Louisiana Poet Laureate Alison Pelegrin Inaugural Reading

Event date:

Wednesday, October 4, 2023 - 6:00pm to 8:00pm

Event address:

The Helis Foundation John Scott Center - 938 Lafayette Street

New Orleans, LA 70113

Join the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities in welcoming Louisiana’s newest poet laureate, Alison Pelegrin. As Louisiana’s literary ambassador for two years, the poet laureate travels the state encouraging fellow Louisianans to explore and engage with poetry, supporting Louisiana’s vibrant and thriving poetry scene. Pelegrin, a renowned poet and writer-in-residence at Southeastern Louisiana University, will present her inaugural reading October 4 at The Helis Foundation John Scott Center, from 6 to 8 p.m. Admission is free, and doors will open at 5 p.m.

Octavia Books will be on site with books available for purchase and to be signed by Allisn Pelegrin as a reception following the reading.

A Special Evening with Walter Isaacson | ELON MUSK

Event date:

Thursday, October 5, 2023 - 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Event address:

New Orleans JCC - Mintz Auditorium, 5342 Saint Charles Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70115

Author Walter Isaacson presents his new, astonishingly intimate biography of the most fascinating and controversial innovator of our era

Join Octavia Books and the New Orleans JCC for a special evening with New York Times bestselling author Walter Isaacson featuring his new biography ELON MUSK.

Tickets are required.

Each ticket admits one and will be exchanged for one hardback edition of the book, ELON MUSK.

Mackie JV Blanton - THE CASUAL PRESENCE OF BORDERS

Event date:

Wednesday, October 11, 2023 - 6:00pm to 7:30pm

Event address:

Octavia Books - 513 Octavia Street

New Orleans, LA 70115

Please join us for a special reading with Mackie JV Blanton celebrating THE CASUAL PRESENCE OF BORDERS. We are excited to finally be able to host the "launch" of this collection, published by UNO Press without fanfare at the very onset of the pandemic.

"A virtuoso of word-music, word-play, and allied neologism." —Niyi Osundare

An Evening with Walter Isaacson and Michael Lewis

Event date:

Wednesday, October 18, 2023 - 6:30pm to 7:30pm

Event address:

McAlister Auditorium, Tulane University

New Orleans, LA

Join the New Orleans Book Festival at Tulane University for an evening with Walter Isaacson and Michael Lewis discussing their new works ELON MUSK and GOING INFINITE.

Books will be available for purchase on site and authors will be signing immediately after the discussion in the Marshall Family Commons (in the Goldring/Woldenberg Business Complex).

Octavia Books and Baldwin & Company are working together and will be on-site with books available for purchase and to be signed by the authors following the presentations. We are donating a portion of sales to support the festival's family literacy efforts in the New Orleans community.

For full details and to purchase tickets (required), see https://www.eventbrite.com/e/an-evening-with-walter-isaacson-and-michael-lewis-tickets-685016311227

Octavia Books Bestseller List

Check out our Octavia Books bestsellers for the 4 weeks ended August 28, 2023 (including pre-orders):

Inside Marrakesh: Enchanting Homes and Gardens (Hardcover)

By Meryanne Loum-Martin, Jean Cazals (Photographs by)

$60.00

ISBN: 9780847864270

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Published: Rizzoli - September 22nd, 2020

Contemporary design meets Marrakesh's splendid artistic heritage in a fresh burst of color, form, and texture through a panoply of sensual houses and gardens. Noted designer Meryanne Loum-Martin provides entrée into the extraordinary residences of this fabled city's leading tastemakers.

Tom Lake: A Reese's Book Club Pick (Hardcover)

By Ann Patchett

$30.00

ISBN: 9780063327528

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Published: Harper - August 1st, 2023

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK
In this beautiful and moving novel about family, love, and growing up, Ann Patchett once again proves herself one of America’s finest writers.

The Creative Act: A Way of Being (Hardcover)

By Rick Rubin

$32.00

ISBN: 9780593652886

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Published: Penguin Press - January 17th, 2023

The #1 New York Times bestseller.

