Please celebrate Independent Bookstore Day 2020 with us instore and online and show your support for this amazing movement.
Independent bookstores are not just stores—they are community centers and local anchors run by passionate readers. They are entire universes of ideas that contain the possibility of real serendipity. They are lively performance spaces and quiet places where aimless perusal is a day well spent.
We will have activities going on in the bookstore and online all day. There will also be some fantastic free gifts and prizes when in the store. And, you will be able to find some fantastic (and often quirky) literary gifts created exclusively for Independent Bookstore Day 2020 -- listed below.
YOU HAVE ARRIVED AT YOUR DESTINATION WITH AMOR TOWLES
Sat., Aug. 29 at 3pm (CDT)
Explore the very near future with Amor Towles as he reads from the exclusive, SIGNED Bookstore Day edition of his story “You Have Arrived at Your Destination.”
WRITING THE WEST WITH REYNA GRANDE, RISHI REDD & LAUREN FRANCIS-SHARMA
Sat., Aug. 29 at 4pm (CDT)
Join authors Reyna Grande (The Distance Between Us), Rishi Reddi (Passage West) and Lauren Francis-Sharma (Book of the Little Axe) as they discuss reexamining the history, culture, and myths of the West through their fiction.
ALONE TOGETHER: STORIES OF
LOVE, GRIEF, AND COMFORT
IN THE TIME OF COVID-19
Sat., Aug. 29 at 5pm (CDT)
Join co-hosts Jennifer Haupt, editor of Alone Together: Love, Grief, and Comfort in the Time of COVID-19, and Garth Stein, Author Leadership Circle Campaign Chair for Binc, for readings and conversations with Alone Together contributing authors Faith Adiele, Gayle Brandeis, W. Ralph Eubanks, Jamie Ford, Major Jackson, Sonora Jha, Scott James, Jessica Keener, Jean Kwok, Roberto Lovato, Ada Limón, Claudia Castro Luna, Kevin Sampsell, and Luis Alberto Urrea.
BOOKSTORE DAY AMABSSADOR SHOWCASE WITH TAYARI JONES, LAUREN GROFF & EMMA STRAUB
Sat., Aug. 29 at 7pm (CDT)
Join three of Bookstore Day’s past Author Ambassadors for a lively discussion of books, bookstores, and the writing life. Featuring Tayari Jones (An American Marriage and Silver Sparrow), Lauren Groff (Fates and Furies and Florida), and Emma Straub (All Adults Here, Modern Lovers, The Vacationeers and owner of Books Are Magic! in Brooklyn).
In the interest of public health during this phase of the COVID-19 pandemic and to continue to provide for your literary needs in the best way we can as your local independent bookstore, you must be symptom free, wear a mask, sanitize your hands, and observe social distancing when browsing inside the store. We are also providing free shipping or delivery within New Orleans on orders of $25 or greater. Please visit us in person during store hours seven day a week, browse and order books here online anytime, or call us at the store at 504-899-READ during operating hours. Thank you for choosing Octavia Books and for your continuing support.
