Tom Piazza

Read “City of Refuge: A Novel” by Tom Piazza. In the heat of late summer, two New Orleans families — one black and one white — confront a storm that will change the course of their lives. Engage in stimulating conversation about books, exchange perspectives about characters and plot, and get ... (more)to know your neighbors. Pageturners is sponsored by Friends of the Library. In the U.S. Bank Room Space at library programs is limited. Seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis.

Tom Piazza discusses and signs his book City of Refuge.If you are unable to attend,you must call the book shop to order signed books.

Join with other people all across the city as the group One Book/One New Orleans discusses their selection for 2008, Tom Piazza's City of Refuge.

There will be a limit of 15 people that can join the discussion group. Please call in advance to reserve a space. It is first come, first served.

Tom Piazza's Why New Orleans Matters was the book that defined New Orleanians' response to Hurricane Katrina and its devastation of the people and culture of that great city. Now, in City of Refuge, this brilliantly talented, award-winning writer reaches deeper and wider, to offer a shattering, panoramic ... (more)novel that traces the stories of two families, one white and one black, as their lives are torn apart by the storm and then slowly stitched back together in its aftermath.

Garden District Book Shop host the first group discussion of 2008 One Book, One New Orleans community-wide reading selection, City of Refuge by Tom Piazza. Clic here to read the One Book, One New Orleans misson statement

BookPeople is thrilled to welcome Tom Piazza, a brilliantly talented and award-winning writer, today at 3PM to present his new novel City of Refuge. Bob Dylan has said, “Tom Piazza’s writing pulsates with nervous electrical tension -- reveals the emotions that we can’t define.” That is certainly ... (more)true in City of Refuge, a panoramic novel of two families in New Orleans – one white, and one black – whose lives are torn apart by Hurricane Katrina and the process by which they are stitched together again. Don't miss this opportunity to meet one of the best authors working in America today, so stop by BookPeople at 3PM to pick up your signed copy of City of Refuge.

Brazos Bookstore is pleased to host Tom Piazza in celebration of the release of City of Refuge.

Tom Piazza discusses and signs his book City of Refuge.If you are unable to attend,you must call the book shop to order signed books.