Join one of Granta's Best of Young British Novelists, Isabella Hammad to discuss her recent novel Enter Ghost, on family history, shared resistance, and Shakespeare.
Celebrated author Kwame Alexander joins us at the Library to discuss his extensive experience of writing for children and his recent turn to writing for adults.
Meeting two of Critical Conversations, an expert-led discussion series that allows Library members to ponder the most important issues of our time. This season: a reflection on how we can save democracy, drawing on history, systems mapping, and the emerging science of collective intelligence.
What makes something funny? Who decides? Psychoanalyst and poet Nuar Alsadir speaks on humanity’s most sacred, ancient art: laughter.
Meeting three of Critical Conversations, an expert-led discussion series that allows Library members to ponder the most important issues of our time. This season: a reflection on how we can save democracy, drawing on history, systems mapping, and the emerging science of collective intelligence.
Take a dive into the Library's archives and discover our rich 103-year history during this expert-led presentation.
Join us at a Library Members-only event to make new connections over a concert with Chicago Symphony Orchestra violinist Baird Dodge.
Join Nabila Ramdani as she discusses her new book, Fixing France: How to Repair a Broken Republic.
Take a dive into the Library's archives and discover our rich 103-year history during this expert-led presentation.
Idris Balogun, acclaimed designer and founder of WINNIE New York, and international stylist Julie Ragolia discuss this season’s Fashion Week and WINNIE New York’s new African American art-inspired collection.
A landmark in the hills of the 20th arrondissement becomes a point of meeting, departure, and return across the seasons in Will Mountain Cox’s debut novel, Roundabout.
Journalist and historian Timothy Garton Ash guides us through the recent history of Europe and offers his expert predictions about what comes next.
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.
