The 2025 Louisiana Book Festival will be held on Saturday, November 1.
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C.E. O'Banion

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C.E. O’Banion is a writer based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. His work can be found across the internet and in print. His work focuses on the great indoors, Mexican chain restaurants, his cat, East Texas, and his friend Tapscott. O’Banion is married with two children, the aforementioned cat, and manages a hyper-successful fantasy baseball team. He’s been a finalist for multiple Pushcart Prizes and teaches writing at Louisiana State University.

 

Schedule

11:15 am to 12:15 pm

State Capitol, House Committee Room 3

Tickling Your Funny Bone: Humorous Fiction

with C.E. O'Banion, Michael Strecker, and moderator David Armand

 

12:30 pm to 1:15 pm

Cavalier House Books Tent

Book Signing

Chinese New Year: A Novel

In the twilight of the twenty-first century, Alton B. Tapscott battles hurricanes, his children, the trappings of polite society, organized religion, and the inescapable control of technology - his only weapons being his cat, a pair of prescription arthritic socks, and his new WiFi-enabled hearing aide.

Getting old feels inevitable, but time runs out quickly on a life well-lived, and for a lucky few before they're back in diapers.