Join for with with Charles Chamberlain for a presentation and signing celebrating the launch of his new book. Highly accessible to non-scholarly readers, NEW ORLEANS: A Concise History of an Exceptional City offers a broad, reliable overview of the city’s history. Although many excellent books are available that focus on specific eras in the Crescent City, this book is the first fully inclusive scholarly history that is engaging and easy to follow. In addition to a general historical narr...| Octavia Books | New Orleans, Louisiana - Independent Bookstore
Please join us for a fun, literary Sunday afternoon with authors Brian Asman, Philip Fracassi and Christina Henry in conversation about their 3 new horror books, Man, F*ck This House (and Other Disasters), The Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre and The Place Where They Buried Your Heart, respectively.| Octavia Books | New Orleans, Louisiana - Independent Bookstore
Enshittification: it’s not just you—the internet sucks now. Here’s why, and here’s how we can disenshittify it.We’re living through the Enshittocene, the Great Enshittening, a time in which the services that matter to us, that we rely on, are turning into giant piles of shit. It’s frustrating. Demoralizing.| Octavia Books | New Orleans, Louisiana - Independent Bookstore
Join us with author Joshua Wheeler for a presentation and signing celebrating the launch of his new book, THE HIGH HEAVEN: A Novel, appearing in conversation with Delaney Nolan. --- A multi-genre debut novel tracing one woman’s quest for faith across the American West during the Space Age In 1967, on the night of the first Apollo mission, a child named Izzy is orphaned when the doomsday cult she was born into clashes with the sheriff in the high desert of New Mexico. She’s taken in by a s...| Octavia Books | New Orleans, Louisiana - Independent Bookstore
Come join us for the New Orleans launch of Jeremy White's new book INHUMANA: An American Healthcare Story. An unflinching reminder that real people pay the price when healthcare becomes a business. A must-read for anyone who believes in the power of reform and the dignity of care. --That Librarian author Amanda Jones, 2021 School Library Journal Librarian of the Year Months after a stroke and two seizures robbed White’s mom of use of her right side, a federal judge ruled her the victor of t...| Octavia Books | New Orleans, Louisiana - Independent Bookstore
Come join us for a special Sunday afternoon with author Cory Doctorow presenting and signing his new book, ENSHITTIFICATION: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It. Enshittification: it’s not just you—the internet sucks now. Here’s why, and here’s how we can disenshittify it. We’re living through the Enshittocene, the Great Enshittening, a time in which the services that matter to us, that we rely on, are turning into giant piles of shit. It’s frustrating. Demor...| Octavia Books | New Orleans, Louisiana - Independent Bookstore
MURDER AT THE PONTCHARTRAIN - Kathleen Kaska| Octavia Books | New Orleans, Louisiana - Independent Bookstore
Join us with New Orleans history teacher David Michael Schneider for a presentation and signing celebrating the launch of his debut book, CRIME IN COLONIAL NEW ORLEANS: Terror on the Frontier. The French colonial empire was a brutal money-making machine. And French society, which was carefully organized by the Church and the Crown, broke down in the environment of the Gulf Coast, from New Orleans to Biloxi. The Catholic church lost control of social morals. The colonial regime was unable, or ...| Octavia Books | New Orleans, Louisiana - Independent Bookstore
Please join us with writer and legendary record producer Joe Boyd featuring AND THE ROOTS OF RHYTHM REMAIN: A Journey through Global Music when he appears at Octavia Books in conversation with New Orleans music writer Jay Mazza, followed by a book signing. From the legendary producer of Nick Drake, R.E.M., Toots and the Maytals, and Pink Floyd and author of White Bicycles: Making Music in the 1960s comes a riveting, world-spanning tour de force illuminating the artists, histories, controv...| Octavia Books | New Orleans, Louisiana - Independent Bookstore
Join Octavia Books and the New Orleans JCC for a very special Sunday afternoon when #1 New York Times bestselling children's author Alan Gratz presents and sign his two new books: WAR GAMES: A Novel of 1936 Berlin and REFUGEE: The Graphic Novel. The event will take place at the New Orleans JCC - Uptown. Please purchase your tickets now, required for admission and exchangeable for copies of the books to be signed after the program by the author. When selecting your ticket, you may choose eithe...| Octavia Books | New Orleans, Louisiana - Independent Bookstore
A one-of-a-kind novel that grapples with the supernatural mysteries of life, death, and human connection—an unprecedented collaboration between the globally bestselling author of love stories like The Notebook and the renowned writer and director of blockbuster thrillers like The Sixth SenseThe stunning hardcover of Remain features a premium dust jacket, beautiful endpapers, and a deluxe cas| Octavia Books | New Orleans, Louisiana - Independent Bookstore
Come meet author Kathleen Kaska when she signs her1950's New Orleans-set mystery, MURDER AT THE PONTCHARTRAIN. Another hotel, another murder, another Sydney Lockhart mystery. “Pour yourself a Sazerac cocktail and enjoy a rollicking ride through New Orleans, where the food is spicy, the jazz silky smooth, and the air thick with voodooism in Murder at the Pontchartrain.”| Octavia Books | New Orleans, Louisiana - Independent Bookstore
Please join us to meet and greet author Nicholas Sparks when he visits Octavia Books to celebrate the launch of his new book, REMAIN: A SUPERNATURAL LOVE STORY. You will receive a pre-signed copy of REMAIN and will get a photo op with the author. To participate, please purchase your ticket today! Buy Tickets on Eventbrite Buy Tickets var exampleCallback = function() { console.log('Order complete!'); }; window.EBWidgets.createWidget({ widgetType: 'checkout', eventId: '1509731460439', modal: tr...| Octavia Books | New Orleans, Louisiana - Independent Bookstore
Come join us for a special evening when writer Priyanka Mattoo presents her memoir in essays, BIRD MILK & MOSQUITO BONES. She will appear in conversation with author Jami Attenberg. From a wry, insightful, and very funny new voice, here is one woman’s search for home, from Kashmir to England to Saudi Arabia to Michigan to Rome and, finally, to Los Angeles—standalone essays that together form a sweeping portrait of a peripatetic life. "I would follow Priyanka Mattoo to the ends of the ea...| Octavia Books | New Orleans, Louisiana - Independent Bookstore
Please join us for a very special evening celebrating Ransom Riggs' SUNDERWORLD, VOL. I: The Extraordinary Disappointments of Leopold Berry when the bestselling author appears in person at Octavia Books in a lively conversation with authors Daniel José Older and Brittany N. Williams. Ransom Riggs will be signing and personalizing copies of the book after the speaking portion of the event. Buy Tickets on EventbriteBuy Tickets var exampleCallback = function() { console.log('Order complete!'); ...| Octavia Books | New Orleans, Louisiana - Independent Bookstore