“The Rooted and Recurrent” by Gina Ferrara, published in Sept. 2026. Gina Ferrara, Louisiana’s Poet Laureate 2025-2027 and author of “The Rooted and Recurrent,” her sixth collection of poetry. “The Rooted and Recurrent” by Gina Ferrara, UL Press, 61 pages “The Rooted and…
Louisiana's State Library and grounds in Capitol Park will transform downtown Baton Rouge into a literary paradise on Oct. 31 during the annual free Louisiana Book Festival. The festival will feature more that 200 of Louisiana's favorite authors, poets and presenters on…
Downtown Baton Rouge is about to fill up with book lovers again. The 22nd Louisiana Book Festival returns this Saturday, October 31, running from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. across the State Library of Louisiana, the Capitol Park Museum and the surrounding Capitol Park area, and…
Marianne Rabalais Sulser, LSU alumna and author of "Like Snow Before Sun." Customers browse books for sale at the Louisiana Book Festival on Saturday, November 1, 2025 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The 22nd Louisiana Book Festival may fall on Halloween this year, but…
“Great Black Hope,” novel by 2026 Ernest Gaines Award winner Rob Franklin Each October, the Baton Rouge Area Foundation presents one of the most prestigious literary prizes given to Black American writers, the Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence. To…
BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) -- The Louisiana Book Festival returns to downtown Baton Rouge on Saturday, Oct. 31, with a day of literature, family fun and Halloween festivities. The free event runs from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the State Library of Louisiana and…
BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) -- Baton Rouge author Leslie Lane's book, "She Grew From Broken Soil," tells a tale of the different traumas she's experienced and how she has overcome them. Lane said her daughter is her biggest factor in…
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