The 2025 Louisiana Book Festival will be held on Saturday, November 1.
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9:00 am to 9:45 am

State Capitol, House Committee Room 5

Books Across America: A Road Trip Documentary

Mason Engel presents the public debut of excerpts from Books Across America, which documents his phenomenal feat traveling to all 50 states in 50 days and reading 50 books by the 50 authors interviewed during this remarkable literary journey. Engel is joined by two authors who participated: GennaRose Nethercott (Vermont) and Maurice Carlos Ruffin (Louisiana).

2:15 pm to 3:15 pm

State Capitol, House Committee Room 6

Literary New Orleans: A Documentary

Host Peggy Scott Laborde and producer Dominic Massa present excerpts from WYES’s Literary New Orleans, including a discussion with Maurice Carlos Ruffin, who is featured in the documentary. Literary New Orleans was sponsored in part by the Louisiana Book Festival, which is also mentioned in the film.