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National Book Awards Honors IBPA Members’ Impact
This article was originally published in the April 2025 issue of the IBPA Independent magazine, the magazine for members of the Independent Book Publishers Association. ...
W. Paul Coates Literarian Award Acceptance Speech from the 2024 National Book Awards
Watch a Video of Walter Mosleys’s Introduction and Paul Coates Acceptance Speech. Paul Coates Acceptance Speech: Let me begin with a bunch of thank yous and...
36 African-American Nominees for National Book Awards
November 11, 2015 Update: A complete list of National Book Award Honorees, of African descent, is now available. The mission of the National Book Foundation and the ...
National Book Awards
National Book Awards Cipriani Wall Street New York New York Attendance by invitation only. All of the authors of African descent who have won a National Book Award. Wat...
Nominee Shares Her Experience at the 2015 NAACP Image Awards Ceremony for Outstanding Literary Work
African-American authors rarely receive national recognition for their work. There are a few, like novelists Terry McMillan and Walter Mosley, whose profiles have been...
My Favorite Readings from the 2013 National Book Award Finalists
I covered this year's National Book Foundation's National Book Awards Finalists Reading for AALBC.com. The readings were held November 19, 2013 at the Tishman Auditorium,...
AALBC.com’s eNewsletter – October 28, 2014
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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...
Black Books Galore! AALBC.com's November 2016 eNewsletter
Picador USA – Our eNewsletter Sponsor for November Read one of the year’s most highly lauded – and highly provocative – books, now the first American winner of...
2016 National Black Writers Conference
Update: March 25, 2016 The Conference's Complete and final Schedule of Events is Now Available. Greetings Colleagues, We are excited about the upcoming 13th Nationa...
Black Women Lead the Way Promoting Black Culture through Books
“Where a woman rules, streams run uphill.” —Ethiopian proverb AALBC.com’s Bestselling Books - January to February 2015 The #1 selling book on AALBC.com, for Jan...
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...
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...
September eNewsletter: Bestselling Books, 118 Book Events, and More
July/August 2016 Bestselling Books Titles on Go On Girl! Book Club's reading list are prominent on our bestsellers list this period. This is good, because these books ...
Brenda M. Greene
Brenda M. Greene Professor, writer and scholar, Dr. Brenda M. Greene is Founder and Executive Director of the Center for Black Literature, Director of the National Black ...
How is African American Literature Really Doing?
For those in the business of Black books in America, this is a common question; “How is African American Literature Doing?” Some find the question difficult to ans...
Enrich Your Life; Read a Good Book – August 2014 eNewsletter
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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...
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...
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...
Exercise Your Mind With a Good Book – July 29, 2014 eNewsletter
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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...
AALBC.com eNewsletter – October 11th 2012 – Issue #195
Subscribe to this eNewsletter Read our eNewsletter Archives Read Our eNewsletter on Your Kindle By Troy Johnson Authors You Should Know Countée Porter Cullen http...
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...
Taking Over Wall Street with Books by Charisse Carney-Nunes
The Lit Bit Wall Street is in for another invasion… no, not just more protestors armed with demands, but avid readers and celebrity-seekers armed with bo...
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 ...
Happy New Year From AALBC.com’s Troy Johnson
2013, what a year! With so many great new books and films last year, there was a lot to celebrate. We also extended our reach through partnerships with other mission driv...
★ 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...
Complete List of 1,453 Titles Sold in 2006
Complete List of 1,453 Titles Sold in 2006 In 2006 AALBC.com sold 1,453 different titles via the Amazon.com affiliate program. Th...
Book Club Picks - $10 Classics from HarperCollins - Plus More in AALBC’s eNewsletter
Books a Few Book Clubs are Enjoying this Month The Tea’s October Selection – We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Adichie offers readers...
AALBC.com May 2013 eNewsletter Book Highlights
AALBC.com Best-selling Books - March to April 2013 This version of AALBC.com's eNewsletter, which focuses on book related content is designed for Amazon Kind...
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...
