NOLA Book Festival Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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"The #NOLABookFest at @Tulane University is a Mardi Gras for the mind—a celebration of the written word and the joy of reading." -@TUFitts 🗓️ March 9-11, 2023
It All Starts with an Idea
Douah Art GiftNOLA Book FestivalIt All Starts with An Idea💡 From there, your brilliance and story-telling transfers into pages of new worlds and information that influences imaginations for generations. Thank you for all you share with us! Happy #InternationalWomensDay from the New Orleans Book Festival! https://t.co/d1SehiWTG0
Paperback, 2020
$6.99$3.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Trayvon Generation
Elizabeth AlexanderNOLA Book Festival“Sometimes the visual arts show us things that are beyond words, and I wanted to make a book where the visual art was fully part of the text.” @ProfessorEA talks about her book THE TRAYVON GENERATION with @darrenwalker at #NOLABookFest https://t.co/a4UuuacE1r
Hardcover, 2022
$22.00$11.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation
Imani PerryNOLA Book Festival.@ImaniPerry, 2022 #NBAwards Finalist for Nonfiction, talks about what her book SOUTH TO AMERICA means to her as a writer and a scholar at #NOLABookFest. Watch the full talk with @esglaude: https://t.co/D7lk3sAWkI https://t.co/8c5GC0TXnF
Paperback, 2023
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Above Ground
Clint SmithNOLA Book Festival“Poetry is in part the act of paying attention and what this book has done and what poems have more broadly asked me to do is pay attention to those things we might otherwise overlook.” @ClintSmithIII Have you read his new poetry collection? #FridayReads https://t.co/w9n1JNJcVu
Hardcover, 2023
$28.00$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The New York Times: Right at Home: How to Buy, Decorate, Organize and Maintain Your Space
Ronda KaysenNOLA Book FestivalThe New York Times called @hmcghee’s #TheSumofUsBook, “The book that should change how progressives talk about race.” We are excited for @hmcghee to speak about her work at #NOLABookFest in a few weeks! Event details: https://t.co/cL4OjHEGLC https://t.co/pfF4YDEfzr
Hardcover, 2020
$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Weeds
Katy Simpson SmithNOLA Book FestivalCould you write a novel in four months? #NOLA writer Katy Simpson Smith did. If you missed her at #NOLABookFest, we recommend checking out her interview with @NOLAnews about her highly anticipated and recently published novel, The Weeds. https://t.co/rKdkBKPO2u
Hardcover, 2023
$27.00$13.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Across the River: Life, Death, and Football in an American City
Kent BabbNOLA Book Festival🗣 Give Them THE REAL! 💯 Check out how one man positively impacted the youth in his community. Learn more about coach Brice Brown and don't miss his story in Across the River: Life, Death, and Football in an American City, by @kentbabb. (via @TODAYshow) https://t.co/nA24i7TRP9
Paperback, 2022
$16.99$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know
Malcolm GladwellNOLA Book FestivalMalcolm @Gladwell won’t be “talking to strangers” but he will be speaking to his @pushkinpods friend, Moneyball and The Big Short author Michael Lewis, about his new book at @NOLAbookfest ! https://t.co/I6Rs1sRbC9
Paperback, 2021
$21.99$10.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Every Man a King: A King Oliver Novel
Walter MosleyNOLA Book FestivalWalter Mosley is one of America’s most celebrated writers and we’re so excited for his panel with Michael Smith at #NOLABookFest on March 10. Ahead of the talk, check out @RealDanielNieh’s @nytimesbooks review of Mosley’s new novel EVERY MAN A KING. https://t.co/HoXyCtSaoZ
Paperback, 2024
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Chasing History: A Kid in the Newsroom
Carl BernsteinNOLA Book FestivalFrom a 16-year-old copyboy to uncovering Watergate with @realBobWoodward and more, @carlbernstein’s journalism journey is extraordinary. Watch his #NOLABookFest conversation about his latest book, Chasing History. https://t.co/ZJ3oL77eDP https://t.co/eHIihKO367
Paperback, 2023
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book