1 - Purple Panties: An Eroticanoir.com Anthology by Zane (Editor)
2 - Missionary No More: Purple Panties 2 by Zane (Editor)
3 - Head Bangers: An APF Sexcapade by Zane
4 - Life Is Short But Wide by J. California Cooper
5 - Dutch 3: The Finale by Kwame Teague (Teri Woods)

1 - Letters to a Young Brother: MANifest Your Destiny by Hill Harper
2 - Confessions of a Video Vixen by Karrine Steffans
3 - Dear G-Spot: Straight Talk About Sex and Love by Zane
4 - The Isis Papers: The Keys to the Colors by Frances Cress Welsing
5 - Countering the Conspiracy to Destroy Black Boys Dr. Jawanza Kunjufu

Colson Whitehead
http://authors.aalbc.com/colsonwhitehead.htm

Whitehead was born in 1969, and was raised in Manhattan. After graduating from Harvard College, he started working at the Village Voice, where he wrote reviews of television, books, and music. His latest novel Sag Harbor was listed as an Amazon Best of the Month (May 2009).  "Colson Whitehead weaves gracefully through genres with each of his books, but Sag Harbor, billed as his "autobiographical fourth novel," seems positioned to be his breakout book--which is a funny thing for a writer who has already received so many major literary awards, including a MacArthur "Genius" grant and being short-listed for the Pulitzer."

RM Johnson
http://authors.aalbc.com/rm_johnson.htm

RM Johnson was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois. After high school, he served five years in the United States Army. After which he received his Bachelors degree in science, from the University of Louisiana. He worked as an x-ray technologist, and radiation therapist for a number of years while continuously working on his writing, and earned a Masters degree in creative writing from Chicago State University.

Johnson has written nine novels.  In 2009, RM threw his hat into the non-fiction ring, with the release of Why Men Fear Marriage, a detailed look into the hesitation and explanations as to why so many men are reluctant to marry.

Trice Hickman
http://authors.aalbc.com/trice_hickman.htm

Hickman's 2nd novel Keeping Secrets & Telling Lies is the 2nd book she publisher through her own company, Platinum Books.  Her first novel Unexpected Interruptions was selected by picked up by Black Expressions Book Club, and  was chosen as their �Dynamic Debut� feature in their December 2008 catalog.

Keeping Secrets & Telling Lies tells the story of Victoria and Ted are the ultimate power couple. She's a beautiful, business savvy sister who owns one of Atlanta's most sought after event planning companies. He's a powerful, blue-eyed CEO who knows how to take care of business in and out of the boardroom. But their seemingly happy life begins to unravel in the blink of an eye when long held desires and decades old secrets come back to haunt them.

Troy CLE
http://aalbc.com/authors/troy_cle.htm

Troy is the author of The Marvelous Effect, the first book in The Marvelous World Saga which is the winner of a 2008 Essence Literary Award - Children's Books.  

In The Marvelous Effect we learn about thirteen-year-old Louis Proof who, without warning or reason, falls into a coma due to a virus of a mysterious, celestial origin. When he awakens three months later, the world that he once knew and loved is totally out of control. He will learn that his illness is connected to everything that is wrong, and that it's not only his responsibility but his destiny to set things right.

Sheryl A. Keen - Author
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Keen is the author of Journal According to John. Her novel is about John, a twenty-eight-year-old man, who follows a close friend's advice and begins keeping a journal. He's recently divorced from his wife, Debbie, and he hopes the journal will provide a tool with which to make some sense of his brief, failed marriage and to determine why he is so emotionally challenged. Will John discover the reasons for his dysfunctional situation? Can keeping the journal help him improve his life?

Monica �Dr. Moe� Anderson
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Monica Anderson, DDS is an author, publisher, motivational speaker, and Doctor of Dental Surgery. Her debut novel, When A Sistah's Fed Up was an Essence bestseller.

Her highly anticipated new release I Stand Accused is already a Dallas Morning News bestseller.  Author Evelyn Palfrey describes Accused: "The story is told in alternating sequences between present and past in such vivid language that long after the murder is solved and you have closed the book, the scenes will haunt you."

Benjamin is an Award Winning and Essence Best Selling author.  Susan Hampstead, Senior Editor, Don Diva Magazine call's Benjamin a "... new and exciting underground writer making noise, destined to solidify his spot in urban literature."

