It’s
been an exciting spring for Louisiana books with summer titles right around the
corner. My pile of great new books is growing by the day. Here’s a snippet to
whet your appetite.
Baton
Rouge food writer and Advocate columnist Helana Brigman has published a
cookbook with LSU Press honoring Louisiana’s produce in “The Fresh Table:
Cooking in Louisiana All Year Round.” In addition to numerous recipes sorted by
season that call for fresh Louisiana ingredients, Brigman includes advice on
how to stock your pantry, a produce availability chart and a list of Louisiana
farmers’ markets.
C.M.
Andrews, retired from the navy and attending school at Southern University in
Shreveport, has published a collection of short stories titled “Bayou Charlie’s
Tales, Myths And Legends, “an odyssey deep into a land steeped in myth and
magic….” Characters include a virgin with a haunted past, a French duke with a
jealous wife and vengeful ghosts. Andrews will follow this book with another by
the end of summer, and finish the series as a trilogy. For information, visit www.Xlibris.com.
New
Orleans novelist O’Neil De Noux has released a new novel starring his NOPD homicide
detective John Raven Beau. Titled “City of Secrets,” the book takes place two
months “AK — After Karina” when the water has gone down but much of the city is
coated in a gray, brown film of silt and dirt. Residents have not all returned
but murder has and the killers collide with a man who hunts murderers, innate
in one who has the blood of the great plains warriors in his veins.
The book is
available in trade paperback or eBook at www.oneildenoux.net,
amazon.com or smashwords.com.
Awards
Wiley
Cash, who obtained his Ph.D. in English from the University of
Louisiana-Lafayette and studied under Louisiana author Ernest Gaines, won an
Adult Debut Honor Award from the American Booksellers Association’s 2013 Indies
Choice Book Awards. The awards are voted on by independent booksellers
nationwide. Cash’s debut novel, “A Land More Kind Than Home” has won numerous
accolades.
Book news
The
French translation of Shane Bernard’s Cajun history book for kids, “Cajuns and
Their Acadian Ancestors: A Young Reader’s History,” is now out by Faustine
Hillard (the original English version was released in 2008). The middle
school and high school reader book is available at Amazon.com and Barnes &
Noble.
Contest
The
Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival is hosting its fourth annual
Poetry Contest and accepting submissions from now until Aug. 15. The judge will
be Robert Pinsky, the only poet to have been named three times the United
States Poet Laureate. The top 10 finalists will receive a panel pass to attend
the 2014 festival in New Orleans, and their names will be published on www.tennesseewilliams.net.
The winner will be announced by Jan. 15, 2014. For information, visit http://con13.tennesseewilliams.net/poetry-contest/.
Upcoming events
Lafayette
writer and artist Kody Chamberlain is offering an intensive workshop “How to
Create Comic Books and Graphic Novels” from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. May 18 at J&R
Educational Supplies, 3123 1/2 Johnston St. in Lafayette. The six-hour
“walkthrough of the creative process” will include professional level techniques. The
price of the workshop is $80. For information, visit http://goo.gl/HTOBU.
Cheré Coen is the author
of “Exploring Cajun Country: A Historic Guide to Acadiana” and co-author of
“Magic’s in the Bag: Creating Spellbinding Gris Gris Bags and Sachets.” She
teaches writing at UL-Lafayette’s Continuing Education. Write her at
chere@louisianabooknews.com.
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