WHAT'S NEW
Here's the local buzz on current books and book events.

Lights and "Hugs" for Your Books
We now have a selection of book lights to cuddle up with at night in bed or during a long car ride (as long as you're not doing the driving!). Some have travel cases, some clip onto the book. All are sleek and fun to use.

Another addition to our stock is the Book Hug, a handy contraption that allows for hands-free reading. So now you can drink coffee, knit and read all at the same time.

Anne Taintor
We're crazy about Anne Taintor's vintage photographs paired with witty quips. We carry notecards, postcards, magnets, invitations, journals, coasters and notepads.

Signed Books Now in Stock: (quantities limited)

Bayou Farewell: The Rich Life and Tragic Death of Louisiana's Cajun Coast
by Mike Tidwell (Vintage, paperback, $14.00) Non-fiction.

The Poet of Tolstoy Park by Sonny Brewer (Ballantine, hardback, $21.95) Fiction.

How We Are Hungry by Dave Eggers (McSweeney's, hardback, $22.00) Short stories.

You Shall Know Our Velocity! by Dave Eggers (Vintage, paperback, $14.00) Fiction.

Eden by Olympia Vernon (Grove Press, paperback, $12.00) Fiction.

Novel Voices:
Staff members Jennifer Levasseur and Kevin Rabalais recently published Novel Voices: 17 Award-Winning Novelists on How to Write, Edit, and Get Published (Writer's Digest, $16.99). The book includes in-depth interviews with Ann Patchett, Richard Ford, Ernest Gaines, Tim Gautreaux, Elizabeth McCracken, and others. Signed copies available.