The Iron Rail Book Collective

Welcome to the Iron Rail Book Collective, a non-profit reading room, lending library, and bookshop located in the New Orleans Marigny neighborhood.

Please note that our new blog is up and running at http://www.ironrail.org/blog/.

Hours, Location, & Services

News & Events

What We Carry

HOURS: Daily 1pm - 7pm
LOCATION: 511 Marigny St., New Orleans, LA (map)
CONTACT: 944-0366 or email us
VOLUNTEER MEETINGS: Every Wednesday evening at 8pm. Donations Needed. Volunteers Always Welcome.

Free Internet Access
Daily 1 - 7pm
Free Internet
The collective decided to open up our computer to public use. We now have two computers and free wireless for use in the space. Please respect a one hour time limit if others are waiting and don't use the computers to play games. Donations are not required for use but it would help us be able to keep the DSL (which is expensive).

March 1st - Blair Gimma + Jon Crocker (acoustic benefit)
March 17th - lecture from eco-saboteur and animal liberator Peter Young
March 10th - Madeline Adams + Nana Grizol (folks from Defiance Ohio and Neutral Milk Hotel)
March 26th - Captain Chaos (Chris Clavin) + Eric Ayotte + The Let Down (acoustic benefit)

For the most up to date listings, check out our blog.

Scheduling an Event:

Feel free to talk to us about scheduling an event.

We're always open to ideas. We'd most like to host local book readings and workshops/skill shares however we cannot do concerts. Events work best when held after our regular hours at 7 or 8 pm. We have a projector and screen for showing films.

Although you are welcome to post a flyer outside the store and have us post the event on our mailing list, beyond that it is recomended that you do your own promotion for the event if you want a good turn out.

Our library contains over 5,000 titles. You can now see our work-in-progress library catalog online at: www.librarything.com/catalog/ironrail The "tag" that the book has is what shelf it is on in the library.

The bookshop offers books from presses such as Verso, South End Press, Last Gasp, AK Press, and many others. We specialize in radical politics/culture and good local books about and by New Orleanians.

The record rack The record rack stocks vinyl, CDs, and cassette tapes. We carry punk, hardcore, metal, indie rock, and more. See our inventory at http://noladiy.org/irr.html. If you're a local band, we want to stock your music. Please email Bryan at flyerstorm@yahoo.com for info.

The reading room allows for comfortable browsing of our zine and reference collections while sipping on coffee.