PHOTOS and a report of this event coming soon!
The
17th Annual Celebration of Black Writing
February
16 to 18, 2001 Philadelphia
For
Information Call 215-735-9598
Friday February 16, 2001
7PM
Harryette Mullen - Poetry Reading
Walt Whitman Cultural Arts Center 2nd & Cooper Streets, Camden NJ 08102,
854-964-8300 Admission: $6/$4 students & seniors/ free to members
9PM
Cave Canem Benefit Poetry Reading
Philadelphia Ethical Society, 1906 Rittenhouse Square Admission: $5 donation
gladly accepted
Saturday, February 17, 2001
Community College of Philadelphia, 17th & Spring Garden Streets
10:00 AM
Meeting of the Union of Writers of the African Peoples
Moderated by Dennis Brutus and Lamont Steptoe
11:00 AM
Self-Publishing: The Real Deal
Presented by a panel led by Vanesse J. Lloyd-Sgambati
12:00 Noon
Speaking Your Way To Book Sales
Presented by a panel led by George Subira
1:00 PM
Panel Discussion on the State of Black Writing
Allen B. Ballard, Fiction
Charles L. Blockson, Honoree
Jayne Cortez, Poetry
Oliver Franklin, Moderator
Farah J. Griffin, Non-Fiction
Harryette Mullen, Poetry
Max Rodriguez, Publishing
Kimmika L.H. William-Witherspoon, Drama
3:00 PM
Workshops
Drama with Kimmika L.H. William-Witherspoon.
Fiction with Allen B. Ballard
Non-Fiction with Farah J. Griffin
Poetry with Harryette Mulen
Publishing with Max Rodriquez
Saturday, February 17, 2001
6:00 PM
Award Program and Reception
Free Library of Philadelphia, 1901 Vine Street The Moonstone Lifetime
Achievement Award to Charles L. Blockson
8:00 PM -
Performance by Jayne Cortez and her band the Firespitters
Painted Bride Art Center, 320 Vine Street Admission: $15.00/$7.50 members
Sunday, February 18, 2001
12:00 Noon
Meet the Authors Book Fair with over 50 authors Presenting, Discussing,
Autographing & Refreshments - starting at 1:00 PM there will be five minute
presentations by the attending authors in alphabetical order at Robin's Book
Store, 108 S. 13th Street
6:00 PM
Book Clubs: Creating and Making Them Work For Book Club Wannabes: How to
create them, Where to join them; For existing Book Clubs, Meet some of the
authors you can invite to your meeting; For Authors - Meet the Book Club
Organizers at Art Sanctuary, Church of the Advocate, 18th & Diamond Hosted
by Lorene Cary, founder and AM Weaver, Executive Director 17th Annual
Celebration of Black Writing.
