Author Event

Jennifer Egan drop-by signing

Event date: 

Thursday, November 16, 2023 - 2:00pm

Event address: 

Octavia Books - 513 Octavia Street

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jennifer Egan will make a short visit to Octavia Books to sign books on Thursday, November 16 around 2:00 pm. Reserve a signed copy of THE CANDY HOUSE now using the button below.

Above is a photo from her last Octavia Books visit in February.

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

M.R. Fournet - BRICK DUST AND BONES

Event date: 

Monday, October 23, 2023 - 4:30pm to 5:30pm

Event address: 

Octavia Books - 513 Octavia Street
New Orleans, LA 70115

Join us for an after school booksigning with author M.R. Fournet featuring her new spooky middle-grades novel, BRICK DUST AND BONES, set in New Orleans and perfect for this Halloween season.

A twelve-year-old cemetery boy and monster hunter–along with his flesh-eating mermaid friend–has to race against the clock to save the ghost of his dead mother in Brick Dust and Bones, M.R. Fournet's magical middle grade debut.

Nothing’s more dangerous than a monster hunter with a mission.

Michael Harold & Quinn Peeper - CLASSICAL SHINDIG - booksigning and piano performance

Event date: 

Wednesday, October 25, 2023 - 6:00pm to 7:30pm

Event address: 

Octavia Books - 513 Octavia Street
New Orleans, LA 70115

Come join us for a fun evening celebrating Michael Harold and Quinn Peeper's beautiful new book, CLASSICAL SHINDIG: Amateur Artistry from the Simple to the Sublime. Weather permitting, we will start the program outdoor with a live "piano in a truck" concert performance and cocktails in the Octavia Books parking lot.

Make the acquaintance of two of New Orleans’ most beloved hosts and concert pianists, Michael and Quinn, who sure do know their shindigs.

From seasonal celebrations to iconic book clubs to lavish parties for friends, family, and charities (both local and national), Michael and Quinn have seen, done, and decorated it all.

Cynthia Newberry Martin - THE ART OF HER LIFE - with Gina Ferrara - AMISS

Event date: 

Thursday, October 26, 2023 - 6:00pm to 7:30pm

Event address: 

Octavia Books - 513 Octavia Street
New Orleans, LA 70115

Please join us for an original conversation between visiting author Cynthia Newberry Martin on her new novel, THE ART OF HER LIFE, and New Orleans poet Gina Ferraran on her recent book, AMISS.

THE ART OF HER LIFE

At nine years old, on her first visit to a museum, Emily fell in love with Breakfast, a painting by Henri Matisse, Now a single mother, she lives in the world of art and can barely find time for her two daughters, much less for Mark, the man she loves. Her days are a jumble—she’s lost the thread of her life—but a contest at the museum where she’s the registrar gives her hope—the chance to see Breakfast again. Matisse’s words and paintings permeate her days and nights, and glancing at a note card of the painting she loves, she sees something she’s never seen before.The Art of Her Life shows the power of art to transform an ordinary life.

Marlene Trestman - MOST FORTUNATE UNFORTUNATES - in conversation with Lawrence N. Powell

Event date: 

Sunday, October 29, 2023 - 4:00pm to 5:30pm

Event address: 

Octavia Books - 513 Octavia Street
New Orleans, 70115

Please join us when author Marlene Trestman presents and signs her new book, MOST FORTUNATE UNFORTUNATES: The Jewish Orphans’ Home of New Orleans, the first comprehensive history of the home founded in 1855 in the aftermath of a yellow fever epidemic. She will appear in conversation with historian Lawrence N. Powell, author of The Accidental City: Improvising New Orleans and Troubled Memory.

“What’s remarkable about Marlene Trestman’s Most Fortunate Unfortunates is its ability to shift scope, from the intricate details of a New Orleans institutional history—complete with names, faces, personalities, and incidents hitherto forgotten—to regional, national, and even international contexts.” -Richard Campanella, author of Cityscapes of New Orleans

Natasha Lance Rogoff - MUPPETS IN MOSCOW - in conversation with Samuel and Natasha Ramer

Event date: 

Monday, October 30, 2023 - 7:00pm to 8:30pm

Event address: 

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

Join us the the Uptown JCC when author, TV producer, and award-winning filmmaker Natasha Lance Rogoff presents her recent book, MUPPETS IN MOSCOW: The Unexpected Crazy True Story of Making Sesame Street in Russia, the gripping account of bringing the Muppets to 1990s Russia just after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Lance Rogoff and her team faced bombings, assassinations, and the takeover of their puppet production office.

She will be joined in conversation by Samuel C. Ramer and Natasha Ramer.

Chin-Sun Lee - UPCOUNTRY - book launch celebration, in conversation with Tiana Nobile

Event date: 

Tuesday, November 7, 2023 - 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Event address: 

Studio 633, 633 Carondelet St.. 2nd Floor
(above Paris Parker)
New Orleans, LA 70130

Join us at Studio 633 for a special book launch celebration, reading and signing with author Chin-Sun Lee featuring her debut novel UPCOUNTRY. She will appear in conversation with New Orleans author Tiana Nobile. A reception will follow with hors d'oeuvres, wine, and cake.

Helen Schulman, author of Lucky Dogs, says "Chin-Sun Lee's distinct and memorable characters become representative of an American maelstrom of contemporary ills--drug abuse, income inequality, incarceration, climate change. Strange, searing, and powerfully written, UPCOUNTRY, is a riveting debut."

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