His latest novel Ride Or Die Chick 2 follows the trials of Teflon Jackson; a beautiful woman who is the end result of a horrible union -- a mother who was a prostitute and a pimp for a father.  Tragedy strikes and Teflon finds herself having to utilize all of the tricks that her mother taught her after she is forced into the streets to fend for herself.

Booker T. Mattison
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Mattison is a writer and filmmaker who wrote the screenplay for and directed the film adaptation of Zora Neale Hurston's �The Gilded Six Bits,� which aired on Showtime. He has also written and directed music videos for Grammy-nominated the Cross Movement, as well as other Christian rap and R&B artists.  Mattison's first novel Unsigned Hype, tells the story of the ambitious, aspiring hip-hop DJ and producer Tory Tyson.  Unsigned Hype takes readers onto the streets of New York and gives them a glimpse into the realities of life on the block. is his first novel.

The Book of Night Women by Marlon James - Reviewed by Thumper
http://reviews.aalbc.com/the_book_of_night_women.htm

The Book of Night Women begins in 1800 Jamaica, on the Montpelier plantation. A group of female slaves, who call themselves, Night Women, are planning to free all of the slaves and kill every white person on the island. 

...a literary milestone, an unforgettable achievement. It is not often that I surrender to a story completely, but The Book of Night Women is that captivating. It represents the best of literature: words which engage the mind as easily as it does the heart and leaves both changed for the better.

The Sons of Shea - Reviewed by Thumper
http://reviews.aalbc.com/the_sons_of_shea.htm

DaVohn, as an author, hammers away at the cultural nationalist themes of renewal and redemption of a community by its people, namely its men. It's almost a fictional vision akin to a novel which would have been written by a young Huey Newton or Marcus Garvey. When Bishop rides to the rescue to his community, he knows that nothing will be easy and that the stakes will be high. Like the Black Panthers or the Nation of Islam, he realizes that the frustration and hopelessness holding the people back is very potent and caused by their confusion by their daily doses of lies and dogma from their local ministers and politicians. He knows these are not opponents to be taken lightly. 

Noire presents From the Streets to the Sheets: Urban Erotic Quickies - Reviewed by Thumper
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My favorite urban erotic literature author Noire brings a short story anthology to the stage with Noire presents From the Streets to the Sheets: Urban Erotic Quickies.  If I did not see Noire's name on the cover of the book, I seriously doubt if I would have given the book a passing glance.  Since I gave Risqu� a tumble a couple of months ago, I saw no reason why the erotic literature train should not keep rolling.  The anthology featured a few names that I recognized but had never read before, Jamise L. Dames and K�wan; many of the authors I have not heard of before and of course there was Noire.  The short story collection was better than I thought.  Although there were a few duds, the collection is good.  I thoroughly enjoyed it. 

Eight Minutes of Heaven - Reviewed by Robert Fleming
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Travis English, author of Knights of Paris, returns with his second work of fiction, Eight Minutes of Heaven, a story about Derek Treadwell, who gives up on the golden promise of Los Angeles, the city of angels, for love in a small town in Texas. His father, Frank, wants him to be a man and to start making adult decisions concerning his life and loves. Pops is very suspicious of Derek moving to Texas to be with his girlfriend, possibly remembering his hardscrabble days of growing up in the cotton fields of East Texas. After all, Frank is still a country boy at heart and he can�t understand the motivations of his citified son.

Sisters & Husbands by Connie Briscoe - Reviewed by Thumper

The novel has a fair amount of drama in it that kept me hooked. In all honesty, Briscoe did not make the story messy enough. The novel is definitely rated PG. I was looking for something a little more demented. Briscoe set up a couple of perfect vehicles for good down and dirty drama to jump off, but she took the high road approach.

Kevin and His Dad by Irene Smalls - Reviewed by Kam Williams
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Ever so subtly, she weaves a richness right into the fabric of her carefully-crafted tale which reflects a deep understanding of how to touch on the African-American condition in an understated fashion while simultaneously exploring a very universal theme to which people of any ethnicity can readily relate. Ms. Smalls has dedicated Kevin and His Dad to the source of her inspiration, namely, her dear nephew Kevin who was adopted by his altruistic Aunt Irene at the age of 7.

