Teen Night: Writing from Life with Charlene Allen (ages 12–18)

Name: Teen Night: Writing from Life with Charlene Allen (ages 12–18)
Start: 2025-06-06T19:00:00+02:00
End: 2025-06-06T21:00:00+02:00
Location: The American Library in Paris

Fri June 6 @ 19 h 00 - 21 h 00

Explore creative writing with author Charlene Allen!

Interested in trying your hand at creative writing? Do you need tips to take your stories to the next level? Experienced teen writers and newcomers are all welcome to join this workshop with author Charlene Allen on how you can draw inspiration from your life to create compelling stories.

Drinks and light snacks will be provided by the Library.

About Charlene Allen: Charlene Allen loves writing, reading, and talking about books with writers and readers of all ages. Her passion-work also includes supporting community organizations to fight injustice, especially the beast called mass incarceration. Charlene’s activism, along with her adventures in multi-racial cities across the United States, informs her writing. She received her MFA from the New School, her JD from Northeastern University, and her BA from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Charlene is the author of Play the Game, and My Fairy God Somebody, both from HarperCollins. She lives in Brooklyn with her truly fabulous family.

Important information:

This event is free for Library members, and 15€ per teen for non-members. Advance registration is required. All visitors are expected to familiarize themselves with the Library Policy for Children and the Rules and Code of Conduct so that we can provide a pleasant library environment for all patrons. After-hours events for teens, such as Teen Nights, require a signed permission slip, which can be downloaded here. One permission slip is needed per academic year (September–July).

Questions about collections and programs for children and teens can be sent to the Library’s Children’s and Teens’ Services Manager, Celeste Rhoads: celeste@americanlibraryinparis.org.

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Date:: Fri June 6
Time:: 19 h 00 min - 21 h 00 min
Event Category:: Teens

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: The American Library in Paris

Benefit program for Library supporters

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.

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Teen Night: Writing from Life with Charlene Allen (ages 12–18)

Fri June 6 @ 19 h 00 - 21 h 00

Explore creative writing with author Charlene Allen!

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