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Literary Indulgence Book Festival
Literary Indulgence Book Festival FSCJ Kent Campus Jacksonville Florida Join us for Jacksonville’s premier literary experience! This year, we celebrate the intersection of teaching, storytelling, and ...
Charleston Literary Festival
Charleston Literary Festival Various Downtown Venues Charleston South Carolina Charleston Literary Festival is a boutique literary festival that runs every November for ten days in Charleston, South C...
Calabash International Literary Festival
Calabash International Literary Festival Treasure Beach Treasure Beach Jamaica, W.I. The Calabash International Literary Festival, held on a biennial basis on even years, was founded in 2001 by three ...
Great American Book Festival
Great American Book Festival Main Street Square Rapid City South Dakota The Great American Book Festival was created by the founders of Literary Classics Book Awards & Reviews In an effort to suppo...
Tampa Bay Black Heritage Festival: Author Village
Tampa Bay Black Heritage Festival: Author Village Meet many of the authors you participated in the 2017 Tampa Bay Black Heritage Festival, which was held at Curtis Hixon Park. These images and photos...
Saints & Sinners LGBTQ+ Literary Festival
Saints & Sinners LGBTQ+ Literary Festival Hotel Monteleone New Orleans Louisiana The Saints and Sinners Literary Festival was founded in 2003 as a new initiative designed as an innovative way to reach...
Texas Book Festival
Texas Book Festival State Capitol and surrounding grounds Austin Texas The Texas Book Festival (#TXBOOKFEST) celebrates authors and their contributions to the culture of literacy, ideas, and imaginati...
So Much Things to Say: 100 Poets from the First Ten Years of the Calabash International Literary Festival
So Much Things to Say: 100 Poets from the First Ten Years of the Calabash International Literary Festival Kwame Dawes 9781936070077 Poetry Akashic Books Akashic Books Contributors include: Robert Pins...
Brooklyn Book Festival 2012
Brooklyn Book Festival 2012 Photos and one video from the 2012 Brooklyn Book Festival The 2012 Brooklyn Book Festival The Brooklyn Book Festival is the largest free literary event in Ne...
Vegas Valley Book Festival
Vegas Valley Book Festival Las Vegas Nevada The Vegas Valley Book Festival, now in its fifteenth year, is a celebration of the written, spoken, and illustrated word. The festival has networked togeth...
Brooklyn Book Festival
Brooklyn Book Festival Brooklyn Borough Hall and Vicinity Brooklyn New York The Brooklyn Book Festival is the largest free literary event in New York City, presenting an array of national and internat...
The Schomburg Center's Third Annual Black Comic Book
The Schomburg Center's Third Annual Black Comic Book The Schomburg Center's Third Annual Black Comic Book Festival Third Annual Black Comic Book Festival Saturday, January 17, 2015, 10 am - 7 pm 51...
Jael Richardson
Jael Richardson NONE Jael Ealey Richardson is a Toronto-based author and educator with an MFA in Creative Writing. Known for her memoir and children's book, both titled The Stone Thrower, her work re...
Women's History Month Literary Festival 2015
Women's History Month Literary Festival 2015 Women's History Month Literary Festival 2015 featuring, Elizabeth Alexander, LaShonda Katrice Barnett, Lalita Tademy and Linda A. Duggins Women’s History M...
Utah Humanities Council Book Festival
Utah Humanities Council Book Festival Salt Lake City Utah Previously the The Great Salt Lake Book Festival The annual Utah Humanities Book Festival is Utah’s oldest and only statewide book f...
BWABC Literacy Festival
BWABC Literacy Festival Memphis Cook Convention Center Memphis Tennessee 2017 Festival was cancelled “The BWABC Literacy Association will not hold its annual festival in 2017. We thank you for...
Black Authors Festival @SagHarbor
Black Authors Festival @SagHarbor Breakwater Yacht Club Sag Harbor New York The Black Authors Festival @Sag Harbor is a nationally celebrated in-person event, recognized by USA Today as one of the Top...
Mboka Festival of Arts, Culture and Sport
Mboka Festival of Arts, Culture and Sport Banjul The Gambia An African Diaspora, One World, Pan African experience Mboka means ‘One Family’ in Wolof and will offer festival attendees a...
The South Florida Book Festival & Literary Conference
The South Florida Book Festival & Literary Conference Fort Lauderdale Florida The South Florida Book Festival and Literary Conference is one of the nation’s fastest growing and premier book fes...
Ron Kavanaugh
Ron Kavanaugh NONE Ron Kavanaugh is a literary activist who founded Mosaic Books and the Literary Freedom Project (LFP), a non-profit supporting the literary arts. Through LFP, he launched Mosaic Lit...
