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SUMMARY:Oliver Gee and Lina Nordin Gee reading "Kylie the Crocodile in Paris" (ages 3–9) [Virtual Event\, Library members only; RSVP Required]
DESCRIPTION:For ages 3–9 \nCLICK HERE TO RSVP. \n3–9 year-olds and their grown-ups are invited to join us for a reading with author Oliver Gee and illustrator Lina Nordin Gee as they read their new picture book Kylie the Crocodile in Paris. Following the reading\, Lina will show participants how to draw a crocodile and then the pair will answer questions about what inspired this “absolutely true story.” \nThis live\, interactive virtual event will be hosted on Zoom. Library programs are created to encourage children to actively engage with stories. Plan to join in\, as you would do in one of our in-person events. We will keep microphones muted during the reading and art demonstration\, then participating children will be encouraged to turn on their microphones and ask questions during the Q&A portion of the event. \n  \nAbout Oliver Gee and Lina Nordin Gee: Oliver Gee is the creator of the award-winning podcast about Paris and France\, The Earful Tower. He used to be a full-time journalist in Paris\, but switched to podcasting in December 2017. Lina Nordin Gee runs a chic shoe and handbag company\, Deuxième Studios\, and likes to draw and paint. You can see her illustrations on Instagram @ParisianPostcards.  Find out more about The Earful Tower or purchase your own copy of Kylie the Crocodile in Paris here. \n\nThis virtual event is free for Library members\, and registration is required. Registered participants will be sent an email link to join us via Zoom. Registration closes 24 hours before the event. \n\nCan’t make it to this live virtual event? Check out our curated list of online resources for children. If you would like to support the Library and our services\, you can donate here to help sustain this vital institution in its 100th year of service. \n  \n 
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/oliver-gee-and-lina-nordin-gee-reading-kylie-the-crocodile-in-paris-ages-3-9-virtual-event-library-members-only-rsvp-required/
CATEGORIES:Kids
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20210505T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20210505T203000
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SUMMARY:An Unlikely Resistance Campaign (Jackson)
DESCRIPTION:Join Evenings with an Author (online) as we host historian and author \nJeffrey H. Jackson\non Paper Bullets: Two Artists Who Risked Their Lives to Defy the Nazis \nClick here to RSVP \nPaper Bullets is the first book to tell the true story of an anti-Nazi resistance campaign undertaken by an unlikely pair. Two French women –– Lucy Schwob and Suzanne Malherbe (better known today by their artistic names Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore) –– drew on their skills as Parisian avant-garde artists to write and distribute hundreds of notes\, songs\, poems\, and drawings designed to demoralize German troops occupying their adopted home of Jersey in the Channel Islands. To do so\, they assumed the identity of a Nazi soldier\, calling themselves “The Soldier With No Name.” \nAs the war continued\, they escalated their actions\, often putting themselves at great personal risk all the while pretending to be one of the enemy. Lucy and Suzanne were in danger because of who they were: lesbian partners known for cross-dressing and their gender-bending photography back in Paris\, Lucy’s Jewish heritage\, and their communist affiliations. Jackson’s story takes readers inside the day-to-day struggles of civilians surviving in occupied territory and facing tough\, sometimes gut-wrenching\, choices. \nJeffrey H. Jackson \nClick here to RSVP \nJeffrey H. Jackson is Professor of History at Rhodes College in Memphis\, Tennessee. His most recent book\, Paper Bullets\, was longlisted for the 2021 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction and selected as an Editor’s Choice “Best of the Best” for 2020 by the American Library Association’s publication Booklist. He is also the author of Paris Under Water: How the City of Light Survived the Great Flood of 1910 and Making Jazz French: Music and Modern Life in Interwar Paris\, both of which have been received with high acclaim.
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/jeffreyjackson/
CATEGORIES:Adults
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20210505T143000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20210505T153000
DTSTAMP:20260418T052801
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SUMMARY:Story Hour: Snails and Slugs (ages 3–5) [Virtual Event\, Library members only; RSVP Required]
DESCRIPTION:For ages 3–5 \nCLICK HERE TO RSVP. \n3–5 year-olds and their grown-ups are invited to join us for our weekly interactive Wednesday Story Hour! This virtual program lasts 45 minutes and features songs\, stories and hand rhymes in English\, and is hosted by our children’s librarians and volunteers. \nFor this Story Hour\, we’ll read tales of snails and slugs—both factual and fictional—that are full of surprises\, including Snail Crossing by Corey R. Tabor.\n \nThis Story Hour will be hosted by Children’s and Teens’ Services Manager Celeste\, along with volunteers Mary Wessels and Samuel Kuria\, who will read books and lead you and your little one in songs and hand-rhymes during an interactive\, live\, virtual session. This participatory program is intended to encourage children to actively engage with stories. Plan to join in\, sing along\, and move around\, as you would do in one of our in-person events. If you join in this virtual session\, it will be as important as ever to model movement and song for your little one. \n\nThis virtual Story Hour is free for Library members\, and registration is required. Registered participants will be sent an email link to join us via Zoom. Registration closes 24 hours before the event. \n\nCan’t make it to this live virtual event? Check out our curated list of online resources for children. If you would like to support the Library and our services\, you can donate here to help sustain this vital institution in its 100th year of service. \n  \n 
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/story-hour-snails-and-slugs-ages-3-5-virtual-event-library-members-only-rsvp-required/
CATEGORIES:Kids
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20210504T203000
DTSTAMP:20260418T052801
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SUMMARY:On Dialogue\, Friendship and Literature (Williams & Garrett)
DESCRIPTION:Join Evenings with an Author (online) as long-time friends \nRowan Williams and Greg Garrett\ndiscuss the issues of the day\, dialogue\, friendship\, family\, literature\, and life. \nClick here to RSVP \n \nRowan Williams served as the 104th Archbishop of Canterbury and is a towering intellectual and moral figure in Britain. The author of over two dozen books on faith\, politics\, literature\, language\, and ethics\, Lord Williams recently retired as Master of Magdalene College\, Cambridge. \nGreg Garrett is Professor of English at Baylor University and serves as Theologian in Residence at the American Cathedral in Paris. He too has published over two dozen books\, including novels\, memoir\, and nonfiction exploring narrative\, racism\, politics\, faith\, and popular culture. \nClick here to RSVP
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/rowanwilliams/
CATEGORIES:Adults
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20210428T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20210428T203000
DTSTAMP:20260418T052801
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SUMMARY:Evenings with an Author: Kristin Harmel in conversation with Lauren Elkin [Virtual Public Event; RSVP Required]
DESCRIPTION:CLICK HERE TO RSVP and receive the Zoom login information.\nJoin the American Library in Paris’s Evenings with an Author series as we host New York Times-bestselling author Kristin Harmel. She will share her novel\, The Book of Lost Names\, in conversation with fellow author Lauren Elkin. Programs Manager Alice McCrum will draw on live questions from the audience. \nEva Traube Abrams\, a semi-retired librarian in Florida\, is shelving books one morning when her eyes lock on a photograph in a newspaper nearby. She freezes; it’s an image of a book she hasn’t seen in sixty-five years—a book she recognizes as The Book of Lost Names. The accompanying newspaper article discusses the looting of libraries by the Nazis across Europe during World War II\, which Eva remembers well as a Jewish war refugee from Paris. The book in the photograph\, an eighteenth-century religious text thought to have been taken from France in the waning days of the war\, is one of the most fascinating cases. Now housed in Berlin’s Zentral- und Landesbibliothek library\, it appears to contain some sort of code\, but researchers don’t know where it came from—or what the code means. Eva knows the answer—but will she have the strength to revisit old memories and help reunite those lost during the war? \nAn engaging and evocative novel reminiscent of The Lost Girls of Paris and The Alice Network\, The Book of Lost Names is a testament to the resilience of the human spirit and the power of bravery and love in the face of evil. \nAbout the authors: \nKristin Harmel \nKristin Harmel is the New York Times-bestselling author of The Book of Lost Names\, The Winemaker’s Wife\, The Room on Rue Amélie\, The Sweetness of Forgetting and a dozen other novels that have been translated into 28 languages. Her new book\, The Forest of Vanishing Stars\, will be released in July 2021. She is also the cofounder and cohost of the popular web series Friends and Fiction. She lives in Orlando\, Florida. \n  \nLauren Elkin \nLauren Elkin is the author of Flâneuse: Women Walk the City\, a Radio 4 Book of the Week and a finalist for the PEN Diamonstein-Spielvogel award for the Art of the Essay. Her next book\, 91/92: A Diary of a Year on the Bus will be out in September 2021 from Semiotext(e)/Les Fugitives\, as will her translation of Simone de Beauvoir’s lost novel The Inseparables (Vintage Classics). \nCLICK HERE TO RSVP and receive the Zoom login information.