October Bestsellers, Award Winning Books, New Bookstores and More
Bestselling Books September/October 2017 The fiction category was dominated by Sadeqa Johnson’s novel Second House from the Corner, which tops our bestsellers list f...
July eNewsletter: Best Sellers, Reviews, a Contest, and Our Online Book Club is Coming Back!
“Spalding’s MFA in Writing alums don’t just win awards, they make a difference with inclusive, thought-provoking titles. Our affordable, top-tier program emphasiz...
Highlighting Books Needed for Survival
Our August 23rd Newsletter is Sponsored by Knopf Expanding Awards Section Our lists of award winning books have greatly increased in the last couple of weeks. We...
June 2016 Newsletter Celebrating the Best in Black Literature
Subscribe to AALBC.com’s eNewsletter Carter G. Woodson Award Winning Books The National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) established the Carter G. Woodson Bo...
Terrific Books Coming in May, Beyond Adichie, and More!
Terrific New Books Coming in May Former U.S. Poet Laureate, Rita Dove will publish a collection of her poetry from the 30 year period, 1974 to 2004. There are also new n...
Ishmael Reed – July 1-7, 1983, in Emeryville, California
REGINALD MARTIN: Camus wrote in "Neither Victims nor Executioners" that the only really committed artist is he who, without refusing to take part in the...
AALBC.com eNewsletter - September 20th 2012 - Issue #194
Subscribe to this eNewsletter Read our eNewsletter Archives Read Our eNewsletter on Your Kindle AALBC.com's 25 Best Selling Books For July 1st through August 31st 2012...
Top 50 Authors, Bestselling Books, and More
50 Favorite African-American Authors of the 20th Century 1,826 readers cast votes, back in 2001, for their favorite African-American authors. Here we share the 50 au...
Donna L. Washington
Donna L. Washington Donna L. Washington is a professional storyteller, multiple-award-winning recording artist, and children’s book author (Boo Stew). She performs at f...
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...
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...
African American Children’s Book Fair
African American Children’s Book Fair Pennsylvania Convention Center Philadelphia Pennsylvania Check out our photos from the 2024 Festival The African American Childr...
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 ...
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 Annual Etheridge Knig...
Remembering Ossie Davis, With Love
“In the light of Africa, there is Ossie Davis.” —Attallah Shabazz ...
D-Knowledge
D-Knowledge Writer/Performer Dr. Derrick Gilbert, PhD, a/k/a poet D-Knowledge, lost his battle with liver disease on Sunday morning, November 1, 2015. He was 45. Straddl...
Julia D. Shaw
Julia D. Shaw “It takes teamwork to make a dream work”Julia D. Shaw Julia D. Shaw has developed an extensive marketing career with over twenty years of experience...
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...
Nick Chiles
Nick Chiles Nick Chiles has distinguished himself as one of the nation’s foremost chroniclers of African-American life, culture and celebrity—both as a bestselling au...
The Black Arts Movement (BAM)
“…aesthetic and spiritual sister of the Black Power concept.”―Larry Neal The Black Arts Movement spans the period from the mid 1960’s to...
February 28th 2013 - eNewsletter Highlights
Our monthly eNewsletter contains information about books and films by or about people of African descent. Authors You Should Know (Children's Book Authors) Sharon ...
Gil L. Robertson IV: Award-Winning Author Assesses the State of Black Relationships
Award-Winning Author Assesses the State of Black Relationships Gil L. Robertson IV is one of America’s foremost authorities on African-American pop cultur...
Cheryl Wills
Cheryl Wills Cheryl Wills is an award-winning anchor and reporter for Time Warner Cable’s flagship news network, New York 1 News, based in New York City. She ...
Read This to Discover Great Authors, Books, Events & More
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Alain Locke: An Introduction
ALAIN LOCKE: AN INTRODUCTION(Part 1) Alain Locke established his intellectual brilliance by a lifetime of study and teaching. This include...
Kalamu ya Salaam
Kalamu ya Salaam Kalamu ya Salaam is the founder of NOMMO Literary Society. NOMMO is a New Orleans-based creative writing workshop whose members are publi...
