2025: The Year in Review
A panel of top journalists look back at the stories that shaped 2025—and ahead to the headlines still unfolding.
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From Stage to Page with Katie Kitamura
The American Library in ParisExploring performance, identity, and slippery truths in Kitamura's Booker Prize–shortlisted novel, Audition.
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Between Paint and Print with Rachel Cusk and Megan Rooney
The American Library in ParisA multi-disciplinary conversation on how work takes shape on the page and on the canvas.
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Matisse in Morocco with Jeff Koehler
The American Library in ParisHow Tangier transformed one of modern art’s greatest painters.
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Behind the Scenes of the Notre-Dame Restoration with Hank Silver
The American Library in ParisDiscover how a forest of oak in Normandy became the rebuilt medieval roof of Notre-Dame.
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BBC World Book Club Live Recording with Laurent Binet
The American Library in ParisJoin us for a special live recording of the BBC World Book Club featuring novelist Laurent Binet in conversation about his groundbreaking novel HHhH.
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After Nations with Rana Dasgupta and Martin Gelin
The American Library in ParisA global history of the rise—and unraveling—of the nation-state.
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An Evening with Cultural Fellow Elizabeth Gilbert
The American Library in ParisJoin us for an intimate evening with Gilbert, the Library’s Spring 2026 Cultural Fellow, as she offers a candid look at a career defined by curiosity, risk, and hard-won wisdom.
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An Evening with Alison Bechdel at Théâtre de la Concorde
Théâtre de la Concorde 1-3 avenue Gabriel, Paris, FranceOn the 20th anniversary of Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic, Alison Bechdel looks back on the paradoxical trajectory of her cult classic as one of the most frequently banned books in the United States. Offsite at Théâtre de la Concorde.
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Speaking Out: Women and Justice in France
The American Library in ParisJoin us for a panel discussion on France’s public reckoning in the wake of the Gisèle Pelicot trial, featuring journalists Catherine Porter, Anne-Sophie Moreau, and Valentine Faure, along with translator Natasha Lehrer.
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Flashlight with Susan Choi and Lauren Collins
The American Library in ParisJoin us for an evening with celebrated author Susan Choi and New Yorker staff writer Lauren Collins as they discuss Choi’s globe-spanning novel Flashlight, shortlisted for the 2025 Booker Prize.
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From Baldwin to Today: Queer Black Expats in Paris with Rasheed Newson
The American Library in ParisAn interactive lecture on art, exile, and queer Black life in the City of Lights.