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Great line up Jim! I've marked my calendar for Rickie Lee Jones ( What a coup!) and am still reading the rest. Cheers, Sharon ********* Sharon Shaloo, Executive Director Mass Center for the Book [log in to unmask] 617.872.3718 (office) massbook.org On Mon, Oct 25, 2021 at 4:28 PM Jim Davis <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > [Please share, and join us for the festival! – Jim] > > > > > > > > * * > > > > *FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE* > > *October 25, 2021* > > > > > > *THE LOUISIANA BOOK FESTIVAL IS CELEBRATING 17 YEARS* > > *What to expect from the virtual event happening October 30 – November 14* > > > > > > *BATON ROUGE, La.* – Mark your calendar as the 17th Annual Louisiana Book > Festival will launch programs on Saturday and Sunday, October 30-31, 2021. > Additional new content will be available over the following two weeks on > Friday, November 5, through Sunday, November 7, and Friday, November 12, > through Sunday, November 14. This free, family-friendly, annual festival > celebrating readers, writers, and books is being presented virtually this > year. More than 80 authors and presenters will discuss their books during > more than 40 virtual programs, including 15 presentations for children, > tweens, and teens. Virtual programs can be viewed on the *Louisiana Book > Festival YouTube channel* > <https://www.youtube.com/c/LouisianaBookFestival>. > > > > Authors participating in this year’s festival include 2021 Louisiana > Writer Award recipient *Fatima Shaik* > <http://louisianabookfestival.org/Author_Shaik.html>, Louisiana Poet > Laureate *Mona Lisa Saloy* > <http://louisianabookfestival.org/Author_Saloy.html>, and Louisiana Young > Readers’ Choice Award winning author *Tommy Greenwald* > <http://louisianabookfestival.org/Author_Greenwald.html> (*Game Changer*). > Other featured authors include *David Armand* > <http://louisianabookfestival.org/Author_Armand.html> (*The Lord’s Acre*), > *Rickie Lee Jones* <http://louisianabookfestival.org/Author_Jones.html> (*Last > Chance Texaco*), *Alecia Long* > <http://louisianabookfestival.org/Author_Long.html> (*Cruising for > Conspirators*), *Robert Mann* > <http://louisianabookfestival.org/Author_Mann.html> (*Backrooms and > Bayous*), *Joshua Prager* > <http://louisianabookfestival.org/Author_Prager.html> (*The Family Roe*), > and *Steven V. Roberts* > <http://louisianabookfestival.org/Author_Roberts.html> (*Cokie: A Life > Well Lived*). > > > > To learn about additional authors and participants, see a complete list on > the Louisiana Book Festival’s *featured author page* > <http://louisianabookfestival.org/authors_featured.html>. A digital > version of the *program guide* > <https://heyzine.com/flip-book/efbcc3d1f2.html> with more details is also > available. More information and updates are available on the Louisiana Book > Festival *website* <http://louisianabookfestival.org/> and on *Facebook* > <https://www.facebook.com/LABookFestival>. > > > > All featured titles will be available for purchase through *Cavalier > House Books* <https://www.cavalierhousebooks.com/LABookFest>. All > purchases of featured festival books made through December 31, 2021, will > receive a 20% discount with the festival code *LABOOKFEST*. > > > > The *Louisiana Center for the Book* > <https://www.state.lib.la.us/literacy-and-reading/louisiana-center-for-the-book>, > established in the State Library of Louisiana in 1994 for the purpose of > stimulating public interest in reading, books, literacy, and libraries and > celebrating Louisiana’s rich literary heritage, is the state affiliate of > the Library of Congress Center for the Book. > > > > > > *Contact Information:* > > > > Rebecca Hamilton > > State Library of Louisiana > > 225-342-4923 > > *[log in to unmask]* <[log in to unmask]> > > Veronica Mosgrove > > Office of the Lieutenant Governor > > 225-342-7009 > > *[log in to unmask]* <[log in to unmask]> > > > > > > --*LouisianaTravel.com* <http://www.louisianatravel.com/>-- > > > > > > > > > > > > > >