Held October 27 on the grounds of and inside the Louisiana State Capitol in Baton Rouge, the Louisiana Book Festival was a wonderful way to spend a sunny, chilly day.

This Saturday, October 27, Louisiana’s State Library in Baton Rouge and the Louisiana Center for the Book host the Louisiana Book Festival – a free literary celebration with 148 authors and more than 100 programs.

Discover how Lafayette fits into the life of late author John Kennedy Toole at a booksigning next week.

Pics of literary beaches across the South. Another Twitter chat. A big list of literary spoilers, plus a playlist for “The River Witch.” Literary events & new fiction about summertime mischief in Southern Voice. Literary Friday is here!

A review of the first-ever biography of John Kennedy Toole PLUS a Twitter chat with the author today. A Southern Sin Essay Contest. Stephen Colbert remembers Maurice Sendak. Florida county libraries ban “Fifty Shades of Grey” and more literary news. Book giveaways and a new story in Southern Voice about a conversation between mother and daughter. It’s Literary Friday!