Albertine’s Celebration

Albertine Books will celebrate its 10th anniversary with a series of high-profile conversations and festive events featuring global literary stars.

Convening celebrated voices in contemporary literature and humanities, the celebrations will highlight Nobel Prize winner Esther Duflo, Egyptian writer Alaa Al Aswany, author of the celebrated The Postcard, Anne Berest, Prix Goncourt winners Patrick Chamoiseau and Hervé Le Tellier, bestselling author Marc Levy, comic book author Catherine Meurisse, author and artist Nora Krug, Irish writer Colum McCann, American writer Katie Kitamura, Professors Kaiama Glover and Emily Drabinski, journalists Laure Adler and Mona Chalabi, publisher Françoise Nyssen, writer A.M. Homes, and children’s books author Anne-Lise Boutin, winner of the 2024 Prix Albertine Jeunesse, and many others.

Events will include a variety of panel discussions, a children’s drawing workshop, and a tribute to the late Paul Auster, beloved by French readers.

Villa Albertine acknowledges the generous contributions of donors and partners to the Albertine Books Foundation in support of this event.

Schedule of Events:

Literature and Censorship: The Era of Banned Books - 11:00 am

With Marc Levy and Emily Drabinski. Moderated by Maris Kreizman.

Literature and Memory: Writing the History of Our People - 2:00 PM

With Anne Berest and A.M. Homes.

Literature and Democracy: When Politics Shapes Private Life - 3:30 PM

With Alaa Al Aswany and Laure Adler

Literature: Playground or Battlefield? - 5:00 PM

With Hervé Le Tellier and Katie Kitamura

Madame Bovary’s Carriage: The Art of Seduction in Literature - 8:00 PM

In partnership with The New York Review of Books.