PEN America hosts Writers in the Community: New Orleans at 6 p.m. on Friday, November 10, at Octavia Books (513 Octavia Street). False narratives and misinformation are polarizing communities around the country. What kinds of creative interventions can writers and others stage to address these divisions? PEN America hosts a presentation and facilitated discussion around … Writers in the Community: New Orleans
The New Orleans Public Library will host Jami Attenberg at 6 p.m. on Thursday, November 9, at the main branch (219 Loyola Street). Octavia Books will be on hand to sell copies of All Grown Up.
Octavia Books hosts Nicole Cooley at 6 p.m. on Thursday, October 26, at their storefront (513 Octavia). Celebrate the latest title from the Barataria Poetry Series (LSU Press) with “Girl After Girl After Girl” author Nicole Cooley, series editor Ava Leavell Haymon, and Martha Serpas. Nicole Cooley is the author of “Breach,” ” Milk Dress,” “The … Octavia Books presents Nicole Cooley
Octavia Books hosts David Fulmer at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, October 24, at their storefront (513 Octavia). Fulmer will be reading from his latest, Eclipse Alley, the much anticipated new installment in the award-winning and critically acclaimed Valentin St. Cyr Mystery series. In the darkness of a May night in 1916, two “sporting girls” walking home through … David Fulmer at Octavia Books
Octavia Books will host Jesmyn Ward for the release of her new novel Sing, Unburied, Sing at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, October 10, at their storefront (513 Octavia Street). In Jesmyn Ward’s first novel since Salvage the Bones, this singular American writer brings the archetypal road novel into rural twenty-first-century America. Drawing on Morrison and Faulkner, … Jesmyn Ward at Octavia Books
Octavia Books will host Dan Santat at 3:45 p.m. on Tuesday, October 3, at their storefront (513 Octavia Street). Santat is a Caldecott Medal winner who will be at Octavia to celebrate the release of After the Fall (How Humpty Dumpty Got Back Up Again).
Octavia Books will host the book launch for Ladee Hubbard’s The Talented Ribkins at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, August 8, at their storefront (513 Octavia). Inspired by W. E. B. Du Bois’s famous essay “The Talented Tenth” and fueled by Ladee Hubbard’s marvelously original imagination, The Talented Ribkins is a big-hearted debut novel about race, class, politics, … Book Launch for Ladee Hubbard’s THE TALENTED RIBKINS
Octavia Books hosts Julia Glass at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, July 25, at their uptown storefront (513 Octavia Street). The author will read from and sign copies of her latest novel, A House Among The Trees. Julia Glass is the author of five previous books of fiction, including the best-selling Three Junes, winner of the National Book Award, and I See You … Julia Glass – A House Among The Trees
Octavia Books hosts the “Hot Summer Nights” young adult author tour at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, July 11, at their uptown storefront (513 Octavia Street). The reading will feature bestselling young adult authors Sarah Mlynowski, Jodi Lynn Anderson, Adele Griffin and Morgan Matson. The authors will read from and sign copies of their latest novels. Sarah Mlynowski is the … “Hot Summer Nights” YA Author Tour at Octavia Books
Support your local independent bookstores all day long, beginning at 9 a.m. on Saturday, May 13. Octavia Books, Garden District Book Shop, Tubby & Coo’s Mid-City Book Shop and Maple Street Book Shop are celebrating Independent Bookstore Day in New Orleans. Each store is planning special activities; and together, they are offering the chance to … New Orleans Independent Bookstore Day
