First,
I’ll be joining Lafayette author Camilla Hunt Cole from noon to 1 p.m. Saturday
at Barnes & Noble for a paranormal book signing (our pens will be acting of
their own accord!). Cole has published “Long Shadows,” a Southern Gothic
psychological mystery that concerns a 17-year-old girl who is trapped with her
four colorful aunts in her family’s sinister antebellum home by horrors her
forefathers committed there more than 100 years before.
Next,
I’ll head over to Arnaudville where I’ll join mediums Vicky Cormier and Allyson
Glynn Schram and Cajun Traiteur Becca Begnaud for a “Coffee, Tea and Spirit”
discussion from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at Little Big Cup. The talk will be followed
by a booksigning of my ghost collection, “Haunted Lafayette.”Next up is “Otherworldly Voices,” part of the Voices Seasonal Reading Series, at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 30, at Carpe Diem! Gelato – Espresso Bar, 812 Jefferson St. in downtown Lafayette. I’ll be reading from “Haunted Lafayette” and telling local ghost tales, and Carpe Diem! will serve up seasonal gelato.
Hope
to see you there.
New releases
The
University of Louisiana at Lafayette Press has compiled more than 100 paintings
of Dennis Paul Williams, with a portrait of Williams by book editor Philip
Gould and an overview of his art by former Louisiana Poet Laureate Darrell
Bourque, in “Soul Exchange: The Paintings of Dennis Paul Williams. The St.
Martinville native was driven as a child to draw, paint and explore artistic
materials as he embraced his Creole heritage, where every aspect of life
revolves around faith, celebration and beauty. Williams has works in numerous
museums in the United States and beyond and many of his paintings can also be
found in private collections around the world. Williams has also performed in
his brother’s band, Nathan Williams and the Zydeco Cha Chas. He will be
signing “Soul Exchange” from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday at the Paul and Lulu
Hilliard University Art Museum on the UL campus.
David
Middleton has published a collection of poetry rooted in personal and regional
history titled “The Fiddler of Driskill Hill,” published by LSU Press. Born in
Shreveport, Middleton served as professor of English, Poet-in-Residence,
Distinguished Service Professor, Alcee Fortier Distinguished Professor and head
of the Department of Languages and Literature at Nicholls State University in
Thibodaux.
New
Orleans was home to numerous authors but where did they pen their famous tales?
Angela Carll shows readers “Where Writers Wrote in New Orleans,” newly released
by Margaret Media. The cover and introduction was created by Eugene Cizek, with
pen and ink drawings of various buildings by the late Lloyd Sensat with a few
by Cizek.
Jana
DeLeon, a native of southweset Louisiana, has just released her latest Miss
Fortune Mystery titled “Louisiana Longshot,” where CIA assassin Fortune Redding
is about to undertake her most difficult mission ever in Sinful,
Louisiana. The book was listed No. 2 on the self-published best-seller
list last week. Her latest mystery, “Swamp Sniper,” came out last month. For
more information, visit http://janadeleon.com/.
Inaugural reading
Louisiana’s
new state poet laureate, Ava Leavell Haymon, will be formally presented and perform
her first official reading at 6 p.m. Thursday at Louisiana Humanities Center,
938 Lafayette St. in New Orleans. The event begins with a reception, followed
by the introduction and reading. Books will be available for sale by
Garden District Books.
The
reading continues a tradition that began with 2009-11 poet laureate Darrell
Bourque and continued with Julie Kane’s first official appearance in
2011.
Book festivals
Festival
of Words, a literary event that offers workshops in the public schools,
drive-by poetry, public readings by big-name authors and much more, will be
Nov. 7-9 in Grand Coteau. To reach their fund-raising goals, the festival has
created a Kickstarter account with a Nov. 5 deadline at http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/909037597/festival-of-words-2013.
The
Louisiana Book Festival will be Saturday, Nov. 2, on the Capitol grounds in
Baton Rouge. Novelist, essayist and screenwriter Christine
Wiltz has been named recipient of the this year’s Louisiana
Writer Award for 2013 and will be recognized during the festival. The Louisiana
Writer Award is chosen annually by a State Library-appointed committee to
recognize extraordinary contributions to Louisiana’s literary and intellectual
life. Wiltz is the author of five novels, all set in New Orleans, as well as
numerous articles and essays that have appeared in such publications as
the New Yorker, the Los Angeles Times and Louisiana Life.
The
Louisiana Writer Award is given annually to recognize outstanding contributions
to the literary and intellectual life of Louisiana. Past recipients include novelists James Lee
Burke, Ernest
J. Gaines, Shirley Ann
Grau, Elmore
Leonard, Tim Gautreaux, Valerie
Martin, James Wilcox and John Biguenet;
children’s author William Joyce;
poets Yusef
Komunyakaa and William Jay
Smith; historian Carl A.
Brasseaux; and scholar Lewis P.
Simpson.
Cheré Coen is the author
of “Haunted Lafayette, Louisiana” and “Exploring Cajun Country: A Historic
Guide to Acadiana,” both from The History Press, 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 cherecoen@gmail.com.
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