The Abbey Bookshop

18/05/2026

📚✨ ABBEY BOOK CLUB — [Our May Read] ✨📚

We’re diving into Veronica by Mary Gaitskill for our next book club gathering.

A piercing and deeply reflective exploration of memory, mortality, beauty, and the fragile ways we come to understand both ourselves and others.

Through the shifting lens of remembrance, beneath its sharp observations on youth, glamour, and desire lies a profound meditation on loss, human vulnerability, and the quiet tragedies of recognition — the unsettling realization that the deepest truths about love, suffering, and connection are often understood only in retrospect.

📍 Pick up your copy at:
29 Rue de la Parcheminerie, 75005 Paris

📍 Join us on May 27th at 19:00
at the Abbey Bookshop

Join our community to stay in the loop with:
💭 monthly discussions
📖 new selections
✨ upcoming gatherings

The Abbey Book Club 💛

14/04/2026

📚✨ ABBEY BOOK CLUB — [Our April Read] ✨📚

We’re diving into Nausea by Jean-Paul Sartre for our next book club pick.

A haunting exploration of existence, identity, and the unsettling weight of simply being.

Set against the quiet backdrop of a French town, Nausea invites you to question meaning, routine, and the stories we tell ourselves to feel grounded. A deeply introspective and thought-provoking read.

📍 Pick up your copy at:
29 Rue de la Parcheminerie, 75005 Paris
and read along with us.

Join our community to stay in the loop with:
💭 monthly discussions
📖 new selections
✨ upcoming gatherings

🔗 Tap the link in bio and be part of the conversation.

The Abbey Book Club 💛

11/03/2026

📚 Save the Date!

The ABBEY Book Club is just next week!

🗓 March 18
🕖 7:00 PM
📍 The Abbey Bookshop

Join us for an evening of thoughtful conversation, new perspectives, and great company. Whether you’ve finished the book or are just curious, everyone is welcome.

Bring a friend, bring your thoughts, and let’s talk Orwell. 📖✨

20/02/2026

📚✨ ABBEY BOOK CLUB — March 18th✨📚

We’re thrilled to be reading Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell for our next book club!

This memoir takes you through the gritty streets, lodging houses, and kitchens of Paris and London, offering an unflinching look at poverty, work, and survival. A powerful, eye-opening read!

Grab your copy in-store at
📍 29 rue de la Parcheminerie, 75005 Paris
or order online at abbeybookshop.org to read along with us.

Join our book club community on Instagram to stay in the loop with
💬 monthly discussions
📖 new picks
🎉 upcoming events

🔗 Tap the link in our bio and join the conversation.

The Abbey Book Club 💛

21/01/2026

We are delighted to announce our pick for The Abbey Book Club!

Our February read is Surfacing by Margaret Atwood—a story by the well-known Canadian author that starts as a murder mystery but reveals itself to be about selfhood and identity, about travelling into the deepest crooks of our minds.

Joining the bookclub is free. We only ask for a small donation to the location that is so kind to host us in form of purchasing a beverage.

We meet on Thursday February 12th at the store at 7 pm and will walk just around the corner to the usual location together.

Join our book club (link in bio)!
You can grab your copy online at abbeybookshop.org, visit us in-store, or call us at 01 46 33 16 24
———————————————

12/01/2026

Let’s just say Brian is SAT. The Game Changers Series is finally available IN STOCK!

19/12/2025

We are delighted to announce our pick for The Abbey Book Club!

Our January read is The Faces by Tove Ditlevsen—the translated story about a woman slipping into paranoid madness, haunted by the faces and voices of her loved ones.

Joining the bookclub is free. We only ask for a small donation to the location that is so kind to host us in form of purchasing a beverage.

We meet on Wednesday January 14th at the store after closing (7 pm) and will walk just around the corner to the usual location together.

Join our book club (link in bio)!
You can grab your copy online at abbeybookshop.org, visit us in-store, or call us at 01 46 33 16 24
———————————————

10/12/2025

(Le texte en français plus bas.)
Dear friends, the December hike will take place on Sunday, December 14th. We hope that many of you will be able to join us!

This time, we will walk about 8 km from Longueville station to Provins station, to admire the Unesco World Heritage area of Provins with its Medieval Christmas Market.

Our meeting point will be at the Gare de l’Est station at 10:40 am at the beginning of the platform to take the train that goes to Provins departing at 10:47 am.

We will take the train back from Provins to be at the bookstore at 7:30 / 8:00 pm—right in time for the festivities to continue at the Abbey Christmas Party.

As usual, bring a picnic and water, good walking shoes, and something to protect you from any rain showers!

———————————————

Chers tous et toutes, la randonnée de décembre aura lieu le dimanche 14 décembre. Nous espérons que vous serez nombreux à vous joindre à nous!

Cette fois-ci, nous marcherons environ 8 km de la gare de Longueville à celle de Provins, afin d’admirer le site classé au patrimoine mondial de l’Unesco de Provins et son marché de Noël médiéval.

Notre point de rendez-vous sera à la gare de l’Est à 10h40, au début du quai, pour prendre le train en direction de Provins qui part à 10h47.

Nous prendrons le train de retour depuis Provins pour être à la librairie à 19h30/20h00, juste à temps pour poursuivre les festivités lors de la fête de Noël de Abbey Bookshop.

Comme d’habitude, apportez un pique-nique et l’eau, de bonnes chaussures de marche et de quoi vous protéger en cas d’averse !

25/11/2025

05/11/2025

We are delighted to announce our pick for The Abbey Book Club!
Our November read is Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier—the thrilling story about a woman haunted by the ghostly remnants and lasting presence of her husband’s late wife, Rebecca.

Join our book club (link in bio)!
You can grab your copy online at abbeybookshop.org, visit us in-store, or call us at 01 46 33 16 24

————————————