New Orleans Book Festival will showcase founder Sandy Rosenthal and her debut book

In a recent press release, the 2022 New Orleans Book Festival at Tulane University states that it will host its inaugural weekend, March 10-12, with a three-day, in-person literary celebration featuring more than 100 national, regional and local authors, including some of the nation’s most beloved bestsellers. The festival is free and open to the public. A schedule of events will be released in early February.

The lineup of Best-Selling Authors includes Levees.org founder Sandy Rosenthal for her debut book, Words Whispered in Water; Why the Levees Broke in Hurricane Katrina (Mango, 2020).

The press release continues: The new, major literary event for the Crescent City, whose debut was postponed by the pandemic, will feature panel discussions, moderated conversations, keynote lectures, book fairs, family programming and workshops. Each day will include at least one major plenary session, which will feature a leading author. The event will also provide a forum for media outlets, authors and readers to network and collaborate in one of the world’s most vibrant and culturally diverse cities.

Find out more about the Festival.

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Arts Council to unveil sculpture at Levees.org’s Levee Exhibit Hall & Garden

The Arts Council of New Orleans, in partnership with the City of New Orleans, the New Orleans Redevelopment Authority (NORA) and the residents of the Filmore Gardens neighborhood, will unveil a new sculpture at Levees.org’s Levee Exhibit Hall & Garden.

WHAT: Unveiling Ceremony
WHEN: Sunday, November 7th from 3:30-5:30
WHERE: 5000 Warrington Drive
WHO: The Arts Council of New Orleans, the City of New Orleans, the New Orleans Development Authority (NORA), residents of the Filmore Gardens neighborhood and Levees.org

The art commission arose out of a much broader project––the Gentilly Resilience District made possible through a $141 million grant received by the City of New Orleans from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) National Disaster Resilience Competition.

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“Words Whispered in Water” wins two more awards

Levees.org founder Sandy Rosenthal’s book “Words Whispered in Water: Why the Levees Broke in Hurricane Katrina” has recently won two more awards.

On August 21, Rosenthal learned that her book had won the Silver Falchion Award in the Best Nonfiction category. This award is given to debut authors who incorporate mystery, suspense and thriller into their work.

On September 15, Rosenthal got word that her book had won the Readers’ Favorite Award in the Nonfiction – Government/Politics category.

These two awards brings the total number of awards to seven. “Words Whispered in Water” has also won four distinctions.

For more about the Silver Falchion Award, the Readers’ Favorite Award, and the other five awards that “Words Whispered in Water” has won, click here.

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