Passing Strange: A Gilded Age Tale of Love and Deception across the Color Line by Martha A. Sandweiss

Passing Strange: A Gilded Age Tale of Love and Deception across the Color Line written by Martha A. Sandweiss is a book about an episode in America's history that is hardly explored anymore, passing. Usually passing is a term used when a black person, who has a light color skin complexion is mistakenly identified as a white person. In Passing Strange there is a twist, I call it �reverse passing�. Passing Strange is a true story of how a well respected white man, with some social standing, lead a double life as a black man in order to love and marry a black woman in the late 1800s. The story itself is highly intriguing. Passing Strange one significant failure is that Sandweiss in an effort to factually verify the story forgot to tell the story. 

Something Torn and New: An African Renaissance by Ngugi wa Thiong'o - Reviewed by Kam Williams
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In his intriguing new book, Something Torn and New: An African Renaissance, Mr. Thiong�o argues that separating Africans from their native language played a critical in not only their exploitation but in their continued capitulation to being regulated to second-class status today. The author goes on to say that black folks today suffer from an unrequited �quest for wholeness,� a thirst for knowledge of self which can never be satiated so long as they speak and write solely in the languages of their former slave masters and colonizers. For English, Spanish, Dutch, Spanish and Portuguese are rife with subtle color-coded symbols and messages which will only continue to reinforce racist notions of white supremacy for generations to come.

They Tell Me of a Home by Daniel Black

I was in the mood for a Southern gothic novel. For those of you who may not know, a Southern gothic novel is one that takes place in the South (surprise, surprise) and involves usually a murder or two, incest, anger, lust, longing, revenge and secrets all wrap in tears and twang. I let my fingers do the walking went on Amazon.com intending to get another Erskine Caldwell novel, instead I ended up ordering They Tell Me of a Home by Daniel Black.

I got caught up in the story rather quickly. Hell, I ain�t going to lie; I was caught up in the story when I read the summary on Amazon.com. They Tell Me of a Home served as a nice welcome card for the author. Black definitely knows how to tell a story. I will be reading more of him in the future.

Digging: The Afro-American Soul of American Classical Music by Amiri Baraka

The literary legacy of award-winning writer and poet Amiri Baraka continues to thrive as he releases another new book, Digging: The Afro-American Soul Of American Classical Music for his huge following of readers. Truthfully, there is possibly no Black writer not indebted to the mammoth influence cast by Baraka's incisive intellect and lyrical pen in letters and criticism throughout the 1960s and 1970s. He was the spiritual and political guru of the Black Arts Movement. With his seminal works of Black Music and Blues People, he set a very high standard of excellence in analysis and insight of our music and culture, but with his latest volume, the word sorcerer has completely surpassed himself.

I am Barack Obama by Charisse Carney-Nunes, Illustrated by Ann Marie Williams - Reviewed by Kam Williams
http://reviews.aalbc.com/i_am_barack_obama.htm

The tome's uplifting narration, written in a bouncy rhyme, is not so much strictly about Barack as about the incredible potential inside each and every one of us which is waiting to be unlocked. But the book's beautiful illustrations by Ann Marie Williams do feature familiar tableaus of Obama at every stage of his development, from learning to ride a tricycle all the way to his finally standing at a podium in front of the President Seal.

Down Home with the Neelys: A Southern Family Cookbook - Reviewed by Kam Williams
http://reviews.aalbc.com/down_home_with_the_neelys.htm

Today, the blissful couple has not only been blessed with two beautiful daughters, Spenser and Shelbi, but they also own one of the most successful barbecue restaurant chains in the country, Neely's Bar-B-Que, with locations in both Memphis and Nashville. In 2008, they started co-hosting their own cooking show on the Food Network, Down Home with the Neelys, and in response to the series� popularity they decided to share their trade secrets in this practical cookbook of the same name which arrives attractively illustrated with 75 mouth-watering photographs.

Saving Our Daughters: From a Man's Point of View, Volume 2 by Curtis J. Benjamin - Reviewed by Kam Williams
http://reviews.aalbc.com/saving_our_daughters.htm

Curtis Benjamin had a stroke of genius when he decided to make discrimination among African-Americans based on skin color the subject of the second in his Saving Our Daughters series of books. It's an issue deserving of serious consideration. Like the author, when I reflect upon my childhood, I can�t help but recall how my friends and I gave each other cruel, often color-coded nicknames which had to do with your physical appearance.

