Literary New Orleans
April 2018 Events
Sunday the 1st
Poetry Night, Maple Leaf Bar, 3 PM
Tuesday the 3rd
C.S. Harris discusses and signs her book, Why Kill the Innocent, Garden District Book Shop, 6-7:30 PM
Neighborhood Story Project editor, Rachel Bruenlin, will discuss, Fire in the Hole: The Spirit Work of Fi Yi Yi and the Mandingo Warriors, with Big Chief Victor Harris, master sewer, Jack Robertson, and master drummer, Wesley Phillips, of Fi Yi Yi and the Mandingo Warriors, Octavia Books, 6 PM
Scott Cowen discusses and signs his book, Winnebagos on Wednesdays, The New Orleans Advocate, 7-9 PM
Sloane Crosley at Garden District Book Shop
Friday the 6th
Sloane Crosley discusses and signs her book, Look Alive Out There, Garden District Book Shop, 6-7:30 PM
Saturday the 7th
Karen Kingsley and Lake Douglas discuss and sign their book, Buildings of New Orleans, Garden District Book Shop, 1-3 PM
Sunday the 8th
Poetry Night, Maple Leaf Bar, 3 PM
Chris Offutt at Octavia Books
Monday the 9th
Chris Offutt discusses and signs his book, Country Dark, Octavia Books, 6 PM
Tuesday the 10th
The Moth StorySLAM. The theme is “Caught.” Café Istanbul, 8 PM
Wednesday the 11th
Garden District Book Shop Book Club meets to discuss Mikhail Bulgakov’s The Master and Margarita, Garden District Book Shop, 6-7:15 PM
Thursday the 12th
David Correia and Tyler Wall discuss and sign their book, Police: A Field Guide, Octavia Books, 6 PM
Sunday the 15th
Poetry Night, Maple Leaf Bar, 3 PM
Jeroen Dewulf discusses and signs his book, From the Kingdom of Kongo to Congo Square: Kongo Dances and the Origins of the Mardi Gras Indians, Octavia Books, 6 PM
Monday the 16th
Virginia Eubanks discusses and signs her book, Automating Inequality: How High-Tech Tools Profile, Police, and Punish the Poor, Octavia Books, 6 PM
Tuesday the 17th
Bryan Camp discusses and signs his book, The City of Lost Fortunes, Garden District Book Shop, 6-7:30 PM
Michael Martone at Room 220
Wednesday the 18th
Michael Martone reads at Room 220 series, Saturn Bar, 7 PM
Thursday the 19th
Joshua Wheeler discusses and signs his book, Acid West, Garden District Book Shop, 6-7:30 PM
Seamus McGraw discusses and signs his book, A Thirsty Land: The Making of an American Water Crisis, Octavia Books, 6 PM
Friday the 20th
New Orleans Poetry Festival and Small Press Fair, April 20th through April 22nd, New Orleans Healing Center
Sunday the 22nd
Poetry Night, Maple Leaf Bar, 3 PM
Tuesday the 24th
Raynard Sanders discusses and signs his book, Twenty-First-Century Jim Crow Schools: The Impact of Charters and Vouchers on Public Education, Garden District Book Shop, 6-7:30 PM
Sunday the 29th
Poetry Night, Maple Leaf Bar, 3 PM
And don’t forget to tune into The Reading Life with Susan Larson!
The Indefatigable Susan Larson