Twin Cities Book Festival
Twin Cities Book Festival MINNESOTA STATE FAIRGROUNDS Minneapolis Minnesota The Twin Cities Book Festival—brought to you by Rain Taxi—is not only the largest and most important literary ga...
Bklyn Festival Showcases Emerging Authors
Bklyn Festival Showcases Emerging Authors Loading Brooklyn Festival Showcases Emerging Authors by Leah Mullen Perhaps the most overlooked and under acknowledged heroines and heroes ...
Kisha Green
Kisha Green NONE Kisha Green is a multi-talented literary consultant and promoter dedicated to turning authors' dreams into published realities. Since 2006, she's written novels, hosted award-winning...
Sixth Annual National Book Festival
Sixth Annual National Book Festival Sixth Annual National Book Festival THIS EVENT HAS TAKEN PLACE AND IS RECORDED HERE AS AN HISTORICAL ARCHIVE. 2006 National Book Festival ...
Zuksiwa Wanner
Zuksiwa Wanner NONE Zukiswa Wanner, born to South African and Zimbabwean parents in Zambia, is a celebrated author known for award-nominated novels like “Men of the South.” As an essayist, she focuse...
Dahlonega Literary Festival
Dahlonega Literary Festival Historic Square of Dahlonega, GA Dahlonega Georgia The Dahlonega Literary Festival is an annual celebration of books that takes place in March. Situated in Historic Downtow...
Annapolis Book Festival
Annapolis Book Festival The Key School Annapolis Maryland The Annapolis Book Festival is one of the premier community events in the region. Every year more than 3,000 people attend this free community...
A Fire in Harlem - Tribute to Sekou Sundiata at Up South International Book Festival
A Fire in Harlem - Tribute to Sekou Sundiata at Up South International Book Festival DuEwa M. Frazier Article Up South International Book Festival September 19th ’ September 23rd 2007 www...
University Spring Literary Festival
University Spring Literary Festival Ohio University Athens Ohio Since 1986, The Spring Literary Festival has featured some of the world's finest, most distinguished writers of poetry, fiction and non-...
East of the River Book Festival
East of the River Book Festival Rocketship Rise Academy Washington District of Columbia The 2017 East of the River Book Festival is a magnet for city dwellers from all wards to recognize and enjoy a l...
Kellie Magnus on the Kingston Book Festival
Kellie Magnus on the Kingston Book Festival Literary Events Kellie Magnus tells AALBC.com about the Kingston Book Festival during the 2016 Brooklyn Book Festival. AALBC.com is planning a group trip t...
Dallas Book Festival
Dallas Book Festival Dallas Public Library Dallas Texas Founded in 2006 as the Dallas International Book Festival, the festival is Dallas Public Library’s premiere literary event. The Dallas Boo...
Festival of Women Writers
Festival of Women Writers Hobart New York The Festival of Women Writers has become a highly anticipated event, unique among cultural happenings in the Catskill Region, especially in Delaware County. ...
Queens Book Festival
Queens Book Festival LIC Landing by Coffeed Queens New York “The Queens Book Festival, debuted on August 7, 2016, is the largest and most inclusive literary gathering in Queens. It fills the bor...
Books in Bloom Literary Festival
Books in Bloom Literary Festival Color Burst Park Columbia Maryland Books In Bloom is an innovative, progressive, and memorable festival, poised to be one of the premier book festivals in the region. ...
Delta Mouth Literary Festival
Delta Mouth Literary Festival Venue TBD Baton Rouge Louisiana In partnership with Louisiana State University, Louisiana Division of the Arts, Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge, EGSA, and New Delta R...
2013 Guide to Literary Agents
2013 Guide to Literary Agents Chuck Sambuchino 9781599635972 Nonfiction Writer’s Digest Books Writer’s Digest Books The Best Resource Available for Finding a Literary Agent!No matter what you’re writi...
The New Orleans Book Festival at Tulane University
The New Orleans Book Festival at Tulane University Tulane University New Orleans Louisiana The highly anticipated New Orleans Book Festival at Tulane University returns to Tulane’s uptown campus...
San Antonio Book Festival
San Antonio Book Festival Central Library and the Majestic Theatre San Antonio Texas The Festival is a day-long event that unites readers and writers alike. Author presentations are held indoors while...
Monroeville Literary Festival
Monroeville Literary Festival Monroe County Museum Monroeville Alabama The Monroevillle Literary Festival is two day of fun, food and literary arts in the Literary Capital of Alabama. An event that we...
