225
Location:
Sponsor Tent
Description:
A popular Baton Rouge monthly magazine filled with stories and pictures of the city's movers, shakers and difference makers, covering everything from politics, music and movies to arts, dining and sports. The magazine's companion web site
features music dining, movies and other local entertainment.
Adult
Literacy Advocates (ALA)
Location:
Booth 15
Featuring:
Used books for sale, which will help defray costs for ALA’s adult
literacy and GED programs.
Akua
Press
Location:
Table 20
Featuring:
Ham's Seed, an interactive book designed for children of color. A Teacher's manual and DVD accompany the book making it idea for church or Christian schools
America's
WETLAND
Location:
Booth 35
Description:
In the largest public awareness initiative in its history, Louisiana
is leading America's WETLAND Campaign to Save Coastal Louisiana. The
America's WETLAND Foundation through the Campaign is raising awareness of
the impact of Louisiana's wetland loss and increase support for efforts to
conserve and save coastal Louisiana.
Arcadia
Publishing
Location:
Table 24
Description:
Arcadia Publishing is the leading local history publisher in the United States with a catalog of more than 4,000 titles in print and hundreds of new titles released every year.
Audubon
Golf Trail
Location:
CRT Tent, Booth 3
Description:
Louisiana's Audobon Golf Trail with ten world-class courses covering all regions of the state is
"Great Golf, Among Other Things." We've brought new meaning to the name "Sportsman's Paradise."
Barefoot
Books
Location:
Table 19
Description:
Barefoot Books celebrates art and story, taking inspiration from many
different cultures, and offers a wide variety of children’s books,
music, puzzles and more. All are interactive, playful and beautiful.
Baton
Rouge Area Convention & Visitor Bureau
Location:
Booth
13
Featuring:
General
visitor information about Baton Rouge and the surrounding area. Free
distribution of plantation maps, visitor guides, and attraction maps,
along with visitor oriented literature.
Baton
Rouge Cartoonist Society
Location:
Table 25
Description:
Comics and cartoons from Baton Rouge area cartoonists, including the Pipe Dream Anthology. Everything form handmade mini-comics to published comic anthologies. Stop by and get a sketch!
Bayou
Bindery
Location:
Booth
23
Description:
Bayou
Bindery offers general cloth and leather book binding services:
New bindings and restoration.
Beau
Bayou Publishing
Location:
Table
14
Featuring:
My Wars: Nazis, Mobsters,
Gambling and Corruption: Colonel Francis C. Grevemberg Remembers;
Cajun Cuisine by Thomas Angers; and Jambalaya, Crawfish Pie,
File Gumbo: Cajun and Creole Cuisine by Todd St. Pierre
Boudreaux’s
Cajun General Store
Location:
Table
10
Featuring:
Books
written and published by Louisiana Humorist Larry Boudreaux which focus on
Cajun humor and food, two long time favorites of Louisiana.
Build-a-Museum
Team
Location:
Booth 10
Description: Books
on Louisiana natural history will be displayed as well as information on
the potential for a new Louisiana natural history museum. Also featured
will
be Louisiana fossil specimens. Free small geologic maps, coloring
pages featuring mastodons and sabertooth tigers.
CNR
Ministries
Location:
Table
1
Featuring:
Book entitled Life...What's Up with Yours: Youth and Young Adult Bible
Study
Center
for Louisiana Studies
Location:
Booth 2
Description:
Part of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, the Center for Louisiana
Studies is the state’s largest publisher of exclusively
Louisiana-related books.
Country
Roads Magazine
Location:
Sponsor
Tent
Description:
Country
Roads is a monthly cultural reporting publication focusing on the
communities of the Great River Road region between Natchez, Mississippi
and New Orleans, Louisiana. Published continuously since 1983, Country Roads magazine
helps its readers to make the most of life in their region.
D.
T. Pollard, Author
Location:
Table 15
Featuring:
The
book, Rooftop Diva: A Novel of Triumph After Katrina
Donald
A. Pavy, M.D.
Location:
Table
9
Featuring:
Two
books: Accident & Deception: the Huey Long Shooting, researched
by a family member; and Common Sense Medicine, information everyone
should know about common medical problems written by three physicians.
Dr.
Longfellow Children's Press
Location:
Table 2
Featuring:
The
children's book, Job's Journey.
East
Baton Rouge Parish Library
Location:
Booth
17
Description:
Various
library services.
Flippy
and Friends
Location:
Table 13
Featuring:
Children’s
books and stuffies.
Fran
Middleton’s New Leaf
Location:
Table
4
Featuring:
Machine-embroidered
bookmarks, book wraps, table linens, pillowcases, and aprons; many
incorporating vintage monogramming threads once belonging to Rubenstein
Brothers. Dry stenciled stationery, bookmarks, Christmas cards, and gift
tags.
