[MarignyBywater] John Berendt to speak at New Orleans Bookfair. PLUS: Friday kick-off pre-party!

[Otis Fennell at FAB]

> This year's New Orleans BookFair-- Saturday, November 7th-- has a  
> big-time headlining speaker: John Berendt, author of Midnight in  
> the Garden of Good and Evil (Pulitzer finalist, record-setting best- 
> seller), The City of Falling Angels, and numerous shorter works.
>
> Besides graciously appearing at the Eighth Annual BookFair, Berendt  
> has been spending a lot of time in New Orleans this past year. "I  
> love the city very much," Berendt said recently, reached by phone.  
> "I feel there might be a book for me here, and I'll know it when I  
> find it. Not," he hastens to add, "a 'Katrina' book. There are so  
> many stories here. People outside New Orleans don't understand how  
> fascinating and vibrant this place is, far beyond any other  
> American city of the same size."
>
> Berendt will be speaking at 2 p.m. inside Snug Harbor, one of the  
> BookFair venues. His subject will be censorship. Berendt's own work  
> was banned earlier this year by a high school in North Dakota,  
> declared "pornographic," and Berendt will be discussing this event,  
> the outcry that followed, and related issues. It's a natural fit,  
> since there's no fiercer ally of free speech than the free- 
> wheeling, freak-friendly New Orleans BookFair.
>
> On Friday, November 6, from 6 to 9 p.m., the BookFair will kick  
> things off with its yearly pre-party, a lineup of lively local  
> litterateurs including featured readers Ethan Brown, author of  
> Shake the Devil Off, and Louis Maistros, author of The Sound of  
> Building Coffins. This mouth-watering BookFair appetizer will take  
> place in the Bywater's beloved Sound Cafe, located at the corner of  
> Spain & Chartres St. As if the prose performance wasn't enticing  
> enough, there will also be free hors d'oeuvre from the New Orleans  
> Cake Cafe & Bakery and complimentary wine provided by Beth's Books.  
> Yes, free food and drink. See the attached flyer!
>
> The BookFair itself, a showcase of independent publishing and the  
> book's wildest possibilities, takes place Saturday, November 7th,  
> from 10am to 6pm in the 500-600 blocks of Frenchmen St. and will  
> include a range of authors, publishers, books for sale, readings,  
> performances, kids' activities, adults' activities, bizarre book- 
> themed conceptual works courtesy of BABYLON LEXICON, and much more!  
> Check out ace books writer Susan Larson's piece on us in the Times- 
> Picayune: http://www.nola.com/books/index.ssf/2009/11/ 
> nola_bookfair_showcases_indie.html
>
> Thanks to everyone, and especially big, affectionate, puppy-who- 
> misses-you type love for this year's awesome BOOKFAIR SPONSORS:
>
> FAB - FAUBOURG MARIGNY ART & BOOKS
> GARRETT COUNTY PRESS
> D.B.A.
> IRON RAIL BOOKSTORE & LIBRARY
> GET LOST TRAVEL BOOKS
> YUKI
> SATURN SCREEN PRINTING
> CAFE NEGRIL
> HANDSOME WILLY'S
> THE BLUE NILE
> THE HISTORIC NEW ORLEANS COLLECTION
> THE APPLE BARREL
> NEW ORLEANS CAKE CAFE AND BAKERY
> FITZGERALD LETTERPRESS
> LA MAISON DE LA MUSIQUE
>
> See y'all at the BookFair!!!

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