Bklyn Festival Showcases Emerging Authors
Bklyn Festival Showcases Emerging Authors Troy Johnson Article Brooklyn Festival Showcases Emerging Authors by Leah Mullen Perhaps the most overlooked and under acknowledged heroines and heroes...
2nd Annual Up South Int'l Book Festival
2nd Annual Up South Int'l Book Festival 2nd Annual Up South Int'l Book Festival Read an article about this event: A Fire in Harlem - Tribute to Sekou Sundiata at Up South International Book Fes...
The Hampton Roads Indie Author Book Festival
The Hampton Roads Indie Author Book Festival Family Life Center 1 Redheart Drive, Hampton, VA 23661 Hampton Virginia Upon returning from an out of state book festival, Florenza Denise Lee wondered wh...
Donna M. Gray-Banks
Donna M. Gray-Banks NONE Donna M. Gray-Banks, founder of F.R.E.S.H. Book Festival, is a successful author known for her suspense erotic trilogy and a guest columnist for various outlets. She hosts tw...
The Southern Literary Festival
The Southern Literary Festival The University of Arkansas - Fort Smith Fort Smith Arkansas The Southern Literary Festival is an organization of southern colleges and schools founded in 1937 to promote...
AJC Decatur Book Festival
AJC Decatur Book Festival Downtown Decatur Decatur Georgia The AJC Decatur Book Festival is the largest independent book festival in the country and one of the five largest overall. Since its launch, ...
The ESSENCE Brand—Where Black Women Come First—NOT!
The ESSENCE Brand—Where Black Women Come First—NOT! Troy Johnson Article A few weeks ago, I visited Essence Magazine’s website to learn which Black owned bookstore they were going to use as the books...
Ann Arbor Book Festival
Ann Arbor Book Festival Ann Arbor Michigan Formed in 2003, the Ann Arbor Book Festival’s mission is to promote reading, heighten awareness of literacy challenges, and showcase the rich culture ...
Southern Festival of Books
Southern Festival of Books Nashville Tennessee The Southern Festival of Books: A Celebration of the Written WordSM is a three-day Festival celebrated each year during the second full weekend of Octob...
Gwen Richardson on the 2018 National Black Book Festival
Gwen Richardson on the 2018 National Black Book Festival Literary Events Gwen Richardson talks about the 2018 National Black Book Festival with Kim Coles, Eric Jerome Dickey and othersThe celebration ...
Festival of Colors
Festival of Colors Surishtha Sehgal and Kabir Sehgal 9781481420495 Fiction Beach Lane Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. Learn all about Holi, the Indian Festival of Colors, in this lush picture book from b...
Toni Blackman
Toni Blackman 0000000036920264 Toni Blackman, an international champion of hip-hop culture, is known for her captivating performances and powerful presence. She's the first hip-hop artist to work as ...
Toronto International Festival of Authors
Toronto International Festival of Authors Harbourfront Centre Toronto Canada Since its inception in 1974, Toronto’s International Festival of Authors has welcomed more than 9,000 authors from ov...
Etheridge Knight Festival
Etheridge Knight Festival Etheridge Knight Festival Etheridge Knight Inc. P.O. Box 18043 Indianapolis, IN 46218 Phone (317) 396-1529.Fax (317) 925-1481 E-mail EKFestival@aol.com The 11th Ann...
Tampa Bay Black Heritage Festival
Tampa Bay Black Heritage Festival Curtis Hixon Park Tampa Florida The Tampa Bay Black Heritage Festival is an annual, cultural arts & music festival that takes place over the course of 10 days in Tamp...
LaKesa Cox
LaKesa Cox NONE LaKesa Cox is an award-winning author and screenwriter with over 20 years of experience. She has published four novels and has contributed to two anthologies. She was acknowledged as ...
International Royal Music & Art Festival
International Royal Music & Art Festival The Beltway Regulators Barn Fresno Texas The 2021 International Royal Music & Art Festival is set to be an acclaimed cross-genre experience inspired by the his...
Esther Phillips
Esther Phillips 0000000073657506 Esther Phillips, founder of The Bim Literary Festival & Book Fair and editor of Bim magazine, is a highly decorated poet with an MFA in Creative Writing. She's won pr...
St. Pete Reads! Literacy Festival
St. Pete Reads! Literacy Festival Literary Events Terri Lipsey Scott, Executive Director of The Woodson African American Museum of Florida introduces the annual St. Pete Reads! Literacy Festival, whic...
Brattleboro Literary Festival
Brattleboro Literary Festival Brattleboro Vermont The Festival is a four-day celebration of those who read books, those who write books, and of the books themselves. Located in downtown Brattleboro, ...
