{"id":173913,"date":"2025-06-10T21:11:09","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T21:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/173913\/"},"modified":"2025-06-10T21:11:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T21:11:09","slug":"authors-to-read-sign-books-in-new-orleans-area-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/173913\/","title":{"rendered":"Authors to read, sign books in New Orleans area | Books"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"navWrapper\"><strong>Megan Giddings:\u00a0<\/strong>6 p.m., Baldwin &amp; Co., 1030 Elysian Fields Ave. The author, in conversation with Jami Attenberg, discusses and signs &#8220;Meet Me at the Crossroads.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/megan-giddings-author-talk-and-book-signing-tickets-1362934757549?aff=ebdsoporgprofile\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Information here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"navWrapper\"><strong>Adam Gussow:<\/strong>\u00a06 p.m. Garden District Book Shop, 2727 Prytania St. The author discusses &#8220;My Family &amp; I: A Mississippi Memoir.&#8221;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gardendistrictbookshop.com\/events-1\/adam-gussow-author-talk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Information here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Friday, June 13<\/p>\n<p class=\"navWrapper\"><strong>Stephen Michael Shearer:<\/strong>\u00a04 p.m. Garden District Book Shop, 2727 Prytania St. The author greets and signs &#8220;Gloria Swanson: Hollywood&#8217;s First Glamour Queen.&#8221;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gardendistrictbookshop.com\/events-1\/stephen-michael-shearer-meet-greet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Information here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"navWrapper\"><strong>Dr. Sara Reardon:\u00a0<\/strong>5 p.m., Garden District Book Shop, 2727 Prytania St. The author launches and discusses &#8220;Floored: A Woman&#8217;s Guide to Pelvic Floor Health at Every Age and Stage.&#8221;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gardendistrictbookshop.com\/events-1\/sara-reardon-author-talk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Information here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Saturday, June 14<\/p>\n<p class=\"navWrapper\"><strong>Larry Bagneris:\u00a0<\/strong>1 p.m., Historic New Orleans Collection, 520 Royal St. The author launches and signs &#8220;Call Me Larry: A Creole Man&#8217;s Triumph over Racism and Homophobia.&#8221;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/hnoc.org\/events\/pride-weekend-book-signing-with-larry-bagneris?utm_source=hootsuite&amp;utm_medium=facebook&amp;utm_term=&amp;utm_content=5674a78c-f1df-4e2c-924b-8af03f6388aa&amp;utm_campaign=callmelarry25\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Information here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"navWrapper\"><strong>Holly Rose:\u00a0<\/strong>1 p.m., Barnes &amp; Noble, 3712 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie. The author signs &#8220;Follow Your Bliss: A Dream House Girls Novel.&#8221;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/stores.barnesandnoble.com\/event\/9780062189097-0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Information here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sunday, June 15<\/p>\n<p class=\"navWrapper\"><strong>Jay Gaudet:<\/strong> 4 p.m., Garden District Book Shop, 2727 Prytania St. The author, for a Juneteeth Financial Therapy Session, discusses &#8220;You&#8217;re Not Broke, You&#8217;re Broken: How to Move Past Your Financial Failures.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gardendistrictbookshop.com\/events-1\/self-care-sunday-jay-gaudet-author-talk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Information here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Monday, June 16<\/p>\n<p class=\"navWrapper\"><strong>John Durel:\u00a0<\/strong>6 p.m., Garden District Book Shop, 2727 Prytania St. The author discusses &#8220;Descendants: The Divided Lineage of a Louisiana Creole Family.&#8221;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gardendistrictbookshop.com\/events-1\/john-durel-author-talk-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Information here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tuesday, June 17<\/p>\n<p class=\"navWrapper\"><strong>Robert W. Fieseler:\u00a0<\/strong>6 p.m., Octavia Books, 513 Octavia St. The author, in conversation with Gwen Thompkins, discusses and signs &#8220;American Scare: Florida&#8217;s Hidden Cold War on Black and Queer Lives.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.octaviabooks.com\/event\/american-scare-robert-w-fieseler\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Information here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Wednesday, June 18<\/p>\n<p class=\"navWrapper\"><strong>John Curatola:\u00a0<\/strong>4:30 p.m., National WWII Museum, 945 Magazine St. The author discusses and signs &#8220;Armies Afloat: How the Development of Amphibious Operations in Europe Helped Win World War II.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalww2museum.org\/events-programs\/events\/136516-meet-author-john-curatola-armies-afloat-how-development-amphibious\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Information here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"navWrapper\"><strong>Erica Stern:\u00a0<\/strong>6:30 p.m., Blue Cypress Books, 8123 Oak St. The author, in conversation with Marguerite Sheffer, discusses &#8220;Frontier: A Memoir &amp; A Ghost Story.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bluecypressbooks.com\/event\/an-evening-with-erica-stern-frontier\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Information here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Saturday, June 21<\/p>\n<p class=\"navWrapper\"><strong>John Durel:\u00a0<\/strong>1 p.m., Historic New Orleans Collection, 520 Royal St. The author signs &#8220;Descendants: The Divided Lineage of a Louisiana Creole Family.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/ow.ly\/n0E050VWL1B?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAYnJpZBEwc0ZoOXRCbjRFUXRpY2NERQEeOeuoExbxcIzL2y_N-3NGthKnMT-YM27uxDpckMgmdwTHInPuAGzzTEt56Es_aem_iC-bq1HDgjsPYfTirgBQYg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Information here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"navWrapper\"><strong>Andrew Wiest:\u00a0<\/strong>2 p.m., Barnes &amp; Noble, 3721 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie. The author signs and reads &#8220;The Boys of &#8217;67: Charlie Company&#8217;s War in Vietnam&#8221; and &#8220;Dogwood: A National Guard Unit&#8217;s War in Iraq.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/stores.barnesandnoble.com\/event\/9780062189880-0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Information here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tuesday, June 24<\/p>\n<p class=\"navWrapper\"><strong>Dr. Jonathan Higgins:\u00a0<\/strong>6 p.m., Baldwin &amp; Co., 1030 Elysian Fields Ave. The author, in conversation with Ryan &#8220;phlegm&#8221; Gilbert, discusses and signs &#8220;Black. Fat. Femme&#8221; Revealing the Power of Visibly Queer Voices in Media and Learning to Love Yourself.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/dr-jonathan-higgins-author-talk-and-book-signing-tickets-1393047294959?aff=ebdsoporgprofile\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Information here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Megan Giddings:\u00a06 p.m., Baldwin &amp; Co., 1030 Elysian Fields Ave. The author, in conversation with Jami Attenberg, discusses&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":173914,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3938],"tags":[4068,3444,77,12867,72018,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-173913","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-books","8":"tag-authors","9":"tag-books","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-novel","12":"tag-signings","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114661129092862842","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173913","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=173913"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173913\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/173914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=173913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}