The Library is closed from Tuesday 22 December 2019 until Wednesday 1 January 2020. The Library will reopen at 10h00 on Thursday 2 January 2020.
An investigation into the damage wrought by the colossal clothing industry – and the grassroots, high-tech, international movement fighting to reform it by New York Times […]
Elaine Sciolino is again captivating readers, this time with The Seine: The River That Made Paris, the follow-up to her New York Times best-selling book The […]
You may think that you know the National Basketball Association (NBA), but did you know that the world’s elite championship sports a surprisingly zesty French accent? […]
Please join us for a public panel on the "bookstagram" phenomenon. We will be hosting four Paris-based bookstagrammers for the occasion: moderator Anne-Pauline (@apireading) and panelists […]
Please join us for an evening with young adult author Angie Thomas. Angie Thomas was born, raised, and still lives in Jackson, Mississippi. A former […]
Please join us for an evening with Dina Nayeri, who will be in conversation with Stuart Reid about her most recent work, The Ungrateful Refugee. […]
More Radioactive than Chernobyl In the 1940s and 1950s, the United States tested sixty-seven nuclear weapons in the Marshall Islands, including the detonation of the […]
Sufis embody the mystical side of Islam but are also part of well-established institutional networks—the Sufi orders that extend across the Muslim world. Through the words, […]
Picking up the thread from the Library's February 2019 panel on mixed race and identity, this public panel, moderated by Tarani Merriweather and featuring discussants Jacqueline […]
A global tour of energy–the builder of human civilization and also its greatest threat. Energy is humanity’s single most important resource. In fact, as energy expert […]
Join us for an public conversation with Dr. Mariana Marrana and Taylor Gabourie, who will be discussing the science behind emerging disease, the role of human […]
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.