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/evenings-with-an-author-kristin-harmel-in-conversation-with-lauren-elkin-virtual-public-event-rsvp-required/
CATEGORIES:Adults
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20210427T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20210427T203000
DTSTAMP:20260418T052801
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SUMMARY:Evenings with an Author: Amanda Frost in conversation with Lauren Collins [Virtual Public Event; RSVP Required]
DESCRIPTION:CLICK HERE TO RSVP\nJoin the American Library in Paris’s Evenings with an Author series on 27 April as we host Amanda Frost\, author of You Are Not American: Citizenship Stripping from Dred Scott to the Dreamers\, in conversation with New Yorker staff writer Lauren Collins. \nThe American government has historically revoked US citizenship to suppress dissent and shape the nation’s demography. When the Supreme Court rejected the idea of Black citizenship in the case Dred Scott v. Sandford in 1857\, new questions were raised about identity\, belonging\, and exclusion. Law professor Amanda Frost explores narratives of those who have struggled to be included as citizens and full members of “We the People” and exposes citizenship stripping as a fundamental tool of discrimination in America. \n  \nAmanda Frost \nAbout the speakers: Amanda Frost is the Ann Loeb Bronfman Distinguished Professor of Law and Government at the American University Washington College of Law. Professor Frost writes and teaches in the fields of constitutional law\, immigration and citizenship law\, federal courts and jurisdiction\, and judicial ethics. Her scholarship has been cited by over a dozen federal and state courts\, and she has been invited to testify before both the House and Senate Judiciary Committees. Her non-academic writing has been published in the Atlantic\, Slate\, the American Prospect\, the Washington Post\, the New York Times\, and USA Today\, and she authors the “Academic round-up” column for SCOTUSblog. In 2019 she was awarded a fellowship from the American Council of Learned Societies to complete her book\, You Are Not American: Citizenship Stripping from Dred Scott to the Dreamers (Beacon Press)\, which was published in January 2021. \nLauren Collins \nLauren Collins began contributing to the New Yorker in 2003 and became a staff writer in 2008. She is the author of When in French: Love in a Second Language\, which the Times named as one of its 100 Notable Books of 2016. She is working on a second book\, about a coup d’état perpetrated by white supremacists in Wilmington\, North Carolina in 1898\, and its effects on the city during the past 120 years. \nCLICK HERE TO RSVP
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/evenings-with-an-author-amanda-frost-in-conversation-with-lauren-collins-virtual-public-event-rsvp-required/
CATEGORIES:Adults
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20210424T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20210424T120000
DTSTAMP:20260418T052801
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SUMMARY:Bookworms: Brown Girl Dreaming (ages 9-12) [Virtual Event\, Library members only; RSVP Required]
DESCRIPTION:A book club for 9-12-year-olds! \n  \nCelebrate poetry month by reading a novel-in-verse\, Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson\, and then join in a discussion and related creative activities with other readers. The aim of this group is to foster discussion among our community of young readers\, and to explore the work together. Bring along your book to have on hand for the meeting. Multiple copies of Brown Girl Dreaming are available in the Library’s collections. \nDuring the meeting\, each child will be expected to participate\, and offer thoughts\, and comments about the book. \nThis book group is intended for children who read independently\, although parents are welcome to join. Parents and caregivers who participate alongside their children will be expected to have read the novel with their children. \n  \n  \nThis program requires advance registration\, and is open to Library members. Each child attending must have their own Library card\, or be covered by a family membership. Registered participants will be sent a link to join the event via Zoom. Parents and caregivers are responsible for connecting via the link provided\, and for monitoring their children’s use of the internet.\n \n  \n 
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/bookworms-brown-girl-dreaming-ages-9-12-virtual-event-library-members-only-rsvp-required/
CATEGORIES:Kids
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20210420T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20210420T203000
DTSTAMP:20260418T052801
CREATED:20210401T145022Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210419T135725Z
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SUMMARY:Evenings with an Author: Sanaë Lemoine [Virtual Public Event; RSVP Required]
DESCRIPTION:CLICK HERE TO RSVP\nJoin the American Library in Paris’s Evenings with an Author series as we host Sanaë Lemoine to discuss her debut novel\, The Margot Affair. Margot Louve\, the novel’s protagonist\, is a secret: the child of a longstanding affair between an influential French politician with presidential ambitions and a prominent stage actress. This hidden family exists in stolen moments in a small Parisian apartment on the Left Bank. It is a house of cards that Margot—fueled by a longing to be seen and heard—decides to tumble. The summer of her seventeenth birthday\, she meets the man who will set her plan in motion: a well-regarded journalist whose trust seems surprisingly easy to gain. But as Margot is drawn into an adult world she struggles to comprehend\, she learns how one impulsive decision can threaten a family’s love with ruin\, shattering the lives of those around her in ways she could never have imagined. \nSanaë Lemoine \nAbout the author: \nSanaë Lemoine was born in Paris to a Japanese mother and French father\, and raised in France and Australia. She earned her undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania and her MFA at Columbia University. She now lives in New York. \nCLICK HERE TO RSVP
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/lemoine21/
CATEGORIES:Adults
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20210417T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20210417T170000
DTSTAMP:20260418T052801
CREATED:20210326T130828Z
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SUMMARY:Fantasy Book Club: The Song of Achilles (ages 12–Adult) [Virtual Event\, Library members only; RSVP Required]
