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By Ed Nawotka | Mar 12, 2021
Cavalier House Books, a new and used general trade bookstore in Denham Springs, La., opened in 2009, but its roots go back to 2005, when John Cavalier and his future wife Michelle Cavalier started supplying local elementary, middle, and high schools with required-reading titles while they were still students at Southeastern Louisiana University. At first, they filled their pickup truck with orders off of 18-wheelers on the highway because they were not allowed to deliver to residential homes, and they shipped books out of a 12-sq.-ft. shed in the backyard of John’s parent’s house in Denham Springs, a bedroom community across the river from Baton Rouge. “When things got busy, we would have palettes of books in the living room,” John said.
For the year, bookstore sales were down 28%, thanks to COVID-19. In other news, books by minister Ravi Zacharias are removed from print because of a scandal, and an influential literary theorist born in Newport News has died.
Novelist Charles Dodd White: Virtual Reading & Craft Talk Community Event Thursday, February 18, 2021 - 12:00pm to Thursday, May 20, 2021 - 12:00pm
A recorded talk on Art as Political Activism followed by a reading from the new novel HOW FIRE RUNS. (45 minutes total). Charles Dodd White is the author of four novels, including two from Ohio University Press/Swallow Press: How Fire Runs and In the House of Wilderness. He has received the Appalachian Book of the Year Award and the Chaffin Award for his fiction. He lives in Knoxville, Tennessee, where he is an associate professor of English at Pellissippi State Community College.
Bookmarks Reader Meet Writer: Rachel Hawkins and The Wife Upstairs Community Event Thursday, January 7, 2021 - 7:00pm to 8:00pm
This is a free author series sponsored and run by SIBA - the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance. Rachel Hawkins will talk about her new book, The Wife Upstairs, a delicious twist on a Gothic classic that pairs Southern charm with atmospheric domestic suspense, perfect for fans of B.A. Paris and Megan Miranda. Register by emailing info@bookmarksnc.org. Venue