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A new version of the fest springs up around Earth Day. Plus: two very different Aussie flicks and 'All the Old Knives' reviewed

The Carnival season returns, but after a year missing out on parades and floats and neutral ground picnics, many New Orleanians are celebrating more than just

Browsers stay masked and socially distant at Octavia Books in October. Independent booksellers ordinarily rely on foot traffic and in-person browsing for their sales. That all changed in March of last year. Two Uptown bookstores, however, have found ways to adapt and even thrive through the pandemic. Garden District Book Shop, in a historic building that once housed a roller rink on oak-canopied Prytania Street, and Octavia Books, set back on a diagonal on its quiet eponymous street near the river, have both continued to sell books to residents across the city. By altering their in-store brow...

In Iceland, they celebrate Christmas Eve with a tradition of jólabókaflóð, the “Yule Book Flood.” People give books on Christmas Eve and spend the evening reading, preferably with chocolate close at hand. Sounds like a great idea to me! It’s easy to have your own Yule Book Flood with Louisiana books this year, which has brought us so many big, beautiful volumes — one good thing to come out of 2020! Visit your favorite indie bookstore — shop local! — and stock up on chocolate. Santa, your book bag runneth over. Beautiful coffee table books “Afro-C...

The Canadian Jewish News will take a third stab at reviving itself after announcing it was closing in 2013, and then again in April. The leadership of Canada’s 60-year-old flagship national Jewish newspaper confirmed Monday that it will attempt a revival next month, according to a report in the Canadian Jewish Record, a free online volunteer Jewish news website launched in May to fill the void left by The CJN’s absence. The resurrected CJN will be online only and seek to attract a younger generation of readers through an array of products, including podcasts, electronic newsletters, occas...