It's All Love: Black Writers on Soul Mates, Family and Friends - Reviewed by Robert Fleming
http://reviews.aalbc.com/its_all_love.htm

Celebrating the essence of love in all of its forms from romantic to familial and sacred, the contributors convey a wide range of voices, some humorous, some sardonic, some joyous, but always thought-provoking. The cast of wordsmiths in this anthology of poetry, non-fiction and fiction are very noteworthy: Nikki Giovanni, E. Ethelbert Miller, Kwame Alexander, Gwendolyn Brooks', Tina McElroy Ansa, David Anthony Durham, Nicole Bailey-Williams, Victoria Christopher Murray, Tracy Price Thompson, Faith Adiele, Abdul Ali, Jonetta Rose Barnes, Kim McLaren, Jill Nelson, Pearl Cleage, Patricia Elam, William Henry Lewis, and more.

Never Been a Time: The 1917 Race Riot that Sparked the Civil Rights Movement by Harper Barnes

Author Harper Barnes wrote such a tale titled Never Been a Time: The 1917 Race Riot that Sparked the Civil Rights Movement.  Never Been a Time is an awesome book!  He lays out the birth and early history of East St. Louis.  Barnes looks at every conceivable factor that went into laying the groundwork, on federal and local levels, for the riot to take place.  The riot is covered exhaustively.  The last portion of the book dealt with the aftermath of the riot. 

Never Been a Time is a wonderful book.  I strongly recommend it.  It's important to know all of our history and pass it on to our young, which is why my 15 years old niece Mariah is going to read this book as soon as I've completed writing this review.

Tyrese Gibson - The “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” Interview

...born in Los Angeles on December 30, 1978. He and his three siblings were raised in the Watts section of the city by his single-mom after his father abandoned the family in 1983.   Among Tyrese's many accolades are an American Music Award, a couple of Grammy nominations, several NAACP Image Award nominations and being named one of the Sexiest Men of the Year by People Magazine. Here, he reflects on reprising the role of Sergeant Epps in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, a sci-fi sequel directed by Michael Bay and co-starring Shia LaBeouf and Megan Fox.

Trice Hickman's sophomore novel promises more sizzle just in time for the summer by Interviewed Leah Mullen
http://reviews.aalbc.com/trice_hickman_interview.htm

As soon as I turned the last page of Trice Hickman�s novel Unexpected Interruptions, I went back to the title page to see who�d published such a wonderful book. I suspected that it was Genesis Press or Kimani Press (Harlequin) but it wasn�t quite a romance so I thought perhaps it might be Dafina (Kennsington). Instead I saw the name of a publishing company I�d never heard of before, Platinum Books. 

Of course I immediately Googled �Trice Hickman� and discovered two very interesting things. First Platinum Books was her own creation and secondly Unexpected Interruptions was her first book! 

Zoe Saldana - The Star Trek Interview
http://reviews.aalbc.com/zoe_saldana1.htm

Given Zo� Salda�a's meteoric rise, it only makes sense that the flick that finally rockets her to the heights of superstardom would be an intergalactic adventure like Star Trek. Previously, you might have seen this striking ballet dancer-turned-actress as the late Bernie Mac's daughter who was dating Ashton Kutcher in Guess Who, playing second-banana to Britney Spears in Crossroads, as the love interest of Nick Cannon in Drumline, opposite Johnny Depp in Pirates of the Caribbean, with Forest Whitaker and Dennis Quaid in Vantage Point, or directed by Steven Spielberg in The Terminal alongside Ton Hanks and Catherine Zeta-Jones. Here, she reflects on portraying Lt. Nyota Uhura in Star Trek, a role originated on TV by Nichelle Nichols in 1966.

Mike Epps - The �Next Day Air� Interview
http://reviews.aalbc.com/mike_epps1.htm

Indiana native Mike Epps is one of the funniest entertainers around. Dividing his time between stand-up and film, the scene-stealing comedian has dominated the screen in everything from Next Friday to Friday After Next to The Honeymooners to All About the Benjamins. Here, he talks about his new movie, Next Day Air, an ensemble comedy co-starring Donald Faison, Mos Def, Lauren London, Wood Harris and Debbie Allen.