"A gorgeous and inspiring work of art on creation, creativity, the work of the artist. It will gladden the hearts of writers and artists everywhere, and get them working again with a new sense of meaning and direction. A stunning accomplishment.” —Anne Lamott

Trust (Pulitzer Prize Winner) (Paperback)

By Hernan Diaz

$17.00

ISBN: 9780593420324

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Published: Riverhead Books - May 2nd, 2023

WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES TOP TEN BOOKS OF 2022
ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2022
LONGLISTED FOR THE 2022 BOOKER PRIZE

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow: A novel (Hardcover)

By Gabrielle Zevin

$28.00

ISBN: 9780593321201

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Published: Knopf - July 5th, 2022

NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • Sam and Sadie—two college friends, often in love, but never lovers—become creative partners in a dazzling and intricately imagined world of video game design, where success brings them fame, joy, tragedy, duplicity, and, ultimately, a kind of immortality. It is a love story, but not one you have read before.

Fourth Wing (The Empyrean #1) (Hardcover)

By Rebecca Yarros

$29.99

ISBN: 9781649374042

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Published: Entangled: Red Tower Books - May 2nd, 2023

An Instant New York Times Bestseller
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"Suspenseful, sexy, and with incredibly entertaining storytelling, the first in Yarros' Empyrean series will delight fans of romantic, adventure-filled fantasy." —Booklist, starred review

The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald (Hardcover)

By William Alsup

$27.95

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Published: NewSouth Books - September 15th, 2022

The assassination of Lee Harvey Oswald by Jack Ruby robbed the nation of the closure it so desperately needed following the death of John F. Kennedy. The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald asks what might have happened if the assassin had lived to stand trial for his murder of America's beloved president.

Demon Copperhead: A Pulitzer Prize Winner (Hardcover)

By Barbara Kingsolver

$32.50

ISBN: 9780063251922

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Published: Harper - October 18th, 2022

WINNER OF THE 2023 PULITZER PRIZE • WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION

The Covenant of Water (Oprah's Book Club) (Hardcover)

By Abraham Verghese

$32.00

ISBN: 9780802162175

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Published: Grove Press - May 2nd, 2023

OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK - INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - SUBJECT OF A SIX-PART SUPER SOUL PODCAST SERIES HOSTED BY OPRAH WINFREY

The Accidental City: Improvising New Orleans (Paperback)

By Lawrence N. Powell

$25.00

ISBN: 9780674725904

Availability: On Our Shelves Now

Published: Harvard University Press - October 14th, 2013

This is the story of a city that shouldn't exist. In the seventeenth century, what is now America's most beguiling metropolis was nothing more than a swamp: prone to flooding, infested with snakes, battered by hurricanes.

Remarkably Bright Creatures: A Read with Jenna Pick (Hardcover)

By Shelby Van Pelt

$29.99

ISBN: 9780063204157

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Published: Ecco - May 3rd, 2022

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
A Read With Jenna Today Show Book Club Pick!
NAMED A BEST BOOK OF SUMMER by: Chicago Tribune * The View * Southern Living * USA Today

Lessons in Chemistry: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Bonnie Garmus

$29.00

ISBN: 9780385547345

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Published: Doubleday - April 5th, 2022

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • GMA BOOK CLUB PICK • Meet Elizabeth Zott: “a gifted research chemist, absurdly self-assured and immune to social convention” (The Washington Post) in 1960s California whose career takes a detour when she becomes the unlikely star of a beloved TV cooking show.

The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store: A Novel (Hardcover)

By James McBride

$28.00

ISBN: 9780593422946

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Published: Riverhead Books - August 8th, 2023

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

“A murder mystery locked inside a Great American Novel . . . Charming, smart, heart-blistering, and heart-healing.” —Danez Smith, The New York Times Book Review

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By Kai Bird, Martin J. Sherwin

$25.00

ISBN: 9780375726262

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Published: Vintage - April 11th, 2006

THE INSPIRATION FOR THE MAJOR MOTION PICTURE OPPENHEIMER • "A riveting account of one of history’s most essential and paradoxical figures.”—Christopher Nolan

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By Grace Millsaps, Ryan Murphy, John Clark IV (Illustrator), Alyson Kilday (Illustrator)

$18.95

ISBN: 9780988760318

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Published: The Sleepy Animals, LLC - May 1st, 2014

Rhinos rock out. Alligators stroll under limbo polls. Elephants pound the piano. Pelicans cater.

