The 2025 Louisiana Book Festival will be held on Saturday, November 1.
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Freddi Williams Evans

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Freddi Williams Evans is internationally known for her work on Congo Square including her book Congo Square: African Roots in New Orleans. Her books for young readers include Come Sunday: A Young Reader’s History of Congo Square, Hush Harbor: Praying in Secret, The Battle of New Orleans: The Drummer’s Story, and A Bus of Our Own. Evans received the 2024 Lifetime Contributions to the Humanities award from the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities.

 

Schedule

11:15 am to Noon

State Capitol, House Committee Room 6

Passing It On: The Art of John T. Scott

 

12:15 pm to 1:00 pm

Cavalier House Books Tent

Book Signing

Passing It On: The Art of John T. Scott

This new book will broaden the impact of the dynamic legacy of John T. Scott, the renowned New Orleans artist, teacher, and MacArthur “Genius” Fellow. Passing It On: The Art of John T. Scott is a captivating book co-authored by Freddi Williams Evans and Scott’s widow, Anna Rita Scott, and produced by The Helis Foundation John Scott Center, an initiative of the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities.