The river tent before the reading:
Poets doing poetry:
Me hawking my book:
With superstar author Preeti Shenoy, writer/director Punkaj Dubey, and mythologist Vani Mahesh:
The writers collective at SIWE this year:
(Standing) Mithra Venkatraj, Preeti Shenoy, Manjiri Prabhu, Shinie Antony, Vani Mahesh, Saniya, Ambai, Malsawmi Jacob, Jayasree Kasaravally and Tulasi Venugopal.
(Below) Yuvan Chandrashekar, S Diwakar, George Bishop, Pankaj Dubey and Anjali Purohit.
I’m looking forward to participating in the South India Writers’ Ensemble conference this coming weekend in Kerala. Drop by if you’re in the neighborhood.
Excellent food there.
I’m looking forward to my upcoming reading and talk at the U.S. Consulate’s American Corner in Hyderabad, India, on February 24 at 6:00 p.m. Drop by if you’re in the neighborhood.
I’ll be celebrating Small Business Saturday tomorrow in New Orleans at Octavia Books at 2:00 and Tubby and Coo’s Mid-City Book Shop at 4:00.
Drop by and I’ll help you with your Christmas shopping. Indies First, ya’ll.
I’m looking forward to paneling with authors Zachary Lazar and Laura Lane McNeal at the New Orleans Book Festival this Saturday at City Park. Drop by and say hello. Laura Lane is making cupcakes for everyone. 11:00 a.m. in the NOMA auditorium.
I’m looking forward to attending the grand opening celebration this weekend of Tubby & Coo’s Mid-City Book Shop here in New Orleans. I’ll be signing books Sunday, November 2, from 1:00-2:00.
While bookstores are shutting down all over the country, New Orleans still manages to support four (and now five!) thriving independent shops: Faulkner House Books, Garden District Book Shop, Maple Street Book Shop, and Octavia Books. Tubby & Coo’s, opened by book-lover Candice Huber, is the newest addition to this list.
Besides these shops, New Orleans also supports half a dozen damn good (and dusty) used book shops, among them Beckham’s Bookshop, Dauphine Street Books, Librairie Book Shop, Blue Cypress Books, and Crescent City Books.
Truly impressive for a city this size.
Congrats and thanks to Candice and all the other bookstore owners and lovers in New Orleans.
Can I have a Who Dat?
Thanks to Angus Woodward for organizing our event on Oct. 12 at the Baton Rouge Gallery, and thanks to everybody who came out–especially all my mom’s friends.
Here are a few pictures from “Works in Progress: Four Baton Rouge Writers.” With Laurie Lynn Drummond and Chris Tusa.
I’m reposting this info from a few weeks ago. I’ll be back in my hometown this Sunday, October 12, for a reading at the Baton Rouge Gallery, together with local favorites Laurie Lynn Drummond, Chris Tusa, and Angus Woodward.
It all happens at 4:00. Snacks and wine if you sit through the whole thing.
Works in Progress: Four Baton Rouge Writers
Thanks again to the American Library at the U.S. Consulate in Chennai (Madras), India, for organizing this reading last month. A great turnout, a wonderful crowd. I thoroughly enjoyed it.
If you happen to be in Chennai (Madras), India, this Saturday, drop by the American Library at the U.S. Consulate, 10:00 a.m. I’ll be reading and talking about various things.
Here’s the FB link:
Session on Reading, Writing, and Publish by George Bishop, Jr.
