Apparently, no building can contain the awesome explosion that is the New Orleans Book Fair—it’s outdoors again this year, and as anti-capitalist as ever. (There will be a burning of tires on the steps of the AirBnB house across the street afterward; just kidding … maybe). The 14th year of this fantastic event will take … The 14th Annual New Orleans Book Fair this Saturday at Clouet Gardens
The Broad Side Reading Series presents a reading by Andy Young, Jessica Kinnison, and Candice Wuehle at 7 pm on Thursday, Dec. 3, at Baskerville (3000 Royal St.). The Broad Side, spearheaded by Elizabeth Gross and Amelia Bird, pairs up writers (mostly women) and letterpress artists to create new letterpress broadsides, then brings everybody together for a … The Broad Side Reading Series at Baskerville on Dec. 3
Editor John Freeman and author Garnette Cadogan will present the inaugural issue of Freeman’s, a new journal featuring writing by some of today’s most notable authors, with an event from 6 – 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 2, at Garden District Book Shop (2727 Prytania St.). Freeman is best known as the former editor of Granta and former president … John Freeman and Garnette Cadogan present the inaugural issue of FREEMAN’S at Garden District Books
Alex Mar’s new book, Witches of America, is a search for meaning, esoteric and otherwise. She takes her reader on a spiritual cross-country road trip from the Bay Area of California to New Orleans, from the prairies of the Midwest to woodsy little towns in the Northeast. She introduces us to some of the different … Okay, someone’s making a blood offering: An interview with Alex Mar
Birmingham, Alabama, native Margaret Eby returned South from her adopted home in New York City to write a travelogue about the towns where the stories of the Southern canon take place, as well as the authors who lived and worked in them. The result of her visits to Jackson, Mississippi, Monroeville, Alabama, Oxford, Mississippi, New … I would like to leave just a little bit of messiness: Margaret Eby on exploring towns and homes of the Southern literary canon
Author Tanwi Nandini Islam will present her new novel, Bright Lines, at an event featuring conversation with J.R. Ramakrishnan at 6 p.m. on Thursday, November 19, at the Garden District Book Shop (2727 Prytania St.). The Denver Post called Islam’s debut novel “A Brooklyn-by-way-of-Bangladesh Royal Tenenbaums. A pot-tinged, PTSD Muslim Sesame Street. With sex. Hallucinations, … Bright Lines author Tanwi Nandini Islam in conversation with TWF lit director J.R. Ramakrishnan Nov. 19
New Orleans-born T. Geronimo Johnson recently won the Ernest Gaines Award for Literary Excellence for his novel Welcome to Braggsville. The award will be presented during a public ceremony at the Manship Theatre in downtown Baton Rouge on Jan. 21 at 6:30 p.m. Welcome to Braggsville is a socially provocative, dark comedy that explores political identity, racial … T. Geronimo Johnson wins Ernest Gaines Award for Welcome to Braggsville
The Tank Tank Reading Series presents Lucy Corin and Gabriel Blackwell at 8 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 9, at the Thank Tank (2433 St. Claude Ave.). The two prose writers will read some of their work in a comfortable home environment. Nothing will be provided but the words, possibly not even chairs. Please bring something … Thank Tank Reading Series Presents: Lucy Corin and Gabriel Blackwell
Room 220 is pleased to present a showcase of exceptional young nonfiction writers and celebrate the release of new books on American witchcraft and Southern lit. Alex Mar is the author of the new book Witches of America, which delves deeply and lyrically into the world of modern paganism. Her writing has appeared in the Oxford American, where she’s … ROOM 220 Presents: Alex Mar, Margaret Eby, and Justin Nobel
Room 220 is pleased to present two of Mexico’s finest mid-career fiction writers (one of whom lives in New Orleans) as well as an up-and-coming New Orleans noir aficionado. The event takes place at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 29, at the Antenna Gallery (3718 St. Claude Ave.). Cristina Rivera-Garza is one of the best and best-known … ROOM 220 Presents: Cristina Rivera-Garza, Yuri Herrera, and Michael Allen Zell