Ever wonder why the animals at the zoo are always so sleepy? When Renee asks her father why the zoo animals are snoozing all day, he dreams up an elaborate answer.

Cat's Cradle: A Novel (Paperback)

By Kurt Vonnegut

$17.00

ISBN: 9780385333481

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Published: Dial Press Trade Paperback - September 8th, 1998

“A free-wheeling vehicle . . . an unforgettable ride!”—The New York Times

Draining New Orleans: The 300-Year Quest to Dewater the Crescent City (Hardcover)

By Richard Campanella

$39.95

ISBN: 9780807178546

Availability: Not in stock. Usually arrives in 2-5 Days

Published: Louisiana State University Press - May 3rd, 2023

In Draining New Orleans, the first full-length book devoted to "the world's toughest drainage problem," renowned geographer Richard Campanella recounts the epic challenges and ingenious efforts to dewater the Crescent City.

The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder (Hardcover)

By David Grann

$30.00

ISBN: 9780385534260

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Published: Doubleday - April 18th, 2023

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of Killers of the Flower Moon, a page-turning story of shipwreck, survival, and savagery, culminating in a court martial that reveals a shocking truth.

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By Harrison Scott Key

$27.99

ISBN: 9781668015506

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Published: Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster - June 13th, 2023

From Harrison Scott Key, winner of the Thurber Prize for American Humor, How to Stay Married tells the hilarious, shocking, and spiritually profound story of one man’s journey through hell and back when infidelity threatens his marriage.

One gorgeous autumn day, Harrison discovers that his wife—the sweet, funny, loving mother of their three daughters, a wom

Crook Manifesto: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Colson Whitehead

$29.00

ISBN: 9780385545150

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Published: Doubleday - July 18th, 2023

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The two-time Pulitzer Prize winner and bestselling author of Harlem Shuffle continues his Harlem saga in a powerful and hugely-entertaining novel that summons 1970s New York in all its seedy glory.

“Dazzling” –Walter Mosley, The New York Times Book Review.

Happy Place (Hardcover)

By Emily Henry

$27.00

ISBN: 9780593441275

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Published: Berkley - April 25th, 2023

INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!

“The beach-read master hooks us again."—People

Yellowface: A Reese's Book Club Pick (Hardcover)

By R. F. Kuang

$30.00

ISBN: 9780063250833

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Published: William Morrow - May 16th, 2023

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK
“Hard to put down, harder to forget.” — Stephen King, #1 New York Times bestselling author

Cure: New Orleans Drinks and How to Mix ’Em from the Award-Winning Bar (Hardcover)

By Neal Bodenheimer, Emily Timberlake, Denny Culbert (By (photographer))

$29.99

ISBN: 9781419758522

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Published: Harry N. Abrams - October 25th, 2022

From the foremost figure on the New Orleans’ drinking scene and the owner of renowned bar Cure—winner of the James Beard Award for Best Bar Program—a cocktail book that celebrates the vibrant city.

“A definitive guidebook to the city’s towering landmarks, both vintage and new.

Family Lore: A Good Morning America Book Club Pick (Hardcover)

By Elizabeth Acevedo

$30.00

ISBN: 9780063207264

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Published: Ecco - August 1st, 2023

NATIONAL BESTSELLER
A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK!
Longlisted for The Center for Fiction 2023 First Novel Prize

Hello Beautiful (Oprah's Book Club): A Novel (Hardcover)

By Ann Napolitano

$28.00

ISBN: 9780593243732

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Published: The Dial Press - March 14th, 2023

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK • From the author of Dear Edward comes a “powerfully affecting” (People) family story that asks: Can love make a broken person whole?

Flags on the Bayou (Hardcover)

By James Lee Burke

$28.00

ISBN: 9780802161697

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Published: Atlantic Monthly Press - July 11th, 2023

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The Postcard (Hardcover)

By Anne Berest, Tina Kover (Translator)

$28.00

ISBN: 9781609458386

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Published: Europa Editions - May 16th, 2023

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The Ones Who Don't Say They Love You: Stories (Paperback)

By Maurice Carlos Ruffin

$17.00

ISBN: 9780593133415

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