The Albertine Book Club | Fall/Winter 2019

Join the staff of Albertine and the French Embassy’s Book Department for a fruitful and lively monthly conversation around...

Disoriental Wins Albertine Prize 2019

The 2019 Albertine Prize, a reader’s choice award for best French fiction in English, has just been awarded to author Négar...

Meet the Albertine Prize 2019 Nominated Authors

There’s still time to cast your vote for this year’s Albertine Prize, our reader’s choice award for French fiction in English...

2018 Albertine Prix Jeunesse

Albertine is thrilled to announce the launch of the 2018 Albertine Prix Jeunesse! This reader’s choice award invites children...

6 Reasons to Attend Festival Albertine: Reimagining Democracy

In these six videos, curator Masha Gessen explains the mission of Festival Albertine 2018––to bring together thinkers,...

Black Friday Weekend at Albertine!

This year, start off the holiday season on the right foot, or “du bon pied” as the French would say! Come indulge in our large...

Independance Day

In observance of Independence Day, Albertine will be closed on Wednesday, July 4, 2018, all day. We will reopen for business...

Memorial Day

In observance of Memorial Day, Albertine will be closed Monday, May 28, all day. Business will resume as usual on Tuesday, May...

Closed for Thanksgiving

Please note that Albertine will be closed on Thanksgiving Day (Thursday, November 28, 2019) and will reopen at 11am on Friday,...

Festival Albertine 2016

Curated by National Book Award-winning author of Between the World and Me, Ta-Nehisi Coates, the third annual Festival...