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New York Black Book Conference & Expo
New York Black Book Conference & Expo National Black Theater New York New York A 2-day literary event is expected by all who attend the 1st Annual Black Book Expo and Con...
AALBC.com eNewsletter - August 1st 2012 - #193
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April 2014 eNewsletter - Good Books, Films, Events, Articles & More
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Book Expo America 2000
Book Expo America 2000 (BEA), held in Chicago May 31st to June 4th 2000 was a tremendous event. Anything you wanted to know about books and publishing could be foun...
2009 Book Expo America Recap
African-American Literary Industry Giants Gather in NYC Check out Related Videos Book Expo America, publishing’s premier...
African-American Pavilion at Book Expo America 2007
BookExpo America's Conference/Educational Programs run from May 31 - June 3, 2007 at the Jacob Javitz Convention Center in New York, City Visit: http://events.aalbc.com/b...
Milligan Books
Dr. Milligan with Author Monica Regina Payton Dr. Rosie Milligan, CEO Milligan Books Discusses Milligan Books June 2005 ...
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...
History of our Annual Black Pack Party
The Black Pack Party is a gathering of professionals across the Black book ecosystem. It was originally held annually during Book Expo America, but has been revived and r...
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...
Exercise Your Mind With a Good Book – July 29, 2014 eNewsletter
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The 2016 Black Pack Party: A Wonderful Celebration!
The 10th Black Pack Party, like all the others, was a wonderful celebration. Hosted during Book Expo America each year, the Black Party Party is an annual celebration...
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 ...
Bestsellers Lists, Authors, New Books & More - June 2015
Read Our eNewsletter Archives Subscribe to Receive Highlights of Our eNewsletter and More on Your Kindle Multi-Title Authors Find Success on Spring ...
Walter Dean Myers: More Than an Outstanding Writer
by Wade Hudson I was stunned when I heard that Walter Dean Myers had made his transition. During the 25 plus years that my wife Cheryl and I have been involved in publ...
African-American Literary Industry Giants Gather in NYC
Book Expo America Recap by Kam Williams http://reviews.aalbc.com/book_expo_america_recap.htm Book Expo America, publishing’s premier annual convention, was held ...
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...
Good Books, Films, Events & Articles – May 2014 eNewsletter
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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...
Excellent Books, Authors, Events and More
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Book Lover’s Haven Feature Interview with Troy D. Johnson
AALBC.com Home Page | More About AALBC.com This interview originally appeared in Issue 6.00 of The Book Lover’s Haven dated June 10, 2000 to subscribe to th...
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...
Interview with Zane
Zane (not her real name) is the best-selling author of a plethora of African-American-oriented erotica, including Dear G Spot, Afterburn, Gettin'...
Virginia Deberry and Donna Grant
Virginia Deberry and Donna Grant Virginia Deberry and Donna Grant Important Message: Our writing career is officially on HOLD (Nov 15, 2012) With seven novels...
AALBC.com eNewsletter – November 30th 2012 – Issue #196
AALBC.com would like to thank all of you for being loyal readers of our eNewsletter. We are proud to have continuously published this eNewsletter for over 15 years --...
Everything, Everything
Everything, Everything Nicola Yoon Madeline Whittier is allergic to the outside world. So allergic, in fact, that she has never left the house in all of her seventeen yea...
K’wan
K’wan Born the only child of a poet and a painter, K’wan Foye was surrounded by creativity. For years K’wan composed novels and tried to get published, only to...
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...
Here and Now
Here and Now Kimberla Lawson Roby In this powerful classic by New York Times bestselling author Kimberla Lawson Roby, two sisters as different as night and day must find ...
An Interview with John A. Williams
John A. Williams (right) and Dennis A. Williams Originally published in FORKROADS, A Journal of Ethnic-American Literature, Winter 1995 For me, at first, he was...
Susan Taylor Baker King’s Memoir
An Excerpt from Susan Taylor Baker King’s Memoir:Reminiscences of My Life in Camp with the 33rd US Colored Troops, Late 1st S.C. Volunteers Reminiscences ...
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...