Albany Book Festival
Albany Book Festival University at Albany Albany New York The Albany Book Festival, established in 2018, draws thousands of book lovers from across the Capital Region and beyond to an intellectually s...
North Jersey Literary Festival
North Jersey Literary Festival Paul Robeson Campus Center, Rutgers University-Newark, University Heights Newark New Jersey The FIRST annual North Jersey Literary Festival, where entrepreneurship meets...
Literary Festival of Charlotte
Literary Festival of Charlotte Second Ward Gym, 710 E. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Charlotte North Carolina The Charlotte Literary Festival is here to reignite the love of reading in our community, p...
The Spring Book Festival
The Spring Book Festival Wayne Curry Sports & Learning Center Landover Maryland The Spring Book festival, a celebration of the written word, is held each May. The 2017 Festival is the 3rd annual event...
Abantu Book Festival
Abantu Book Festival Eyethu Lifestyle Centre & Soweto Theatre Soweto South Africa Abantu Book Festival is an annual literary event held in Soweto, South African’s artistic heartland, featuring a...
WURD F.M. at the 2020 African American Children’s Book Festival
WURD F.M. at the 2020 African American Children’s Book Festival Literary Events Speaker: Aaron X. Smith, Ph.D.: https://aalbc.com/authors/Aaron+X.+Smith WURD-FM/AM is the only African-American owned a...
Hook: A Memoir
Hook: A Memoir Randall Horton 9780988735569 Nonfiction Augury Books Brooklyn Arts Press Literary Nonfiction. African & African American Studies. Latino/Latina Studies. Hook: A Memoir is a gripping sto...
Schomburg Centennial Festival
Schomburg Centennial Festival Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture New York New York The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture is dedicated to the collection, preservation, and int...
Guide to Literary Agents 2016: The Most Trusted Guide to Getting Published (Market)
Guide to Literary Agents 2016: The Most Trusted Guide to Getting Published (Market) Chuck Sambuchino 9781599639406 Nonfiction Writer’s Digest Books Writer’s Digest Books THE BEST RESOURCE AVAILABLE FO...
2012 Guide to Literary Agents
2012 Guide to Literary Agents Chuck Sambuchino 9781599632292 Nonfiction Writer’s Digest Books Writer’s Digest Books The Best Resource Available for Finding a Literary AgentNo matter what you’re writin...
Virgin Islands Literary Festival and Book Fair
Virgin Islands Literary Festival and Book Fair Caribbean Museum Center for the Arts St. Croix U.S. Virgin Islands The second annual Virgin Islands Literary Festival and Book Fair was held in April of ...
Black Book Expo: A Conscious Literary Festival
Black Book Expo: A Conscious Literary Festival Elegba Folklore Society’s Cultural Center Richmond Virginia The Black Book Expo, A Conscious Literary Festival is a vast display of literature is f...
The Allegheny Regional Festival of Books
The Allegheny Regional Festival of Books Bedford Pennsylvania The Allegheny Regional Festival of Books (ARFB) is a truly grassroots, community based, literary festival, promoting authors, writing and...
Darlene Williams
Darlene Williams NONE Darlene Williams is an award-winning businesswoman, adjunct lecturer, bestselling author, and nationally recognized youth and literacy advocate. She serves as President of the ...
The Bim Literary Festival & Book Fair
The Bim Literary Festival & Book Fair Independence Square by the Careenage Bridgetown Barbados Launched in 2012, The aim of any literary festival is to engage people with reading, writing and literatu...
Virginia Festival of the Book
Virginia Festival of the Book Charlottesville Virginia Produced by the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities (VFH), the largest of the 56 state (and territory) humanities councils, the Festival is a...
Virginia Children’s Book Festival
Virginia Children’s Book Festival Longwood University, Farmville Farmville Virginia The Virginia Children’s Book Festival will bring together prominent children’s authors and illustrators ...
The High Desert Book Festival
The High Desert Book Festival Hesperia Civic Plaza Park Hesperia California Our annual High Desert Book Festival is where authors and book lovers meet to celebrate the written word amidst Joshua Trees...
Rose Brock
Rose Brock 0000000107888362 Rose Brock, a professor at Sam Houston State University, is renowned for inspiring youth to love books. In addition to her career as a librarian and educator, she co-found...
Guide to Literary Agents 2017: The Most Trusted Guide to Getting an Agent
Guide to Literary Agents 2017: The Most Trusted Guide to Getting an Agent Chuck Sambuchino 9781440347764 Nonfiction Writer’s Digest Books Writer’s Digest Books The best resource available for finding ...
