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Bridget Davis - The “Pocono Film Festival” Interview

Bridget Davis - “Pocono Mountain Film Festival” Interview Bridget O. Davis grew up in Harlem, in the Drew Hamilton Projects, with her four sisters. Some of he...

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Independent Authors Book Festival

Independent Authors Book Festival Kean University, Downs Halls Union New Jersey Independent Authors Book Expo was created to help you the independent author intorduce you...

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AALBC.com eNewsletter - August 1st 2012 - #193

Subscribe to this eNewsletter Read our eNewsletter Archives Read Our eNewsletter on Your Kindle Help AALBC.com support our literary legacy.  If you find somethi...

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AALBC’s Newsletter: Bestsellers, Novelist Stacey Abrams, Texas Book Festival Videos & More

Subscribe  Forward Dear Troy, I recently introduced a new feature t...

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Bklyn Festival Showcases Emerging Authors

Brooklyn Festival Showcases Emerging Authors  by Leah Mullen  Perhaps the most overlooked and under acknowledged heroines and heroes of the past decade have been t...

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September Newsletter: Recommended Reads, the MS Book Festival, and More

Recommended Reads N. K. Jemisin the Only Writer to Win the Best Novel Hugo Award in three Consecutive Years The Hugo Awards are generally considered the highest honors ...

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100 Bestselling Authors, New Books, and More: October 2016 eNewsletter

Our Top 100, All-time, Bestselling Authors We are excited to present our regularly updated list of our top 100, all-time, bestselling authors. This list of bestselling a...

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April 2014 eNewsletter - Good Books, Films, Events, Articles & More

You may receive this eNewsletter directly in your email-box by subscribing. It may also be read on your Kindle ebook reader. Enjoy our previous eNewsletters. Sponso...

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March 28, 2017 Newsletter — Book Recommendations, News, Contests, and More

Top 120 Children’s Books from the Past 50 Years Our list of the Top 120 Children’s Books published over the last half century is updated on an ongoing basis and refl...

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Enrich Your Life; Read a Good Book – August 2014 eNewsletter

You may receive this eNewsletter directly in your email-box by subscribing. It may also be read on your Kindle ebook reader, or any device by downloading a PDF version. E...

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Great Books, Events, Films & More - October 2015 eNewsletter

AALBC.com’s Best Selling Books — July/August 2015 We just published our ten best selling fiction, nonfiction, and children’s books for the period July 1 through ...

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Exercise Your Mind With a Good Book – July 29, 2014 eNewsletter

You may receive this eNewsletter directly in your email-box by subscribing.  It may also be read on your Kindle ebook reader, or any device by downloading a PDF version....

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The Indie Author Book Festival - Book Fair

The Indie Author Book Festival - Book Fair Commemoration Hall Huntingdon United Kingdom The Book Reality Experience presents the 3rd Annual Indie Author Spring Book Fair,...

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Good Books, Films, Events & Articles – May 2014 eNewsletter

You may receive this eNewsletter directly in your email-box by subscribing or download a PDF version. It may also be read on your Kindle ebook reader. Enjoy our previou...

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April 18, 2017 Newsletter: New Books, Vote for Your Favorite Author, and More

AALBC.com Congratulates all the Winners of Pulitzer Prizes in the Letters and Drama Categories Fiction: Colson Whitehead for his novel Underground Railroad Poetry: Tyeh...

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Tony Rose

Tony Rose Tony Rose (October 11, 1950 – May 27, 2025) was the Publisher and CEO of Amber Communications Group, Inc. the nation’s largest African-American publ...

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List of Contributors to Step into a World

The Following is the List of Contributors to This Amazing Volume Toyin Adewale is a native of Emure-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria. Born in 1969, she has absolutel...

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Troy Johnson

Troy Johnson A Shorter Biography of Troy Demetrius Johnson ▶ Troy Demetrius Johnson is the founder and president of the African American Literature Book Club (AA...

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AALBC.com’s eNewsletter – October 28, 2014

You may receive this eNewsletter directly in your email-box by subscribing. It may also be read on your Kindle ebook reader, or any device by downloading a PDF version. ...

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Bestselling Books, The Top 25 Black-Owned Sites, New Books, and More

Bestselling Books July – August 2017 Fiction titles outsold all other genres this period, led by the strength of Sadeqa Johnson’s 2016 novel Second House from the ...

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The Top Cities for Readers of African American Literature

AALBC.com assessed the relative strengths of almost 300 American cities, to determine which ones are best able to provide environments that are supportive of, and conduci...

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Highly Recommended, Recently Reviewed, and Discounted Books

Subscribe  Forward AALBC Highly Recommends A L...

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An Author You Should Know (Married Couples Edition)

“An Author You Should Know” is a regular feature of AALBC.com where we promote noteworthy authors on our homepage, blog (see right hand side of this page), social me...

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30+ Must Read Books - Something for Everyone

Our January 2016 eNewsletter was sponsored by author Russell A. Mabane.  Learn how you may sponsor an AALBC.com eNewsletter. Bestselling Books for November/De...

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★ Award Winning Titles, Book Reviews and More - April Newsletter

NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Literary Work This year the NAACP celebrates the 50th anniversary of their Image Awards. Awards for “Outstanding Literary Wo...

