Welcome to Maple Street Book Shop Maple Street Book Shop is the definitive place to shop for New Orleans books. Nestled away in uptown New Orleans, the 40-year-old original Maple Street Book Shop has had friendships with many Southern authors, such as Walker Percy, Ellen Gilchrist and Christine Wiltz. Maple Street Children's Book Shop, located next door to our original book store, offers kids books with a New Orleans and Cajun flavor. |
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Whether you're coming to the Big Easy for Mardi Gras, Jazz Fest, or to
visit the French Quarter, be sure to drop in and see us while you're here.
Maple Street is the book store for visiting book lovers in New Orleans!
Thanks for visiting the site! We hope you enjoy our world of books.
Glowing Reviews About Us
They're about us, and in this case, do believe everything you read
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"Writers come from near and far to visit the Maple Street
Book Shops . . . . Proprietor Rhoda Faust agrees that these are boom times
for writers. 'Writers come here because a lot of great writing has been
set here and that's very appealing and confidence-inspiring. The same
could be said of Boston, New York, and San Francisco, but New Orleans
offers something more--a slower pace, less pressure, less competition
within the community of writers. New Orleans is more tolerant than most
cities, and it didn't become that way because it's politically correct.
New Orleans has always been tolerant in a joyful way that seems more sincere.
Writers seem to thrive in this atmosphere.' "
-Insight Guide to New Orleans
"If New Orleans has a literary heart, it is in this
unpretentious uptown cottage crammed with a very selective collection
of novels, anthologies, and biographies, from the latest best-sellers
to the most obscure Southern writers. A book worm's paradise."
-Birnbaum's New Orleans
"The staff is knowledgeable about the local literary scene past and
present. Next door is the Maple Street Children's Book Shop, the best
place in town for children's literature. Bring the kids--there's a reading
and activity area for them."
-Fodor's '99
"Housed in a quaint Victorian shotgun surrounded
by a picket fence, this well-organized bookstore is crammed to the rafters
with thousands of titles. The staff is knowledgeable and friendly, and
owner Rhoda Faust is one of the city's literary leaders. The well-stocked
New Orleans section includes a whole wall of regional cookbooks, works
by more than 120 native authors (some signed, some first editions), and
an extensive collection by Louisiana lion Walker Percy."
-ACCESS New Orleans
"Maple Street's Rhoda Faust is a veritable guru among local book
lovers, known for helping readers locate hard-to-find books."
-Frommer's Irreverent Guide to New Orleans
"Maple Street Book Shop: A shotgun cottage full of
fine books; next door is their excellent children's bookshop."
-Ultimate Guide to New Orleans
"[Maple Street Book Shop] has been around since the '60s and has
comfy warmth you'll feel when you walk in. It stocks current best-sellers
as well as books on New Orleans and the region. Local authors love to
have signings here."
-Edge Guides to New Orleans
"A long-standing local favorite surrounded by charming
cottage shops, coffeehouses, and restaurants. Two side-by-side Victorian
houses are filled floor to ceiling with thousands of regional cookbooks,
children's stories, and works from more than 120 Louisiana natives (some
first editions), including an impressive collection by Walker Percy."
-Romantic Days & Nights in New Orleans
Maple Street Book Shop's current owner is Rhoda Faust.
Her mother, Mary Stuart Kellogg, and aunt Rhoda K. Norman opened our original
shop in 1964. The shop has six rooms of books and a comfortable room in
the back for people to read and look at 40 years of photos and memorabilia.
Since the Sixties
with a little help from our friends
Top photo: The original Maple Street Shop as it is today.
Bottom photo: Mary Kellogg, Bob Cook (seated), Hudson Marquez, and
slouching toward coolness, Mary's daughter Rhoda K. Faust. Photo by Marty
Pitts, 1967.
