested, indicating whether you will come to just the visit or come for both the visit and the lunch. |
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. |
Grand reopening!
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We’ll be reopening to the public on Tuesday, September 3rd at 1:00pm. We gave the library a little makeover this summer—stop by and see for yourself! We look forward to welcoming you and helping you find the perfect book, open or renew your membership, sign you up for one of our many language-learning activities, or simply walk you through the changes to our space. |