Louisiana Book News

is written by veteran journalist and author Cheré Dastugue Coen

and includes book reviews,

author interviews, industry news and much more.

Cheré is a native of New Orleans

now living in Lafayette, Louisiana, and the author of "Cooking in Cajun Country" with Karl Breaux (Gibbs Smith Publishing) and "Magic's in the Bag: Creating Spellbinding Gris Gris Bags and Sachets" with Jude Bradley (Llewellyn).

Louisiana Book News is published

every Sunday for The Daily Advertiser and Monroe News Star

and other Gannett newspapers of Louisiana.

To read the latest Louisiana Book News column, published every Sunday in the Accent section of The Daily Advertiser of Lafayette, Louisiana, visit The Daily Advertiser, click on "Accent" and then go to Sunday.

Yahoo Email Group

To join the Louisiana Book News Yahoo email group, visit Yahoo Groups, type in "Louisiana Book News" in the search box and choose the group with the photo of the live oak tree (like the one above). We welcome all interested writers, readers and book worms. Not only can you read about the latest on Louisiana books and authors, but writers can post their booksignings and events as well.