Event Review

Are You A Saint Or Sinner?

By Tony Leggio
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The 11th Annual Saints & Sinners Literary Festival was held May 15 – 18 in New Orleans with at events at their host hotel, The Hotel Monteleone as well as many other venues throughout the city. The Saints and Sinners Literary Festival was founded in 2003 as an innovative way to reach the community with information about HIV/AIDS, particularly disseminating prevention messages through the writers, thinkers and spokes-people of the LGBT community. It was also formed to bring the LGBT literary community together to celebrate the literary arts.

 

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Now eleven years later, the Festival has grown into an internationally-recognized event that brings together a who’s who of LGBT publishers, writers and readers from throughout the United States and beyond. The Festival features panel discussions and master classes around literary topics that provide a forum for authors, editors and publishers to talk about their work for the benefit of emerging writers and the enjoyment of fans of LGBT literature.

 

 

 

I attended their opening Book Launch Party and Fundraiser at the Beauregard-Keyes House. The weather was gorgeous for a courtyard soiree as attendees got to mingle with the authors and professionals in the LGBT publishing industry. This historic home was a perfect setting for the kick-off event that included a reading from some of the contributors of the Saints and Sinners New Fiction 2014 publication.

 

 

 

The following evening was their Glitter with the Literati reception at the Herman Grima House, another home in the French Quarter rich with history. Authors on hand this evening included New York Times bestseller Christopher Rice. For more information on the festival, go to www.sasfest.org.

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Tony Leggio

Tony Leggio

Tony Leggio is a born and raised New Orleanian. He has over 20 years of event management experience having produced over 5,000 events locally and nationally. Tony has received numerous awards for his outstanding achievements in the hospitality industry. Besides his professional career, Anthony has played an active role in the community.He has served Event Chair of Art Against AIDS for the No/Aids Task Force for the past ten years and was honored as Humanitarian of the Year in 2010 by the organization. He is also a freelance writer who has written for USA Today, as well as several local publications.He also writes a column regularly In Ambush Magazine, plus is part of Gambit’s Big Easy Theatre Committee.Tony is a social butterfly of New Orleans that not only knows how to put on a great event but also knows how to enjoy one.
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Tony Leggio is a born and raised New Orleanian. He has over 20 years of event management experience having produced over 5,000 events locally and nationally. Tony has received numerous awards for his outstanding achievements in the hospitality industry. Besides his professional career, Anthony has played an active role in the community. He has served Event Chair of Art Against AIDS for the No/Aids Task Force for the past ten years and was honored as Humanitarian of the Year in 2010 by the organization. He is also a freelance writer who has written for USA Today, as well as several local publications. He also writes a column regularly In Ambush Magazine, plus is part of Gambit’s Big Easy Theatre Committee. Tony is a social butterfly of New Orleans that not only knows how to put on a great event but also knows how to enjoy one.

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