The Calendar of Events (click here for the Children's calendar)
Events at Book Shop
May 2008
May 15, Thursday, 5:30 - 7 PM, Sarah Thyre, writer and actress from the hit Comedy Central Show "Strangers With Candy" and the Uprigt Citizens Brigade Theatre, will sign her memoir, Dark at the Roots.
May 17, Saturday, 2:00 - 3:30 PM, Award winning rock radio personality, Dayna Steele, will be signing her book, Rock to the Top: What I Learned about Success from the World's Greatest Rock Stars.
May 20 - Saturday, May 24, be sure to stop by the Maple Street Book Shop booths while attending the 2008 New Orleans Wine and Food Experience!!!
May 31, Saturday, 2:00 PM, Reading on the Road introductory meeting for fall trip to Scotland and summer book cub itenerary.
April 2008
April 13, Sunday, 1:30 - 3:00 pm, Sheryl St. Germain will be signing and reading from her book of poetry Let It Be a Dark Roux.
April 13, Sunday, 3:00 pm, Book Club Meeting, Maple Street's "Reading on the Road" program will be discussing Collin Well's Sailing From Byzantium: How a Lost Empire Shaped the World in conjunction with the Mediterranean trip in May.
April 19, Saturday, 1:00 - 2:30 pm, Frank Davis will be signing Frank Davis Makes Good Groceries!: A New Orleans Cookbook.
April 24, Thursday, 5:30 - 7:00 pm, James Nolan will be reading from and signing Perpetual Care and Other Stories.
April 30, Wednesday, 4:30 - 6:30 pm, Diane Grams will be signing Entering Cultural Communities: Diversity and Change in the Nonprofit Arts.
March 2008
March 8, 2008, Saturday, 1:00 -2:30, Kit Wohl will be signing New Orleans Classic Seafood.
March 11, 2008, Tuesday, 6:00, Book Club Meeting, Maple Street's "Reading on the Road" program will be discussing Jerome Carcopino's Daily Life in Ancient Rome.
March 22, 2008, Saturday, 1:00-2:30, Dave Dixon will be signing The Saints, The Superdome, The Scandal.
March 29, 2008, Saturday, 1:00-3:00, Maria Compagno will be signing her cookbook, Sicilian-Style Cooking: From Ustica to New Orleans.
March 30, 2008, Sunday, 1:00-2:30, Mark Steinberg will be signing Stalking the Ghost Bird: The Elusive Ivory Billed Woodpecker in Louisiana.
February 2008
February 10, 2008, Sunday @ 3:00, Book Club Meeting, Maple Street's "Reading on the Road" program will be discussing Thomas Cahill's Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea.
January 2008
January 15, 2008, Tuesday @ 6:00, Book Club Meeting, Maple Street's "Reading on the Road" program will be discussing Tony Perrottet's Pagan Holiday: On the Trail of Ancient Roman Tourists in conjunction with the Mediterranean trip in May.
January 19, 2008, Saturday, 1:30 - 3:00, Phillip Collier will be signing his book, Mixing New Orleans. This will be held in conjunction with a shoe decorating party for the Krewe of Muses. The decorating will be taking place primarily in the back yard and the public is welcome to watch!
January 26, 2008, Saturday, 1:00-2:30 is poetry afternoon at thee shop! Angela Ball will be here to read/sign her award winning Night Clerk at the Hotel of Both Worlds and Kip Cairo will also be present to read/sign from his collection of poetry which examines life in post-Katrina New Orleans, Squatter's Writes.
December 2007
December 1, 2007, Saturday, Arthur Hardy will be here from 1:00 -2:30 p.m. to sign his new edition of Mardi Gras in New Orleans.
December 1, 2007, Saturday @ 5:00 pm, "Reading on the Road" book club, introductory meeting for those that could not make the one on Nov. 28.
December 2, 2007, Sunday, Mary Fitzpatrick & Alex Lemann will be here from 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. to autograph the latest book from the Preservation Resource Center, New Orleans Favorite Shotguns.
December 4, 2007, Tuesday, Book club meeting at 6:00 p.m. This month's book is The Ghost Writer by Philip Roth.
