Writing conferences and workshops
New York Time bestselling author Neil White will lead a
two-day workshop titled “Write and Publish Your Book” April 7-8 at the
Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame and Museum in Jackson, Miss. In addition, the workshop
features guest appearances by industry experts, including publicists, editors,
designers and printers. For more information, visit
http://neilwhiteworkshop.com.
The 20th Alabama Writers Symposium will be April 20-21 in
Monroeville, Ala., and feature Yaa Gyasi, award-winning author of “Homecoming.”
For more information, email Alisha Linam at
alinam@ascc.edu.
The Writers Retreat Workshop 2017 will be May 6-13 in San
Antonio and will include authors, agents and guest speakers for the eight-day
workshop. For more information, visit
http://writersretreatworkshop.com/index.html.
Book events the week of March 6-12
Tubby and Coo’s Mid-City Book Shop of New Orleans offers
a spring publishing camp for those looking to publish from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Tuesday (followed by consecutive Tuesdays) at Tubby and Coo’s. Cost is $40 for
all sessions, or $15 per session.
Photographer and author Philip Gould will discuss World War
II at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the
Iberia Parish Library Main Branch at 445 E.
Main St. in New Iberia. He will discuss the prisoners of Auschwitz and what
they saw and experienced during the war through a photo exhibit and
accompanying lecture. The lecture is suitable for ages 18 and older. For more
information, visit IberiaLibrary.org or call (337) 364-7150.
In honor of Women’s History Month, Georgiann
Potts presents “The Two Candidates: Abigale Adams and Mary Ann Shadd Cary,” at
2 p.m. Tuesday at the Ouachita Valley Branch Library.
This week marks the Louisiana Library
Association Conference at the Cajumdome of Lafayette.
Bill Ayers will discuss and sign “Demand the Impossible: A
Radical Manifesto” at 6 p.m. Thursday at Octavia Books of New Orleans. Ayers is
a social justice activist, teacher, Distinguished Professor of Education
(retired) at the University of Illinois at Chicago and author of two
memoirs, “Fugitive Days” and “Public Enemy.”
New York best-selling author Jenny Lawson signs “You Are
Here: An Owners Manual for Dangerous Minds” and “Furiously Happy” at 6 p.m. Friday
at Garden District Book Shop of New Orleans.
A Master Poetry Writing Workshop titled “The Poem as
Collaboration with Song, Story, Spirit, History, Prayer, and More...” with
former Louisiana Poet Laureate Darrell Bourque will be from 12:30 p.m. to 4:30
p.m. Saturday at Bourque’s Sunset home. Participating writers will be guided
through a hands-on set of exercises using music, song lyrics, paintings and
other prompts. No previous writing experience required. Writers are urged to
bring copies of Bourque’s book of poetry, “Where I Waited.” The workshop will
emphasize preliminary drafts and discovery rather than finished poems. The cost
is $100, with proceeds benefitting the Festival of Words Cultural Arts
Collective. Register online at
Festivalofwords.org or call Patrice Melnick
at (337) 254-9695.
The Louisiana finals of the Poetry Our Loud: National
Recitation Contest will begin at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Capitol Park Museum in
Baton Rouge. Poetry Out Loud is administered in partnership with the State Arts
Agencies of all 50 states, the District of Columbia, the U.S. Virgin Islands,
and Puerto Rico. For information, visit
http://www.poetryoutloud.org.
Cheré Coen is the author
of “Forest Hill, Louisiana: A Bloom Town History,” “Haunted Lafayette,
Louisiana” and “Exploring Cajun Country.” She writes Louisiana romances under
the pen name of Cherie Claire. Write her at cherecoen@gmail.com.
Tubby and Coo’s Mid-City Book Store in New Orleans has begun publishing and their first three books will arrive on shelves Dec. 4!
The awkward stegosaurus and the clumsy stegosaurus are too strange and weird for the other dinosaurs. Can they overcome their own self-doubt and work up the courage to speak to each other? The answer lies in “The Two Stegosauruses" by Daniel Moore Glaser” who teaches readers through story that no matter how weird you think you are, you are not alone.
Young James Lamport dreams of going to sea with his uncle Argo, who has just arrived back in London from one of his grand adventures. James pleads with Argo to let him tag along, but Argo refuses and instead gives James a mysterious substance called "pixie dust" thinking it will satisfy the boy's whims. Seething over the possibility of living the same boring life as his father, James stows away on his uncle's ship, hoping for adventure on the high seas. When James discovers the mysterious island of Gjaebyth and the origin of the pixie dust his uncle gifted him, he sets out on a journey to rid "The Never Land" of evil. But evil has a way of seeping in... It’s all in Artie Sievers’ young adult novel, “Captain.”
