Gayatri Spivak and Emily Apter appear on Zoom to discuss translating thought and thinking translation. A conversation at the Library organized in collaboration with Columbia Global Centers | Paris and the Institute for Ideas and Imagination.
3–5 year-olds and their grown-ups are invited to join us for an interactive Story Hour in a small group!
Philosopher Simon Critchley speaks about the most fundamental questions in philosophy, their relevance in the contemporary age, and how we might try to answer them.
Join Anjali Morard for a workshop dedicated to creating your own original story!
Celebrated author and activist Azar Nafisi speaks with journalist Caroline Fourest on her work Lire Lolita à Téhéran at the mk2 Bibliothèque. The American Library in Paris is co-sponsoring this event.
Experience Jean-Luc Godard through the eyes of author Joanna Walsh as she discusses Paris, art, youth, beauty, and cinema with Summer Brennan.
3–5 year-olds and their grown-ups are invited to join us for an interactive Story Hour in a small group!
The American Library in Paris, the Centre Culturel Irlandais, and the T.S. Eliot Foundation celebrate the centenary of The Waste Land with a live performance of the poem and other works.
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 to lead a contemplative, vital, and unmediated life in an ever-faster digital world.
Join other writers to explore ways to overcome writer's block.
Join the creators of Grace the Giraffe in Paris for a reading and art demonstration!
3–5 year-olds and their grown-ups are invited to join us for an interactive Story Hour in a small group!
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.
