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Michael Patrick Welch debuts two new books on August 28 at the AllWays Lounge benefitting the BOOKMOBILE!

Defend New Orleans presents a launch for two new books by Michael Patrick Welch at 9 p.m. on Friday, August 28, at the AllWays Lounge (2240 St. Claude Ave.). Welch is the author of The Donkey Show and New Orleans: the Underground Guide. His new book Transport Instinct is the biography of storied 9th Ward icon, Chauncey the goat, who was born just before he … Michael Patrick Welch debuts two new books on August 28 at the AllWays Lounge benefitting the BOOKMOBILE!

Kent Wascom presents SECESSIA on July 7 at Octavia Books

Local novelist Kent Wascom will present and sign his new book, SECESSIA, at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, July 7, at Octavia Books (513 Octavia St.). A portion of the proceeds from sales of the book will benefit Room 220. SECESSIA is a work of historical fiction driven by Wascom’s extraordinary voice. Alternating between the perspectives of five characters, SECESSIA weaves a tapestry of … Kent Wascom presents SECESSIA on July 7 at Octavia Books

Francisco Goldman reading canceled

While it’s a blustery 40 degrees here in New Orleans, apparently the northeastern part of the country is a snowy shitshow. Sadly, among the casualties of this frigid mayhem—which included a Delta plane that slid off the runway at New York’s LaGuardia Airport today—is one of the week’s most anticipated literary events, the reading by Francisco Goldman that … Francisco Goldman reading canceled

Poetry from Reading Between the Wines April 2

Fleur de Lit and the Pearl Wine Company will usher in National Poetry Month with the next installment of its series Reading Between the Wines at 6:30 p.m. on April 2 at Pearl Wine Co. (in the American Can Company, 3700 Orleans Ave.). Local poets Rodger Kamenetz, Brad Richard, Melinda Palacio, Nik Richard, Marla Chirdon, and Kelly Harris will … Poetry from Reading Between the Wines April 2

BRIGHT NIGHTS: Tod Seelie Photobook Event

Tod Seelie has been living and photographing in NYC since 1997. He recently published a book of these photographs, BRIGHT NIGHTS: Photographs of Another New York. His New York is not what you might expect, and it’s definitely not the one you see on postcards. To celebrate the publication of BRIGHT NIGHTS, Tod is taking … BRIGHT NIGHTS: Tod Seelie Photobook Event

Jesmyn Ward to read from Men We Reaped at Octavia Books this Friday

Jesmyn Ward, whose 2011 novel Salvage the Bones won the National Book Award, will present her new memoir, Men We Reaped, at 6 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 27, at Octavia Books (513 Octavia St.). Ward is the subject–and Men We Reaped the topic–of a lengthy and candid new profile by Chris Waddington at nola.com, which … Jesmyn Ward to read from Men We Reaped at Octavia Books this Friday

A Lament for Maple Street

By now I feel most literate adults have had some sort of discussion about the dynamic time in which we find ourselves in terms of reading—the way we read is changing, has changed, exponentially, magnificently. Not since the invention of the printing press has there been such an insane shove in accessibility of information. The … A Lament for Maple Street

Confounding or Stimulating a Lot of Great Minds: John Glassie on Athanasius Kircher at Loyola April 22

By John Sebastian Athanasius Kircher, a seventeenth-century German Jesuit and self-styled “master of a hundred arts,” is credited with inventing the megaphone, a pre-cursor to the computer, and (perhaps) a cat piano. His intense curiosity about the world around him motivated him to pursue studies in fields as disparate as magnetism and magic, optics and acoustics, … Confounding or Stimulating a Lot of Great Minds: John Glassie on Athanasius Kircher at Loyola April 22

She taught me subtlety, and how to be an actress through voice and harmony

Ottessa Moshfegh, winner of the 2013 Paris Review Plimpton Prize for Fiction, will read along with Carlus Henderson at a Happy Hour Salon from 6 – 8 p.m. on Friday, April 5, at the Press Street HQ (3718 St. Claude Ave.). Ottessa Moshfegh is less than forthcoming about her life and practice as a fiction … She taught me subtlety, and how to be an actress through voice and harmony

Their relationship was integral to their work: An interview with Veronica Kavass

Veronica Kavass will present her new book, Artists in Love: From Picasso & Gilot to Christo & Jeanne-Claude, A Century of Creative and Romantic Partnerships, at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, March 4, at the Garden District Book Shop (2727 Prytania St.) and at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, March 5, at the Columns Hotel (3811 St. Charles … Their relationship was integral to their work: An interview with Veronica Kavass