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Meet New York Times bestselling authors Kristin Harmel and Janet Skeslien Charles, who will discuss their novels MEET ME IN PARIS and THE PARISIAN CHAPTER as well as their time in France, their deep dives into the historical period of World War II, and their writing lives. This hour is perfect for francophiles, book lovers, and anyone dreaming of their own chapter in France.
About Kristin Harmel
Kristin Harmel is the New York Times bestselling author of more than a dozen novels, including Meet Me in Paris, The Stolen Life of Colette Marceau, The Paris Daughter, The Forest of Vanishing Stars, and The Book of Lost Names. She is published in more than thirty-five languages and is the cofounder and cohost of the popular web series, Friends & Fiction. A breast cancer survivor who has spent time living in Paris, New York, and Los Angeles, Kristin now lives with her husband and son in Orlando, Florida.
About Janet Skeslien Charles
Janet Skeslien Charles is the New York Times and #1 international bestselling author of The Paris Library, Miss Morgan's Book Brigade, and The Parisian Chapter. Her work has been translated into 40 languages. Janet grew up in Montana and developed a love of French thanks to her neighbor, a French war bride. After studying French and English at the University of Montana, Janet got a teaching job in Mulhouse, France. Though she only intended to stay a year, she has now lived in Paris for two decades. Book sales:Order Meet Me in Paris from Bookshop.org.Order The Parisian Chapter from Bookshop.org.
For AATF members: the AATF office will send certificates of attendance to members who request the certificate and provide a screenshot. Please email: staff@frenchteachers.org.
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Venez vous joindre à l´Alliance Française of Hampton Roads le temps d´un après-midi potluck au Northside Park de Norfolk, le 13 septembre de 13h à 15h.
Apportez un plat à partager, vos boissons et venez passer un moment agréable avec nous! Pensez à amener vos chaises pliantes si besoin.
Cet évènement est gratuit et ouvert à tous (membres et non-membres).
Vous pouvez vous enregistrer ici
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Come spend an afternoon potluck with the Alliance Française of Hampton Roads on Northside Park in Norfolk on September 13th from 1pm to 3pm.
Bring a dish to share, your drinks and come have a great time with us! Bring your folding chairs if needed.
This event is free and open to all (members and non-members).
You can register here.
Professor Michael Mulryan of Christopher Newport University (CNU) organizes regular informal meetings for his French students at CNU's Einstein Cafe (1 Av Of The Arts, Newport News, VA 23606).
Anyone interested is welcome to join and interact in French.
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Le professeur Michael Mulryan de Christopher Newport University (CNU) organise des rencontres régulières informelles pour ses étudiants de français au café Einstein de CNU (1 Av Of The Arts, Newport News, VA 23606).
Toute personne intéressée à converser en français est la bienvenue.
Whether you are a longtime admirer of À la recherche du temps perdu or simply curious about the interplay of literature and painting, all are welcome. Painter, writer, and translator Eric Karpeles has given the Amon Carter Lecture on the Arts at the Harry Ransom Center in Austin, the Weintraub Lecture on Polish Culture at Harvard, and the Frank Lecture in the Humanities at Yale. The author of Paintings in Proust (Thames & Hudson, 2008), he has spoken widely on the subject, having delivered the annual Proust lecture at the Center for Fiction in New York, addressed the Proust Society of America in San Francisco, and lectured on Proust at Great Meadow Prison under the aegis of Bennington College’s Prison Education Initiative. He is the translator of Proust’s Overcoat (Ecco Press, 2010). With the publication of three books, Karpeles presented Polish painter and writer Józef Czapski to English language readers: he has translated and introduced Czapski's Lost Time: Lectures on Proust in a Soviet Prison Camp (New York Review Books, 2018), written a biography, Almost Nothing: The 20th Century Art and Life of Józef Czapski (New York Review Books, 2018), and written and designed a lavishly illustrated artist's monograph, Józef Czapski: An Apprenticeship of Looking (Thames & Hudson, 2019). Speaking on Czapski's life and art, he has appeared at the National Gallery, London, the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, the New York Studio School and other venues across the US and Europe.
Fereshteh Priou is the founder of the Proust Society of Greenwich. Since 2007, she has led a monthly gathering of Proust enthusiasts devoted to the close reading and discussion of Marcel Proust’s À la recherche du temps perdu. In June 2026, the group began its fifth reading of the novel and is currently reading the first volume. Fereshteh recently submitted her book, Odette and Marcel: Puzzles in Proust, to her editor and hopes to see it published next year. For more information about the Proust Society of Greenwich, visit proustsociety.org.
Photo of Eric Karpeles by Dominique Nabokov
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