Rejoice and Shout (2011) - Production Notes
About Rejoice and ShoutThe Information below provided coutesy of Magnolia Pictures [2011] The Music, The Footage and The Message The Power of God The Roots of Gospe...
Donika Kelly
Donika Kelly Donika Kelly is the author of The Natural Order of Things, The Renunciations, winner of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award in Poetry, and Bestiary, the winner of ...
Beverly Jenkins
Beverly Jenkins Beverly Jenkins is a USA TODAY bestselling author and the nation’s premier writer of African — American historical romance fiction. She speciali...
James W. Lewis
James W. Lewis James W. Lewis is a novelist and freelance writer. James won the 2011 National Black Book Festival Best New Author award for his debut novel Sellout. He...
Ellis Cose
Ellis Cose Since 1993, Ellis Cose (Cose, left, pictured with childhood buddy Verdeen White of Earth White and Fire) has served as contributing editor and columnist for Ne...
Gil Robertson
Gil Robertson Gil L. Robertson IV is one of America’s foremost authorities on African-American pop culture. As a journalist, author, lecturer and media consultant...
Walter Mosley
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Elizabeth Nunez
Elizabeth Nunez Elizabeth Nunez, PhD, (February 8, 1944 – November 8, 2024) immigrated to the US from Trinidad after completing high school there. She is the award...
Amina Gautier
Amina Gautier Dr. Amina Gautier is the author of three [as of 2016] award-winning short story collections. At-Risk was awarded the Flannery O’Connor Award, The First Ho...
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...
Walter Dean Myers
Walter Dean Myers Walter Dean Myers (August 12, 1937 to July 1, 2014) is the winner of the first [2010] Coretta Scott King Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievemen...
Excellent Books, Authors, Events and More
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What They Found: Love on 145th Street
What They Found: Love on 145th Street Walter Dean Myers By the groundbreaking author of the award-winning Monster-a visionary who influenced and inspired a generation-thi...
Collected Poems
Collected Poems Robert Hayden Robert Hayden (1913-1980) was one of the most important African-American poets of the twentieth century. He left behind an exquisite body of...
Denzel Whitaker & Jurnee Smollett - "The Great Debaters" Interview [2007]
The Great Young Stars in The Great Debaters In The Great Debaters, Jurnee Smollett and Denzel Whitaker more than hold their own opposite a cou...
Jurnee Smollett & Denzel Whitaker - "The Great Debaters" Interview
The Great Young Stars in The Great Debaters In The Great Debaters, Jurnee Smollett and Denzel Whitaker more than hold their own opposite a couple ...
Camille Yarbrough
Camille Yarbrough NANA CAMILLE YARBROUGH Ms. Yarbrough, a multi-talented veteran of theater, film, dance, and song is, like her article-mates, enjo...
Cheryl Robson
Cheryl Robson Cheryl Robson is the owner-publisher of Aurora Metro Publications a leading independent publisher in London. Robson has been shortlisted for the ITV Nation...
Faith Ringgold
Faith Ringgold Faith Ringgold (October 8, 1930 — April 12, 2024) ) was a painter, writer, speaker, mixed media sculptor and performance artist who lived and worked in E...
Courses of the Cursed: A Curtis Jefferson novel
Courses of the Cursed: A Curtis Jefferson novel Vince Bailey African American youth Curtis Jefferson is still serving his one-year term at Fort Grant, a penal outpost for...
Courses of the Cursed (Paperback): A Curtis Jefferson novel
Courses of the Cursed (Paperback): A Curtis Jefferson novel Vince Bailey African American youth Curtis Jefferson is still serving his one-year term at Fort Grant, a penal...
Every Man a King
For those who love the creators of the hard-boiled private dicks from the 1930s such as Dashiell Hammett, James Cain, and Raymond Chandler, Walter Mosley’s brillian...
