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Get 'Cooking with Dat New Orleans Love' book free at New Orleans po-boy shop. Here's how.

BY VICTOR ANDREWS | Staff writer
Updated Sep 13, 2024

A cookbook about the flavors of New Orleans cuisine and the home-spun touches that make it special will be on the menu at a local po-boy shop this weekend when the chef signs copies of the boo…

Women reporters had to fight for locker room access. A new book tells the story.

BY TYLER BRIDGES | Staff writer
Sep 12, 2024

Melissa Ludtke had a seemingly simple request: to interview baseball players in the clubhouse before and after games, just as male sports writers did.

New Orleans teens confront love, parents and college applications in this young adult novel

BY TOREY BOVIE | Staff writer
Sep 12, 2024

Chris Clarkson wanted to write the book he never had as a teenager. In 2018, he set out to accomplish just that.

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Staff report
Sep 11, 2024

NEW ORLEANS AREA BOOK EVENTS Sept. 11-25

CNN anchor digs into Louisiana's contentious 1872 governor's election that sparked violence

BY LESLIE CARD? | Contributing writer
Updated Sep 9, 2024

What happens when American citizens don't trust the results of an election?

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Updated Sep 6, 2024

NEW ORLEANS AREA BOOK EVENTS Sept. 4-18

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Aug 28, 2024

NEW ORLEANS AREA BOOK EVENTS Aug. 28-Sept. 11

This Louisiana author and librarian fights against school book bans. Meet Amanda Jones.

BY SUSAN LARSON | Contributing writer
Aug 22, 2024

Amanda Jones thought she was just doing her civic duty when she spoke up at a meeting of the Livingston Parish Library Board of Control meeting, July 19, 2022. “Signage” and “book content,” co…

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Aug 21, 2024

NEW ORLEANS AREA BOOK EVENTS Aug. 21-Sept. 4

Po-boy and a book for kids Saturday at Melba's. Here's how:

BY VICTOR ANDREWS | Staff writer
Aug 15, 2024

Hated taking tests as a kid? Your little one has test-phobia? Well, head over to Melba's Poboys Saturday to get a bite to eat and a free book, plus get a chance to meet a local author who has …

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Updated Aug 14, 2024

NEW ORLEANS AREA BOOK EVENTS Aug. 14-28

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Updated Aug 1, 2024

NEW ORLEANS AREA BOOK EVENTS July 31-Aug. 14

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Updated Aug 1, 2024

NEW ORLEANS AREA BOOK EVENTS Aug. 7-21

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Jul 24, 2024

NEW ORLEANS AREA BOOK EVENTS July 24-Aug. 7

Louisiana mystery writer James Lee Burke looks at the dark side, from a new point of view

BY SUSAN LARSON | Contributing writer
Updated Jul 18, 2024

James Burke’s Louisiana is a land of heartbreaking beauty. In novel after novel, he’s given us poetic descriptions of sparkling Gulf waters, bayou sunsets, lurking gators? and birds taking flight.

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Jul 17, 2024

NEW ORLEANS AREA BOOK EVENTS July 17-31

Meet DJ Johnson of Baldwin & Co. as he creates a hub for Black thought leaders in New Orleans

BY TOREY BOVIE | Staff writer
Jul 11, 2024

In the Marigny, one bookstore owner is bridging the gaps and giving back to his community. DJ Johnson, 43, opened Baldwin & Co. in 2021. The bookstore and coffee shop, at 1030 Elysian Fie…

Author, Tulane professor Jesmyn Ward's book is one of the best in 21st century, NYT says

BY JOHN BUZZBEE | SUN HERALD
Jul 10, 2024

This story was first published in the Sun Herald. Read more here.

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Jul 10, 2024

NEW ORLEANS AREA BOOK EVENTS July 10-24

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Jul 3, 2024

NEW ORLEANS AREA BOOK EVENTS July 3-17

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Jun 25, 2024

NEW ORLEANS AREA BOOK EVENTS June 26-July 9

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Jun 19, 2024

NEW ORLEANS AREA BOOK EVENTS June 19-July 2

At Blue Cypress Books in New Orleans, connecting readers with new, local and 2nd-hand books

BY TOREY BOVIE | STAFF WRITER
Jun 13, 2024

Blue Cypress Books, located at 8123 Oak St., is a New Orleans indie bookstore that has been open?since 2008. Owner Elizabeth Ahlquist said the shop typically focuses on modern books and New Or…

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Jun 5, 2024

NEW ORLEANS AREA BOOK EVENTS June 5-19

Join Louisiana Inspired's live discussion with author Amor Towles about 'Rules of Civility'

BY JAN RISHER | Staff writer
Jun 5, 2024

The Louisiana Inspired Book Club will launch its second conversation with readers today??at?12:15 p.m. Central time?best-selling author?Amor Towles.

In his COVID pandemic memoir, New Orleans writer James Nolan muses on history, politics and life

BY CELESTE BERTAU Contributing writer
May 30, 2024

James Nolan's latest work, "Between Dying and Not Dying, I Chose the Guitar," is much more than a memoir. We all remember the frustration of social distancing, empty grocery shelves, the masks…

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May 29, 2024

NEW ORLEANS AREA BOOK EVENTS May 29-June 12

Read it and weep (for joy!) Symphony Book Fair May 31-June 2

BY VICTOR ANDREWS | Staff writer
May 26, 2024

Anyone in need of a good reading?

Books

Get 'Cooking with Dat New Orleans Love' book free at New Orleans po-boy shop. Here's how.

Women reporters had to fight for locker room access. A new book tells the story.

New Orleans teens confront love, parents and college applications in this young adult novel

See list of book signings and other literary events coming up in New Orleans

CNN anchor digs into Louisiana's contentious 1872 governor's election that sparked violence

See list of book signings and other literary events coming up in New Orleans

See list of book signings and other literary events coming up in New Orleans

This Louisiana author and librarian fights against school book bans. Meet Amanda Jones.

See list of book signings and other literary events coming up in New Orleans

Po-boy and a book for kids Saturday at Melba's. Here's how:

See list of book signings and other literary events coming up in New Orleans

See list of book signings and other literary events coming up in New Orleans

See list of book signings and other literary events coming up in New Orleans

See list of book signings and other literary events coming up in New Orleans

Louisiana mystery writer James Lee Burke looks at the dark side, from a new point of view

See list of book signings and other literary events coming up in New Orleans

Meet DJ Johnson of Baldwin & Co. as he creates a hub for Black thought leaders in New Orleans

Author, Tulane professor Jesmyn Ward's book is one of the best in 21st century, NYT says

See list of book signings and other literary events coming up in New Orleans

See list of book signings and other literary events coming up in New Orleans

See list of book signings and other literary events coming up in New Orleans

See list of book signings and other literary events coming up in New Orleans

At Blue Cypress Books in New Orleans, connecting readers with new, local and 2nd-hand books

See list of book signings and other literary events coming up in New Orleans

Join Louisiana Inspired's live discussion with author Amor Towles about 'Rules of Civility'

In his COVID pandemic memoir, New Orleans writer James Nolan muses on history, politics and life

See list of book signings and other literary events coming up in New Orleans

Read it and weep (for joy!) Symphony Book Fair May 31-June 2

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