Literary New Orleans
May 2018 Events
Tuesday the 1st
Heather Hoeksema discusses and signs her book, FLASH LIGHT: 9 Girls’ Stories for Grown Ups, Octavia Books, 6 PM
Wednesday the 2nd
Bruce Cameron discusses and signs his book, A Dog’s Way Home, Octavia Books, 6 PM
Lauren Marino discusses and signs her book, What Would Dolly Do? How to Be a Diamond in a Rhinestone World, Garden District Book Shop, 6 PM
Rick Bragg at Octavia Books
Thursday the 3rd
Rick Bragg discusses and signs his book, The Best Cook in the World: Tales from My Momma’s Table, Octavia Books, 6 PM
Sunday the 6th
Poetry Night, Maple Leaf Bar, 3 PM
Monday the 7th
Graphic Novel Book Club meets to discuss book TBD, Tubby & Coo’s Mid-City Book Shop, 6 PM–7 PM
Tuesday the 8th
Renee Hodges discusses and signs her book, Heroes and Heroin in One Small Community, Garden District Book Shop, 6 PM
The Moth StorySLAM. The theme is “Ego,” Café Istanbul, 8 PM
Wednesday the 9th
Garden District Book Shop Club meets to discuss George Saunders’s Lincoln in the Bardo, Garden District Book Shop, 6 PM
Scott Cowen discusses and signs his book, Winnebagos on Wednesdays: How Visionary Leadership Can Transform Higher Education, New Orleans Advocate, 7 PM
Thursday the 10th
Marc R. Matrana discusses and signs his book, Southern Splendor: Saving Architectural Treasures of the Old South, Garden District Book Shop, 6 PM
Saturday the 12th
Independent Book Store Day, Garden District Book Shop, Tubby & Coo’s Mid-City Book Shop, Blue Cypress Books, and Octavia Books, 10 AM–6 PM
Sunday the 13th
Poetry Night, Maple Leaf Bar, 3 PM
Monday the 14th
Sci-fi and Fantasy Book Club meets to discuss Tomi Adeymi’s Children of Blood and Bone,Tubby & Coo’s Mid-City Book Shop, 6 PM–7 PM
Wednesday the 16th
Pableaux Johnson moderates a discussion with Edward Lee and Chef Justin Devillier. Lee signs his book, Buttermilk Graffiti: A Chef’s Journey to Discover America’s New Melting-Pot Cuisine, Garden District Book Shop, 6 PM
Laura Cayouette at Garden District Book Shop
Saturday the 19th
Bryan Camp discusses and signs his book, The City of Lost Fortunes, Tubby & Coo’s Mid-City Book Shop, 2 PM–4 PM
Sunday the 20th
Poetry Night, Maple Leaf Bar, 3 PM
Tuesday the 22nd
Laura Cayouette discusses and signs her book,The Haunted Heirloom: A Charlotte Reade Mystery, Garden District Book Shop, 6 PM
Thursday the 24th
Anne Gisleson reads for Dogfish Reading Series, 2448 N. Villere Street, 7 PM
Anne Gisleson at Dogfish Reading Series
Sunday the 27th
Poetry Night, Maple Leaf Bar, 3 PM
Monday the 28th
Not-So-YA Book Club meets to discuss Tomi Adeymi’s Children of Blood and Bone,Tubby & Coo’s Mid-City Book Shop, 6 PM–7 PM
And don’t forget to tune into The Reading Life with Susan Larson!
The Indefatigable Susan Larson
