Louisiana Books 2 Prisoners

Volunteer Update

LAB2P — Sun, 12 May 2024 15:07:27 +0000

If you are interested in volunteering, please join our mailing list to find out about upcoming trainings and opportunities to support our work. We have limited volunteer spots, and that is the best way to find out when we have openings. We look forward to meeting all of you and sending out books!

Happy Independent Bookstore Day!

LAB2P — Sat, 27 Apr 2024 13:30:00 +0000

To celebrate Independent Bookstore Day, purchase a book for us through our wishlist with Tubby & Coo’s, and a donor will match every penny, April 27th through May 14th! Your support will help us stock our library with frequently requested titles, support our local bookseller, and receive matching funds that will help cover postage… and more books!

We have just added more books to our wishlist! It now features more books on legal topics, queer issues, self-help, yoga, witchcraft, drawing, chess, and crochet! These are very popular categories that we never really have enough of.

You can see our book wishlist here.

“Reading for Justice” – LAB2P hosts book event Wednesday, April 10 at the Community Book Center

LAB2P — Wed, 03 Apr 2024 22:11:37 +0000

Reading for Justice

Wednesday, April 10, 6 – 7:30pm

Community Book Center (2523 Bayou Road, New Orleans, LA 70119)

Join One Book One New Orleans and Louisiana Books 2 Prisoners for a conversation about social justice, literacy, activism, and more. Mac Marquis, author of Books Through Bars: Stories from the Prison Books Movement and Victoria Law, author “Prisons Make Us Safer” and Twenty Other Myths About Mass Incarceration, will discuss their books and their justice-focused work. Guests will also hear from Louisiana Books 2 Prisoners and One Book One New Orleans about our efforts at the local level.

There will be snacks.

To RSVP, please click here.

Happy New Year!

LAB2P — Tue, 02 Jan 2024 22:50:57 +0000

Look for an email update from us in a few days. One ask for now: If you find yourself with an extra Mac, we are in need of a fully functioning Mac, less than five years old, that can run OS11 Big Sur or a newer OS.

Our other computer needs are met; we just need this specific one to replace our old one which is having issues running new software. Please message or email us if you are interested in donating one to us! Thank you.

Books for Brews: Aug 26, 2023, 2-5 pm

bporter6 — Fri, 25 Aug 2023 19:04:14 +0000

Books for Brews is tomorrow!

We’re partnering with One Book One New Orleans to collect PAPERBACK history books, biographies, and memoirs, in new or gently used condition. Bring books to Faubourg Beer on Aug 26, 2-5:pm to exchange them for FREE BEER! You will receive one beer ticket (4 max) for every book you bring. There are also non-beer treats like ice cream.