On Saturday, September 30 at 3pm join French novelist François-Henri Désérable as he discusses his latest book, L’Usure d’un monde: une traversée de l’Iran, (Gallimard, 2023) with Lila Azam...
Join us for an exceptional evening with French novelist and playwright Marie NDiaye, as she discusses her latest novel, Vengeance is Mine, translated by Jordan Stump and published by Knopf.
On Tuesday, October 17 at 6pm, Adam Thirlwell will discuss The Future Future, a historical novel like no other just published in the US by FSG with internationally acclaimed novelist Jeffrey...
2023 marks the twentieth anniversary of the death of philosopher, writer, and lesbian feminist activist Monique Wittig. This anniversary is an opportunity to examine the reception and legacy of...
On Saturday, October 21, at 3pm join author and scholar Jennifer Tamas and novelist and filmmaker Alice Zeniter for a lively conversation that aims to claim space for women authors in the French...
In October, the Albertine Book Club will discuss The child and the river by Henri Bosco, translated by Joyce Zonana, published by Penguin.
Join us as we welcome Senegalese novelist, Mohamed Mbougar Sarr, for a conversation on his latest novel, The Most Secret Memory of Men (translated by Lara Vergnaud, Other Press), winner of the...
Join Giuliano da Empoli as he presented his bestselling novel, The Wizard of the Kremlin, translated from the French by Willard Wood and published in the US by Other Press. Filled with real...
In November, the Albertine Book Club will discuss The Most Secret memory of Men by Mohamed Mbougar Sarr, translated by Lara Vergnaud, and published by Other Press.
In December, the Albertine Book Club will discuss The Army of Shadows by Joseph Kessel, translated by Rainer J. Hanshe and published by Contra Mundum Press.
Originally published in Algiers in...
Our friends at The Invisible Dog Art Center, in partnership with the Brooklyn Book Festival, invite you to a presentation of New York Waterfront Diary by Sophie Fenwick (5 Continents Editions)
[VIA ZOOM ONLY] In September, the Albertine Book Club will discuss The Postcard by Anne Berest, translated by Tina Kover and published by Europa Editions.
join Polina Panassenko at NYU Maison Française for a performance reading of her much acclaimed debut novel, Tenir sa Langue (éditions de l’Olivier, 2022)
In June, the Albertine Book Club will discuss Life with Picasso by Françoise Gilot and Carlton Lake, and published by NYRB.
Join us Thursday, June 15 for the American release of Leila Slimani’s latest book, Watch Us Dance.
A self-described “black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet,” Audre Lorde (1934-1992) dedicated both her life and her creative talent to confronting and addressing injustices of racism, sexism,...
