Octavia Books hosts Lydia Peelle at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, January 17, at their storefront (513 Octavia Street). Peelle will read from and discuss her debut novel about two grifters in 1916 Tennessee, The Midnight Cool. Lydia Peelle is the author of the story collection Reasons For and Advantages of Breathing, which received an honorable mention for the PEN/Hemingway … Octavia Books hosts Lydia Peelle
The Maple Street Book Shop will meet to discuss Jean Rhys’s Wide Sargasso Sea with Tom Andes at 6 p.m. on Thursday, January 12, at the Maple Street Book Shop (7529 Maple Street). The book club choice will be available at 10% off at the store. Refreshments will be served. No sign-up is necessary to attend the club.
Maple Street Book Shop will host Jon Padgett at 5 p.m. on Saturday, January 14, at their storefront (7529 Maple Street) to celebrate the release of his debut short story collection, The Secret of Ventriloquism. Padgett will be joined by Adrian Van Young, Alice Phillips, and Dagny Paul. With themes reminiscent of Shirley Jackson, Thomas Ligotti, and Bruno Shulz, but with … Maple Street Books hosts Jon Padgett
Clay is harvested from the earth where waters once flowed. This summer too much water hit the hard earth in and around Baton Rouge and Alligator Clay, a major clay distributor, flooded. This congregation of artists: Rachael DePauw, Miki Glasser, MaPo Kinnord, Nikki Jackson, and Sarah House, use clay in beautiful, innovative ways. The exhibition … Congregation
ROOM 220 presents readings from Dr. Jerry Ward and L. Kasimu Harris at 7 p.m. on Thursday, February 2, at Antenna Gallery (3718 St. Claude Avenue). Ward will read from his most recent publication, Fractal Song, which is a collection of over thirty years of his work. Jerry Ward is the author of The Katrina Papers: A Journal of Trauma and Recovery and … ROOM 220 presents Dr. Jerry Ward and L. Kasimu Harris
Writers Resist New Orleans will take place at 2 p.m. on Sunday, January 15, at the Art Garage (2231 St. Claude Avenue). The event is held in collaboration with PEN America, as part of a international day of readings championing freedom of speech, and the power of expression to change the world. Representatives from New Orleans’ … Writers Resist New Orleans
Octavia Books hosts its monthly book club at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, January 14, at their storefront (513 Octavia Street). This month’s selection is Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny.
BYO hosts their latest event, Where Does It Hurt?, at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, January 12, at the Circle Food Store (1522 St. Bernard Avenue). BYO Happy Hour with DJ Wild Wayne begins at 7:30 p.m., and stories begin at 8 p.m. Circle’s deli counter will be open for business during the event. The New Orleans … Bring Your Own Presents: “Where Does It Hurt?”
Louisiana Books 2 Prisoners is hosting a pizza party from 12 to 7 p.m. on Sunday, January 8, at 2523 George Nick Connor Drive. They organization will start the new year by getting caught up on answering their backlog of inmate letters. Attendees will pick out books, wrap packages, and have a chance to learn about other volunteer … Louisiana Books 2 Prisoners Pizza Party
The Poetry Buffet will host fiction writers Moira Crone, Barb Johnson, and Jonathan Kline at 2 p.m. on Saturday, January 7, at the Milton H. Latter Branch of the Public Library (5120 St. Charles Avenue). Moira Crone has published five works of fiction. Her stories have appeared in the New Yorker, Oxford American, and in over twenty anthologies. In 2009, she received the Robert Penn … The Poetry Buffet Presents Fiction
