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 Regency Romance, and the HEA Club will be reading The [...]
We are delighted to welcome author, Elisa Speranza 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! “The repercussions of WWII are lovingly rendered through one woman’s story, with an endearing cast of characters [...]
Join us Monday, April 3rd at 6 pm to celebrate the release of Christine Kwon's A Ribbon the Most Perfect Blue! She will be joined by poet, Tiana Nobile. Reserve Your Signed Book Christine Kwon is a Korean American poet and fiction writer from New Jersey. Her debut poetry collection, A Ribbon the Most Perfect [...]
Join us Monday, April 10th 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 Gina Ferrara. Lucky Bean Poetry is a press and reading series in New Orleans, LA. Lucky Bean Press publishes an ongoing chapbook [...]
We are delighted to welcome poet Gina Ferrara 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! "This is a stunning book, reverent, powerful, immensely sad." — Bill Lavender, author of My ID and [...]
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 April pick is The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin .
Join us Monday, April 17th at 6 pm for an evening with Ciera Horton McElroy, author of Atomic Family. She will be in conversation with Nathaniel Rich, author of Second Nature: Scenes from a World Remade. Reserve Your Signed Book Ciera Horton McElroy is a novelist and business owner originally from Orlando, Florida. She holds [...]
Join us Tuesday, April 18th to celebrate the launch of Katy Simpson Smith's latest novel, The Weeds! Katy Simpson Smith will be in conversation with Jami Attenberg. Reserve Your Signed Book Two women, connected across time, edge toward transgression in pursuit of their desires. A Mississippi woman pushes through the ruin of the Roman Colosseum, [...]
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 April is Bitter Eden by Tatamkhulu Afrika
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 Erotic Romance, and the HEA Club will be reading That [...]
In celebration of National Poetry Month we are delighted to welcome poets Nikki Ummel, Carolyn Hembree and Lisa Pasold for this special edition of Book Banter in partnership with Lmnl Lit! Book Banter is a free, fun, interactive (you can ask questions and we will answer them during the event), event that streams live. Join [...]
Come celebrate the 10th anniversary of Independent Bookstore Day with us all day on Saturday, April 29th from 10 am - 5 pm! Independent Bookstore Day (IBD) is a one-day national party that takes place at indie bookstores across the country on the last Saturday in April. Every store is unique and independent, and every [...]
Join us Monday, May 1st at 6 pm for an evening with Tom Piazza, author of The Auburn Conference! Mr. Piazza will be joined by Roy Blount Jr. and Sister Helen Prejean who will read selections from The Auburn Conference. This event is free to attend. Reserve Your Signed Book It is 1883, and [...]
Join us Tuesday, May 2nd at 6 pm to celebrate Marti Dumas' Charmed Life, the second book in the Wildseed Witch series! She will be in conversation with Dhonielle Clayton. Reserve Your Signed Book The second book in a fun middle-grade contemporary fantasy series, about a social-media-loving tween—and witch! After a summer of being the [...]
