Four authors discuss the benefits and complications of Writing About Family: Susana Aikin presents and reads from her new novel “The Weight of the Heart.” Ashley Bisman reads from her novel “Chasing Butterflies.” Rebecca Baum reads from her debut novel “Lifelike Creatures.” Jessica JIji reads from her book “How to Judge a Book by its Lover.”

Community Garden 6BC BOTANICAL

(630 E 6th St, New York, NY 10009)

The event is part of LUNGSNYC Harvest Festival.

(5PM Central Time/6PM Eastern) Cavalier House Books will be hosting a conversation event between authors Rebecca Baum and Karol Ann Hoeffner! Both authors have new novels set in Louisiana! Both are established writers and I look forward to digging in with them about the craft of writing, the importance of a sense of place, and why the South (and Louisiana especially) is just such a fascinating setting.

Baum’s Lifelike Creatures unfolds in rural Louisiana, where 13-year-old Tara Saint-Romain struggles to keep her addicted mother from self-destructing—even as a catastrophic sinkhole threatens the entire town. 

Hoeffner’s Knee Deep is the story of sixteen-year-old Camille Darveau’s journey through apocalyptic post-Katrina New Orleans. Like all good tales born of the bayou, hers involves the dead, the living and the one trapped in the brackish waters between heaven and hell. It is the story of true love and true disaster, both equally hard to survive.

I hope you'll be able to join us at 5pm CST live on Facebook, Youtube, and Periscope - we'll be taking questions from viewers so be ready to engage!

Regal House Publishing’s podcast, A Conspiracy of Lemurs, celebrates books, readers, writers, publishers, and the writing craft.

From our Southern Mash Literature Series: Rebecca Baum, author of Lifelike Creatures, and Karol Hoeffner, author of Knee Deep, discuss the use of landscape, culture and catastrophe as catalysts for character development; and how narrative point of view shapes the reader’s experience of that journey.

Join Mandy-Suzanne Wong, Rebecca Baum, Heather Siegel, Jan Alexander, Julie Wittes-Schlack, and Jane Bernstein—Regal House authors whose books present unique twists on the politics of marriage, love, technology, business, environmental degradation, income inequality, and disabilities, as well as the politics of the soul.  

Mandy-Suzanne Wong is the author of Drafts of a Suicide Note. Rebecca Baum's book Lifelike Creatures will be released in the fall of 2020. Heather Siegel is the author of The King & the Quirky, which will be released on April 29, 2020. Jan Alexander is the author of Ms. Ming's Guide to Civilization; Julie Wittes-Schlack is the author of This All-at-Onceness, and Jane Bernstein is the author of The Face Tells the Secret.

Looking forward to being in conversation with Heather Siegel about her excellent memoir OUT FROM THE UNDERWORLD, tomorrow at Barnes & Noble. Join us to hear Heather's insights and experience with the art of writing nonfiction #outfromtheunderworld.