DESCRIPTION:Join fantasy fans to discuss new worlds and novels with like-minded readers.\n\n  \n\nJoin us (virtually) for an animated discussion each month of the latest and greatest fantasy reads. Participants are also encouraged to prepare a cup of tea or coffee to enjoy during the meeting. This book club is facilitated by Children’s and Teens’ Services Manager (and fantasy fan) Celeste Rhoads. New members are always welcome!\n\n\n\n\nIn April\, we’ll be reading and discussing The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller \n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n \n\nAdvance registration is required for this book group. Once registered\, participants will be sent an email with instructions to join the online meeting. 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/fantasy-book-club-the-song-of-achilles-ages-12-adult-virtual-event-library-members-only-rsvp-required/
CATEGORIES:Teens
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20210416T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20210416T203000
DTSTAMP:20260418T052801
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SUMMARY:Teen Night: Blackout Poetry (ages 12-18) [Virtual Event\, Library members only; RSVP Required]
DESCRIPTION:For ages 12–18 \n  \nUsing magazines and other supplies readily available in most homes\, participants will create their own original blackout poetry—a unique style of visual art where the artist blacks out words on a page to create a poem and/or picture. We will repurpose and reuse magazine pages and pages of books that would otherwise have ended up in the trash. To create poems\, we’ll find the words hidden in the page of text to to form our own new creations. Randomness is part of the fun! The poems can be scary\, funny\, serious\, or lighthearted. This event will be hosted virtually via Zoom by Children’s and Teens’ Services Manager Celeste Rhoads. For the best experience\, we recommend that you use both video and sound. \nFor this creative workshop\, participants will need to gather the following supplies: \n\nold magazines\, or worn and damaged books (also available at the Children’s and Teens’ Services Desk)\nblack pens or markers\nscissors\nglue or a glue stick\n\n  \nAdvance registration is required for this event. Once registered\, participants will be sent an email with instructions to join the online meeting. Participation in this event 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. Send an email to Celeste Rhoads\, our Children’s and Teens’ Services Manager\, with questions about this event: celeste@americanlibraryinparis.org. \n  \nQuestions about collections and programs for teens can be sent to the Library’s Children’s and Teens’ Services Manager\, Celeste Rhoads: celeste@americanlibraryinparis.org.
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/teen-night-blackout-poetry-ages-12-18-virtual-event-library-members-only-rsvp-required/
CATEGORIES:Teens
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20210413T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20210413T203000
DTSTAMP:20260418T052801
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SUMMARY:Evenings with an Author: Amanda Dennis in Conversation with Rachel Donadio [Virtual Public Event; RSVP Required]
DESCRIPTION:CLICK HERE TO RSVP and receive the Zoom login information.\nJoin the American Library in Paris’s Evenings with an Author series as we host author Amanda Dennis. Dennis with be speaking about her debut novel\, Her Here\, in conversation with Rachel Donadio\, contributing writer at The Atlantic. In Her Here\, Dennis introduces us to a reckless and unmoored Elena\, who abandons her studies and relationship for an unconventional task proposed to her by an estranged family friend. Struggling with trauma and its various manifestations\, Elena loses herself in Thailand while looking for a woman who went missing six years earlier.  Dennis delivers an existential detective story in a hypnotic and seductive debut which demonstrates the revealing nature of narrative itself. The conversation will include live questions from the audience.\n\n  \n\nCLICK HERE TO RSVP and receive the Zoom login information.\n\n  \n\n\n \n\n\n  \nAbout the authors: Amanda Dennis is an assistant professor of comparative literature and creative writing at the American University of Paris. She earned her PhD from the University of California\, Berkeley Department of Rhetoric and was awarded a Whited Fellowship in creative writing from the Iowa Writer’s Workshop. Outside of her speaking engagements for Her Here\, Dennis is researching Samuel Beckett and the influence of 20th century French philosophy on his work.\n\nRachel Donadio is a Paris-based contributing writer for The Atlantic\, covering politics and culture across Europe. She was previously a correspondent at the New York Times\, including its European Culture Correspondent and Rome Bureau Chief\, and a writer and editor at the New York Times Book Review. She has reported from more than two dozen countries\, interviewed heads of state and film directors\, and profiled three Nobel laureates in literature.\n\n  \nCLICK HERE TO RSVP and receive the Zoom login information.
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/evenings-with-an-author-amanda-dennis-in-conversation-with-rachel-donadio/
CATEGORIES:Adults
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20210406T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20210406T203000
DTSTAMP:20260418T052801
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SUMMARY:Evenings with an Author: Cara Black presents "Three Hours in Paris" [Virtual Public Event; RSVP Required]
DESCRIPTION:CLICK HERE TO RSVP and receive the Zoom login information.\nJoin the American Library in Paris’s Evenings with an Author series on 6 April as we host “doyenne of the Parisian crime novel” Cara Black.  During this virtual conversation with Programs Manager Alice McCrum\, Black will speak about her latest book\, Three Hours in Paris. \nNamed a Best Mystery of 2020 by the Washington Post\, Three Hours in Paris reimagines Hitler’s brief visit to Paris in June of 1940. The thriller tells the story of a young American markswoman\, Kate\, tasked with assassinating the Führer against the fall of the City of Lights to the Nazis. Miles away from her native rural Oregon\, Kate fights for her life and the fate of the world. \nThe program will draw on live questions from the audience. \nCLICK HERE TO RSVP and receive the Zoom login information.\n \nAbout the author: Cara Black‘s affinity for France is the driving force behind her work. The attention to detail and immersive research undertaken during her trips to Paris earned the New York Times-bestselling author a Médaille de la Ville de Paris for her contributions to French culture. Best known for the Private Investigator Aimée Leduc series\, Black is regarded as one of the leading names in Parisian crime novels. Visit www.carablack.com to learn more. \nCLICK HERE TO RSVP and receive the Zoom login information.