December 9, 2007, Sunday, Susan Spicer will be signing Crescent City Cooking from 1:00 - 2:30 p.m.
December 9, 2007, Sunday, Maple Street Book Shop will be hosting a book signing with Chris Rose from 4:00 - 5:30 p.m. at Driscoll's Antiques, 8500 Oak Street.
November 2007
November 3, 2007, Saturday, Carolyn Morrow Long will be here from 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. to sign A New Orleans Voudou Priestess: The Legend and Reality of Marie Laveau.
November 4, 2007, Sunday, Ken Foster will be signing his latest book, Dogs I have Met and the People They Found from 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm.
November 6, 2007, Tuesday, Book club meeting at 6:00 pm. This month's book is Barbara Kingsolver's Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life.
November 10, 2007, Saturday, Benjamin Hochman will be signing Fourth and New Orleans: Tulane Football's Season of Perseverance from 1:00 - 2:30 p.m..
November 17, 2007, Saturday, Shane K. Bernard will be signing his book, Tabasco: An Illustrated History: The Story of the McIlhenny Family of Avery Island, Louisiana from 2:00 pm until 3:30 pm.
November 24, 2007, Saturday, Geoff Wyss will be here to sign his book, Tiny Clubs, from 1:00 - 2:30pm.
November 28, 2007, Wednesday @ 6:00 p.m., introductory meeting for our new book club, "Reading on the Road." Meeting is open to all that are interested!!
October 2007
October 2, 2007, Tuesday, book club will meet at 6:00 p.m. Book TBA. Open to the public.
October 6, 2007, Saturday at Driscoll's Antiques on Oak Street from 5:00 - 7:00 pm, Sally Forman will be signing her book, Eye of the Storm: Inside City Hall during Katrina.
October 13, 2007, Saturday, Phil Sandusky will be here from 1:00 p.m. until 3:00 p.m. to sign his book, Painting Katrina.
October 20, 2007, Saturday, Mary Lou Widmer will be signing her latest book, New Orleans: 1900 - 1920, from 1:00 - 2:30 p.m..
October 27, 2007, Saturday, Earl Higgins will be here from 1:00 until 3:00 p.m. to sign his book, The Joy of Y'at Catholicism.
October 28, 2007, Sunday, Rodger Kamenetz will be signing The History of Last Night's Dream from 2:30 - 4:00 p.m..
September 2007
September 3, 2007, Monday, we will be closed for Labor Day.
September 4, 2007, Tuesday, book club will be reviewing Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen. Open to the public.
September 9, 2007, Sunday, we will now be open on Sundays from 11:00 a.m until 5:00 p.m.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
September 15, 2007, Saturday, from 4:30 until 6:00 p.m., John Landrum will be signing his new book, The Jonkheer's Wife.
September 16, 2007, Sunday, from 2:00 - 4:00 p.m., Sally Forman will be signing her book, Eye of the Storm: Inside City Hall during Katrina.
September 22, 2007, Saturday from 1:00 until 3:00 p.m., Billy Sothern will be signing his book, Down in New Orleans.
September 29, 2007, Saturday from 1:00 until 3:00 p.m., Mike Schaefer will be signing his book, Lost in Katrina.
August 2007
August 4, 2007, Saturday from 1:30 p.m. until 2:30 p.m., book signing with Joshua Clark. He will be signing his newest book, Heart Like Water.
August 7, 2007, Tuesday at 6:00 p.m., Book Club meeting will be reviewing Omnivore's Dilemma. Open to the public.
August 24, 2007, Friday from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m., Chris Rose will be signing his new edition of 1 Dead in Attic.
September 2006
Mark your calendars!!!! Author David Horace Harwell will be signing his book Walker Percy Remembered: A Potrait in the Words of Those Who Knew Him at Maple Street Book Shop on Saturday, September 9, from 11:00 a.m. until noon.
As you know, Maple Street Book Shop has a very special place in its heart for Walker Percy. Percy was a friend of Maple Street's owner Rhoda Faust, and he also had an intimate relationship with the shop itself, allowing us to have book signings for him desipte his usual reclusive nature.
