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SUMMARY:YA Fantasy Book Club (ages 12-adult) (VIRTUAL - RSVP REQUIRED)
DESCRIPTION:ages 12- Adult\n \n  \n\nThis new three-part book club will allow fantasy fans to discuss new worlds and novels with like-minded readers.\n\n  \n\nYou’re welcome to attend one session\, or as many meetings as you like\, but we encourage you to attend monthly so as to be able to better contribute to discussion. Spoiler Alert: If the group will be discussing the first book in a series\, be prepared to hear a few spoilers during meetings\, as group discussions will likely cover the entire series. For the January meeting\, the group will discuss the Folk of the Air trilogy (The Cruel Prince\, The Wicked King and The Queen of Nothing). All meetings will be held in the Library conference room from 17h00-18h30.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\nFor the January meeting (Folk and Faeries)\, participants are asked to read the following books before meeting on Saturday 25 January:\nThe Cruel Prince by Holly Black\nAn Enchantment of Ravens by Margaret Rogerson\n\n  \n\n\n\n\nFor the February meeting (fractured fairy tales)\, participants are asked to read the following books before meeting on Saturday 29 February:\nForest of a Thousand Lanterns by Julie C. Dao\nStepsister by Jennifer Donnelly\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n\nFor the March meeting (fantasy in the modern world)\, participants are asked to read the following books before meeting on Saturday 28 March. Our March meeting will be held virtually via GoToMeeting. Registered participants will be sent a link to join the meeting. Here is our reading for Saturday 28 March at 17h00:\nThe Story of Owen by E.K. Johnston\nShadowshaper by Daniel Jose Older\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n\nAdvance registration is required for this book group (sign-up HERE). Participation in this book group is open to Library members\, and free of charge. If you are not yet a Library member\, but would like to participate\, please join the Library before the first session. Send an email to Celeste Rhoads\, our Children’s and Teens’ Services Manager\, with questions about this event: celeste@americanlibraryinparis.org.
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/ya-fantasy-book-club-ages-12-adult-by-rsvp/2020-01-25/
CATEGORIES:Teens
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SUMMARY:Evenings with an Author: Angie Thomas
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for an evening with young adult author Angie Thomas. \n  \nAngie Thomas was born\, raised\, and still lives in Jackson\, Mississippi. A former teen rapper\, she holds a BFA in creative writing from Belhaven University. Her award-winning\, acclaimed debut novel\, The Hate U Give\, is a #1 New York Times bestseller and major motion picture. Her second novel\, On the Come Up\, was released in 2019 and received starred reviews from Publisher’s Weekly\, School Library Journal\, and Kirkus. She is an inaugural winner of the Walter Dean Myers Grant 2015\, awarded by We Need Diverse Books. Find out more about Angie Thomas here. \n  \nDoors will open at 19h00 for this event. Seating is available on a first-come\, first-serve basis. Books will be available for purchase at the Library courtesy of The Red Wheelbarrow bookshop. \n  \nEvenings with an Author are free and open to the public thanks to the generous support of the Annenberg Foundation. \n 
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/evenings-with-an-author-angie-thomas/
CATEGORIES:Adults,Teens
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20200122T193000
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SUMMARY:A Public Panel on the "Bookstagram" Phenomenon with Four Local Bookstagrammers