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/evenings-with-an-author-cara-black-2/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20210331T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20210331T203000
DTSTAMP:20260418T052801
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SUMMARY:Evenings with an Author: Dylan Fisher [Virtual Public Event; RSVP Required]
DESCRIPTION:*Covid-19 Update: This winter\, the Library’s Evening with an Author series will continue to meet virtually\, via Zoom. These events\, which are free and open to the public\, require advance sign up. Evenings with an Author programs begin at 19h30 (Central European Time). Please check eLibris or our programs calendar for updates and line-up. \nRegister here! \n \nIn Dylan Fisher’s debut novella\, told in a sequence of long\, twisting\, breathless sentences\, the titular The Loneliest Band in France claims to have a song that can hurt —even kill—its listeners. When Migara (a Sri Lankan student\, new to Montpellier) is recruited to help debut this murderous song\, he’s forced to interrogate his relationship with his mother’s death\, his estranged father\, his own aspirations—and the cost of each. \nDylan Fisher’s first book\, The Loneliest Band in France\, was the Winner of Texas Review Press’s 2019 Clay Reynolds Novella Prize and a 2020 Coups de Cœur selection by The American Library in Paris. He holds a MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Nevada\, Las Vegas. He lives in Atlanta\, Georgia\, where he’s pursuing a PhD in Creative Writing at Georgia State University.\n\n 
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/evenings-with-an-author-dylan-fisher/
CATEGORIES:Adults
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20210331T143000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20210331T153000
DTSTAMP:20260418T052801
CREATED:20210325T162639Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210325T162639Z
UID:28475-1617201000-1617204600@americanlibraryinparis.org
SUMMARY:Story Hour: Building and Construction (ages 3–5) [Virtual Event\, Library members only; RSVP Required]
DESCRIPTION:For ages 3–5 \n3–5 year-olds and their grown-ups are invited to join us for our weekly interactive Wednesday Story Hour! This virtual program lasts 45 minutes and features songs\, stories and hand rhymes in English\, and is hosted by our children’s librarians and volunteers. \nFor this Story Hour\, we’ll be reading stories about building and construction. \nThis Story Hour will be hosted by Children’s and Teens’ Services Manager Celeste and volunteer Mary Wessels\, who will read books and lead you and your little one in stories during an interactive\, live\, virtual session. This participatory program is intended to encourage children to actively engage with stories. Plan to join in\, sing along\, and move around\, as you would do in one of our in-person events. If you join in this virtual session\, it will be as important as ever to model movement and song for your little one. \n\nThis virtual Story Hour is free for Library members\, and registration is required. Registered participants will be sent an email link to join us via Zoom. Registration closes 24 hours before the event. \n\nCan’t make it to this live virtual event? Check out our curated list of online resources for children. If you would like to support the Library and our services\, you can donate here to help sustain this vital institution in its 100th year of service. \n  \n 
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/story-hour-building-and-construction-ages-3-5-virtual-event-library-members-only-rsvp-required/
CATEGORIES:Kids
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20210330T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20210330T203000
DTSTAMP:20260418T052801
CREATED:20210210T114550Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210210T182720Z
UID:27812-1617132600-1617136200@americanlibraryinparis.org
SUMMARY:Evenings with an Author: Lisa See in conversation with Pauline Lemasson [Virtual Public Event; RSVP Required]
DESCRIPTION:*Covid-19 Update: This winter\, the Library’s Evening with an Author series will continue to meet virtually\, via Zoom. These events\, which are free and open to the public\, require advance sign up. Evenings with an Author programs begin at 19h30 (Central European Time). Please check eLibris or our programs calendar for updates and line-up. \nRegister here! \nAn evening of conversation with Lisa See on writing\, inspiration\, and female friendships\nPlease join us for a conversation with New York Times bestselling author Lisa See (moderated by Pauline Lemasson) about writing\, creativity and inspiration\, female friendships\, and historical research\, with particular focus on her novels Shanghai Girls (2010)\, The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane (2017) and The Island of Sea Women (2019). See’s fiction is widely read and beloved for her deep look into Chinese culture and history\, the focus on female friendships\, and the long arc of historical events written in lavish detail. We will discuss her writing process\, where she finds creativity and inspiration\, how she dives into historical research\, and what she finds in female relationships that hold up against time\, hardship\, and life-changing choices. \n  \n \nLisa See is the New York Times bestselling author of The Island of Sea Women\, The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane\, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan\, The Island of Sea Women\, Peony in Love\, Shanghai Girls\, China Dolls\, and Dreams of Joy\, which debuted at #1. She is also the author of On Gold Mountain\, which tells the story of her Chinese American family’s settlement in Los Angeles. Ms. See has also written a mystery series that takes place in China. Her books have been published in 39 languages.  See was the recipient of the Golden Spike Award from the Chinese Historical Association of Southern California and the History Maker’s Award from the Chinese American Museum. She was also named National Woman of the Year by the Organization of Chinese American Women. \nMs. See wrote the libretto for Los Angeles Opera based on On Gold Mountain\, which premiered in June 2000. That same year\, she also curated the exhibition On Gold Mountain: A Chinese American Experience at the Autry Museum. Ms. See then helped develop and curate the Family Discovery Gallery at the Autry Museum\, an interactive space for children and their families that focused on Lisa’s bi-racial\, bi-cultural family. In 2003\, she curated the inaugural exhibition—a retrospective of artist Tyrus Wong—for the grand opening of the Chinese American Museum in Los Angeles. \n\nPauline Lemasson is contributing writer on culture\, history\, and current affairs for Inspirelle and Untapped Paris. She was formerly the Strategic Partnerships Manager at the American Library in Paris and Executive Director of the Chinese American Museum in Los Angeles. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/evenings-with-an-author-lisa-see-in-conversation-with-pauline-lemasson/
CATEGORIES:Adults
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20210327T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20210327T150000
DTSTAMP:20260418T052801
CREATED:20210302T125613Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210302T125636Z
UID:28096-1616853600-1616857200@americanlibraryinparis.org
SUMMARY:Vikings (ages 6–12) [VIRTUAL; RSVP REQUIRED]
DESCRIPTION:For ages 6–12 \n  \nChildren ages 6–12 are invited to join us for an interactive event exploring the Vikings. Who were the Vikings? How did they travel\, and why? Join us and explore Viking culture from battles to farming\, and learn some Viking runes so that you can send your own messages. We’ll even design our own Viking long-ship! \n  \nCaregivers are requested to join in with their children and participate in the program. \n  \n  \nThis event requires advance registration. Click HERE to register. \n  \nWe thank you for your continued support and for being a part of the Library community! If you would like to support the Library\, you can donate here to help sustain this vital institution in its 100th year of service. \n  \n 
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/vikings-ages-6-12-virtual-rsvp-required/
CATEGORIES:Kids
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20210325T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20210325T203000
DTSTAMP:20260418T052801
CREATED:20210217T105834Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210217T112229Z
UID:27902-1616698800-1616704200@americanlibraryinparis.org
SUMMARY:Writing Workshop with Laura Cronk-  Poetry\, Nonfiction\, and Open Genre [Virtual Event\, Library members only\, RSVP Required]
DESCRIPTION:*Covid-19 Update: This spring\, the Library’s programs will continue to meet virtually\, via Zoom. Please check eLibris or our programs calendar for updates and line-up. This event is limited to Library members and requires advance reservation. Please use this form to sign up. \nRegister here! \n Join us for a Writing Workshop with Laura Cronk (Poetry\, Nonfiction\, and Open Genre)\nWhat would you say if you could speak directly to a former apartment\, to a powerful leader\, to your alarm clock\, to time itself?  \nThe classic poetic device of apostrophe\, or direct address\, can be uniquely productive for both poets and prose writers\, leading us into discovery and unexpected connection. This generative session provides an opportunity to experiment with apostrophe and the idea of the ode. As Kenneth Koch\, an American poet with an affinity for Paris\, did in his book New Addresses\, we’ll aim to surprise ourselves by writing directly to who and what haunts us\, delights us\, and has shaped us. Open to writers of any genre. \nWorkshop Agenda: \nIntroduction & conversation with Joydeep Sengupta  \nPresentation of ode examples  \nTwo timed writing sessions of ten minutes each \nReflection and optional sharing with class \n\n \n  \nLaura Cronk is the author of two books of poems\, Ghost Hour and Having Been an Accomplice from Persea Books. She is the chair of undergraduate writing at The New School in New York City where she teaches courses on pedagogy and creative practice. More information at lauracronk.org. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n\nJoydeep Sengupta is a corporate lawyer who moved to Paris from New York City\, and a member of the American Library in Paris. He fully agrees with one of his law school teachers who once told him\, “Behind every great lawyer are the ruins of a poet.”
