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THE LITTLE BOOKSHOP
English books for all levels in Rennes
Book Clubs
The Book Clubs are divided into three different groups:
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Beginner (A1-A2)
Every 2 months on a Saturday morning at 09.00-10.30, we will talk in French.
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Intermediate (B1-B2)
Every 2 months on a Saturday morning at 09.00-10.30, we will talk in English but can switch to French easily.
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Expert
2x per month at 09.00-10.30, we'll talk in English.
The theme or book for the Book Club Beginner and Intermediate will be announced 2 months in advance so you will have time to get the book/read the book. This means, when there's a Book Club the 2nd of November, you'll have the theme/title on the 2nd of September. The Book Club Expert works differently: the book/theme will be announced only 1 month in advance. So if there's a Book Club on the 26th of October, you will get the title/theme on the 2nd of September.
If you see a book/theme you're interested in and would like to register, send us an email with subject line "Book Club" to contact@thelittlebookshop.fr. There are six places available per group (for now) and it'll cost €3 if you've bought the book at the shop, otherwise it's €5. There will be snacks/sweets.
Beginner
Intermediate
14 June 2025
‘Fahrenheit 451’ (level B2) - FULL
5 April 2025
Theme: Feminism
2 February 2025
'Lord of the Flies' (B2+) - FULL
7 December 2024
Theme: Relationships
5 October 2024
'Animal Farm' (B1-B2) - FULL
10 May 2025
'The Picture of Dorian Gray' (A2) - 1 place available
1 March 2025
'Women Who Changed The World' (A2+)
11 January 2025
'Sherlock Holmes Short Stories' (A2)
2 November 2024
'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn' (A1+)
7 September 2024
'Treasure Island' (A1)
Expert
31 May
Theme: Translated Work - 2 places available
17 May
‘Whale Fall’ by Elizabeth O'Connor - FULL
26 April 2025
'Glorious Exploits' - FULL
19 April 2025
Theme: About the World of Books - 1 place available
29 March 2025
Theme: Feminism - FULL
15 March 2025
'No Place Left to Hide' - FULL
22 February 2025
'Open Water' - FULL
8 February 2025
Theme: Book Crush - FULL
25 January 2025
Theme: Classics - FULL
18 January 2025
Theme: Classics - FULL
30 November 2024
'And Then She Fell' - FULL
16 November 2024
Theme: Banned Books - FULL
26 October 2024
Theme: Halloween - FULL
28 September 2024
'I Who Have Never Known Men' - FULL
ABOUT THE NEXT BOOKS ABOUT THE NEXT BOOKS ABOUT THE NEXT BOOKS
 Expert - 19/04In April, our bookshop celebrates its first anniversary. That's why we think it would be great to have a themed book club about the world of books. So this can be a book about books, bookshops, translation, publishing - all related to our favorite things in the world: books!! |  Expert - 26/04Ancient Sicily. Enter GELON: visionary, dreamer, theatre lover. Enter LAMPO: lovesick, jobless, in need of a distraction. Imprisoned in the quarries of Syracuse, thousands of defeated Athenians hang on by the thinnest of threads. They’re fading in the baking heat, but not everything is lost: they can still recite lines from Greek tragedy when tempted by Lampo and Gelon with goatskins of wine and scraps of food. And so an idea is born. Because, after all, you can hate the invaders but still love |  Beginner - 10/05An artist paints a beautiful young man called Dorian Gray. When Dorian sees the picture, he decides to give his soul to keep his beautiful face. He lives a bad life and he is bad to many people, but his face never changes. However, in a room upstairs, the portrait gets uglier and uglier. |
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 Expert - 17/05It is 1938 and on an island off the coast of Wales, Manod is trying to imagine her future. Her choices are stark: she must either stay and look after her father's house, in the wild landscape that drove her mother to madness, or marry and leave. And so, when two English anthropologists arrive on the island, Manod senses the possibility of a thrilling new life. But, as she becomes entangled in their work, and their strange relationship, the outside world she had yearned for appears a much darker |  Expert - 31/05Most of the books we have are in written in English. Yet there are so many more authors to discover - from all over the world. That's why this month, we're going to read books by non-English authors (translated into English, of course ;)) |  Intermediate - 14/06His job is to burn books, which are forbidden, being the source of all discord and unhappiness. Even so, Montag is unhappy; there is discord in his marriage. Are books hidden in his house? The Mechanical Hound of the Fire Department, armed with a lethal hypodermic, escorted by helicopters, is ready to track down those dissidents who defy society to preserve and read books. |