DESCRIPTION: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 Clara (@thebookwormofnotredame)\, Jordan (@sparkyjordy)\, and Romie (@romiewedeservelove). Our panel will explore the ways in which digital reading communities are created and how they enrich the social and intellectual experience of individuals who belong to them. How can “bookstagram” help individuals discover new literature? How is taking part in “bookstagram” different from blogging or creating content on “booktube\,” Facebook\, or Twitter? How do “bookstagrammers” liaise with publishers and authors in order to bring fresh and authentic content to their readers and followers? What motivates someone to become a “bookstagrammer” or follow “bookstagram” accounts and personalities? In what ways can “bookstagrammers” advocate for causes about which they hope to raise awareness\, such as mental health\, underrepresented voices or stories\, LGBTQ+ issues)?\n\n\nAnne-Pauline– Best known as Api on social medias\, I mostly read young adult books (especially dystopia and contemporary) in french and in english. My target audience is young readers 14 and up who are eager to discover books off the beaten track.\n\ninstagram : @apireading \ntwitter : @bluemaevor \nblog : apireading.blogspot.com \n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nClara- Clara is a French bookstagrammer and book blogger known as the Bookworm of Notre-Dame. She has been discussing young adult and middle grade novels\, as well as classics\, for three years now\, to any bookworms online. \nInstagram | Twitter | Goodreads | Blog\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nJordan– Social networks are a way for me to get in touch with people who share the same urge to grow an experience new things. It can be through books\, music or simple discussions. Books genres\, representations\, well-being or spirituality are the topics I like to discuss with the people of the internet (who often turn out to become good friends in real life). My credo ? There is a beauty in believing in our potential for good\, we just have to open up and trust that things will be okay! \nInstagram : @sparkyjordy\nTwitter : @sparkyjordy\nFacebook : @sparkyjordy\nYouTube : Sparky Jordy \n  \n  \n  \n  \nRomie– I’ve been on bookstagram for nearly four years and booktube for a year. I consider my different platforms as one safe space for not only myself\, but also the people who follow me. I use this safe space to talk about mental health\, something that’s very important to me\, and diversity in books. \nInstagram: @romiewedeservelove \nYoutube: books & coffee with romie \nTwitter: romiescoffee \n  \n 
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/a-public-panel-on-the-bookstagram-phenomenon-with-four-local-bookstagrammers/
CATEGORIES:Adults,Teens
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SUMMARY:Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff on the NBA's French connections
DESCRIPTION: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? Food\, fashion\, and football are usually associated with France. Yet\, the land of Ducasse\, Vuitton\, and Zidane has stealthily become a basketball breeding ground\, despite the sport remaining “caché.” Eight ‘Frenchies’ were on October 2019 opening night rosters\, the most of any European country for the 13th consecutive season for France is one of the leading all-time pipelines of international NBA and WNBA talent. Learn how a unique combination of transatlantic cultural influences\, the Franco-American relationship\, basketball diplomacy and more have helped make France a Basketball Empire.\n\n\n \n\n\nLindsay Sarah Krasnoff is a historian\, journalist\, and consultant working at the intersection of global sport and diplomacy. The author of The Making of Les Bleus: Sport in France (Lexington Books\, 2012) and Basketball Empire: A Hidden Story of the NBA’s Globalization (in process)\, she has written for outlets like SB Nation\, The Athletic\, CNN International\, The Washington Post\, and The New Yorker\, serves as an Executive Committee member of Sport & Démocratie\, and is a Research Associate with the Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy\, SOAS University of London.\n\n\n \n\n\nLindsay is a veteran of the U.S. Department of State’ Office of the Historian and holds a PhD in History from The Graduate Center (City University of New York)\, MA in Journalism and French Studies (NYU)\, and BA in International Affairs (The George Washington University).