Greater
Baton Rouge Literacy Coalition
Location:
Table 17
Description:
The Greater Baton Rouge Literacy Coalition is dedicated to promoting adult literacy through the creation, maintenance and sustainability of an integrated, cohesive and well-managed system that supports literacy service providers.
Historic
New Orleans Collection
Location:
Booth 28
Description:
The Historic New Orleans Collection is a museun, research center and publisher dedicated to the history and culture of New Orleans and the Gulf South. The publications department produces an array of books, exhibition
catalogs, guides and documentary videos.
House
of Blood and Fire
Location:
Table 23
Description:
Kameron Gray, Louisiana's History Mystery Writer, has written a gothic, historical, romance
novelette House of Blood and Fire.
Icon
Studios
Location:
Table 28
Description:
Icon Studios is the producer of the critically acclaimed graphic novel
Like That. Their newest venture is an online comic strip called
M.O.P.S. (www.wefightdirty.net)
Imagine
Louisiana
Location:
Table 27
Description:
Imagine Louisiana is a statewide quarterly magazine celebrating Louisiana's unique "wealth of
community."
J&R
Educational Supplies
Location:
Booths
12 & 14
Featuring:
Discount
children’s books.
JoJo
Press
Location:
Table
7
Description:
JoJo
Press is the publisher of three novels: Hard Times on the Bayou, Prey
for Me: A New Orleans Mystery, and Crescent City Countdown.
Junior
League of Greater Covington
Location:
Booth 27
Description:
The
Junior League of Greater Covington presents its Tabasco Award winning
cookbook, Roux to Do: The Art of Cooking in Southeast Louisiana. No
Southern kitchen is complete without this cookbook.
Kat’s
Journey
Location:
Booth
21
Description:
A tastefully illustrated, bilingual children’s book about a
lost puppy who searches for a family to love and care for him.
Young and old alike will be touched by this story.
Khanlys’
Book Mark
Location:
Table
17
Featuring:
So
What If Amy Can't Hear?,
Dr. Frances Swayzer Conley's charming indispensable tale of
cultural respect, and Prez
Lives! Remembering Grambling's Ralph Waldo Emerson Jones, a riveting
narrative and engaging discourse on Prez.
LATAN
Location:
Booths
24 & 26
Featuring:
A variety of devices designed to assist people with visual or mobility
impairments.
Louisiana
Endowment for the Humanities
Location:
TBA
Description:
The Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities is committed to bringing the
humanities to as many communities in the state as possible. Funded by the
National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the State of Louisiana,
the LEH grants awards in open competition on the basis of clearly
established criteria to guarantee programs of the highest possible
intellectual value.
Louisiana
Folklife Center
Location:
Booth
22
Description:
The
Louisiana Folklife Center is a research facility at Northwestern State
University which hosts the Natchitoches-NSU Folk Festival. CDs, Cookbooks,
journals and other folklife resources will be available for purchase.
Louisiana
Life Magazine
Location:
Booth 9
Description:
Louisiana Life Magazine is your leisure tourism publication for the State
of Louisiana. It is a comprehensive magazine that features Louisiana
culture, travel destinations, art, history and more.
Louisiana
Public Broadcasting (LPB)
Location:
Sponsor
Tent
Featuring:
Books/videos/related
materials supporting LPB programs and activities.
Louisiana
State Museum
Location:
CRT
Tent, Booth 8
Description:
The
Louisiana State Museum is a statewide network of properties showcasing the
unique history of Louisiana with locations in New Orleans, Baton Rouge,
Patterson, Natchitoches, and Thibodaux.
Louisiana
Resource Center for Educators
Location:
Booth
4
Description:
The LRCE is dedicated to providing teachers and educators with the
resources they need to educate Louisiana’s children. Their display
highlights their growing environmental education collection.
Louisiana
State University AgCenter
Location:
Booth 34
Description:
Louisiana
State University – College of Education
Location:
Booth
5
Description:
LSU's College of Education showcases its outreach project "Gear
Up" (GU) which focuses on college access and promotes literacy for
students. The GU Writing Institute will feature a literacy-driven
activity.
Louisiana
State University English Department
Location:
Booth 25
Featuring:
New Delta Review and Delta (Creative writing journals); Readers
and Writers brochures (Department of English reading series); Friend
of LSU English brochures (on-line book club); Louisiana Shakespeare
Project brochures.
Louisiana
State University Libraries
Location:
Booth
1
Featuring:
Literature
about LSU Libraries, Collections, and Services…no sales.
Louisiana
State University Press
Location:
Booth
3
Description:
One of the South’s leading scholarly publishers, LSU Press is noted for
its books on southern history and literature, the Civil War, poetry,
political communications, and regional photography.
Louisiana
Storytelling Association (LSA)
Location:
Table
16
Featuring:
Displays about LSA and Members - Programs and Projects of LSA;
Books, videos, and audios of members; Opportunity to visit with and
learn more about performance and learning events.
