PAST EVENTS

PELICAN GIRLS WITH JULIA MALYE
Wednesday May 15 2024 - 7:00 p.m. - The Red Wheelbarrow

Julia Malye will be joining The Red Wheelbarrow to discuss her novel Pelican Girls. Inspired by a true story, this stunning story captures the never-before-told journey of the Baleine Brides: a ship full of young women plucked from a Paris asylum and sent to marry settlers in North America's rough Louisiana Territory. Among this group are three unlikely friends: a sharp-tongued twelve-year old orphan, a mute ‘madwoman,’ and an accused abortionist. Charlotte, Pétronille, and Geneviève, along with the dozens of other women aboard La Baleine, have no knowledge of what lies ahead and no control over their futures. Strangers brought together by fate, these brave and fierce young women will face extraordinary adversity—pirates, slavedrivers, sickness, war—but also the private trauma of heartbreak and unrequited love, children born and lost, cruelty and unexpected pleasure, and a friendship forged in fire that will sustain through the years.

Glorious Exploits with Ferdia Lennon & Nafkote Tamirat
Thursday May 16 2024 - 7:00 p.m.
Told in a contemporary Irish voice and as riotously funny as it is deeply moving, Glorious Exploits is an unforgettable ode to the power of art in a time of war, brotherhood in a time of enmity, and human will throughout the ages. On the island of Sicily amid the Peloponnesian War, the Syracusans have figured out what to do with the surviving Athenians who had the gall to invade their city: they’ve herded the sorry prisoners of war into a rock quarry and left them to rot.

BOOK LAUNCH! MISS MORGANS BOOK BRIGADE WITH JANET SKESLIEN CHARLES
Thursday June 6 2024 - 7:00 p.m.
In WWI France, just miles from the front, an international group of women band together to rebuild villages and save civilians when bombs start to fall. Librarian Jessie Carson changes the literary landscape of France by bringing solace and children's libraries to war-torn areas as well as to Paris.

October 17, 2021

Chilrens's event with author Katelyn Aronson

October 17, 2021/ Penelope Fletcher

Please come and join us on Oct. 23 at 10 am for an in-store event with Ms. Katelyn Aronson. She will be doing a short reading of her books Piglette and Piglette’s Perfect Surprise. Her books will be available for purchase and can be signed by her at the store. Please note that kids must be accompanied by a grown up and masks are required for visitors age 6 and above.

The event is free but space is limited so please sign up through the link below. You can also sends us an email at parisredwheelbarrowbookstore@gmail.com to reserve your spot. Please indicate in your email the number of kids and adults who will be joining us.

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PAST EVENTS

PELICAN GIRLS WITH JULIA MALYEWednesday May 15 2024 - 7:00 p.m. - The Red Wheelbarrow

The Red Wheelbarrow

PELICAN GIRLS WITH JULIA MALYE
Wednesday May 15 2024 - 7:00 p.m. - The Red Wheelbarrow