African-American Literary Industry Giants Gather in NYC - Article by Kam Williams
http://reviews.aalbc.com/book_expo_america_recap.htm

Book Expo America, publishing's premier annual convention, was held this year at the Jacob Javits Center in New York City from May 29th to the 31st. On Saturday afternoon, black literary giants representing every area of the industry gathered inside the hall's African-American Pavilion for a reception sponsored by publishers Tony and Yvonne Rose of Amber Communications Group. The event's award program was hosted by ravishing Renaissance woman Heather Covington, CEO of Disilgold.com.

Publishers Indemnity Insurance: What is it, and how do you get it - Article by Trice Hickman
http://writers.aalbc.com/publishers_indemnity_insurance.htm

In order to sell the Book Club Rights of your novel to Black Expressions, you must show proof of Publishers Indemnity Insurance before a contract offer can be extended. All major publishers have this insurance, but for independently/self-published authors it can be hard to find and challenging to afford. How do you find it? 

Scenes from the 2009 AA Pavilion at BEA & Black Pack Party _Video
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A great time was had by all, especially while socializing at the �Black Pack Party� hosted later that evening by Troy Johnson of AALBC.com and Ron Kavanaugh of Mosaicbooks.com along with industry moguls Michele Gipson and Linda Duggins aboard a boat docked nearby on the Hudson River. Between the sensational sunset and balmy weather, you couldn�t ask for a more perfect setting to make the most of excellent networking opportunities for novices and professionals alike.

An Afternoon With Author David Rivera Jr. (Video 9:15)

AALBC.com founder, talks to author David Rivera Jr., in his Harlem Brownstone, about his latest novel, The Last Prejudice.   In The Last Prejudice., readers are invited to meet a complex and beautiful set of characters that are guaranteed to intrigue and challenge their views on what is considered beautiful and sexy.  

Quincy Troupe - Video

Quincy Troupe Discusses his collaboration with Chris Gardner on the book The Pursuit of Happyness and his friendship with Miles Davis which led to the book Miles and Me.  The conversation also included Quincy's wife Margaret Porter Troupe and took place in Harlem, NY during the launch of MMPCIA's new Mount Morris Talks Series

DJ Spooky's Rebirth of a Nation
http://reviews.aalbc.com/rebirth_of_a_nation.htm\

Listen, if it's okay in the world of pop music for DJs to remix snippets of classic songs in order to rap over them, why shouldn�t a hip-hop era filmmaker be able to do the same thing with an old movie, especially if its copyright is expired and its now part of the public domain? That's precisely what we�re dealing with in the case of Rebirth of a Nation, a sophisticated overhaul of D.W. Griffith's Birth of a Nation. That controversial silent flick from 1915 is frequently credited with setting the tone for the persistence of lynchings and other forms of oppression and intimidation of blacks during the 20th Century up until the triumph of the Civil Rights Movement.

Circus (Tsirk) - Film Review
http://reviews.aalbc.com/circus.htm

Circus opens in the United States with a harrowing chase scene in which a popular circus performer named Marion Dixon (Orlova) is literally being run out of town on a rail with a baby (Jim Patterson) in her arms by a bloodthirsty lynch mob. Why? Because she's white, and the father of her child is black. With chants of �nigger lover� filling the air, she barely escapes with her life by jumping on a moving train. Forced to flee from her own country alone, the disgraced single-mom ultimately finds political asylum in Moscow where she is able to resume working as The Human Bullet, a vaudeville act in which she sings, dances before the big finale during which she is shot out of a cannon into a trapeze net.

The Queensboro Shirt Company

AALBC.com has been using The Queensboro Shirt Company for almost a decade.  Queensboro can put your embroidered logo on a variety of shirts, caps and outerwear.  They is reliable, friendly and it is easy to get someone on the phone if you need help or have a question.  The products are reasonably priced -- ordering 2 or 3 items is economical.

Sugar Cane Alley (1983)

I watched this movie last weekend and found it absolutely mesmerizing.  Here is what an Amazon.com reviewer has to say:

Touching without being sentimental, political without being preachy, this story set in 1930s Martinique is both lyrical and powerful. Writer-director Euzhan Palcy tells the story of a young boy who is orphaned at the age of 11 and sent to live with his grandmother, who works on one of the island's sugar cane plantations. Though he is bright, she realizes he has no future if he stays on the plantation. So she does what she can to keep him in school and away from the back-breaking, will-sapping hard labor to which she's devoted her life. Can he rise above his humble beginnings? Will he forget about his self-sacrificing grandmother and leave her behind? Palcy deals with these issues with great emotion but no false sentimentality in this poignant film. In French with English subtitles. �Marshall Fine

