The Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival is held every year in March at different venues in New Orleans. The five-day event is a celebration of the works of Tennessee Williams, who considered New Orleans his spiritual home, as well as contemporary literature, theater, and culture. Participants have the opportunity to hear award-winning speakers as well as new voices on the American literary scene. The festival events include panel discussions, master classes, theater, celebrity interviews, food, music events, a breakfast book club, a scholars conference, literary and LGBT walking tours of the French Quarter, a large book fair, and special evening parties, events, and social gatherings.

938 Lafayette St, Ste 514, New Orleans, Louisiana, Phone: 504-581-1144

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