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/writing-workshop-with-laura-cronk/
CATEGORIES:Adults
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20210324T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20210324T203000
DTSTAMP:20260418T052801
CREATED:20210210T181138Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210211T161309Z
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SUMMARY:Evenings with an Author: Kate Kirkpatrick [Virtual Public Event; RSVP Required]
DESCRIPTION:*Covid-19 Update: This winter\, the Library’s Evening with an Author series will continue to meet virtually\, via Zoom. These events\, which are free and open to the public\, require advance sign up. Evenings with an Author programs begin at 19h30 (Central European Time). Please check eLibris or our programs calendar for updates and line-up. \nRegister here! \nJoin us for an evening with Dr. Kate Kirkpatrick as she speaks about her new book\, Becoming Beauvoir\n\nSimone de Beauvoir was one of the most influential intellectuals of the twentieth century. Yet her life has been widely misrepresented and profoundly misunderstood. In Becoming Beauvoir\, Kate Kirkpatrick draws on previously unpublished diaries and letters to offer a unique insight into Beauvoir’s relationships\, her philosophy of freedom and love\, and the complex struggle it was to become herself.\n\n\n \nphoto (c) John Cairns \nDr. Kate Kirkpatrick is Tutorial Fellow in Philosophy at Regent’s Park College\, Oxford. Her research focuses primarily on French existentialism and phenomenology\, the philosophy of religion\, and feminist philosophy.
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/evenings-with-an-author-kate-kirkpatrick/
CATEGORIES:Adults
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20210320T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20210320T150000
DTSTAMP:20260418T052801
CREATED:20210223T123857Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210305T103500Z
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SUMMARY:Barbara Diggs on Boycotts\, Strikes\, and Marches (ages 9–18) [VIRTUAL; RSVP REQUIRED]
DESCRIPTION:For children and teens ages 9–18 and their families\n \n  \nDive into history with author Barbara Diggs\, and find out about the pivotal role youth played in protests and movements for change during the Civil Rights Era and the Vietnam War\, then learn about Barbara’s writing and research process for her nonfiction books. Aspiring writers\, curious readers\, and children and teens interested in American History are all encouraged to attend this live\, virtual event. Barbara’s nonfiction titles\, Boycotts\, Strikes\, and Marches\, The Vietnam War\, and Race Relations: The Struggle for Equality in America\, are available in our print collections and on our e-book platforms for members.\n  \nAbout Barbara Diggs: Barbara Diggs writes history books for middle-school children and teens. Her titles include Boycotts\, Strikes\, and Marches\, and Race Relations: The Struggle for Equality in America\, among others. She is currently at work on a middle-grade historical fiction novel. A graduate of Stanford Law School\, Barbara practiced law in New York and Paris for several years before becoming a professional writer. You can find out more about Barbara on her website. \n  \nThis event is free and open to the public. Advance registration is required. Click HERE  to register. \nWe thank you for your continued support and for being a part of the Library community! If you would like to support the Library\, you can donate here to help sustain this vital institution in its 100th year of service. \n  \n 
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/boycotts-strikes-and-marches-talking-about-youth-in-revolt-with-barbara-diggs-ages-9-18-virtual-rsvp-required/
CATEGORIES:Kids,Teens
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20210317T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20210317T203000
DTSTAMP:20260418T052801
CREATED:20210218T144320Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210218T154027Z
UID:27926-1616009400-1616013000@americanlibraryinparis.org
SUMMARY:Evenings with an Author: Lisa Barrett [Virtual Public Event; RSVP Required]
DESCRIPTION:*Covid-19 Update: This spring\, the Library’s Evening with an Author series will continue to meet virtually\, via Zoom. These events\, which are free and open to the public\, require advance sign up. Evenings with an Author programs begin at 19h30 (Central European Time). Please check eLibris or our programs calendar for updates and line-up. \nRegister here! \nHave you ever wondered why you have a brain?\n Let renowned neuroscientist Lisa Feldman Barrett demystify that big gray blob between your ears. In seven short essays (plus a bite-sized story about how brains evolved)\, this slim and accessible collection reveals mind-expanding lessons from the front lines of neuroscience research. You’ll learn where brains came from\, how they’re structured (and why it matters)\, and how yours works in tandem with other brains to create everything you experience. Along the way\, you’ll also learn to dismiss popular myths such as the idea of a “lizard brain” and the alleged battle between thoughts and emotions\, or even between nature and nurture\, to determine your behavior. Sure to intrigue casual readers and scientific veterans alike\, Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain is full of surprises\, humor\, and important implications for human nature. \n \n  \nDr. Lisa Feldman Barrett is among the top 1% most cited scientists in the world for her revolutionary research in psychology and neuroscience. She is a University Distinguished Professor at Northeastern University with appointments at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School. Barrett was awarded a Guggenheim fellowship in neuroscience in 2019\, and she is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Royal Society of Canada. She is also the author of How Emotions Are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain.
