Join us Sunday, January 29th at 4:30 pm for a signing with Emily Tamkin, author of Bad Jews! Ms. Tamkin will be in conversation with Dr. Ilana Horwitz, Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies and Sociology, and the Fields-Rayant Chair of Contemporary Jewish Life at the Stuart and Suzanne Grant Center for the American Jewish Experience [...]
Join us Tuesday, January 31st at 6:30pm for the inaugural meeting of The Happily Ever After Club: A Romance Book Club at Blue Cypress Books hosted by our marketing manager/resident romance expert, Jodi! The January selection is The Heart Principle by Helen Hoang. Order the Book! SCHEDULE & BOOKS 👉 January 31 [...]
Join us Wednesday, February 1st at 6 pm for The Willow School Creative Writing Showcase! Students from The Willow School's "Certificate of Artistry" Creative Writing Program will be presenting their work.
We are excited to welcome author, Robert Fieseler to Book Banter! Book Banter is a free, fun, interactive (you can ask questions and we will answer them during the event), event that streams live. Join the conversation on Facebook or YouTube! "Fieseler's work is an essential piece of historical restitution that takes us from 1973 to 2003, when [...]
Join us and our partners lmnl lit for a free Flash Fiction Workshop. In this workshop, we’ll explore the characteristics of flash fiction. We’ll read and discuss some works before diving into the generative portion of our time together. I’ll provide prompts as well as feedback. Participants will be welcome to share if they choose [...]
Join us Monday, February 6th at 6:30 pm for a poetry reading hosted by Lucky Bean Press, followed by an open mic. This event is free to attend. This month’s featured reader is Laurin DeChae. Lucky Bean Poetry is a press and reading series in New Orleans, LA. Lucky Bean Press publishes an ongoing chapbook [...]
The Louisiana Writers Book Club is led by community members and meets every second Thursday of the month at our shop unless otherwise noted. Email us at team@bluecypressbooks.com for more information on how to join. The pick for February is Almost Innocent by Sheila Bosworth
The International Book Club meets every third Wednesday of the month at our shop and read books written by authors not native to the United States. Email us at team@bluecypressbooks.com for more information on how to join. The pick for February is First Love by Gwendoline Riley
Join us Friday, February 24th 5:00pm - 7:00pm for Cider and Signing with author and illustrator, Shannon Kelley Atwater. Ms. Atwater will meet and mingle with attendees and sign her book, Goodnight Pothole. This event is free and open to the public and will take place at Broad Street Cider, located at 2723 S Broad [...]
The Happily Ever After Club is a romance book club hosted by Blue Cypress Books bookseller and romance enthusiast, Jodi! For 2023, The HEA Club will function as a sort of romance 101, featuring a selection from a different sub-genre each month. This month's focus is Young Adult (YA) Romance, and the HEA Club will be [...]
We are thrilled to welcome debut author, Trang Thanh Tran to Book Banter! Book Banter is a free, fun, interactive (you can ask questions and we will answer them during the event), event that streams live. Join the conversation on Facebook or YouTube! Tran smartly weaves Vietnamese culture and real horrors of French imperialism to deliver an eerie [...]
Join us Saturday, March 4th at 5 pm to celebrate the release of Danny Unger's chapbook, Dear Egg! Dear Egg is a book of epistolary poems about love and anxiety set (mostly) in New Orleans published locally by Tilted House. She will be joined by Justin Lacour and Meghan Sullivan. Danny Unger is a queer, [...]
