10 a.m. to 10:45 a.m.
State Capitol, House Chamber
Louisiana Writer Award Ceremony
Honoring Christina Vella
with Lt. Governor Billy Nungesser and State Librarian Rebecca Hamilton

10:15 a.m. to 10:45 a.m.
Capitol Park Museum, First Floor
Letters About Literature
Catherine Gourley

3:15 p.m. to 4:15 p.m.
State Capitol, House Committee Room 1
Charlotte Bronte and the Crazy Genius Family
Christina Vella

10 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
State Capitol, House Committee Room 1
Complicated Grief
Laura Mullen

10 a.m. to 10:45 a.m.
State Capitol, Senate Chamber
Hide
Matthew Griffin

10 a.m. to 10:45 a.m.
State Capitol, Senate Committee Room C
Walker Percy’s The Moviegoer at Fifty: New Takes on an Iconic American Novel
Jennifer Levasseur

11 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.
State Capitol, House Chamber
The Orphan Mother
Robert Hicks

11 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.
State Capitol, Senate Committee Room C
Robicheaux's Roots: Culture and Tradition in James Lee Burke's Dave Robicheaux Novels
Patricia M. Gaitely

11:30 a.m. to Noon
State Capitol, House Committee Room 1
Shadows in Summerland
Adrian Van Young

11:30 a.m. to Noon
State Capitol, Senate Committee Room E
Black Sheep Boy
Martin Pousson

11:30 a.m. to Noon
Capitol Park Welcome Center, Meeting Room
Author as Archaeologist - Unearthing the Story
Marilyn Turk, Rebel Light and The Gilded Curse

12:15 p.m. to 12:45 p.m.
Capitol Park Welcome Center, Meeting Room
Veil of Deception: A Thriller
Michael Byars Lewis

1:15 p.m. to 1:45 p.m.
State Capitol, Senate Committee Room F
Lightningstruck
Ashley Mace Havird

1:15 p.m. to 1:45 p.m.
State Capitol, Senate Committee Room C
Lords of an Empty Land
Randy Denmon

1:45 p.m. to 2:15 p.m.
State Capitol, House Committee Room 1
Candyland
Vicki Salloum

2 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
State Library of Louisiana, Capitol View Room
Words Without Walls: Writers on Addiction, Violence, and Incarceration
Sarah Shotland and Sheryl St. Germain

2 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
State Capitol, Senate Committee Room C
Let the Devil Out
Bill Loehfelm

2:45 p.m. to 3:15 p.m.
State Capitol, Senate Committee Room C
Far Beyond the Pale
Daren Dean

2:45 p.m. to 3:15 p.m.
State Capitol, Senate Committee Room F
South Toward Home: Travels in Southern Literature
Margaret Eby
Margaret Eby’s appearance made possible in part by Louisiana Cultural Vistas, the magazine of the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities.

3 p.m. to 3:45 p.m.
State Capitol, House Chamber
A Free State: A Novel
Tom Piazza

3:30 p.m. to 4 p.m.
State Capitol, Senate Committee Room F
The Land South of the Clouds
Genaro Kỳ Lý Smith

3:30 p.m. to 4 p.m.
State Capitol, Senate Committee Room C
The Feathered Bone
Julie Cantrell

4 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
State Capitol, House Committee Room 3
Junkette
Sarah Shotland

10:45 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
State Capitol, Senate Committee Room F
Coming of Age, Decades and Worlds Apart
Mary Arno, Thanksgiving
Nicholas Mainieri, The Infinite

11 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.
State Capitol, House Committee Room 2
A Conspiracy of Novels: Family Secrets and Paranoid Political Theories
Joe Formichella, Schopenhauer's Maxim: A Novel Conspiracy
Suzanne Hudson, In the Dark of the Moon

Noon to 12:45 p.m.
State Capitol, Senate Chamber
Journeys of Escape through the South’s Storied Past
Taylor Brown, Fallen Land: A Novel
Katy Simpson Smith, Free Men: A Novel
with Kent Wascom, moderator

Noon to 12:45 p.m.
State Capitol, House Committee Room 3
A Conversation with Christina Vella
Christina Vella with Curtis Manning, moderator

Noon to 1 p.m.
State Capitol, Senate Committee Room A
Small Town Dramas: Conniving, Comeuppance, and Cake          
Emily Cogburn, Louisiana Saves the Library
Ashton Lee, A Cherry Cola Christmas
Celeste Fletcher McHale, The Secret of Hummingbird Cake: A Novel

1 p.m. to 1:45 p.m.
State Capitol, Senate Chamber
Rebecca Wells, the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, and Ingredients of Soul Gumbo  
Rebecca Wells with Mary Ann Wilson, moderator

1 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
State Capitol, Senate Committee Room E
Jean le Chasseur et ses Chiens
Barry Jean Ancelet and Denise Gallagher

1:15 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
State Capitol, Senate Committee Room A
Celebrating Short Stories
Peyton Burgess, The Fry Pans Aren’t Sufficing
Dixon Hearne, Delta Flats: Stories in the Key of Blues and Hope
Juyanne James, The Persimmon Trail & Other Stories
Odie Lindsey, We Come to Our Senses: Stories
with Ronald Gauthier, moderator

3 p.m. to 3:45 p.m.
State Capitol, House Committee Room 2
Pulitzer Prize – 100 Years: Robert Penn Warren
Alecia P. Long, Timothy Morris, and Julia O’Donoghue
with Gary Richards, moderator

3 p.m. to 3:45 p.m.
State Capitol, House Committee Room 3
Long Hidden Scars: Theme-Specific Anthologies
Jamey Hatley and Daniel José Older, Long Hidden: Speculative Fiction from the Margins of History
Maurice Carlos Ruffin, Erin Wood, and Emilie Staat, Scars: An Anthology
This program made possible in part by Louisiana Cultural Vistas, the magazine of the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities.

4 p.m. to 5 p.m.
State Capitol, House Chamber
Creative Diversity: The Power of Art, Personal Choice, and Bearing Witness       
Four award-winning children and young adult authors (Brendan Kiely, Daniel José Older, Jason Reynolds, and Jewell Parker Rhodes) discuss how they "do" diversity as individuals and as artists.  Exploring oppressive structures in publishing and society, the writers will explore artistic challenges as well as benefits of resisting biases.  The personal becomes the political; the political, the personal; and all informs the stories we tell.
Brendan Kiely’s and Jason Reynolds’s appearance made possible in part by Louisiana Cultural Vistas, the magazine of the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities.

4 p.m. to 5 p.m.
State Capitol, House Committee Room 2
One Book, One Festival: James Lee Burke's Creole Belle
Led by Gary Richards