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/evenings-with-an-author-lisa-barrett/
CATEGORIES:Adults
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20210311T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20210311T203000
DTSTAMP:20260418T052801
CREATED:20210215T090141Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210217T105630Z
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SUMMARY:Writing Workshop with Erin Byrne- La Fin (finishing that piece!) [Virtual Event\, Library members only\, RSVP Required]
DESCRIPTION:*Covid-19 Update: This spring\, the Library’s programs will continue to meet virtually\, via Zoom. Please check eLibris or our programs calendar for updates and line-up. This event is limited to Library members and requires advance reservation. \nRegister here! \nLa Fin- Finally finishing that piece that has taken forever to write\nDo you have a piece of work\, whether an essay\, short story\, book\, or film\, that you have left hanging\, and may not even know why?  It’s time to see it through to the end! \nIn this workshop\, we will sharpen our writerly intuition to ascertain the reasons we have been unable to finish this work: \nAre we truly “stuck” with some kind of block? (This is seldom the case) \nDoes this piece of work simply need more time to percolate? \nAre we being lazy? \nWhat is missing from this work that may be required? \nIs the ending evading us? \nIn each case\, we will move forward – get unstuck\, find how to nurture a growing story\, kick ourselves into gear\, or pick up the threads and work to a natural and satisfying ending. \n  \nErin Byrne is the award-winning author of Wings: Gifts of Art\, Life\, and Travel in France\, editor of Vignettes & Postcards from Morocco and Vignettes & Postcards from Paris and writer of The Storykeeper film. She is Travel Writing and Photography Curator of The Creative Process Exhibition\, and has taught writing at Shakespeare and Company in Paris\, Book Passage Bookstore\, and on Deep Travel trips. To learn more\, visit erinbyrnewriter.com
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/writing-workshop-erin-byrne/
CATEGORIES:Adults
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20210310T143000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20210310T153000
DTSTAMP:20260418T052801
CREATED:20210301T090449Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210302T144342Z
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SUMMARY:Story Hour: Unusual Animals (ages 3–5) [VIRTUAL; RSVP REQUIRED]
DESCRIPTION:For ages 3–5 \n3–5 year-olds and their grown-ups are invited to join us for our weekly interactive Wednesday Story Hour! This virtual program lasts 45 minutes and features songs\, stories and hand rhymes in English\, and is hosted by our children’s librarians and volunteers. \nFor this Story Hour\, we’ll be reading stories about unusual animals\, including Inky’s Amazing Escape: How a Very Smart Octopus Found His Way Home\, by Sy Montgomery\, illustrated by Amy Schimler-Safford\, based on a true story of an octopus who escaped from an aquarium in New Zealand. Participants will be asked to tell the group the name of their favorite animal during this session. \nThis Story Hour will be hosted by Children’s and Teens’ Services Manager Celeste and volunteer Mary Wessels\, who will read books and lead you and your little one in stories during an interactive\, live\, virtual session. This participatory program is intended to encourage children to actively engage with stories. Plan to join in\, sing along\, and move around\, as you would do in one of our in-person events. If you join in this virtual session\, it will be as important as ever to model movement and song for your little one. \n\nThis virtual Story Hour is free for Library members. Click HERE to register. Registered participants will be sent an email link to join us via Zoom. Registration closes 24 hours before the event. \n\nCan’t make it to this live online event? Check out our curated list of online resources for children here. If you would like to support the Library and our services\, you can donate here to help sustain this vital institution in its 100th year of service. \n  \n 
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/story-hour-unusual-animals-ages-3-5-virtual-rsvp-required/
CATEGORIES:Kids
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20210306T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20210306T120000
DTSTAMP:20260418T052801
CREATED:20210205T162816Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210302T121551Z
UID:27667-1615028400-1615032000@americanlibraryinparis.org
SUMMARY:Paris by Phone: A Reading with Pamela Druckerman (ages 5–adult) [VIRTUAL; RSVP REQUIRED]
DESCRIPTION:For children ages 5+ their families\n \n  \nEnjoy a reading of Paris by Phone by bestselling author Pamela Druckerman\, followed by a Q&A.\n \n  \nThe magic of independence meets the meaning of home in the picture book debut of the #1 bestselling author of Bringing Up Bébé. When Josephine Harris decides that Paris is where she really belongs\, all it takes is a quick call on her magical phone to whisk her away. The city of lights has fancy cafés\, baguettes under every arm\, the Eiffel Tower\, and a fabulous new family who can’t wait to show her around. \nJoin us as Pamela reads Paris by Phone from her own home in the city of light\, and then stick around for a Q&A about her writing process and the inspiration for her first picture book. \n  \nAbout Pamela: \nPamela Druckerman is the author of five books including Bringing Up Bébé\, which has been translated into 30 languages and optioned as a feature film by Blueprint Pictures. (Its UK title is French Children Don’t Throw Food.) Pamela also wrote There Are No Grown-Ups: A Midlife Coming-of-Age Story\, Bébé Day By Day: 100 Keys to French Parenting and Lust in Translation: Infidelity from Tokyo to Tennessee. Her rhyming picture book for kids\, Paris by Phone\, illustrated by Benjamin Chaud\, will appear in February 2021. Pamela writes a column about France for The New York Times\, and the Dress Code column for 1843/The Economist. Her op-eds\, essays\, articles and reviews have also appeared in the The Atlantic\, Harper’s\, The New York Review of Books\, The New York Times Book Review\, New York Magazine\, Marie Claire\, Vanity Fair France\, Madame Figaro\, The Washington Post\, The Guardian\, the Financial Times\, The Times (UK)\, The Sunday Times (U.K.) and many other publications. She has appeared as a commentator on All Things Considered\, Morning Edition\, BBC Woman’s Hour\, Good Morning America\, the Today Show\, CNN\, CNBC\, MSNBC\, PRI\, the CBC\, Europe1\, Le Grand Journal\, On n’est pas couché\, France24 and Oprah.com. \n  \nThis event requires advance registration. Click HERE to register. \n  \nThis event is free and open to the public. We thank you for your continued support and for being a part of the Library community! If you would like to support the Library\, you can donate here to help sustain this vital institution in its 100th year of service. \n  \n 
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/paris-by-phone-a-reading-with-pamela-druckerman-ages-5-adult-virtual-rsvp-required/
CATEGORIES:Adults,Kids
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20210303T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20210303T210000
DTSTAMP:20260418T052801
CREATED:20210215T081528Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210216T091329Z
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SUMMARY:A Panel on Women's Travel Writing in France and Beyond\, moderated by Erin Byrne [Virtual Public Event; RSVP Required]
