NEW ORLEANS AREA BOOK EVENTS May 22-June 5
Friday, May 24
Dianne M. Stewart: Noon, Melba’s Po-Boys, 1525 Elysian Fields Ave. The author and professor signs “Black Women, Black Love: America’s War on African American Marriage.” Information here.
Saturday, May 25
Dakota Brimage: 1 p.m., Barnes & Noble, 3721 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie. The author signs “The Crowned Daughter: Kingdom of Smoke and Mirrors Book 1.” Information here.
Holly Rose: 1 p.m., Barnes & Noble, 3721 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie. The author signs “Until the Stars Fall.” Information here.
Erica Spay: 1 p.m., Barnes & Noble, 1200 S. Clearview Parkway, Suite 1155, Harahan. The author signs “Whiskey with Wolves.” Information here.
Michael Strecker: 2 p.m., Barnes & Noble, Westbank Center, 1601B West Bank Expressway, Harvey. The author signs “The Knights of Wade.” Information here.
Tuesday, May 28
Mary Annaïse Heglar: 6 p.m., Baldwin & Co., 1030 Elysian Fields Ave. The author discusses and signs “Troubled Waters.” Information here.
Saturday, June 1
Mary Beth Broussard: 10 a.m., Barnes & Noble, 3721 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie. The author signs “Gumbo Weather.” Information here.
Michelle Dumont: 10 a.m., Barnes & Noble, 3721 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie. The author signs “Phoebe Cakes and Friends An Alphabet Tale: ABCs.” Information here.
Bob Becker: 11 a.m., Barnes & Noble, 1200 S. Clearview Parkway, Suite 1155, Harahan. The author signs “New Orleans City Park.” Information here.
Cher Hunt: Noon, Barnes & Noble, 3721 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie. The author signs “The Bayou Fairies.” Information here.
Denise McConduit: Noon, Barnes & Noble, 3721 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie. The author signs “D.J. and the Zulu Parade” Information here.
Vernon Smith: Noon, Barnes & Noble, 3721 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie. The author signs “The Littlest Streetcar.” Information here.
Gary Alipio: 2 p.m., Barnes & Noble, 3721 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie. The author signs “Craziest Fishing Tale on the Bayou.” Information here.
Michael Birt: 2 p.m., Barnes & Noble, 3721 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie. The author signs “Michael the Wildlife Detective.” Information here.
Cecilia Dartez: 2 p.m., Barnes & Noble, 3721 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie. The author signs “Jenny the Giraffe and the Streetcar Party.” Information here.
Laura Dragon: 2 p.m., Barnes & Noble, 3721 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie. The author signs “The Bayou Bogeyman.” Information here.
Paul Schexnayder: 2 p.m., Barnes & Noble, 3721 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie. The author signs “I Know My Louisiana Colors.” Information here.
Jeanette Weiland: 2 p.m., Barnes & Noble, 3721 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie. The author signs “Beignets for Breakfast.” Information here.
Monday, June 3
Carla Seyler: 6:30 p.m., Blue Cypress Books, 8123 Oak St. The author discusses and signs “A Place Unmade.” Information here.
Tuesday, June 4
Belle Brock Adelman-Cannon: 6 p.m., Blue Cypress Books, 8123 Oak St. The author’s poems, posthumously discovered on a cell phone, will be be celebrated for “Every Time They Call Me She.” Information here.
Brian Fairbanks: 6 p.m., Garden District Book Shop, 2727 Prytania St. Launch for “Willie, Waylon and the Boys: How Nashville Outsiders Changed Country Music Forever.” Music by Conor Donohue. Information here.
Britt Gondolfi and Amanda Romanick; Michael Birt: 6:30 p.m., East Jefferson Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie. The author (Gondolfi) and illustrator (Romanick) discuss “Look Up! Fontaine the Pigeon Starts a Revolution.” Birt discusses “Michael the Wildlife Detective.” jplibrary.net.
Wednesday, June 5
Allison Alsup: 6 p.m., Octavia Books, 513 Octavia St. The author, with Elisa Speranza, discusses and signs “Foreign Seed.” Information here.
