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There is power and peril in the pop-culture adage, "All press is good press, as long as they spell the name right, and all publicity is good publicity. No press is bad press." The ageless beauty and wonderment of books, of authors and illustrators and the lingering messages and stories they shape and seal into words and pictures, remain in the eye of the beholder. Since no two people occupy an identical frame of reference, critics and readers alike do not always voice the same opinion of any one work. Yet, with courage and conviction, books bring forth a multitude of visions to share with the world.

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Press Releases

May 9, 2008 — MIDWEST BOOK REVIEW
A deftly compiled guide to the many, many eccentricities of this city
Hearsay from Heaven and Hades: New Orleans Secrets of Sinners and Saints


April 23, 2008 — Authorviews
New Book: TJ Fisher and Orleans Embrace
Orléans Embrace with The Secret Gardens of the Vieux Carré


April 1, 2008 — BOOKVIEWS
Picks of the Month
Hearsay from Heaven and Hades: New Orleans Secrets of Sinners and Saints


February 29, 2008 — The Philadelphia Inquirer
From the cover of Orléans Embrace with The Secret Gardens of the Vieux Carré
Orléans Embrace with The Secret Gardens of the Vieux Carré

December 31, 2007 — PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
The Year in Awards • Benjamin Franklin Awards •
Orléans Embrace with The Secret Gardens of the Vieux Carré
Fall/Winter 2007 — BELLA ONLINE: THE VOICE OF WOMEN
Special Books
Orléans Embrace with The Secret Gardens of the Vieux Carré

September/October 2007 — SHELTER INTERIORS
(International Design Culture Magazine)
Orléans Embrace with The Secret Gardens of the Vieux Carré

August 2007 — ALL CURLED UP WITH A GOOD BOOK
Orleans Embrace is an exquisite coffee-table book

Orléans Embrace with The Secret Gardens of the Vieux Carré
September 2, 2007 — THE DAILY LEADER
Triumph Over Sorrow Book Chronicles Life in French Quarter
Orléans Embrace with The Secret Gardens of the Vieux Carré

August 24, 2007 — BEATRICE.COM
After Katrina: 2 New Orleans Authors Look Back
"In what turned out to be the longest 'Author2Author' feature I've run on Beatrice so far, TJ Fisher and Joshua Clark talk about their experiences remaining in the French Quarter after New Orleans was devastated by Hurricane Katrina ... As I say, this is probably the biggest thing I've ever run on this site most likely the biggest thing I ever will." — RON HOGAN
Orléans Embrace/TJ Fisher

August 18, 2007 — THE TIMES-PICAYUNE
Authors offer a hug for stressed-out city
Orléans Embrace with The Secret Gardens of the Vieux Carré

August 6, 2007 — SUITE101
Orléans Embrace with The Secret Gardens of the Vieux Carré: A review as tribute to the second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, August 29th, 2005
Orléans Embrace with The Secret Gardens of the Vieux Carré

June 9, 2007 — THE DAILY ADVERTISER
Louisiana Book News:
Louisiana publishers win Franklin Awards at BookExpo America

Orléans Embrace with The Secret Gardens of the Vieux Carré

June 1, 2007 — THE AMERICAN REPORTER DAILY NEWSPAPER
'Orléans Embrace' Wins Two Major Benjamin Franklin Awards
Orléans Embrace with The Secret Gardens of the Vieux Carré

May 8, 2007 — MIDWEST BOOK REVIEW
Will prove to be of immense interest
Orléans Embrace with The Secret Gardens of the Vieux Carré

May 2, 2007 — THE PALM BEACH DAILY NEWS
A Crusade for New Orleans
Orléans Embrace with The Secret Gardens of the Vieux Carré

April 26, 2007 — THE TIMES-PICAYUNE
Spring puts bloom on Quarter streets
Orléans Embrace with The Secret Gardens of the Vieux Carré

April 15, 2007 — THE ADVOCATE
Books
It’s hard to read Orléans Embrace without having questions
Orléans Embrace with The Secret Gardens of the Vieux Carré

March/April, 2007 GRIS GRIS ROUGE
The Face of Baton Rouge

Orléans Embrace Dazzles with Heart, Soul and Lush Images
Orléans Embrace with The Secret Gardens of the Vieux Carré

April 5, 2007 — THE AMERICAN REPORTER DAILY NEWSPAPER
Book Review
'Orléans Embrace': A Magnificent Tribute to a City's Soul
The French Quarter's Glory
Orléans Embrace with The Secret Gardens of the Vieux Carré

April, 2007 — BOOKLIST
Editorial Review
Orléans Embrace with The Secret Gardens of the Vieux Carré

April, 2007 — WHERE Y'AT
New Orleans' Monthly Entertainment Magazine

Local book reviews
Orléans Embrace with The Secret Gardens of the Vieux Carré

April, 2007 — NEW ORLEANS HOMES & LIFESTYLES
The Beauty of French Quarter Gardens
Orléans Embrace with The Secret Gardens of the Vieux Carré

March 18, 2007 — THE DAILY ADVERTISER
Louisiana Book News
Orléans Embrace with The Secret Gardens of the Vieux Carré

March 15, 2007 — SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
Bright photos. Fading world
The latest photography books seek to capture creatures, civilizations and landscapes before they're gone forever.
Oh, the places you'll probably never go. Except in photos
Orléans Embrace with The Secret Gardens of the Vieux Carré


March, 2007 — BOOKVIEWS
Picks of the Month
Orléans Embrace with The Secret Gardens of the Vieux Carré


February 27th, 2007 — GAMBIT WEEKLY
Sentimental Journey
Orléans Embrace with The Secret Gardens of the Vieux Carré


February 27th, 2007 — GAMBIT WEEKLY
The Penny Post/The Birth of Symbols By Andrei Codrescu
Orléans Embrace with The Secret Gardens of the Vieux Carré


February 27th, 2007 — DOWNTOWN EXPRESS
The Penny Post/New Orleans on Mardi Gras By Andrei Codrescu
Orléans Embrace with The Secret Gardens of the Vieux Carré


August 28, 2006 — PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
IPG/PMA Distribution Program at 10
Orléans Embrace with The Secret Gardens of the Vieux Carré







Co-authors TJ Fisher and Roy F. Guste, Jr. present Orléans Embrace with The Secret Gardens of the Vieux Carré on the CBS program The Morning Show with host Eric Paulsen — WWL-TV Channel 4, New Orleans.



(video clip: 26 seconds)

TJ Fisher is the award-winning author of Orléans Embrace. Her poignant prose an emotional portrayal of the people, places and spirit of New Orleans captured the PMA Benjamin Franklin Award 2007 for America's "Best New Voice Nonfiction." Her narrative of triumph over sorrow is paired with the nostalgia and romance of Louis Sahuc's timeless French Quarter photography.


(video clip: 28 seconds)

Roy F. Guste, Jr. is the award-winning author of The Secret Gardens of the Vieux Carré: The Historic French Quarter of New Orleans. His classic work unveiling the French Quarter's famed pockets of privacy the city's storied hidden courtyards and gardens is inset within the new first edition Orléans Embrace title. The combined work of Fisher, Guste and Sahuc swept eight national book awards.



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