DESCRIPTION:*Covid-19 Update: This winter\, the Library’s Evening with an Author series will continue to meet virtually\, via Zoom. These events\, which are free and open to the public\, require advance sign up. Evenings with an Author programs begin at 19h30 (Central European Time). Please check eLibris or our programs calendar for updates and line-up. \nRegister here! \nA special panel event centered around The Best Women’s Travel Writing \, Volume 12: True Stories from Around the World\nJoin us for a special virtual reading and conversation celebrating The Best Women’s Travel Writing\, Volume 12: True Stories from Around the World\, the newest collection in the award-winning series that invites you to travel along with intrepid female nomads as they wander the globe. The program will feature New Orleans-based editor Lavinia Spalding and contributing writers Christina Ammon\, Erin Byrne\, Marcia DeSanctis\, and Colette Hannahan. \nThis new volume offers readers illuminating cultural connections and personal revelations to inform and encourage their future journeys. Stories offer insights through the lens of a woman’s experience in a foreign place. The result is a rich and intimate personal exploration of a culture and lasting shifts in personal perspective. \n  \n  \nLavinia Spalding has edited five previous editions of The Best Women’s Travel Writing. She is the author of Writing Away and the co-author of With a Measure of Grace and This Immeasurable Place\, and she introduced the e-book edition of Edith Wharton’s classic travelogue\, A Motor-Flight Through France. Her work appears in such publications as Tin House\, Longreads\, Yoga Journal\, Sunset\, the San Francisco Chronicle\, and The Guardian\, and has been widely anthologized. Her AFAR essay “Playing by Heart” received a Lowell Thomas Gold Award and was recognized by The Best American Travel Writing. She is also a public speaker and teacher. When she isn’t leading international writing workshops\, she lives with her family in New Orleans and on Cape Cod. laviniaspalding.com \n  \n  \n Christina Ammon has penned stories for BBC\, Orion Magazine\, Hemispheres\, the San Francisco Chronicle\, Conde Nast\, and numerous travel anthologies. She is the recipient of an Oregon Literary Arts Fellowship for nonfiction\, and her stories have earned several awards from Travelers’ Tales publishers. In the winters\, she organizes writing and storytelling workshops in Morocco\, Mexico\, Nepal\, and Spain through her company\, Deep Travel Workshops. When not traveling\, she lives in rural Oregon. deeptravelworkshops.com \n  \n  \n  \n Erin Byrne is author of Wings: Gifts of Art\, Life\, and Travel in France\, editor of Vignettes & Postcards from Paris and Vignettes & Postcards from Morocco\, and writer of The Storykeeper film. Erin’s books\, travel essays\, poetry\, fiction and screenplays have won awards including the 2020 Grand Prize Solas Award for Travel Story of the Year. She has taught writing at Shakespeare and Company Bookstore in Paris; is host of LitWings event series featuring writers\, photographers and filmmakers; and is travel writing and photography curator for The Creative Process Exhibition. She lives in Seattle. erinbyrnewriter.com \n  \n  \n Marcia DeSanctis is a former television news producer who worked for Barbara Walters and Peter Jennings at ABC News\, and at CBS News 60 Minutes and NBC News. She is the New York Times bestselling author of 100 Places in France Every Woman Should Go\, and she contributes to Vogue\, Town & Country\, Departures\, Travel & Leisure\, BBC Travel\, National Geographic Traveler\, Marie Claire\, The New York Times\, and many other publications. She is the recipient of five Lowell Thomas Awards for excellence in travel journalism\, including one for Travel Journalist of the Year\, for her essays from Rwanda\, Russia\, Haiti\, France\, and Morocco. She lived and worked for several years in Paris and travels as much as possible to France. marciadesanctis.com \n  \n  \n  \n Colette Hannahan is a San Francisco-based writer\, painter\, and illustrator who created of the illustrations for The Best Women’s Travel Writing. In addition to peddling knives in Minnesota\, she has delivered mail at a retreat center in the woods of the Hudson Valley\, applied makeup on brides-to-be at a salon in Brooklyn\, steamed blouses for models in Manhattan\, taught art and yoga to adults with autism in Chicago\, mentored teens at a boarding school in New Mexico\, and organized fundraisers for artists with life-threatening illnesses in San Francisco. colettehannahan.com \n  \n 
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/a-panel-on-the-best-womens-travel-writing-in-france-and-beyond-moderated-by-erin-byrne/
CATEGORIES:Adults
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20210302T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20210302T203000
DTSTAMP:20260418T052801
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SUMMARY:Evenings with an Author: Nita Wiggins [Virtual Public Event; RSVP Required]
DESCRIPTION:*Covid-19 Update: This winter\, the Library’s Evening with an Author series will continue to meet virtually\, via Zoom. These events\, which are free and open to the public\, require advance sign up. Evenings with an Author programs begin at 19h30 (Central European Time). Please check eLibris or our programs calendar for updates and line-up. \nSign up here!\n\nJoin us as Nita Wiggins presents her book\, Civil Rights Baby: My Story of Race\, Sports\, and Breaking Barriers in American Journalism\n\nCivil Rights Baby is about a determined girl’s pursuit of the career she wants\, believing the laws of the land\, especially the Civil Rights Act of 1964\, protect her. But\, in reaching her dream destination in Dallas\, she finds that the decades of competing in a male-dominated field have brutalized her on many levels. Fighting for acceptance and proving qualifications come to a dramatic head one day–leading her to move to France.\n\n\n\nAn American author and award-winning sports broadcaster\, Nita Wiggins teaches at l’Ecole Supérieure de Journalisme de Paris. Since 2009\, she has trained students to include a wider range of perspectives and voices to better serve the public. Because of her impact on education\, Black Women in Europe named Wiggins to the group’s Power List of 2018. In the U.S.\, Wiggins worked 21 years as a reporter and anchor\, for ABC\, CBS\, NBC\, and Fox affiliates. She’s an occasional guest on France 24. Outside of journalism\, she has created a Listen to Others as you would have them listen to you program so that people can improve their relationships in their working and private lives.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\nEvenings with an Author are generously sponsored by GRoW @ Annenberg
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/evenings-with-an-author-nita-wiggins/
CATEGORIES:Adults
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20210227T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20210227T150000
DTSTAMP:20260418T052801
CREATED:20210201T125845Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210201T132550Z
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SUMMARY:Stars of Children's Literature: Black History Month (ages 6-12) [VIRTUAL—RSVP REQUIRED]
DESCRIPTION:For ages 6-12 \n  \nFebruary marks Black History Month\, and stories are just one of the many ways you can teach your kids about the accomplishments of black trailblazers. Let’s celebrate Black History Month by finding out more about literary and artistic figures from the 20th and 21st centuries! Then\, show off your knowledge of children’s literature in our fun trivia quiz covering Newbery Medal winners\, Coretta Scott King award winners\, classic children’s books\, past Library visitors\, and more! \n  \nWe encourage you to explore these resources (most recommended titles are available in the Library’s collections): \nWe Need Diverse Books strives to create a world in which all children can see themselves in the pages of a book. \nThe Diverse BookFinder is a comprehensive collection of children’s picture books featuring Black and Indigenous people and People of Color (BIPOC). \nBrown Bookshelf is designed to push awareness of the myriad Black voices writing for young readers. \nThis event requires advance registration. Click HERE to register. \n  \nWe thank you for your continued support and for being a part of the Library community! If you would like to support the Library\, you can donate here to help sustain this vital institution in its 100th year of service. \n  \n 
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/stars-of-childrens-literature-black-history-month-ages-6-12-virtual-rsvp-required/
CATEGORIES:Kids
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20210226T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20210226T120000
DTSTAMP:20260418T052801
CREATED:20210212T165907Z
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SUMMARY:Editing and Revising Your Short Story (ages 6-12) [VIRTUAL—RSVP REQUIRED]
DESCRIPTION:For ages 6-12 \n  \nChildren ages 6-12 are invited to join us for an interactive writing workshop direct to your living room\, kitchen\, bedroom\, or wherever you connect. Caregivers are requested to join in with their children and participate in the program. \n  \nJoin us for a workshop dedicated to editing and revising your writing. In time for the Library’s Young Authors Fiction Festival (YAFF)\, we’ll look at skills to improve your writing and make your story the best it can possibly be! A first draft of a story is required to participate in this workshop. Children must have a one-page story (or beginning) prepared before the workshop begins. Writers of any skill can attend and it doesn’t matter if you intend to submit to YAFF or not. \n  \nThis event requires advance registration. Click HERE to register. \n  \nWe thank you for your continued support and for being a part of the Library community! If you would like to support the Library\, you can donate here to help sustain this vital institution in its 100th year of service. \n  \n 