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/lindsay-sarah-krasnoff-on-the-nbas-french-connections/
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SUMMARY:Evenings with an Author: Elaine Sciolino\, The Seine: The River That Made Paris
DESCRIPTION: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 Only Street in Paris: Life on the Rue des Martyrs. \nMelding history and mythology\, the romantic and the everyday\, Sciolino’s depiction of the Seine is a love letter to Paris and the magical river at its heart. A contributing writer and former Paris bureau chief for the New York Times\, Sciolino fell for the Seine when she came to Paris as a young foreign correspondent for Newsweek magazine. In The Seine\, she traces the river’s origin to a remote plateau in Burgundy and discovers the roots of its name in the story of Sequana\, the Gallo-Roman goddess who healed pilgrims at a temple at the Seine’s source. Thus begins a 483-mile journey from source to sea\, animated by the river’s lively characters—a bargewoman and a houseboat dweller\, a riverbank bookseller and a famous cinematographer known for capturing the river’s light. As Sciolino travels among cities and towns\, tributaries and islands\, ports and bridges\, she patrols with river police\, rows with restorers of antique boats\, sips Champagne at a riverside vineyard\, and even dares to swim in the Seine. \nFull of rich anecdotes and historical detail\, The Seine shows the river as a source of life not only for Paris and France but also for the entire world. As Sciolino follows the river’s path\, she charts its course through history\, recounting how it has carried Roman conquerors\, Viking invaders\, World War II soldiers\, and the ashes of Joan of Arc and of Napoléon Bonaparte in its current. The Seine illustrates how necessary the river is to the street life\, economy\, industry\, culture\, and identity of France\, and Sciolino explores the spell that the river has cast upon musicians\, photographers\, painters\, and writers. Revelatory and brilliantly researched\, The Seine reminds us why we are enchanted by the river and why the likes of Monet and Matisse\, Zola and Hemingway have made it their own. \nLauren Collins\, Paris staff writer for The New Yorker\, calls the book “a soulful\, transformative voyage along the body of water that defines the City of Light.” David A. Bell\, Professor of History at Princeton University\, said\, “Elaine Sciolino writes with the authority of a historian\, the sleuthing skills of a journalist\, and the voice of a storyteller eager to recount the tales of those who have been touched by the Seine.” \nSciolino is a contributing writer and former Paris bureau chief for The New York Times\, based in France since 2002. She was decorated chevalier of the Legion of Honor\, the highest honor of the French state\, in 2010 for her “special contribution” to the friendship between France and the United States.
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/evenings-with-an-author-elaine-sciolino/
CATEGORIES:Adults
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SUMMARY:Story Hour (ages 3-5): Day of Dragons
DESCRIPTION:For ages 3-5 \n  \n3-5 year-olds and their grown-ups are invited to join us for our weekly Wednesday Story Hour! No advance registration is required\, but we recommend that you arrive a few minutes early\, as seating is limited. The program lasts one hour and features songs\, stories and hand rhymes in English followed by a simple craft project that children can take home and keep. Caregivers are expected to sit on the floor with their little ones and participate in the program. \n  \nFor this Story Hour\, we’ll be reading stories all about dragons. \n  \n \n  \nPlease remember: \n– each child must be accompanied by an adult chaperone\n– arrive on time so that everyone can make the most of this activity\n– sing along to the best of your ability to model for your little ones\n– use quiet voices when leaving the Children’s Library\n– pass on guidelines to nannies and other caregivers \nWith your help\, we can develop and nurture your child’s love of books and the library! \n  \n  \n\nWednesday Story Hours are drop-in and do not require advance registration. However\, each child attending Story Hour must have their own Library card\, or be covered by a family membership otherwise the non-member fee applies. Unless otherwise stated\, all programs are free for library members and 10€ for non-members. Caregivers are expected to familiarize themselves with these guidelines so that we can provide a pleasant library environment for all patrons.\n\n  \n 
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/story-hour-ages-3-5-day-of-dragons/2020-01-15/
CATEGORIES:Kids
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20200114T193000
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SUMMARY:Evenings with an Author: Dana Thomas\, Fashionopolis: The Price of Fast Fashion and the Future of Clothes
DESCRIPTION: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 bestselling author and journalist Dana Thomas. \nIn Fashionopolis\, journalist Dana Thomas surveys the environmental and human cost of a globalized\, profit-hungry supply chain: sweatshop labour\, ecological degradation\, overconsumption\, waste and creative exhaustion. As awareness of the damage inflicted on the planet by globalisation and consumerism increases\, “Fashionopolis” investigates the way that the clothing industry has become environmentally and ethically unsustainable. \nBut Fashionopolis also documents renewal\, and how technology and purpose are changing how we buy and produce clothes: from 3D printing to clean denim processing\, from smart manufacturing to hyperlocalism\, from the creation of truly circular fabrics to lab-grown leather. We have all been casual about how we get dressed. Fashionopolis is the first comprehensive look at how to change. \nDana is the author of Gods and Kings and the New York Times bestseller Deluxe. She began her career writing for the Style section of The Washington Post\, and she has served as a cultural and fashion correspondent for Newsweek in Paris. She is a regular contributor to The New York Times Style section and has written for The New York Times Magazine\, The New Yorker\, The Wall Street Journal\, the Financial Times\, Vogue\, Harper’s Bazaar\, T: The New York Times Style Magazine\, and Architectural Digest. In 2016\, the French Minister of Culture named Dana a Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters. She lives in Paris. \nA book sale will follow the event\, with books provided by The Red Wheelbarrow Bookstore.
