Did false news lead to Brexit in England and Donald Trump’s Presidency in the USA? That’s a question many serious media outlets have started to ask themselves. How can we know what is true or not when even the American government defends “alternative” facts?

The journalist and writer, Katrine Marçal, visited Paris to talk about her book, Who cooked Adam Smith’s dinner (translated from Swedish), Brexit and in general about a feministic view on Western economy.

That’s a question intelligentsia, artists, women and civil rights activists seriously have to ask themselves these days. Donald Trump has been elected President of one of the world’s most influential countries; England voted for Brexit and France’s politicians are accused of corruption scandals… where are we heading?

Those were the warning words of the Libyan Pulitzer prized author, Hisham Matar, to a mesmerized public at the American Library in Paris this freezing January evening. His book The Return had just been translated into French.

In many ways, this year will be a memorable one. A new President in the USA, many fear and others have put their hopes into; elections in France and Germany. We have several interesting events to look forward to.