Read This to Discover Great Authors, Books, Events & More
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Author Brenda Thomas Attracts Vast Media Attention
[ AALBC.com Home ] [ Buy Any Book] Author Brenda Thomas Attracts Vast Media Attention by Audra Shivers When I last spoke with Philly wri...
May 2017 Newsletter: Bestselling Books, New Books, Author Info, and Much More
Our May Newsletter is Generously Sponsored by Amistad Bestselling Books Bestselling Books: March/April 2017 Provenance a novel by Donna Drew Sawyer, which tops o...
Sidi
Sidi “In his usual spot on 125th Street [& Adam Clayton Powell Blvd], taking call after call on his cell phone on a recent Tuesday, Sidibe Ibrahima looked every inch ...
The Confessions of a Video Vixen Interview
Karrine Steffans The Confessions of a Video Vixen Interview by Kam Williams When I first interviewed her a couple of years ago, Karrine Steffans was ...
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...
Sonia Sanchez Performs “Full Moon” Concert in NYC
New York: Poet Sonia Sanchez celebrated the release of her new CD called The Full Moon of Sonia (V.I.A. Recording Artists 2004) at The Tribeca Performing A...
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...
Russell Simmons - The "Super Rich" Interview
Hip-Hop Mogul Expounds on the Transition from Materialism to Meditation Editor's Note: Russell Simmons was nominated for a 2011 NAACP Image Award for Outstandi...
Colin Channer On His Novel, Satisfy My Soul
What is SATISFY MY SOUL saying about the American experience? That the destruction of African gods has shaped the destiny of this country because African-Americ...
A Report From The Field
360� A Revolution of Black Poets -- A Report From The Field "360� was a two day gathering of poets in Baltimore, Maryland on September 11 & 12, 1998. Event...
We, As a People, Will Get to the Promised Land!
Dr. King’s last sermon was delivered April 3, 1968, at the Church of God in Christ Headquarters, Memphis, Tennessee Your browser does not support the ...
Karrine Steffans from “Superhead” to Supermom
Born on St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands on August 24, 1978, Karrine Steffans was a naive ing’nues who, as a tender teenager, made her way to Hollywoo...
AALBC.com eNewsletter – December 31st 2012 – Issue #197
AALBC.com eNewsletter – December 31st 2012 – Issue #197 I hope you enjoy AALBC.com's last eNewsletter for 2012. Please take a moment to complete our short Website an...
7 Award Winning Books You Will Definitely Enjoy
[caption id="attachment_2853" align="alignright" width="140"] Ernest J. Gaines[/caption] The following seven books are all winners of the Ernest J. Gaines Award for Li...
Strange Fruit
"Anatomy of a Mind Blowing Song" One of the most deeply satisfying and thought provoking books traces the anatomy of a rarely remember song from 1939. Dav...
Miss Anne in Harlem: The White Women of the Black Renaissance
Definitions of Miss Anne: A coded term for any white woman. A derisive name for a white woman. An emancipated blue blood. Miss Anne in Harlem, by Carla Kaplan is...
Introduction: The Isley Brothers’ 3+3
Introduction The Isley Brothers Are America’s Most Tenured Rock and Roll Group: Deal with it. All you are ever told in this country about being Black is that it...
Chris Gardner - Interview, books, & DVD
Subject of The Pursuit of Happyness Expounds on His Bio-Pic The Pursuit of Happyness (2006) Will Smith, Chris Gardner Born February 9, 1954 ...
Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson on Writing, Mars, Curiosity, and the Higgs Boson
Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson is the Frederick P. Rose Director of the Hayden Planetarium, at the American Museum of Natural History in New York. Dr. Tyson is the first...
Ken Burns Interviewed (April 2013).
Legendary Filmmaker Discusses His Latest Documentary Photo Credit dbking Ken Burns has been making films for more than thirty years. Since the Academy Award-no...
Nella Larsen
Nella Larsen Nellallitea “Nella” Larsen was the first AA woman to receive a Guggenheim Fellowship in creative writing (1930). Larsen authored two novels. &...
The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America
The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America Richard Rothstein New York Times Bestseller - Notable Book of the Year - Editors’ Choice ...
Van Jones - The "Carbon Nation" Interview
Former Obama Green Czar Opines on the State of the "Carbon Nation" Anthony "Van" Jones and his twin sister, Angela, were born on September 20, 1968 in Jackson, T...
