3. Stop Dreaming, Start Planning: Creating Your New Dream Life in France

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About Allison Grant Lounes

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Allison Grant Lounes speaks on multiple topics related to creating a new life in France, starting a business in France, and finding opportunities to relocate temporarily or permanently to France. She runs the 15,000+ member Facebook group "Americans in France'', and her company "Your Franceformation'' supports hundreds of clients annually as they navigate the visa application and relocation process. Originally from the Boston, MA area, Allison relocated to France after graduating from Columbia University with a BA in French and Romance Philology and the Middlebury College French School with an MA in French. She completed a master's degree in comparative Literature at the Université de Paris VII - Denis Diderot and also studied at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales. In 2011, she began writing about how to move to Paris independently to study and work, took over the Americans in France Facebook group (then 700 members) in 2013, and in 2014, she began providing relocation services to clients all over France and the world. She has been living in the Paris area with her family since 2009. She has also created an online course on planning a move to France, called Fast Track to France, and one on starting a business and receiving a self-employment visa, called The Complete French Business Incubator. Along with her team, she is currently working on her next program for helping people navigate French bureaucracy upon arrival, and she hosts a podcast, Profiles in Franceformation, sharing inspiring stories from people who have moved to France.

Upcoming Events

Author Talk

Julia Malye: Writing Across Histories and Languages

AUTHOR TALK SERIES IN COLLABORATION WITH MIT

Thursday, May 1, 2025

Join us for an evening with Julia Malye, author, translator, and rising literary voice, as she discusses her latest novel, Pelican Girls—a sweeping historical epic that brings to light a little-known chapter of French and American history.

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Contre-Temps: Behind the Curtain

In partnership with the French Theater Project

Wednesday, May 7, 2025

Join us at the French Library for an exclusive preview of Contre-Temps, the acclaimed French musical making its American premiere at the Huntington Theatre this May!

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Poetry in Three Languages: A Haitian Night of Grace and Grit

Featuring women poets in French, Creole, and English.

Friday, May 23, 2025

Gather with us for a poetic evening featuring voices from Haiti and its diaspora. Through verse and conversation, we explore themes of strength, memory, and the rhythms of language across borders.

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