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/evenings-with-an-author-dana-thomas/
CATEGORIES:Adults,General
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SUMMARY:Library is closed
DESCRIPTION: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.
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/library-is-closed-62/
CATEGORIES:Adults,Kids,Teens
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20191218T103000
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SUMMARY:Story Hour (ages 3-5): In the Forest
DESCRIPTION:For ages 3-5 \n  \n3-5 year-olds and their grown-ups are invited to join us for our weekly Wednesday Story Hour! No advance registration is required\, but we recommend that you arrive a few minutes early\, as seating is limited. The program lasts one hour and features songs\, stories and hand rhymes in English followed by a simple craft project that children can take home and keep. Caregivers are expected to sit on the floor with their little ones and participate in the program. \n  \nFor this Story Hour\, we’ll be reading stories set in the forest! \n  \n \n  \nPlease remember: \n– each child must be accompanied by an adult chaperone\n– arrive on time so that everyone can make the most of this activity\n– sing along to the best of your ability to model for your little ones\n– use quiet voices when leaving the Children’s Library\n– pass on guidelines to nannies and other caregivers \nWith your help\, we can develop and nurture your child’s love of books and the library! \n  \n  \n\nWednesday Story Hours are drop-in and do not require advance registration. However\, each child attending Story Hour must have their own Library card\, or be covered by a family membership otherwise the non-member fee applies. Unless otherwise stated\, all programs are free for library members and 10€ for non-members. Caregivers are expected to familiarize themselves with these guidelines so that we can provide a pleasant library environment for all patrons.\n\n  \n 
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/story-hour-ages-3-5-in-the-forest/2019-12-18/
CATEGORIES:Kids
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SUMMARY:Evenings with an Author: David Chaffetz in conversation with Celestine Bohlen
DESCRIPTION:David Chaffetz read Persian\, Turkish and Arabic at Harvard University with Wheeler Thackston\, Richard Frye\, Anne-Marie Schimmel and Stuart Cary Welch. He worked for the Encyclopedia Iranica under Ehsan Yarshater. He wrote A Journey through Afghanistan (Chicago\, 2006). Over a period of 45 years he has travelled extensively in India\, Central Asia and China. \nHis latest book is Three Asian Divas: Women\, Art and Culture in Shiraz\, Dehli and Yangzhou. The diva is a nearly universal phenomenon. Wherever poetry\, music and mime have been practiced with virtuosity\, great women performers always take centre stage. Traditional Asian divas are however less well known and understood among English language readers than the great divas of Mozart and Puccini. Whether from Shiraz at the court of the Injuids\, from Delhi during the twilight of the Moghuls\, or from Yangzhou under the last Ming emperors\, these Asian divas constitute the first identifiably modern women. Though practicing classical and tradition-bound arts\, they were economically independent\, and were free to give or withhold love. Indeed\, in many ways\, they paved the way for the emergence of the modern woman in Asian societies. \n  \nFor his evening at the Library\, David will be in conversation with Celestine Bohlen\, a former foreign correspondent for The New York Times\, Washington Post and Bloomberg\, who did tours in Moscow\, Rome\, Budapest and Paris.  She now lives in Paris\, where she writes occasionally for The New York Times and teaches at SciencesPo. \n  \n“In Three Asian Divas\, David Chaffetz zeroes in on erasures in the history of these traditions: the brilliant women performers\, virtuoso singers\, and dancers who graced and cut a swath through the opulent courts of Iran\, India\, and China. These were dazzling enough to be able to make their fortunes\, and their own choices\, in cultures where women were subordinate and invisible” (Liz Gray). Celestine will explore with David the themes of tradition and virtuosity\, exploitation and empowerment\, as evidenced in the lives of the divas.
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/evenings-with-an-author-david-chaffetz-in-conversation-with-celestine-bohlen/
CATEGORIES:Adults
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