Please join us virtually for an evening with Marc Morial presenting his recent book, THE GUMBO COALITION: 10 Leadership Lessons That Help You Inspire, Unite, and Achieve.

To register, please purchase the of copy of THE GUMBO COALITION from Octavia Books here. We will then send you a link to Zoom event Tuesday afternoon. Marc Morial will come to you live from Octavia Books and will sign your copy of his book while he is visiting the store.

Please join us December 10 at 7:00 p.m. CST virtually for a very special evening when New York Times best-selling authors Ijeoma Oluo and Daniel José Older discuss their works and celebrate the launch of Oluo’s new book, MEDIOCRE: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America.

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To participate, you must register here. Each paid registration admits one person to the online event and includes a choice one copy of Ijeoma's MEDIOCRE (the first 200 purchased will include signed bookplates) or Older's THE BOOK OF LOST SAINTS. Deluxe registration includes a copy of both titles.

Please join us for a "Covid-Safe" booksigning with Tim McNally featuring his new book, THE SAZERAC.

Masks are required.

The Sazerac ranks among the most famous drinks of a city famous for its drinking, but where did the classic New Orleans cocktail originate? Drinks journalist Tim McNally dives into the history of the Sazerac in a lively chronicle that ranges from a family-owned Cognac company in France, to an ingredient created by a New Orleans pharmacist, to a spirit once banned on three continents, to the renowned Playboy Clubs of the 1970s, which helped revitalize the enjoyment of complex, elegant mixed drinks. Among the many significant developments in the life of the Sazerac was its designation in 2008 as the official cocktail of the city of New Orleans.

When the Sazerac made its first appearance in the mid-1800s, the very concept of a cocktail

Join us on Zoom for a special virtual conversation with author Patrick Earl Ryan and Series Editor Roxane Gay celebrating the launch of IF WE WERE ELECTRIC, winner of the Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction - marking the first time in the nearly forty year history of the award that it has gone to a native New Orleanian. And it is the first winner selected by Roxane Gay.

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Each paid registration admits one to the Zoom event online and includes one copy of the book. You must register to participate, and space is limited - so please act now!