Chapter 3 Jonathan Fraiser
Mr. Black led me down a spiral, granite staircase surrounded by granite walls with more ornate carvings on them. When we reached the bottom, he opened a se...
Keisha-Gaye Anderson
Keisha-Gaye Anderson Keisha-Gaye Anderson is a Jamaican-born poet, creative writer, visual artist, and media professional, whose multi-platform storytelling has examined ...
Victory Is Assured
Larger than life, controversial scribe Stanley Crouch loved to throw shade, raise hell, and put himself laughingly in the crosshairs. In the golden age of New York City&r...
5 Things Writers Must Do To Survive Online
Today, despite all the technology and social media at our disposal, it is becoming increasingly difficult for the average writer to earn a living through their writing. ...
Writings on the Wall: Searching for a New Equality Beyond Black and White
Writings on the Wall: Searching for a New Equality Beyond Black and White Kareem Abdul-Jabbar A New York Times and Washington Post Bestseller Bestselling author, basketb...
Our Kind of People: Inside America’s Black Upper Class
Our Kind of People: Inside America’s Black Upper Class Lawrence Otis Graham Debutante cotillions. Arranged marriages. Summer trips to Martha’s Vineyard. All-black boa...
Russell Simmons - Shares His Vision for Occupy Wall Street
Hip-Hop Pioneer Shares His Vision for the Occupy Wall Street Movement Russell Wendell Simmons was born in Queens, New York on October 4, 1957, the middle of th...
Dakota Grand: A Novel
There are codes within creeds and creeds within cliques. Perhaps this is the most subliminal, if not unintentional, message in Kenji Jasper’s latest offering, Dakot...
Marking Time: Art in the Age of Mass Incarceration
Marking Time: Art in the Age of Mass Incarceration Nicole R. Fleetwood Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award A Smithsonian Book of the Year A New York Revi...
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...
Interview with Producer Lee Daniels
Lee Daniels enjoying himself at the Sugar Bar with fashionisto Andre' Leon Talley, Precious star Mo'Nique and owners Nick As...
Positive Obsession: The Life and Times of Octavia E. Butler
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Trouble the Saints
Trouble the Saints Alaya Dawn Johnson “Juju assassins, alternate history, a gritty New York crime story…in a word: Awesome.” —N.K. Jemisin, New York Times bestsel...
Len Elmore - The “March Madness” Interview
Len Elmore - The “March Madness” Interview Photo credit: David Shankbone A man long associated with March Madness, Len Elmore is currently appearing o...
Alice Walker The “PBS American Masters” Interview
Alice Walker has been defined as one of the key international writers of the 20th Century. She made history as the first African-American woman to win a Pulitz...
More Poetry!/Less Jam!
More Poetry!/Less Jam! by Tara Betts Bruce George’s outgoing voicemail message at Phat Farm states "Don’t leave a message unless it’s absolute...
Sojourner Truth
Sojourner Truth Sojourner Truth (c. 1797 – November 26, 1883) was an abolitionist and women’s rights activist. She gave herself the name Sojourner Truth in ...
Notes on Grief
Notes on Grief Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Notes on Grief is an exquisite work of meditation, remembrance, and hope, written in the wake of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s belo...
Don’t Drop the MIC
In Don’t Drop the Mic, renowned pastor, orator, and #1 New York Times bestselling author Bishop T. D. Jakes puts a new spin on the notion of the boastful dropping o...
Russell Simmons - The "Success through Stillness" Interview - March 2014
Rap Mogul Reaps Benefits from Meditation Regimen Photo Credit David Shankbone Master entrepreneur and visionary Russell Simmons has influenced virtually all...
Darkology: Blackface and the American Way of Entertainment
Darkology: Blackface and the American Way of Entertainment Rhae Lynn Barnes “This book, I suspect, will detonate over certain corners in America… Darkology is a major...
The War Within a War: The Black Struggle in Vietnam and at Home
The War Within a War: The Black Struggle in Vietnam and at Home Wil Haygood The New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice • Award-winning author and journalist Wil H...
