Celebrate Louisiana’s literary heritage downtown this weekend – The Louisiana Book Festival offers something for every book lover with a great schedule of events clustered around the State Capitol building grounds.

The Louisiana Book Festival offers something for every book lover with a great schedule of events clustered around the State Capitol building grounds. From the State Library to the Capitol Park Museum, the festival will feature meet and greets with writers, a discussion with Duck Dynasty star Alan Robertson—among others—food, music, performances and books from the rare and unique to the brand new. The free event is 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. For more information or to download the festival’s free app, click here. Also, check out 225 book reviewer Emilie Staat’s preview of the festival here.