Welcome, Speakers!
Welcome to our 2024 Festival lineup! We are so happy you’re part of the Festival. Please mark the Fest dates: March 20 – 24, 2024. While the Fest is Wed – Sun, author events are typically Th – Sun. As soon as we can, we’ll give you the exact date and time of your event(s).…
Read MoreCoffee & Craft
COFFEE & CRAFT: FREE WRITING WORKSHOPS Coffee & Craft is a TWFest partnership with Baldwin & Co. Coffee and Bookstore, a Black-owned business that is part bookstore and coffee shop and part community center, where readers and writers come together in celebration of the written word. Baldwin & Co. also has a foundation focused…
Read MoreThe AllWAYS Lounge and Cabaret
National Poetry Foundation
Third Block Depot Kitchen & Bar
The Goldring Family Foundation
David Johnson
David Johnson serves as Director of Marketing and Engagement at the Jefferson Parish Library. He previously served as an editor for OffBeat Magazine, NOMA Magazine (New Orleans Museum of Art), and Louisiana Cultural Vistas, the quarterly publication of the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities. He is currently working on a book in collaboration with photographer…
Read MoreBeth Bartley d’Amour
Beth Bartley d’Amour made her Broadway debut in the Tony-nominated play, Fortune’s Fool, directed by Arthur Penn. Film credits include Richard Linklater’s new film Hit Man in the role of Jill. Hit Man premiered in Venice, Toronto, and Sundance film festivals and will be on Netflix in June 2024. The Climbing Rose of the Garden District, in…
Read MoreBryan Batt
Bryan Batt is most known as “Salvatore Romano” on the iconic TV series Mad Men (2 SAG awards), and has appeared in nine Broadway shows including Sunset Blvd. Saturday Night Fever, La Cage Aux Folles, Cats, Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat, Starlight Express, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Seussical, and Beauty and the Beast; many Off- Broadway…
Read MoreAugustin J Correro
Augustin J Correro is a Founding Co-Artistic Director of the Tennessee Williams Theatre Company of New Orleans. The company has produced over 20 Williams plays, many of which Correro has directed. He has also directed and assistant directed Williams plays in New York, Virginia, Mississippi, and Massachusetts. He holds an MFA in Theatre Pedagogy from…
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