Featuring hometown author James Lee Burke. This offers something for all book lovers: book signing, cooking classes, writing workshops, all in historic New Iberia.
Ride Mike’s Trolley to all of the Events on Saturday!
There will be 4 Trolley Stops Downtown. April 5-7th.
Schedule of events : https://booksalongthetecheliteraryfestival.com/news-events/
Schedule of authors https://booksalongthetecheliteraryfestival.com/author-book-gallery/
Dave’s Haunts and Jaunts Mystery Bus Tour
Friday, April 5th11:30-3:15Victor’s Cafeteria109 West Main St. Cost: $75.00Menu: Shrimp Etouffeeor Grilled Chicken over fettuccine noodles and a cream sauceBoth entree’s will be served with fresh candied carrots, green salad, and a roll. Dessert will be a brownie sundae with homemade ganache and whipped cream You won’t want to miss this great mystery bus tour!!…
Presentation on Creole History
Friday, April 5th10:30-11:15Sliman Theater129 East Main St. Meet Mona Lisa Saloy, Author & Folklorist, Educator, and Scholar. An award-winning author of contemporary Creole culture in poems about Black New Orleans before and after Katrina. As a poet, her first book, Red Beans & Ricely Yours, won the T.S. Eliot Prize and the PEN/Oakland Josephine Miles Award and tied…
Candidacies of Three Cajun Catholics
Friday, April 5th11:30-12:30Sliman Theater129 East Main St. Father Don is the Pastor at Saint Edward’s Catholic Church and Saint Edwards School in New Iberia LA. Father Don and a panel will delve into the lives of these Catholics and learn where they are in the process of Sainthood The following people that will be discussed…
2024 Great Southern Writer: Natalie Baszile
Natalie has a M.A. in Afro-American Studies from UCLA, and is a graduate of Warren Wilson College’s MFA Program for Writers. Queen Sugar was named one of the San Francisco Chronicles’ Best Books of 2014, and nominated for an NAACP Image Award. Natalie has had residencies at the Ragdale Foundation, Virginia Center for the Arts, Hedgebrook, and the Djerassi Resident Arts Program where she received the SFFILM and the Bonnie Rattner Fellowships. Her non-fiction work has appeared in Lenny Letter, The Bitter Southerner, O, The Oprah Magazine, The Rumpus.net and a number of anthologies. For two years, she was Writer in Residence at Saint Mary’s College where she taught a fiction workshop in the MFA Program. Natalie is a member of the San Francisco Writers’ Grotto and lives in the Bay Area.
The Great Southern Writer Natalie Baszile is sponsored by the Iberia Parish Library and 64 Parishes.
Experience Queen Sugar streaming on the Oprah Winfrey Network.