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/editing-and-revising-your-short-story-ages-6-12-virtual-rsvp-required/
CATEGORIES:Kids
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20210224T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20210224T203000
DTSTAMP:20260418T052801
CREATED:20201208T135902Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210205T163022Z
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SUMMARY:Evenings with an Author: Janet Skeslien Charles in conversation with Naida Culshaw [Virtual Public Event; RSVP Required]
DESCRIPTION:*Covid-19 Update: This winter\, the Library’s Evening with an Author series will continue to meet virtually\, via Zoom. These events\, which are free and open to the public\, require advance sign up. Evenings with an Author programs begin at 19h30 (Central European Time). Please check eLibris or our programs calendar for updates and line-up. \nJoin us for an evening of conversation with Janet Skeslien Charles\, author of The Paris Library and an interview moderated by Naida Culshaw\nSign up here! \n\nBased on the true World War II story of the heroic librarians at the American Library in Paris\, this is an unforgettable story of romance\, friendship\, family\, and the power of literature to bring us together. \nParis\, 1939: Young and ambitious Odile Souchet has it all: her handsome police officer beau and a dream job at the American Library in Paris. When the Nazis march into Paris\, Odile stands to lose everything she holds dear\, including her beloved library. Together with her fellow librarians\, Odile joins the Resistance with the best weapons she has: books. But when the war finally ends\, instead of freedom\, Odile tastes the bitter sting of unspeakable betrayal. \nMontana\, 1983: Lily is a lonely teenager looking for adventure in small-town Montana. Her interest is piqued by her solitary\, elderly neighbor. As Lily uncovers more about her neighbor’s mysterious past\, she finds that they share a love of language\, the same longings\, and the same intense jealousy\, never suspecting that a dark secret from the past connects them. \nA powerful novel that explores the consequences of our choices and the relationships that make us who we are—family\, friends\, and favorite authors—The Paris Library shows that extraordinary heroism can sometimes be found in the quietest of places. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJanet Skeslien Charles (left) is the award-winning author of Moonlight in Odessa and The Paris Library. Her shorter work has appeared in revues such as Slice and Montana Noir. She learned about the history of the American Library in Paris while working there as the programs manager.\n\n\n\n\n\nNaida Culshaw (right) is a workshop facilitator\, developmental coach\, and lecturer at the Grenoble Ecole de Management (GEM). As an alumni of the American Library in Paris she continues to create learning environments designed to encourage reflection\, self-expression\, analytical and critical thinking.\n\n\n  \n\n\nEvenings with an Author are generously sponsored by GRoW @ Annenberg
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/evenings-with-an-author-janet-skeslien-charles/
CATEGORIES:Adults
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20210220T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20210220T120000
DTSTAMP:20260418T052801
CREATED:20210201T133936Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210203T153926Z
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SUMMARY:You and Your Kids Online: Internet Safety Tips with Elizabeth Milovidov (for parents and caregivers) [VIRTUAL—RSVP REQUIRED]
DESCRIPTION:To foster discussion and provide support for our community\, we’re hosting this special event for parents with digital safety advocate Elizabeth Milovidov. Bring along your questions and concerns.\n \nInternet Safety Advocate Prof. Elizabeth Milovidov will host this event and give parents tips as to how to keep up to date and cope appropriately with new technologies and devices considering the increasingly digital world in which our children are growing up. \nThe event will feature an open discussion focused on online technologies from social media to gaming consoles. Special attention will be given to screen addictions\, Internet Safety measures and how to protect our children on the digital highway. \n  \nAbout Elizabeth:\n \nDr. Elizabeth Milovidov is a law professor and children’s rights advocate. She practiced as an international lawyer\, litigator and General Counsel in California for four years before moving to France. She is the founder of DigitalParentingCoach.com and provides information and support to caregivers and parents who are looking for best practices when it comes to social media\, internet laws and the internet at large. Elizabeth’s publications include The Parent’s Guide to Parenting in the Digital Age\, The Parent’s Guide to Youtube and Youtube Kids\, and The Parent’s Guide to Digital Detox and Disconnect (available at The American Library in Paris). As a member of the Working Group of experts on Digital Citizenship Education\, she brings awareness to the adolescent digital world\, and serves as an active advisor on European Cooperation and International Projects for e-Enfance\, a French online child protection association. You can find tips and expert advice from Elizabeth in her interviews with France24\, InternetMatters.org\, Financial Times\, and CafeMom to name a few. Elizabeth’s passion for navigating the digital world stems from her two young\, tech-savvy children. \n  \nJoin the Digital Parenting Community on Facebook\, or follow Elizabeth on Instagram for 1 Minute tutorials and tips about online safety. \n  \nThis program requires advance registration\, and is open to Library members. Click HERE to register. This program is free for Library members. Registered participants will be sent a link to join the event via Zoom.
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/you-and-your-kids-online-internet-safety-tips-with-elizabeth-milovidov-for-parents-virtual-rsvp-required/
CATEGORIES:Adults
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20210217T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20210217T203000
DTSTAMP:20260418T052801
CREATED:20201210T154305Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210106T143706Z
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SUMMARY:Evenings with an Author: Lilianne Milgrom [Virtual Public Event; RSVP Required]
DESCRIPTION:*Covid-19 Update: This winter\, the Library’s Evening with an Author series will continue to meet virtually\, via Zoom. These events\, which are free and open to the public\, require advance sign up. Evenings with an Author programs begin at 19h30 (Central European Time). Please check eLibris or our programs calendar for updates and line-up. \nPlease click here to register. \nJoin us for a book talk with Lilianne Milgrom about her new novel\, L’Origine: The secret life of the world’s most erotic masterpiece\nLilianne Milgrom brings a fresh\, feminine perspective to Gustave Courbet’s infamous and contentious portrait of a woman’s exposed torso and sex entitled L’Origine du monde (The Origin of the World)\, a painting that has drawn millions of visitors to Paris’ Orsay Museum. L’Origine traces the extraordinary\, clandestine odyssey of this iconic nineteenth-century painting that shook up the author’s world and continues to scandalize all who set eyes upon it. But L’Origine offers readers more than a riveting romp through history–it also reflects upon society’s complex attitude towards female nudity. \nBorn in Paris\, Lilianne Milgrom grew up in Australia and now resides in the United States. She is an artist\, author and published writer on the arts. She is the recipient of multiple awards and residencies. Her paintings can be found in both private and institutional collections around the world and her articles have appeared in publications such as the Huffington Post\, Bonjour Paris\, Inspirelle\, Ceramics Monthly and Daily Art Magazine. In 2020 she released her first novel\, L’Origine: The secret life of the world’s most erotic masterpiece (Little French Girl Press\, 2020) receiving critical praise from readers and art historians alike. \nBook trailer available here. \nTo purchase the book\, please follow this link. \n\n\nEvenings with an Author are generously sponsored by GRoW @ Annenberg
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/evenings-with-an-author-lilianne-milgrom/
CATEGORIES:Adults
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