Maple Street Book Shop hosts Yuri Herrera at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, July 16, at their uptown storefront (7529 Maple Street). The author will read from and sign copies of his newly translated book, Kingdom Cons. Yuri Herrera is one of Mexico’s most decorated contemporary authors. Born in Actopan, Mexico, Herrera’s English-language debut Signs Preceding the End of … Yuri Herrera at Maple Street Book Shop
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
Join Maple Street Book Club and the author, Tom Piazza, for a discussion of his book A Free State at 6 p.m. on Thursday, May 11, at Maple Street Book Shop (7529 Maple Street). Drinks and snacks will be served. The book-club selection will be available at a 10% discount for book club members. A Free State is … Maple Street Book Club: A Free State
Join Kathleen Schrenk for a signing and reading of her new book, A Dog Steals Home, at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 1, at Maple Street Book Shop (7529 Maple Street). A graduate of Louisiana State University, Kathleen Schrenk worked as a speech and language therapist in the public school system, and taught middle school science … Maple Street Book Shop presents Kathleen Schrenk
Hosted by the Historic New Orleans Collection, journalist Gwen Tompkins, host of public radio’s “Music Inside Out” and a contributor to the new edition of Danny Barker’s “A Life in Jazz” (THNOC 2016), will discuss the book and sign copies. The event will take place at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, March 15, at Maple Street … A Life in Jazz
Maple Street Book Shop will host Vernon Smith on Saturday, March 11, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., at their uptown storefront (7529 Maple Street). He will be signing copies of and reading from The Littlest Streetcar. Author and illustrator Vernon Smith takes his love of iconic New Orleans streetcars to another level in this … Maple Street Book Shop presents Vernon Smith
Maple Street Book Shop hosts Melissa Dickey and Andy Stallings at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, March 14, at their uptown storefront (7529 Maple Street). Both authors will read from and sign copies of their books. Melissa Dickey is the author of Dragons (2016) and The Lily Will (2011), both published by Rescue Press. Her poems … Melissa Dickey and Andy Stallings at Maple Street Book Shop
The book launch for Kara Martinez Bachman’s humorous essay collection, Kissing the Crisis: Field Notes on Foul-Mouthed Babies, Disenchanted Women, and Careening into Middle Age, at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, February 7, at Maple Street Book Shop (7529 Maple Street). Books will be available for sale, and the author will be available to sign them after her … Kara Martinez Bachman at Maple Street Books
Guidebooks to Sin: The Blue Books of Storyville, New Orleans author Pamela Arceneaux will appear at Maple Street Book Shop (7529 Maple Street) at 6 p.m. on Thursday, February 9. Guidebooks to Sin features hundreds of full-page facsimiles from Storyville’s notorious directories.
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.
