French Library

Discover a world of French!

The Alliance Française of Calgary is proud to house one of the largest French libraries in Western Canada, with over 8,500 items covering multiple disciplines, including:

  • 900 DVDs with many great movies that are not available on popular platforms
  • 3,500 books for Kids & Teens, from baby books to YA literature
  • 3,500 books for Adults, from classics to contemporary literature
  • 500 resources in our learners' sections to help you study French 
  • 10 magazine subscriptions

We acquire new resources every month and members are invited to request what they would like to see available in our library!

While the media library is free to access, you must register as a member for borrowing privileges and to enjoy additional services.

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Browse through thousands of reference materials, check your current borrowed items, choose, reserve, and hold any item.

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Library Policies

   Individual members can borrow 3 children books, 3 adult books, 3 comic books, 3 DVDs & 3 magazines.

  Family members can borrow 10 children books, 5 adult books, 5 comic books, 5 DVDs & 5 magazines.

Your AFC Membership allows you to borrow items for three weeks, and renew them for an additional three weeks. You can renew items by contacting our Librarian, Sigrid, by phone or email

Late Returns: Items must be returned within office hours. If returns occur more than 10 days after the due date, you will be charged until the items are returned: $0.25 per day per item. When an item becomes more than 30 days overdue, borrowing privileges will be blocked until the item is returned and the late fees have been cleared.

Damaged or lost item: Any damaged or lost items will be reimbursed by the borrower based on the replacement value of items.