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)
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!
President of the Bibliothèque nationale de France Laurence Engel speaks with journalist Elaine Sciolino about the role of the library in France’s intellectual history, present, and future.
3–5 year-olds and their grown-ups are invited to join us for an interactive Story Hour in a small group!
Join fellow aspiring writers in a relaxed and creative setting where you can share your ideas, get feedback and work on your technique.
From secret desires and multiple partners to trauma and damage wrought by racist, patriarchal societies, author and activist Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah breaks the silence on sexuality.
3–5 year-olds and their grown-ups are invited to join us for an interactive Story Hour in a small group!
In leftist dialogue, argues journalist Caroline Fourest, cultural appropriation has taken the place of blasphemy in service to the religion of origins. How did we get here, and where do we go now?
This interactive program features songs, rhymes and stories in English for the very young.
Meeting four of Critical Conversations, an expert-led discussion series. This season: a reflection on how to lead a contemplative, vital, and unmediated life in an ever-faster digital world.
How did Stalin’s sudden and shocking death change the course of history? Historians Joshua Rubenstein and Edward Charlton-Jones discuss Rubenstein’s work, The Last Days of Stalin.
3–5 year-olds and their grown-ups are invited to join us for an interactive Story Hour in a small group!
Deesha Philyaw speaks on Black female desire and the sanctity of love in the context of her phenomenal work, The Secret Lives of Church Ladies.
Meeting two 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.
Join fellow bookworms to discuss short stories, and create your own!
Though he failed to save Rome, Cicero developed the template for all modern republics. Can Ciceronian creativity help us forge a new model of democracy?
3–5 year-olds and their grown-ups are invited to join us for an interactive Story Hour featuring stories, songs, and more!
Family history, national memory, and international justice collide in Linda Kinstler’s non-fiction debut Come to This Court and Cry, a searching account of the Holocaust’s legacy in the present day.
This interactive program features songs, rhymes and stories in English for very young children.
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.