Proud To Be A Colored Girl by Jackie Christie
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Proud To Be A Colored Girl focuses on a true fact of life that the age old stereotyping of African American women has gone on practically unchallenged for centuries, and probably would continue, except we will embark upon a journey together, that will explore a different way of thinking and feeling. We'll explore having different perceptions of what has been taught to us and what we have come to except. This racially divided world we live in fails to teach us that we are all the same! We may come in different shades sizes and nationalities, but inside we are universal. Dare to open your mind and challenge your inner beliefs and you will find that being a colored girl is beautiful! Being a colored girl is something to be proud of. And being a colored girl, truly applies to all women no matter what!

In You Are Oprah: Igniting the Fires of Greatness, bestselling author Howard Glasser weaves counter-culture spin on reinventing ourselves for greatness. Most positivity is really just more negativity in disguise that keeps us energetically stuck. Glasser is full of "180s" - for example, we don't have to stuff or energize our WMDs - Worries, Misery, Doubts. Instead, we can learn how to use the intensity of those emotions to propel ourselves forward and into even greater greatness, not fear.

Too Much of a Good thing ain't bad by Clarence Nero
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"Clarence, I wanted to let you know that I was hanging out in a Borders on Saturday and I purchased your new book. Thanks for the love in your acknowledgments. It was a wonderful book. Sheila, Johnny and James were well drawn out characters and had a lot of drama going on. Great job!"  �Zane (Bestselling author, publisher, producer)

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Harlem Book Fair 2009 - Harlem New York - July 17-19th, 2009
http://events.aalbc.com/harlem_book_fair_2009.htm

Join us as we come together in the celebration of literature & culture on July 17-19th, 2009. In honor of Barack, community, and ourselves, this year celebrates Black People Re-Inventing 21st Century Culture. If you are a publisher, self-published author, food vendor or cultural vendor, now is the time to reserve your spot for the Harlem Book Fair.  Troy Johnson, President of AALBC.com will be a participant in this year's event.

100 YEARS, 100 AUTHORS
NAACP Centennial Author Pavilion Celebration on July 13-15, 2009
http://naacpauthorpavilion.com/

3 Day Event at the New York Hilton Hotel
1335 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York, United States 10019

THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Our 2009 Authors include: Diahann Carroll, Chris Gardner, Water Mosely, Terry McMillan, Dr. Dorothy Height, Bernice Mc Fadden and many many more. For the full roster click here.

Meet and Greets, Presentation Panels, book signings and live In the Caf� with Mocha Show tapings are the heart of the NAACP Author Pavilion experience, which is designed to bring readers together with their favorite writers and poets.

North Country Institute and Retreat for Writers of Color
http://www.mec.cuny.edu/spcd/caddi/cbl_NorthCountryInstitute.asp

Plattsburgh, New York - Sunday, July 26- Thursday July 30, 2009

The North Country Institute and Retreat a) provides a retreat and institute for emerging and established writers of color, b) provides writers of color with an opportunity to draw upon their experiences as writers in a racialized society and c) provides the broader New York State area with an opportunity to become knowledgeable about the issues and concerns facing writers of color. Writing fellows are invited to study the genres of fiction, poetry, and memoir.

National Book Club Conference - Atlanta, GA - July 31 - August 2, 2009
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In six years, the National Book Club Conference has developed into the premier annual literary event for books by and about African-Americans. The three-day weekend is a spiritual experience filled with laughter, learning, fun and fellowship.

The 2009 NBCC, will be held July 31-August 2 at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis, promises to again set a new standard on literary bliss. Walter Mosley, Terry McMillan, Dr. Cornel West, Terrie Williams, Connie Briscoe, Brenda Jackson, Kimberla Lawson Roby are just a some of the top-flight authors who will be a part of the seventh-annual occasion.  Troy Johnson, President of AALBC.com will be a participant in this year's event.

The Power Network - Summer Time Special Increases your book's exposure

To better serve publishers AALBC.com (the most popular site dedicated to African-American literature), MosaicBooks.com (the first site created to showcase Black literature), and Cushcity.com (the largest African-American Internet retailer) have formed a "Power Network."

Your book-cover ad can be served in a premium position on three of the top sites for African-American literature. Substantially increase the reach and impact of your marketing campaign.

All About AALBC.com
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