Susan Larson talks with Doug MacCash about his book, ‘Mardi Gras Beads’, the first in the Louisiana True series from LSU Press, and Ryan Murphy about his new book, ‘T-Rex goes to Rex: A Dinosaur at Mardi Gras.’
Here’s what’s on tap in the literary life this week:
Here in New Orleans:
Michelle Dumont will read from and sign “Phoebe Cakes the Bulldog: A Mardi Gras Tail,” Saturday, February 12, at 11 a.m. at Garden District Book Shop.
Four book clubs sponsored by Jefferson Parish Libraries are beginning Tuesday, February 15. All are free of charge and open to the public, and one of them might suit your reading tastes. Here they are:
The BestBank Book Club meets from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 15, at the Gretna Library, 102 Willow Drive, Gretna. The book to be discussed is The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell.
The Old Metairie Book Club meets from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 15, at the Old Metairie Library, 2350 Metairie Road. The book up for discussion is The Dry by Jane Harper.
The Jefferson Highway Book Club meets from 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 15, at the River Ridge Library. The book to be discussed is An American Marriage by Tayari Jones.
The Great Books Discussion Group meets at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 15, at the East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon, Metairie. The book up for discussion is “A Gathering of Old Men,” by legendary Louisiana author Ernest Gaines.
