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Saturday Reading Group & Film club reunited
08/04/2017 @ 3:00 pm-5:30 pm – The Saturday Reading Group is for anyone who loves to read, socialize in English, and meet new people. There is the line-up of great reading for 2016-2017! Click here for full schedule and line-up of titles 2016-2017. The April selection – in collaboration with the film club – is the book “The Hours” by Michael […]
Read moreReading and Exhibition: Dry River
13/05/2025 @ 5:30 pm-7:30 pm – This event will take place at the Amphithéâtre Tillion, Maison de la Recherche Germaine Tillion (MRGT), 5 boulevard Lavoisier, University of Angers. Join novelist Alicia J Rouverol and artist Andy Broadey for an event featuring a reading from Dry River (2023) and an exhibition examining the visual imaginary of Wallace Stegner’s landmark work, Angle of Repose (1971). Broadey’s and Rouverol’s […]
Read moreSaturday Reading Group
30/09/2023 @ 3:00 pm-4:30 pm – 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 “American Dirt” by Jeanine Cummins. Lydia Perez owns a bookshop in Acapulco, Mexico, and is married to a fearless journalist. Luca, their eight-year-old son, completes the picture. But it only […]
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In 1993, Angers already had three modern libraries: the municipal library and the two university libraries. Why then did the Department, the City, and the two universities decide to financially support the creation of yet another library—and a private one at that? The reason was that the American Library of Angers, with its 20,000 books and some fifty magazine subscriptions,
Read moreActivities for adults
The English-language Library in Angers offers a range of interesting activities for adults from September to June! Most activities are not offered during school holidays. If you would like more information on our activities, do not hesitate to stop by the library front desk, contact us at info@ellia.org, or call us at 02.41.24.97.07. We will be more than happy to
Read moreWrite Here, Write Now!
09/12/2025 @ 6:00 pm-8:00 pm – Welcome to “Write Here, Write Now”! Join this series of workshops for people who love to write in English and don’t mind sharing what they’ve written (although this sharing is not mandatory). We’ll explore different themes and genres. The workshop moderator will guide you through different ways to stimulate your writing and keep you inspired, […]
Read moreSaturday Reading Group
20/03/2021 @ 3:00 pm-4:30 pm – The Saturday Reading Group is for anyone who loves to read, socialize in English, and meet new people. The March read for the group is The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan. Four mothers, four daughters, four families, whose histories shift with the four winds depending on who’s telling the stories. In 1949, four Chinese […]
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The English-language Library, a dynamic nonprofit! The English-language Library in Angers, association law 1901, opened its doors in 1993. It is now the largest English-language Library in the west of France. It has 1,300 members from 72 different countries. Mastering the English language has become a necessity for many professional fields. Thanks to our experience and linguistic resources, we offer
Read moreSaturday Reading Group
23/06/2018 @ 3:00 pm-4:30 pm – The Saturday Reading Group is for anyone who loves to read, socialize in English, and meet new people. This is a partner event with the Film Club. The June read for the group is “Night Bus” a short story by Samuel Hpkins Adams. This short story was originally published in Cosmopolitan magazine in August 1933 and […]
Read moreUsing The Library
CATALOG You are looking for a book, DVD or audiobook? Check our catalog using key words, a title or an author’s name! If the item you are looking for is part of our collection but is not available, don’t hesitate to contact the library by email at info@ellia.org or by telephone at 02.41.24.97.07 to put it on hold. You will
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