Dr. Randal Pinkett - The “Black Faces in White Places” Interview
"You're Hired!" A Chat with the Only African-American Winner of "The Apprentice" Dr. Randal Pinkett has established himself as an entrepreneur, speaker, autho...
Honoree Fanonne Jeffers
Honoree Fanonne Jeffers HHonorée Fanonne Jeffers is a poet whose work examines culture, religion, history, and family. She is [2020] the author of four other books...
Ethan Michaeli
Ethan Michaeli Ethan Michaeli, the author of Twelve Tribes: Promise and Peril in the New Israel (Custom House Books, 2021), was praised by National Book Award-winner Evan...
Kevin Wayne Johnson
Kevin Wayne Johnson Kevin Wayne Johnson has taken up the task of developing individual and organizational operating excellence as his life’s ministry. He coaches in ord...
The Garden of Unfortunate Souls
The Garden of Unfortunate Souls Eddie Mark “With compassion and superb craftsmanship, Eddie Mark invokes a world of fascinating and unforgettable characters whose tr...
Forward From This Moment: Selected Columns, 1994-2009
Forward From This Moment: Selected Columns, 1994-2009 Leonard Pitts Jr. Since 1976, when he was an 18-year-old junior at USC, Leonard Pitts’ writing has been winning aw...
Yolanda Adams: The “How Sweet the Sound” Interview
Ever since her late-Eighties debut, “Just as I Am,” Yolanda Adams has triumphantly carried the torch for contemporary gospel and inspirational music ...
Jada Pinkett Smith - Interview
Jada Pinkett Smith stars as Christina Hawthorne in TNT's medical drama "Hawthorne." In the role of Chief Nursing Officer at James River Hospital, Christina is for...
Jacqueline Woodson
Jacqueline Woodson I used to say I’d be a teacher or a lawyer or a hairdresser when I grew up but even as I said these things, I knew what made me happiest was writing....
Johnnie Christmas
Johnnie Christmas Johnnie Christmas is a #1 New York Times Best Selling graphic novelist. His 2022 middle grade graphic novel debut Swim Team earned a spot on the Nationa...
Doreen Rappaport
Doreen Rappaport Doreen Rappaport is an award-winning author of children’s books known to educators, parents, children and young adult readers for forty-eight fiction a...
Jerald Walker
Jerald Walker Jerald Walker is the author of The World in Flames: A Black Boyhood in a White Supremacist Doomsday Cult and Street Shadows: A Memoir of Race, Rebellion, an...
Literary Garveyism: Garvey, Black Arts and the Harlem Renaissance
Literary Garveyism: Garvey, Black Arts and the Harlem Renaissance Tony Martin "Martin performs a valuable service….[Garvey’s literary contribution] has been largely o...
The Quality of Mercy
The Quality of Mercy Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu Winner, Outstanding Fiction Book Prize, National Arts Merit Awards (Zimbabwe) Longlist, 2023 Sunday Times Literary Awards F...
Gwynne Forster
Gwynne Forster Gwynne Forster (Gwendolyn Johnson Acsadi) 1922 - 2015 was a national best-selling and award-winning author of twelve novels of general fiction, thirty-thre...
Neale Sourna
Neale Sourna Neale Sourna is an award-winning author / publisher - screenwriter - game story narrative writer based in Cleveland, Ohio, USA, who “backed” into novel w...
Persona Non Grata
Persona Non Grata Christopher Michael Persona Non Grata is the first full length collection of poetry and spoken word performance pieces from nationally recognized slam p...
Farrah Gray
Farrah Gray Dr. Farrah Gray was named as one of the most influential Black men in America by the National Urban League’s Urban Influence Magazine. Ebony Magazin...
Nikole Hannah-Jones
Nikole Hannah-Jones Nikole Hannah-Jones is a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter covering racial injustice for The New York Times Magazine and creator of the landmark 1619 Pr...
Rasheda Ashanti Malcolm
Rasheda Ashanti Malcolm Rasheda Ashanti Malcolm is a writer, playwright and the founder of the Candace Magazine aimed at women of colour. She is the recipient of multiple...