• Lies and Spies with Adam Gidwitz (ages 7–adult)

    The American Library in Paris

    Learn about how Adam Gidwitz combined history, magic, and his own characters to create his best-selling Operation Kinderspion duology.

  • Art Becomes Writing Becomes Art with Rachel Cohen

    The American Library in Paris

    In this hybrid talk and interview with writer and critic Rachel Cohen, learn how writers and artists including Paul Cézanne, Claude Monet, Rainer Maria Rilke, Frank O’Hara and Joan Mitchell borrow from, respond to, and spark each other’s work.

  • Bon Appétit: A Staged Reading with Brenda Withers

    The American Library in Paris

    Join us for a reading of our Scholar of Note’s new musical-in-progress inspired by Julia Child’s Paris years, starring professional actors and members of the Library community.

  • A Poetry Reading with Alice Oswald

    The American Library in Paris

    Join us for an intimate reading with Alice Oswald, one of the most original poetic voices of her generation. In partnership with the Institute for Ideas and Imagination.

  • Far-Right France

    The American Library in Paris

    A panel discussion on the past, present, and future of France’s far-right movements.

  • Ways of Seeing with Hisham Matar

    The American Library in Paris

    In the Library's final Ways of Seeing event, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Hisham Matar guides us in one last sustained act of looking.