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Louisiana Library Association 2011 Conference Members, Mentors and Memories: LLA Connects March 16 - 18, 2011 Cajundome Convention Center Lafayette, LA Conference Links |
Author Leo Honeycutt will be the featured speaker at the Public Trustee Luncheon During the Louisiana Library Association 2011 Annual Conference in Lafayette, Louisiana
Award winning journalist and author Leo Honeycutt will be the keynote speaker at the Public Trustee Luncheon on Thursday, March 17 at the Louisiana Library Association (LLA) Conference at the Cajun Dome in Lafayette, LA.
Honeycutt has been a television journalist for 28 years working with CBS News, ABC’s Good Morning America, NBC’s Today Show and CNN. During his broadcast career, he conducted an exclusive interview in the Oval Office with President Ronald Reagan and a rare interview with Muhammad Ali. He was the first broadcaster to interview Britney Spears and the first Louisianan to interview NASA astronauts in orbit.
Honeycutt is the author of the acclaimed novel, Over the Edge. He was also asked by the former Governor Edwin Edwards to write the governor’s official biography. After five years of prison interviews and exhaustive research, Honeycutt released the publication of Edwin Edwards: Governor of Louisiana, An Authorized Biography by Leo Honeycutt.
Edwards was Louisiana’s only four term governor and one of the most controversial characters in history. Honeycutt speaks from a unique perspective in the biography. He traces Edwards from his childhood to the governor’s office.
The biography has sales of over 30,000 and heads the New York Times Bestseller list. Honeycutt’s next book is Camelot Began in Louisiana, inspired when he unearthed more than two dozen historic pictures of Jack and Jackie Kennedy’s 1959 visit to Louisiana.
For a schedule of LLA conference events or for more information, please visit the LLA 2011 Official Wiki: http://llaconference2011.pbworks.com or the LLA website at www.llaonline.org.
Hotel Information
Hilton Garden Inn Lafayette/Cajundome
Reservations can be made directly with the hotel by calling 1-877-782-9444
or visit the hotel's website at www.lafayettecajundome.hgi.com. Use the
group code, LLA, when making all reservations to secure the group rate:
King or Double/Double - $119.00; King Junior Suite - $139.00. Reservations
must be received by 02/23/2011 for be assured the group rate. Reservations
will be taken on a space available basis thereafter.
Drury Inn & Suites Lafayette
Rooms have been reserved for our group and reservations may be made online by clicking the link: http://www.druryhotels.com/Reservations.aspx?groupno=2080119 or call 1-800-325-0720 and reference "Louisiana Library Association" to receive group rates. Drury Inn & Suites offers free hot breakfast, free long distance for one hour every night, free wireless internet access and free soda and popcorn each evening. Group room rates are as follows: King Bed/Deluxe - $89.00; 2 Queen Bed/Deluxe - $79.00; King Handi/Deluxe $89.00. Please make reservations by Sunday, February 27, 2011 to receive group rates.