The Library will be closed on the following days in May:
Wednesday 1 May – Fête du Travail (Labor Day)
Wednesday 8 May – Fête de la Victoire 1945 (WWII Victory Day)
Thursday 9 May – Jeudi de l’Ascension (Ascension)
3–5 year-olds and their grown-ups are invited to join us for an interactive Story Hour in a small group!
This interactive program features songs, rhymes and stories in English for the very young.
Get to know other teens as you explore theater exercises.
Come in for a morning event dedicated to music and movement!
Join fellow aspiring writers in a relaxed and creative setting where you can share your ideas, get feedback and work on your technique.
Author Natasha Brown speaks on debut novel Assembly. Sharp and unsettling, the work investigates structures of inequality in today’s society, and what it would take to undo them. This conversation will be followed by a catered reception.
3–5 year-olds and their grown-ups are invited to join us for an interactive Story Hour in a small group!
Akil Kumarasamy appears in conversation with writer Dinaw Mengestu to discuss her debut novel, Meet Us by the Roaring Sea: a story of memory, loss, language, shared love, and shared suffering between bodies.
Meeting three 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.
Explore what it takes to get into a top college (in the U.S. and abroad) and how best to prepare.
Join Assistant Children’s and Teens’ Services Librarian Jason Hazard for a scavenger hunt dedicated to research—and discover Paris in a new light.
Celebrated author Jean D’Amérique, lauded one of the most prominent voices in contemporary Haitian literature, speaks on his debut novel, A Sun to be Sewn.
3–5 year-olds and their grown-ups are invited to join us for an interactive Story Hour in a small group!
As humanity encounters an increasing number of threats, an increased public understanding of science will be crucial to our continued existence.
This interactive program features songs, rhymes and stories in English for the very young.
Robert G. O’Meally and Courtney Bryan speak about Such Sweet Thunder and Shakespearean jazz. A conversation at Reid Hall organized in collaboration with Columbia Global Centers | Paris and the Institute for Ideas and Imagination.
Join other writers to explore ways to overcome writer's block.
Join author and illustrator Cate Shainker for a morning of chess!
Fifteen years after the publication of seminal work Chinongwa, author Lucy Mushita reflects with journalist Kidi Bebey upon the state of Zimbabwe at the time of writing and today.
3–5 year-olds and their grown-ups are invited to join us for an interactive Story Hour in a small group!
What does it mean to say that “form follows fuel”? Historian Barnabas Calder speaks about the relationship between energy and architecture.
Meeting one of Ecologues, a series of interactive webinars featuring experts on various aspects of the environmental crisis. Organized in partnership with News Decoder and the Climate Academy at the European School of Brussels.
Learn about the legendary children's book prize for illustration, find out about the history of this prestigious prize, and vote on your favorite picture book from the past year.
Experience Britain through the eyes of its artists as they look out to sea and look inward upon their nation with author Lily Le Brun.
3–5 year-olds and their grown-ups are invited to join us for an interactive Story Hour in a small group!
Novelist Toni Ann Johnson speaks with actor and writer Robinne Lee about fractured families and the wounds of racism in the context of new work, Light Skin Gone to Waste.
This interactive program features songs, rhymes and stories in English for the very young.
Participate in 90s trivia at the start of the evening, then settle in with popcorn and enjoy a film screening
Celebrate Black History month by digging into the stories of American heroes!
The Library will be closed on the following days in May:
Wednesday 1 May – Fête du Travail (Labor Day)
Wednesday 8 May – Fête de la Victoire 1945 (WWII Victory Day)
Thursday 9 May – Jeudi de l’Ascension (Ascension)
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.