Nashoba
tek Press
Location:
Table
6
Featuring:
Louisiana
Native Americans: A Mournful Memory Written in Blood,
written, illustrated and published by Margot Soulé is now in its second
printing, in color. Also featured is Soulé’s republished, with
additional photos, Beliefs of the Chitimacha Indians.
Northwestern
State University Department of Language & Communication
Location:
Booth 20
Description:
The
NSU Department of Language and Communication offers a BA and MA in
English. The MA offers concentrations in Folklife and Southern Culture,
writing and linguistics, and literature.
Northwestern
State University Press
Location:
Booth
7
Description:
The Northwestern State University Press was established in 1978 to publish
books of regional and ethnic interest. Recent titles have included books
on lost communities of central Louisiana, Native American crafts, and
Louisiana music.
Office
of Cultural Development/Louisiana Division of the Arts
Location:
CRT
Tent, Booth 5
Featuring: The sneak preview of the statewide Louisiana Cultural
Roadshow, Main to Main, and everything you always wanted to know
about the arts in Louisiana, archaeology, and the preservation of the
French culture.
Office
of the State Library, LALIBCON Booth
Location:
TBA
Description:
Members of the Louisiana Library Connection Database Committee will be
on hand for live searching and demonstrations of the Louisiana Library
Connections Databases.
Office
of State Parks
Location:
CRT
Tent, Booth 7
Featuring:
Brochures
and books related to Louisiana’s State Parks.
Office
of Tourism
Location:
CRT
Tent, Booth 6
Description:
Let
us help you get to know YOUR Louisiana. Pick up information on one of the
state’s largest industries and learn what brings millions of visitors
here each year.
Pelican
Publishing Company
Location:
Booth
8
Description:
"From Louisiana to the World” Pelican Publishing Company is a New
Orleans area based company that publishes children's books, cookbooks, art
and architecture, travel, history, business and motivational books.
Portals
Press
Location:
Table
11
Featuring:
Paperback
books by the following Louisiana poets:
Maxine Cassin, Ralph Adamo, Valentine Pierce, John Gery, Chris
Champagne, Brad Richard, Kay Murphy, and Beverly Rainbolt.
Rabalais
Law Firm (A Professional Corporation)
Location:
Table 12
Featuring:
The
book, Estate Planning in Louisiana, A Layman's guide to Understanding
Wills, Trusts, Probate, Power of Attorney, Medicaid, Living Wills and
Taxes, published in 2007.
River
Road Recipes
Location:
Booth 29
Featuring:
River Road Recipes: the Junior League of Baton Rouge's #1 best-selling
community cookbook series in the NATION! Over $3 million in sales have
been used to fund community projects.
Saffron
Spices, Inc. & M Press
Location:
Booth
30
Description:
World
wide Indian cuisine is associated almost exclusively with curry. Manjeet
Bhatia’s coobook, Don’t Say Curry, will take you beyond curry!
A simply cooking solution to complex Indian cuisine.
St.
Charles Press
Location:
Table
8
Featuring:
Two
books: 9/18-EBR-ZERO, Hauntings of Katrina, the story and
photographs of my experience during and after Hurricane Katrina, and Take
a Ride on a Streetcar, offering historical information about
streetcars. The story, photographs and art work by author.
Scholastic
Book Fairs
Location:
Sponsor Tent
Description:
It's a time where families can come together to imagine, create and
inspire a love for books that will last a lifetime. Klutz Build a Book
kits will be available throughout the day.
School
of Library & Information Science
Location:
Booth
11
Description:
The School of Library & Information Science at Louisiana State
University provides graduate courses in library and information science.
Services
for the Blind & Physically Handicapped (SBPH)
Location:
TBA
Description:
SBPH provides free library service through the mail to persons who are
blind, visually impaired or otherwise unable to read standard print books.
SBPH serves Louisiana citizens of all ages.
Sherry
Arnold Lamplighter Books
Location:
Table 26
Featuring:
Life-transforming literature from the 1800"s, beautiful rare collector's series to delight readers of all ages (children and adults). Families and teachers must see! Drawing for a free book!
Southern
Review
Location:
Booth
19
Description:
The
Southern Review,
a literary journal published quarterly at LSU, features fiction, poetry,
critical essays, interviews, book reviews, and excerpts from novels in
progress.
State
Library of Louisiana
Location:
CRT
Tent, Booth 2
Description:
Looking for materials dealing with Louisiana history, culture,
genealogy or biography? The State Library of Louisiana highlights services
and materials available through the Louisiana Collection, such as historic
newspapers and maps, State Documents, and WPA photographs and text
material. Information is also available about Louisiana books and authors.
Straightway
Publishing Company
Location:
Table
18
Featuring:
Two books: The Glory of God and the Honor of Kings and The Noble
Berean. These books offer a topical approach to give an understanding
of the true meaning and intent of the Holy Scripture.
Tamara
Angela Grant, Author
Location:
Table
3
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