Villa Albertine's Literary Fall Festival is a two-day international literary festival is free, open to the public and returning to NYC on Sept. 25 & 26 – bringing together award-winning authors, translators, critics, publishers and readers from France and the United States for conversations exploring how stories shape culture, identity and imagination.

Image by John Bartelstone for Villa Albertine

Highlights include:

• A special conversation between Pulitzer Prize winner Jhumpa Lahiri and Goncourt Prize winner Leïla Slimani discussing Slimani's highly anticipated new novel, followed by a book signing and reception

• Appearances from bestselling authors including John Scalzi and Kate Dramis, as well as co-creator of Marvel’s Spider-Man Noir, Fabrice Sapolsky

• Saturday programming dedicated to today's most popular genres, including fantasy, romantasy, science fiction, comics and horror

When: Friday, September 25 | 3pm-8pm and Saturday, September 26 | 11:30am-6pm

Where: Villa Albertine972 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10075

Entry: Open to the public! RSVP below