Rhoda Faust with Walker Percy
Walker Percy Remembered contains thirteen interviews which reveal Percy's character, his writing process, his dedication to civil rights issues and his friendships with people regardless of religious, ethnic, and economic differences. Author David Horace Harwell is an assistant professor of English Literature at Thammasat University in Thailand.
The date and time for the signing is Saturday, September 9, from 11:00 a.m. until noon. In the meantime, please feel free to read a review of the book on the University of North Carolina Press website. Just follow the link below and then use the search box at the top to search for "Walker Percy."
Also, take a look at our Walker Percy Page:
Walker Percy and Maple Street Book Shop
July 2006
No new events to announce just yet, but in the meantime, check out some photographs from Chris Rose's book signing back in February--here's the link:
Chris Rose Book Signing, February 2006
June 2006
The Tom Sancton Party was a blast! We still have lots of signed copies in stock!! Click on the link below to view more images from the event!
Tuesday, June 6, 2006 from 4:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m., Native New Orleanian and former Paris bureau chief for Time Magazine Tom Sancton will be signing his new book Song for My Fathers. This will be a most exciting event with live music by the Clive Wilson Trio! Hope to see you there!
May 2006
Tuesday, May 2, 2006 from 4:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m., Tom Piazza will be signing his book Why New Orleans Matters. Please join us!
March 30-April 2, 2006
20th Annual Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival.
This year's event will feature such authors as Michael Chabon, Robert
Olen Butler, Rick Bragg, and Bev Marshall with Silas House.
Theater Offerings include readings from New Orleans classic Confederacy of Dunces and Talking Tennessee, compiled from Tennessee William's newspaper, magazie and record-jacket writings by actor/playwright Jeremy Lawrence.
"A high station in life is earned by the gallantry with which appalling
experiences are survived with grace."
Tennessee Williams
Come by the book shop and pick up your free guide to the Tennessee Williams Festival!
January 2006
Saturday, January 28, 2005, 2:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.: Bruce Henricksen will sign his book, Ticket To A Lonely Town. Check out his website, http://www.brucehenricksen.com, for more information about this title.
New Hours: Our hours have now been set to Monday through Saturday, 9 a.m. until 7 p.m. We are closed on Sundays. These hours will remain in effect for the foreseeable future.
December 2005
Monday, December 19, 2005, 4:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m.: Author signing! Tom Varisco will sign his "refrigerator book," Spoiled. See our "Just Arrived/Coming Soon" section for a review of this title.
Wednesday, December 14, 2005, 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m: Author signing.... again! America's Wetland: Louisiana's Vanishing Coast by Mike Dunne and Bevil Knapp sold so well that we ran out of copies! The gracious authors have agreed to come back the same time next week to do a second signing.
New Hours Through Christmas! Monday-Saturday 9 a.m. until 7 p.m., Sundays 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. Christmas Eve, we will be open from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m.
The Children's Book Shop is open Monday-Saturday 10:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. On Christmas Eve, they will be open from 10:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m.
Wednesday, December 7, 2005, 4:00pm-6:00pm: Author signing! America's Wetland: Louisiana's Vanishing Coast by Mike Dunne and Bevil Knapp. We hope to have a great turnout at our fist author signing since Hurricane Katrina!
November 2005
We have now set up a wireless network in our store for all of you laptop junkies. The internet has become and even more valuable tool for correspondence in these times when phone lines are still down and cell phone converstations consist more of the words "What?" and "You're breaking up..." than anything else, so we're glad to be of service in getting those lines of communication up and running again. We've set up a table in the front yard with chairs for your use and our people room offers chairs and a couch, as well.
October 2005
We're open again! The shop survived Hurricane Katrina in excellent condition. Come by to chat about books and everything! Our new hours are Monday-Saturday, 10:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. We look forward to seeing all of our old customers and some new ones, too.
New to the Book Shops: Our fence has been turned into a
Community Bulletin Board where anyone can post their needs and services.
We're also offering free coffee due to the lack of open coffee shops on
Maple Street at the present time, and a book exchange is now located on
our front porch.