NEW ORLEANS (press release) – Blue Cypress Books hosts Book Banter with author Lisa Teasley on Thursday, Oct. 26, at 5 p.m. Lisa Teasley will discuss her new book, “Fluid: Stories.” The event will include a live Q&A. Lisa Teasley will be in conversation with Blue Cypress Books Event Specialist, Rayna Nielsen.
Book Banter is a virtual event series that streams live on Blue Cypress Books’ Facebook and YouTube. The event is free and open to the public. Copies of Lisa Teasley’s book, “Fluid: Stories,” may be purchased through the website or in-person at Blue Cypress Books located at 8123 Oak St. New Orleans, LA 70118. More about the event here.
The short stories in FLUID are set in California, New York, Nevada, North Carolina, Northern England, and Namibia, taking a deep dive into the vastly differing perspectives of an intriguingly diverse collage of characters, who are navigating lives within society’s most challenging contemporary issues.
Lisa Teasley is the author of the award-winning story collection Glow in the Dark (Cune Press), and the critically acclaimed novels, Dive and Heat Signature (Bloomsbury). Her writings have been translated into French, Spanish, Italian, Chinese, and Arabic. Lisa Teasley’s stories and essays have been much anthologized including in the W.W. Norton anthology Flash Fiction America, 2023 and Europa Editions The Passenger: California, 2022. She is the writer and presenter of the BBC television documentary “High School Prom,” which was in longterm rotation in the UK, and she is currently working on a commissioned opera libretto. More info here.
Blue Cypress Books is a local, woman-owned, New Orleans bookstore and has been a warm and welcoming place to find high-quality used and new books since 2008. BCB is an inclusive and welcoming place where we speak our minds and invite open conversations. They are proud members of the American Booksellers Association and the Southern Independent Booksellers Association, and are consistently rated as a top bookstore in the city. More info here.
Book Banter is a virtual event series that streams live every other Thursday at 5pm on Blue Cypress Books’ Facebook page and YouTube channel. The events in the series are free and open to the public. Book Banter is a laid back conversation with some of your favorite authors and book industry insiders. Viewers can interact with guests by typing questions into the comments section which will be answered during the event. Past Book Banter episodes may be viewed here. Upcoming Book Banter episodes may be viewed here.
