I'm very excited to be a featured author at this year's Louisiana Book Festival. I'll be talking about "Accordion Dreams" with noted Louisiana music journalist Herman Fusilier and playing some music with my fiddler-husband Steve Tabak. Details below.

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Book talk:

"Accordion Dreams: My Outside-In Journey into Cajun and Creole Music" (12:30-1:30, Senate Committee Room A)

In conversation with journalist Herman Fusilier, author Blair Kilpatrick (formerly a shy midwesterner) talks about her life-changing discovery of Louisiana French music. She'll also bring her Cajun accordion, so don't forget your dancing shoes!

BIO:

Blair Kilpatrick, a Duke-trained psychologist, is the author of Accordion Dreams, a memoir of her unexpected passion for the Cajun accordion. She is working on her first novel, a mystery. She lives near San Francisco with her fiddler-husband and plays the accordion with Cajun-Creole band Sauce Piquante.

Followed by book signing 1:45-2:30 in the book signing tent.