A fabulous LIVE reading with David Havird and Kathleen Balma at Beausoleil Books and Whisper Room, downtown Lafayette, LA.

Yes, that grin is the real thing. I'm so excited to receive author's copies of WILD JUICE. Order now from LSU Press:...

“Band Organ … Myrtle Beach, 1959” By Ashley Mace Havird Her small hands are sweaty. She keeps losing her grip. The cherub, mouth open to...

By Judy Christie. THE SHREVEPORT TIMES. Published 7:00 p.m. CT Dec. 25, 2019 Poet and novelist Ashley Mace Havird foresees a busy 2020,...

On Art Rocks! Friday, September 28 at 8:30PM and Saturday, September 29 at 5:30PM, Shreveport writer and Poet Laureate of Caddo Parish,...

Our lovely audience (and some NW poets!) at the Nasty Women Poets of Louisiana Reading, March 24, 2018. And here's the whole reading!

Ashley Mace Havird Named 2018 Caddo Parish Poet Laureate (THE FORUM, Shreveport, April 23, 2018) Growing up on a tobacco farm in South...

The Caddo Parish Commission has selected Ashley Mace Havird as the 2018 Caddo Parish Poet Laureate. She will serve a three-year term...

A blowy, blustery, sunny day in early March. And I got to read from my historical girl-and-horse novel in Belle Baruch's stable yard. The...

Carolyn Breedlove, Julie Kane, Katie Bickham, and Ashley Mace Havird at the Meadows Museum, Centenary College, Shreveport. A hugely fun...

Three hosts in a historic Shreveport neighborhood provided food, drinks, and a porch for listening, while several local writers read...

Brilliant Louisiana book launch for NASTY WOMEN POETS: An Unapologetic Anthology of Subversive Verse.

Creative writing contest finalists! Afternoon workshop. So much talent in one room!

Each year, through the generosity of the Malone Family and the support of the Maecenas Society, CMHS brings a noted author to Caddo...

Three new poems in these fine print journals. Check them out!

We had a fantastic time discussing LIGHTNINGSTRUCK at the home of Betty Herndon. (Lovely food and drinks, to boot.)

Photos from the Chautauqua Institution, July 1-8, 2017: National Geographic Week! I was prose writer in residence, and my husband, David,...

Words, words, words. . . 6 Jun 2017 Lightningstruck, A Captivating All Ages Novel by annemarie | posted in: Books, character, criticism,...