Message from new WNBA-NOLA President!

Please join me and the Executive Board for our July meeting on Wednesday, 30 July at Octavia Books, starting at 6PM. In 2011, our Chapter’s first meeting was held at Octavia Books, so it seems appropriate that we should return to this lovely bookstore for my first meeting as Chapter President. In addition to presenting our preliminary ideas for future meetings and events, and hearing your thoughts on future Chapter activities, we will also have a chance to explore this recently renovated and expanded bookstore. Have you allowed your membership to lapse? I hope you will consider bringing your dues to this meeting so we may continue including you in future meeting invitations.
Looking forward to seeing you!
-Karen Kersting, Chapter President

WNBA-NOLA Annual Meeting is on Saturday, June 21, 2025, 6 PM 

WNBA-NOLA Annual Meeting is on Saturday, June 21, 2025, 6 PM at L’Union Française, 4522 Prytania St, New Orleans, LA 70115.  Our speaker will be Annell Lopez, an award-winning fiction writer who just got an editorial published in TIME!
We also will welcome new members and officers for the coming year. There will be wine and snacks and a chance to speak with other members.

WNBA-NOLA Marks Banned Books Week

UNSILENCED VOICES: Celebrating Banned Books
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Saturday, September 28, 2024 from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM (CDT)
Location East New Orleans Regional Library
5641 Read Boulevard
New Orleans, LA 70127

WNBA Members Featured at Poetry Buffet

WNBA Members Constance Adler, Stacey Balkun, Katheryn Krotzer Laborde, Gina Ferrara, Mona Lisa Saloy and WNBA-NOLA President Anne Babson read their poetry and prose at the Poetry Buffet at the Latter Library on August 3rd.  The Poetry Buffet is a monthly reading series curated by poet Gina Ferrara which happens the first Saturday of most months, 2pm CST, either at the Latter Branch of the New Orleans Public Library or online.

Tennessee Williams Festival is March 20-24!

The Tennessee Williams & New Orleans Literary Festival is a New Orleans affair for readers, writers, & theatre lovers!

Join WNBA-NOLA members at these literary panels, theatre events, author interviews, literary walking tours, culinary & cocktail events, and music events. And don’t forget the Stella/Stanely Shouting Contest kicking it all off on Sunday, March 17!  Join award-winning writers, historians, scholars, journalists, actors, musicians, and cultural experts for five days of literary revelry in the lush Bohemia of New Orleans. 

See this Festival Programming overview, check out last year’s Festival program book, and watch the 2023 Festival Highlight Reel below to get a taste of what TWFest is all about.

Ready to start dreaming up the perfect Festival schedule? Click the button below to see a printable, chronological 2024 Schedule of Events!