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The Internet is wonderful and can answer all your questions. For most of us, it is the main source for news. Indeed, we have immediate access to plenty of media from different parts of the world. But can they all be trusted? Using different sources and media, the press review helps you to find your way through the news and be well-informed. This is an informal sharing and discussion of the news in English. Please feel free to bring in an article that you would like to share with the other members of the group.

Meetings are held on Saturdays from 2-3pm.

This activity, free for library members, is organized by freelance journalist and library volunteer: Isma Hassaine-Poirier.

After events organised in San Francisco, New York and London, LitCrawl comes to Angers!!!

Put on your walking shoes, dress according to the weather AND IN GREEN IF POSSIBLE and join the LitCrawl: an afternoon of readings by of texts from Irish writers and Irish music…all of this in unusual places. This is a follow-the-leader event, you will be guided through Angers…ending up for a special concert of Irish music and prizes for the winning team for quiz questions. Here’s the deal: first of all, sign up (this is mandatory!) by clicking here, meet at the library on February 6th at 4 sharp. We divide you into 5 groups of 15. Free and open to library members and students!

We would like to thank our partners:

James Joyce Pub,

le Cube Café,

le Museum des Sciences Naturelles,

Exit Music For A Drink and 

Escape Yourself

for their willingness to lend us space!

And, ready for the cherry on the cake? At the end of the LitCrawl the library has organised a mini-concert of Irish music at the James Joyce Pub! All free!

Lit Crawl Angers is a project of the English-language Library in Angers and the Litquake Foundation. The Litquake foundation fosters interest in literature, perpetuates a sense of lierary community and hosts a vibrant forum for writing.

The Internet is wonderful and can answer all your questions. For most of us, it is the main source for news. Indeed, we have immediate access to plenty of media from different parts of the world. But can they all be trusted? Using different sources and media, the press review helps you to find your way through the news and be well-informed. This is an informal sharing and discussion of the news in English. Please feel free to bring in an article that you would like to share with the other members of the group.

Meetings are held on Saturdays from 2-3pm.

This activity, free for library members, is organized by freelance journalist and library volunteer: Isma Hassaine-Poirier.

Dr. Monique Wells will be speaking about her research on the life of Beauford Delaney, an American modernist painter. He is remembered for his work with the Harlem Renaissance in the 1930s and 1940s, as well as his later works in abstract expressionism following his move to Paris in the 1950s.

Dr. Monique Y. Wells is a fervent believer in the power of education to change lives. She has combined her passion for life sciences, literacy, STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics), the Arts, study abroad, and women’s empowerment under the umbrella of her non-profit organization, the Wells International Foundation (WIF). Dr. Wells is a long-standing member of the African-American community in Paris and president of the French non-profit association Les Amis de Beauford Delaney.

This talk is free and open to the public. No reservations necessary, but seating is limited. The Speaker Series has been made possible with the support of the Embassy of the United States of America, France. / Avec le soutien de l’Ambassade des États-Unis d’Amérique.

DEFI 49 TELETHON – This year, the English-Language Library in Angers will participate in this beautiful project of solidarity and citizenship. The goal is to run, walk…. 30,000 km in 24 hours and to collect donations. Participation is free but why not ask your friends a participation of one euro per kilometer that you do? Location: Etang Saint Nicolas. For more information click here. We suggest we constitute 2 “ELLIA” teams, one for Friday, December 6^th (departure at 6:30 pm) and the second for Saturday, December 7^th ( departure at 10:30am). Please register at the Front Desk by sending an email to info@ellia.org or calling 02 41 24 97 07. We will give you additional information a few days before the d-day! Thank you in advance for your generous participation in this project.

DEFI 49 TELETHON – This year, the English-Language Library in Angers will participate in this beautiful project of solidarity and citizenship. The goal is to run, walk…. 30,000 km in 24 hours and to collect donations. Participation is free but why not ask your friends a participation of one euro per kilometer that you do? Location: Etang Saint Nicolas. For more information click here. We suggest we constitute 2 “ELLIA” teams, one for Friday, December 6^th (departure at 6:30 pm) and the second for Saturday, December 7^th ( departure at 10:30am). Please register at the Front Desk by sending an email to info@ellia.org or calling 02 41 24 97 07. We will give you additional information a few days before the d-day! Thank you in advance for your generous participation in this project.

This event has been cancelled due to strikes in France. Please stay posted for a date in the spring.

The library is pleased to be a partner once again with the 4OO Coups for the 19th edition of the Semaine de Cinema de langue anglaise.

This year’s theme, « On the Road Again », will be hosting a great lineup of films such as Green Book, Music of my Life, Captain Fantastic, and other films from December 4th-10th. All information can be found by clicking here.

The Internet is wonderful and can answer all your questions. For most of us, it is the main source for news. Indeed, we have immediate access to plenty of media from different parts of the world. But can they all be trusted? Using different sources and media, the press review helps you to find your way through the news and be well-informed. This is an informal sharing and discussion of the news in English. Please feel free to bring in an article that you would like to share with the other members of the group.

Meetings are held on Saturdays from 2-3pm.

This activity, free for library members, is organized by freelance journalist and library volunteer: Isma Hassaine-Poirier.