Schedule

Friday , May 31

Registration: 2:00 pm – 5:30 pm – The Conundrum Bookstore – 11917 Ferdinand Street

Saturday , June 1

Registration: 8:00 am – 5:00 pm – The Conundrum Bookstore – 11917 Ferdinand Street

 8:30 – 10:00 : A Conspiracy of Dunces: Mystery and Majesty in a Writer's Life presented by BRYAN GIEMZA

-          Catholic Hall – Mt Carmel Church  -  11485 Ferdinand Street, St Francisville,

 10:15 – 11:45:  South to the Future : Teaching and Writing about the Speculative South. : Panel Discussion , Presented by Brannon Costello , M O Walsh & Olivia Claire Friedman

-          Catholic hall – Mt Carmel Church -  11485 Ferdinand Street, St Francisville

 12:00 – 1:30  - Book Club Lunch .   Choose from 1 of 3 topics , pick up a lunch and join us . 

(Boxed lunches will be available for pre-purchase and delivered outside of the venue)  

-          Education Building – Mt Carmel Church -  11485 Ferdinand Street, St Francisville

Topics are:

-          Herman Melville (essay originally published in The Criterion also included in Signposts in a Strange Land ) Moderated by Bryan Giemza

-          Love in the Ruins – Moderated by Jennifer Frey

-          The Last Gentleman – Moderated by Brannon Costello  

1:45  – 3:15 : Satire, Self-Knowledge, and the Speculative South presented by Dr. Jennifer Frey 

-          Courthouse , ___ Prosperity Street, St Francisville

3:30 – 5:00 : My Southern Odyssey presented by Richard Grant

-          Courthouse , ___ Prosperity Street, St Francisville

 Progressive Front Porch Bourbon Stroll

-          5:00 pm – 7:00 – Porches in the Historic District, see map on back of brochure

 A Taste of Louisiana Supper

-          7:00 pm – 10:00 pm – Grace Episcopal Churchyard under the Oaks , St. Francisville