9:45 a.m. to 10:45 a.m.
State Capitol, House Committee Room 2
Debut Novels by Seasoned Authors
Destiny O. Birdsong, Nobody’s Magic: A Novel
Eli Cranor, Don’t Know Tough: A Novel
Kelly Mustian, The Girls in the Stilt House: A Novel
with Megan Holt

10:15 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
State Capitol, Senate Committee Room F
Thistlefoot: A Traveling Baba Yaga Puppet Show
(Suitable for ages 13 and up)
GennaRose Nethercott

10:45 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.
State Capitol, House Committee Room 3
Bright Lights of Contemporary Literature
Taylor Brown, Wingwalkers: A Novel
Louis Edwards, Ramadan Ramsey: A Novel
Ladee Hubbard, The Rib King: A Novel
Emily Nemens, The Cactus League
M.O. Walsh, The Big Door Prize
with Jennifer S. Davis

10:45 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.
State Capitol, House Committee Room 4
Stitching a Story: Revealing Women’s New Orleans History through Fiction
Shaunna J. Edwards and Alysson Richman, The Thread Collectors: A Novel
Diane McPhail, The Seamstress of New Orleans: A Novel
Elisa Speranza, The Italian Prisoner: A Novel
with Erin Z. Bass

11:00 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.
State Capitol, House Committee Room 2
Enchanted Worlds: Reimagined Fairytales and Everyday Magic
Alex Jennings, The Ballad of Perilous Graves
Mary McMyne, The Book of Gothel
with Fatima Shaik

11:15 a.m. to Noon
State Capitol, Senate Committee Room F
Fictionalized Facts: Stories Inspired by Real Life
Matt Bondurant, Oleander City: A Novel Based on a True Story
Sidney Thompson, Hell on the Border: The Bass Reeves Trilogy, Book Two

Noon to 12:45 p.m.
State Library, First Floor Seminar Center
What We Talk About When We Talk About Conflict: The Global Impact of State-Sponsored Violence
Best-selling author Colum McCann, award-winning journalist and veteran Elliott Woods, and award-winning activist and author Ru Freeman discuss the human stories at the center of global conflicts and the impact of violence on an individual and state-sponsored level. McCann’s latest novel, Apeirogon, is based on the real-life friendship between two men united by loss who use their grief as a weapon for peace. Elliot Woods’ Third Squad podcast chronicles the stories of 12 Marines deployed to Sangin, Afghanistan in 2011 and how the experience affects their lives today.

Noon to 12:45 p.m.
State Capitol, House Committee Room 1
Lives Real and Imagined: Short Stories
Jen Fawkes, Tales the Devil Told Me
with Tracy Carr

Noon to 1:00 p.m.
State Capitol, House Committee Room 3
Strong Southern Women: Writers from throughout the South
Kimberly Brock, The Lost Book of Eleanor Dare: A Novel
Donna Everhart, The Saints of Swallow Hill: A Novel
Valerie Fraser Luesse, Under the Bayou Moon: A Novel
Farrah Rochon, The Hookup Plan
Rosalyn Story, Sing Her Name: A Novel
with Erin Z. Bass

Noon to 12:45 p.m.
A.Z. Young Park, Author Tent 2
Camille Lebrun's Friendship and Devotion, or Three Months In Louisiana
E. Joe Johnson and Robin Anita White

1:00 p.m. to 1:45 p.m.
State Library, First Floor Seminar Center
Late City: A Novel
Robert Olen Butler
Robert Olen Butler’s appearance made possible in part by a grant from the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities with funding made possible by the state of Louisiana.

1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.
State Capitol, House Committee Room 2
Human(un)kind: Addressing Racial and Social Justice through Fiction
Johnnie Bernhard, Hannah and Ariela: A Novel
Susan Cushman, John and Mary Margaret: A Novel
Dolen Perkins-Valdez, Take My Hand: A Novel
John Warner Smith, For All Those Men: When the KKK Threatened to Take Control of Louisiana
with Robert Mann

2:00 p.m. to 2:45 p.m.
State Library, First Floor Seminar Center
The Hush Sisters: A Novel
Gerard Collins

2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
State Capitol, House Committee Room 1
A Sense of Place: Short Stories
Jennifer S. Davis, We Were Angry: A Novella and Stories
Ladee Hubbard, The Last Suspicious Holdout: Stories
Maurice Carlos Ruffin, The Ones Who Don’t Say They Love You: Stories
Andrew Siegrist, We Imagined It was Rain: Stories
with Tom Piazza

2:15 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
State Capitol, House Committee Room 3
Here Lies
Olivia Clare Friedman