John McQuaid to speak at UNH conference
Friday, March 9th, 2007Path of Destruction co-author John McQuaid will be the keynote speaker at the University of New Hampshire Undergraduate Research Conference on April 25, 2007 at 8:00 pm.
Path of Destruction co-author John McQuaid will be the keynote speaker at the University of New Hampshire Undergraduate Research Conference on April 25, 2007 at 8:00 pm.
Mark Schleifstein will be signing Path of Destruction and participating in a local author forum presented by the Press Club of New Orleans at the Sheraton New Orleans Hotel in the Napolean Ballroom on 500 Canal St, New Orleans, LA. The book sale and free signing will include 11 local authors of Katrina related books including Path of Destruction co-author Mark Schleifstein from 2:00 to 4:00 pm cst. Afterwards there will be forums with the authors from 4:00 to 6:30 pm cst. The $10 Admission to forums benefits Press Club scholarship fund.
Learn more about the event at the Press Club of New Orleans website.
Mark Schleifstein and John McQuaid are on Garland Robinette on New Orleans, LA radio station WWL 870AM right now until 4:00 pm CST. You can listen live online at WWL.com
The Weather Channel’s Storm Stories program on August 20th will be a Hurricane Katrina special featuring Path of Destruction co-author Mark Schleifstein at 8pm EST. Be sure to check out each Storm Stories show on the days leading up the the August 29th anniversary of Katrina, including “Storm Stories: New Orleans Katrina,” “Storm Stories: Covering Katrina,” and “Storm Stories: A Hurricane Katrina Anniversary Special” on August 20, 22, and 23 with an encore of the anniversary special on August 29.
Learn more from the press release announcing the series and from the official Storm Stories website.
John McQuaid, a Washington journalist who was with the New Orleans Times-Picayune for many years, will sign copies of “Path of Destruction: The Devastation of New Orleans and the Coming Age of Superstorms” at 6 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 19 at Politics and Prose Bookstore and Coffeehouse, 5015 Connecticut Ave., NW, Washington, DC. The book takes an in-depth look at the context of Hurricane Katrina’s destruction. He and co-author Mark Schleifstein examine New Orleans’s long history of disasters, the civil and scientific efforts to avert Katrina, and the future of big storms ahead.
More information at Politics and Prose Bookstore and Coffeeshop
John McQuaid and Mark Schleifstein, authors of “Path of Destruction: The Devastation of New Orleans and the Coming Age of Superstorms,” will discuss their new book about Hurricane Katrina and sign copies at Louis J. Roussel Hall, at the corner of St. Charles Avenue and Calhoun Street on the campus of Loyola University, at 6 p.m., Tuesday, Aug. 22. The event is sponsored by Loyola University New Orleans and the Garden District Bookshop.
More information at Loyola and the Garden District Bookshop
Mark Schleifstein, co-author of “Path of Destruction: The Devastation of New Orleans and the Coming Age of Superstorms,” with John McQuaid, will discuss his new book and sign copies at 7 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 30, at Octavia Books, 513 Octavia Street (corner of Laurel).
More information at Octavia Books
Mark Schleifstein, co-author of “Path of Destruction: The Devastation of New Orleans and the Coming Age of Superstorms,” with John McQuaid, will discuss his new book and sign copies at the Uptown campus of the New Orleans Jewish Community Center, 5342 St. Charles Avenue, at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 5, as part of the center’s weeklong Jewish book fair.
More information at the New Orleans JCC