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Murder on the Teche Entering Final Stage
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Our next book to hit the printer is Murder on the Teche: A True Story of Money and a Flawed Investigation by journalist and investigator Tom Aswell. This is the first public critical account of the bludgeoning death of popular orthodontist in New Iberia, Dr. Robert Chastant in 2010. The undocumented Mexican laborer who worked for Chastant confessed to the murder but insisted that the doctor's wife had paid him to do it. Oddly, the wife was never considered a suspect or even person of interest, while the perpetrator received a life sentence and she walked away with over a million dollars from her husband's life insurance.The book includes copies of pertinent documents in an appendix. Publication is scheduled for early May.
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Murder on the Teche
By Tom Aswell
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Tebbe to Sign Sir Bone Funk
at Blue Cypress Book
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Sir Bone Funk: Living Life
in the Key of Triumph
By Eddie Tebbe |
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Eddie Tebbe, author of the inspirational book Sir Bone Funk: Living Life in the Key of Triumph is slated to sign his book at Blue Cypress Books, 8126 Oak Street in Uptown New Orleans, Saturday afternoon April 17 from 2 to 3:30. Fresh from having received his second COVID shot, Tebbe is excited about meeting some of his readers and introducing his short stories and poetry to others. Music, which has helped him cope with two severe disabilities, figures strongly in his work.
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Assistant Hired to Help With PR
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Maia Watanabe, a 2019 Tulane University graduate in English, has hired on as a part-time assistant to DVille Press to develop contacts with booksellers, design brochures and a press kit and in general make more effective outreach to our readers and make it easier to find out about us.
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New Bookstore in Opelousas, LA
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A shout-out to Black Pot Bookshop, a brand new bookstore in Opelousas, Louisiana specializing in local books, art and vintage postcards and showcasing authors, musicians and artists from around the southwest La. area. It's located in the Spotted Cat Antique Mall.You can find them on Facebook or call (337) 942-3636.
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Spring into Easter with a New Book!
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Along with Easter, warmer weather and all that comes with spring, we are happy to see bookstores opening up more to the public and customers -- due to COVID vaccinations -- feeling freer to circulate in those stores. The New Orleans metro area is fortunate to have a lively independent booksellers' presence and strong local support. We remind you that spending book dollars locally stays local and sends almost twice the amount of cash to publishers and authors than when you buy online from the Big A. Ask for our titles from Barnes & Noble in Metairie to French Quarter gift shops and everything in between. We thank you!
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Women and New Orleans
By Mary Gehman
A History of Pointe Coupée Parish, Louisiana
By Brian J. Costello
Where Writers Wrote in New Orleans
By Angela Carll
The Free People of Color
of New Orleans
By Mary Gehman
Jazz Stories
By Arthur Pfister |
Edwin & I
By Bob Crowley
A Savage Wisdom
By Norman German
No Other World
By Norman German
Cripple Bayou Two-Step
By Norman German
Cardy the Cardinal Finds
a Home in Donaldsonville
By Mary Gehman with
Illustrations by Alvin Batiste |
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