The Supreme Team: The Birth of Crack and Hip-Hop, Prince’s Reign of Terror and The Supreme/50 Cent Beef Exposed (Street Legends)
The Supreme Team: The Birth of Crack and Hip-Hop, Prince’s Reign of Terror and The Supreme/50 Cent Beef Exposed (Street Legends) Seth Ferranti When the crack era jumped...
Reverend Al Sharpton The “Murder in Black and White Interview”
Alfred Charles Sharpton, Jr. was born in Brooklyn, NY on October 3, 1954 to Ada and Alfred, Sr., a descendant of slaves owned by the ancestors ...
Robert Gossett - "The Closer" Interview
Born in The Bronx on March 3, 1954, Robert Gossett landed his first professional gig soon after graduating from high school in One Flew over the Cuckoo'...
Going Down South
When I started reading books many, many years ago, I came to the conclusion that there is no drama like family drama. A few years ago when African-American lite...
Novel Writing Workshops
Novel Writing Workshop AALBC.com's Novel Writing Workshop (8 Sessions Online) Enjoy a writing workshop from the convenience of your own home! Get the help you nee...
Advertising Online
Advertising Online: Is this the Wave of the Future for Selling Black Books? by Leah Mullen Denise Turney got her start selling books over the internet a few...
Under the Skin: The Hidden Toll of Racism on American Lives and on the Health of Our Nation
Under the Skin: The Hidden Toll of Racism on American Lives and on the Health of Our Nation Linda Villarosa From an award-winning writer at the New York Times Magazine an...
Where You Are Is Not Who You Are (paperback): A Memoir
Where You Are Is Not Who You Are (paperback): A Memoir Ursula M. Burns The first Black female CEO of a Fortune 500 company looks back at her life and her career at Xerox,...
Where You Are Is Not Who You Are: A Memoir
Where You Are Is Not Who You Are: A Memoir Ursula M. Burns The first Black female CEO of a Fortune 500 company looks back at her life and her career at Xerox, sharing uni...
Boy, Snow, Bird
Boy, Snow, Bird Helen Oyeyemi As seen on the cover of the New York Times Book Review, where it was described as “gloriously unsettling… evoking Toni Morrison, Haruki ...
Boy, Snow, Bird: A Novel
Boy, Snow, Bird: A Novel Helen Oyeyemi As seen on the cover of the New York Times Book Review, where it was described as “gloriously unsettling… evoking Toni Morrison...
Billionaires & Ballot Bandits: How To Steal An Election In 9 Easy Steps
Billionaires & Ballot Bandits: How To Steal An Election In 9 Easy Steps Greg Palast NOW A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!A close presidential election in November could well c...
Don’t Ever Tell
Don’t Ever Tell Brandon Massey Dark Secrets. . . With a new identity, a new city to live in, and a wonderful new husband, Rachel Moore believes she’s finally f...
Police Brutality: An Anthology
Police Brutality: An Anthology Jill Nelson A landmark work by twelve leading critics and community leaders―essential reading for anyone interested in the history of Ame...
The First
CHAPTER 1 Monday 11:30 PM, Mountain View Unit in Gatesville, Texas, prisoner 28301:014 stared at her prison door as if she was watching a movie. She barely touched her m...
Wesley Snipes “The Expendables 3” Interview
Wesley Snipes “The Expendables 3” Interview Wesley T. Snipes is a globally celebrated actor, film producer, master in various martial arts, and a lov...
Beverly Johnson - Interview
Beverly Johnson is the first African-American supermodel. She is also an actress, author, activist, businesswoman and TV personality. She was the first black ...
Sheila Johnson “The Other City” Interview
A Heart-to-Heart with America's First Black Billionairess © Salamander Hopsitality 2010 Entrepreneur and philanthropist Sheila Crump Johnson is the onl...
Gil Scott-Heron
Gil Scott-Heron One of the most influential progenitors of rap music, Gil Scott-Heron’s aggressive, no-nonsense street poetry inspired a legion of intelligent rappers...
The Message
The Message Ta-Nehisi Coates The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Between the World and Me journeys to three resonant sites of conflict to explore how the stories ...
Bounce
It’s All About The Trust!Author K.M. Jackson has a real winner in Bounce, a combination contemporary women’s fiction/romance novel that is both entertai...