The Library will be closed on the following days in May:
Wednesday 1 May – Fête du Travail (Labor Day)
Wednesday 8 May – Fête de la Victoire 1945 (WWII Victory Day)
Thursday 9 May – Jeudi de l’Ascension (Ascension)
ages 12-adult
Suggestions for Prequels, Companions, and Books as part of Multiverses:
An Ember in the Ashes and A Thief Among the Trees: An Ember in the Ashes Graphic Novel by Sabaa Tahir
Dune by Frank Herbert and House Atreides by Brian Herbert
The Hunger Games and Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins
Shadow and Bone and Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
Twilight and Midnight Sun by Stephanie Meyer (bonus points if you watch Lindsay Ellis’ video on the topic)
Advance registration is required for this book group (sign-up HERE). Once registered, participants will be sent an email with instructions to join the online meeting. Participation in this book group is open to Library members, and free of charge. If you are not yet a Library member, but would like to participate, please join the Library before the first session. Send an email to Celeste Rhoads, our Children’s and Teens’ Services Manager, with questions about this event: celeste@americanlibraryinparis.org.
The Library will be closed on the following days in May:
Wednesday 1 May – Fête du Travail (Labor Day)
Wednesday 8 May – Fête de la Victoire 1945 (WWII Victory Day)
Thursday 9 May – Jeudi de l’Ascension (Ascension)
Friends of the Library (50€ – 249€) will receive invitations to unique, donor-only programs.
Folio Society (250€ – 1 999€) supporters will be invited to the annual Book Award ceremony, as well as donor-only programs.
Gutenberg Society (2 000€ – 9 999€) patrons will have the opportunity to host a dinner with an Evenings with an Author sponsored by GRoW @ Annenberg speaker, as well as all the benefits listed above.
Ex Libris Lux Society (10 000€ and above) sponsors will be invited to an annual dinner with Ex Libris Lux donors and Library leadership, as well as all the benefits listed above. They will also be invited to an exclusive cocktail dînatoire with our Gala speaker.
A charitable gift from your estate is simple to implement and is easy to change if you should need to access the assets during your lifetime. If you would like to include a gift to the Library in your will, ask your estate planning attorney to add this suggested wording to your will or living trust. Please make sure to use the Library’s correct legal name appears in all final documents as: The American Library in Paris Inc.
Unrestricted Gift: I give, devise, and bequeath to the American Library in Paris Inc, (insert dollar amount) Dollars* to be used for its general purposes.
Residuary Bequest: I give, devise, and bequeath to the American Library in Paris Inc , (insert percentage amount) percent of the residue of my estate to be used for its general purposes.