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Interview with Production Designer Wynn Thomas

Production designer Wynn Thomas started working in theatre as a teenager growing up in Philadelphia. Upon graduation from Boston University, Thomas went to New Y...

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AALBC Online Book Club’s Summer Reading List

AALBC’s Online Book Club’s Summer Reading List Participating in AALBC’s Online Book Club is easy. Discussions are held on the book’s description page, whe...

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Voice to Voice: The Girls Write Now 2015 Anthology

Voice to Voice: The Girls Write Now 2015 Anthology Paperback: 299 pages Publisher: Girls Write Now (2015) (May 19, 2015) Dimensions: 3.5 x 2.4 x 0.4 inches From one...

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Table of Contents

Resources for African American Writers, Authors and ReadersPlaces to Submit WorkPublishersDialogueFYAH.comCopyright InformationPublishing GlossaryOn-line Writers Worksh...

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March 26th 2013 – eNewsletter Highlights

Read Our Complete eNewsletter AALBC.com mourns the passing of Nigerian novelist and poet Chinua Achebe (November 16, 1930 — March 22, 2013) Author of classic nov...

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Meagan Good The "Deception" Interview

Meagan Good The “Deception” Interview Meagan Good stars in NBC's midseason drama "Deception" as Joanna Padget Locasto, a San Francisco narcotics detective wit...

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Ava DuVernay The “Selma” Interview

Ava DuVernay is a writer, producer, director and distributor of independent film. Winner of the Best Director Award at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival, Ava was ho...

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March 1, 2017 Newsletter — Book Award Announcements, New Books, and More

New Books Coming Out March 2017 Helene Cooper tells the amazing of story Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, leader of the Liberian women’s movement and the first democratically el...

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The Kevin M. Weeks Story: Never Say Die; Be Optimistic

  The Kevin M. Weeks Story: Never Say Die; Be Optimistic  ’Never Say Die; Be Optimistic’ ’Sounds of Blackness &rs...

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eNewsletter Highlights – January 31st 2013 – Issue #198

Read Our Complete eNewsletter AALBC.com's Bestselling Books Lists We've just published three new bestselling books lists. Our bimonthly bestselling books for N...

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The 5th National Black Writers Conference Report from the Field 2

Report from the Field National Black Writers Conference 2000 Part 2 of 3     “Elizabeth Nunez, the conference director and the director of t...

Book Review

Marvel’s Black Panther

The 2016 San Diego Comic-Con was a memorable moment for independent researcher and writer Todd Steven Burroughs. Burroughs begins Marvel’s Black Panther: A Comic Bo...

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Colin Channer

Colin Channer Colin Channer is the father of two children, Makonnen and Addis. He was born in Jamaica and educated there and in New York. His published books include; the...

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Kysha N. Brown

  KYSHA N. BROWN (Photo Credit: J.R. Thomason) KYSHA N. BROWN is a publisher, poet and performer. She is co-founder and president of Runagate ...

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THE BLACK SCHOLAR: Journal of Black Studies and Research

Volume 1 Number 1 November 1969 Mission Statement From the Inaugural Issue: THE BLACK SCHOLAR has been born out of the struggle of black scholars, black intellectuals...

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jessica Care moore

jessica Care moore jessica Care moore is an internationally renowned poet/ publisher/ activist/ rock star/ playwright and actor. She is a five-time Showtime at the ...

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The Ultimate Top 10 Books Lists, Great New Books, Black Classic Press Celebrates 40 Years, and More!

Please join us as we celebrate the 40th anniversary of Black Classic Press hosted by the Reginald F. Lewis Museum. We will be celebrating a full weekend, May 18–20. O...

Film Review

Never Die Alone

  The following is not a review, but informational material for the movie NEVER DIE ALONE   Order Movie-Original Poster via Amazon ABO...

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Brian W. Smith

Brian W. Smith Brian W. Smith is an award-winning, best selling author of fifteen novels. After spending nine years in the U.S. Army, Brian earned two Bachelor’s de...

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Clinton as Vice President Would be a Disaster for Obama

As Senator Barack Obama wrapped up the Democratic nomination on Tuesday, Senator Hillary Clinton and her surrogates signaled that she would like to...

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The Vanishing Black Male Interview

KW: Do you really think black men are vanishing and becoming extinct? Hisani DuBose (HD): With over one million African American men being incarcerated, ...

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Salli Richardson-Whitfield - The "I Will Follow" Interview

Sallie Rchardson with co-stars Omari Hardwick (L) and Blair Underwood Born in Chicago on November 23, 1967, Salli Richardson-Whitfield burst onto the silver...

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Nkem DenChukwu

Nkem DenChukwu Nkem DenChukwu is the sixth of seven children. She obtained a bachelor’s degree in Computer Networking and a master’s degree in Health Services Adminis...

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Michael B. Jordan The “Fruitvale Station” Interview with AALBC.com

Emerging Actor Discusses His Breakout Role as the Late Oscar Grant Born in Santa Ana on February 9, 1987, Michael B. Jordan is one of Hollywood's brightest young ...

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