Forgotten Readers: Recovering the Lost History of African American Literary Societies (New Americanists)
Forgotten Readers: Recovering the Lost History of African American Literary Societies (New Americanists) Elizabeth McHenry 9780822329800 Fiction Duke University Press Books Duke University Press Books...
Forgotten Readers: Recovering the Lost History of African American Literary Societies
Forgotten Readers: Recovering the Lost History of African American Literary Societies Elizabeth McHenry 9780822329954 Nonfiction Duke University Press Books Duke University Press Books Over the past d...
Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival
Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival New Orleans Louisiana Tennesse Williams and New Orleans Literary Festival is a five-day event in New Olreans historic French Quarter that attracts par...
Words of Wonder Literary Festival
Words of Wonder Literary Festival Dr. Conrad Worrill Track & Field Center Chicago Illinois The Annual Words of Wonder Literary Festival is a celebration of books-to-be-written and books-to-be-read.
Montclair Literary Festival
Montclair Literary Festival Various Montclair New Jersey Festival Day will be a full day of in-person events, from literary fiction and non-fiction discussion panels to talks and activities for childr...
The Festival of Literary Diversity (FOLD)
The Festival of Literary Diversity (FOLD) Various Locations Brampton, Ontario Canada The Festival of Literary Diversity (FOLD) celebrates diversity in literature by promoting diverse authors and stori...
Greensboro Bound Literary Festival
Greensboro Bound Literary Festival Various locations in downtown Greensboro, NC Greensboro North Carolina Greensboro Bound celebrates writers and readers of all ages as essential to vibrant cities. Th...
Committed To Breathing
Committed To Breathing Tony Medina 9780883782477 Poetry Third World Press Third World Press Emerging with a varied political sensibility, this book explodes the bourgeois self-indulgence of American c...
Gaithersburg Book Festival
Gaithersburg Book Festival Bohrer Park Gaithersburg Maryland The Gaithersburg Book Festival is an annual celebration of great books and great writing that will feature more than 100 award-winning and ...
National Black Book Festival
National Black Book Festival Fallbrook Church / Gymnasium Houston Texas The National Black Book Festival (NBBF) is an annual event, sponsored by Cushcity.com, the world’s largest African-America...
KPBS San Diego Book Festival
KPBS San Diego Book Festival University of San Diego San Diego California The KPBS San Diego Book Festival is a free, public event for book lovers of all ages. It is brought to you by KPBS and present...
DSM Book Festival
DSM Book Festival Franklin Event Center Des Moines Iowa The DSM Book Festival connects people who love books with people who create them. The festival features nationally acclaimed authors, book club-...
Venice Book Fair and Writers Festival
Venice Book Fair and Writers Festival Blalock Park Venice Florida The Venice Book Fair and Writers Festival is a small, unique program hosting writers teaching writers on Friday night, and authors sel...
North Texas Teen Book Festival
North Texas Teen Book Festival Irving Convention Center Irving Texas The North Texas Teen Book Festival is the largest library-run book festival for young people in the country.
Mosaic Literary Magazine Issue #8
Mosaic Literary Magazine Issue #8 Ron Kavanaugh mosaic8 Fiction Mosaic Literary Magazine Mosaic Literary Magazine Download a pdf version of the Spring 2000 Issue of Mosaic Literary Magazine. All ad...
The 1st National Black Book Festival Houston Texas
The 1st National Black Book Festival Houston Texas Literary Events The National Black Book Festival (NBBF) is an annual event, sponsored jointly by Cushcity.com, the world's largest African-American r...
A Burst of Light: and Other Essays
A Burst of Light: and Other Essays Audre Lorde 9798890961310 Nonfiction Lushena Books Lushena Books [Originally published in 1998] “The self-described Black feminist lesbian mother poet used a mixture...
Black Woman Redefined: Dispelling Myths and Discovering Fulfillment in the Age of Michelle Obama
Black Woman Redefined: Dispelling Myths and Discovering Fulfillment in the Age of Michelle Obama Kam Williams Book Review "Dear Mrs. Obama, Do you have any idea what you mean to us? By us, I mean ...
JAX Urban Book Festival
JAX Urban Book Festival James Weldon Johnson Park Jacksonville Florida The JAX Urban Book Festival (JUBF) is an annual celebration of literature, culture, and community held each January as part of DR...
Greater Austin Book Festival
Greater Austin Book Festival Austin Public Library Austn Texas GAB Fest is the only tri-county book festival in Austin that focuses specifically on local small-press and self-published authors. There ...