Have we lost our ability to pay attention? Faced with a world designed to distract us, how can we control what we see and how we see it?
Renowned poet and translator Fiona Sze-Lorrain reflects upon the complicated fabric of Chinese identity and diaspora in debut novel Dear Chrysanthemums.
From Joyce to Stein, discover two vital agents and American Library in Paris members responsible for the most significant franco-anglophone literary exchanges of early 20th-century Paris.
Lauren Elkin, writer, translator, and flâneuse, discusses feminism in art history and revolutionary representations of the female form.
Join Madeleine Schwartz, editor-in-chief of the Dial, for a masterclass in reporting fact and fighting fiction.
Daniel Levin Becker returns to the American Library in Paris to discuss his dazzling translation of Laurent Mauvignier’s new thriller, The Birthday Party, longlisted for The International Booker Prize 2023.
Journalists Simon Kuper and Ian Leslie discuss the role of Oxford University’s elite student culture in producing the modern British Conservative Party.
Inspired by the adage “everyone's a critic,” Scholar of Note Lauren Oyler shares how to develop and express taste in literature.
In-person at the Brooklyn Center for Fiction, the International Library and Celebrate Mexico Now! present Jazmina Barrera's Cross-Stitch.
Join us at the Library for a chance to engage with Pascal Bruckner, a public intellectual whose work has long been a lightning rod for cultural conversation.
Join us at the Library for a conversation with Kirstin Chen, author of the bestselling novel Counterfeit, and writer and podcaster Grace Ly.
The Library welcomes Giuliano da Empoli for a conversation about his bestselling novel, The Wizard of the Kremlin, in celebration of it's upcoming English publication.
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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