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.

April 19, 2022

Cara Black is back at the Red Wheelbarrow Bookstore

April 19, 2022/ Penelope Fletcher

Hello friends! After her successful event with us last September, Cara Black is back as promised with her newest novel - Murder in the Porte de Versailles. She will be in store to chat and sign her books on Wednesday, April 27 at 5 PM.

Her latest is the 20th installment of perennial favorite Aimee Leduc, a Parisian private investigator. This time around, Aimee is caught in a dangerous web of international spycraft and terrorist threats in Paris’ 15th arrondissement. As Aimee’s scours the streets to arrive at the truth, she finds herself also wrestling with the idea of moving out of her beloved Paris. Critics are calling this latest installment, taut, vivid, smart, rich in humanity and addictive momentum!

The event is free but please register by sending us an email at parisredwheelbarrowbookstore@gmail.com. Event will take place at our 11 rue de Medicis location.

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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