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2020 African American Children’s Book Fair
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Children’s Book Author Tonya Bolden
Children’s Book Author Tonya Bolden Troy Johnson Interview AALBC Founder Troy Johnson with Tonya Bolden at the 2020 African American Children’s Book Fair Tonya Bolden has written numerous be...
Ronald Fair
Ronald Fair 0000000116782340 Chicago-born African-American author, Ronald L. Fair, inspired by Richard Wright, carved his own literary path. Born in 1932, Fair served in the U.S. Navy before becoming...
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 Children’s Book Fair is one of t...
Leimert Park Village Book Fair
Leimert Park Village Book Fair Outdoor Promenade of the Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza (BHCP) Los Angeles California See Press Release The Leimert Park Village Book Fair was founded in 2006 by Cynthia ...
Lakewood
Lakewood Megan Giddings 9780062913203 Fiction Amistad HarperCollins NPR Book of the Year 2020 NPR Book of the Year 2020 Electric Literature: One of 55 Books by Women and Nonbinary Writers of Col...
Harlem Book Fair 2013: Video, Photos & Awards
Harlem Book Fair 2013: Video, Photos & Awards Troy Johnson Article All Photos © 2013 AALBC.com, LLC - Feel free to use them but please provide a photo credit to Troy Johnson, AALBC.com and a link...
Frankfurter Buchmesse (Frankfurt Book Fair)
Frankfurter Buchmesse (Frankfurt Book Fair) Frankfurt Trade Fair Grounds Frankfurt Germany Authors read this if you plan to attend. The Frankfurt Book Fair is perhaps the world’s largest trad...
Miami Book Fair
Miami Book Fair Miami Dade College’s Wolfson Campus Miami Florida The Dates Shown are for the Street Fair. The entire fair typically runs 8 days The first Miami Book Fair, founded by Miami Dade Coll...
Havana International Book Fair
Havana International Book Fair Havana City Cuba Referred to as the Feria Internacional del Libro de La Habana in Spanish, the fair’s main objective is the promotion of various books and authors...
Miles of Style: Eunice W. Johnson and the Ebony Fashion Fair
Miles of Style: Eunice W. Johnson and the Ebony Fashion Fair Lisa D. Brathwaite 9781620143124 Nonfiction Lee & Low Books Lee & Low Books A chic biography about Eunice W. Johnson who brought elegant an...
Sharks in the Time of Saviors
Sharks in the Time of Saviors Kawai Strong Washburn 9781250787316 Fiction Picador Macmillan Publishers WINNER OF THE 2020 PEN/HEMINGWAY AWARD FOR DEBUT NOVEL. One of Barack Obama’s Favorite Books o...
Harlem Book Fair
Harlem Book Fair Harlem State Office Building Plaza New York New York The Harlem Book Fair is the United State’s largest African-American book fair and the nation’s flagship Black literary...
Homegoing: A Novel
Homegoing: A Novel Yaa Gyasi 9781101947135 Fiction Random House Penguin Random House Yaa Gyasi’s London Book Fair 2015: In Pre-Fair Deals, Debut Sells to Knopf for Rumored 7 Figures A riveting, kal...
Behold the Dreamers: A Novel
Behold the Dreamers: A Novel Imbolo Mbue 9780812998481 Fiction Knopf Penguin Random House Imbolo Mbue’s The Longings of Jende Jonga one of two books to earn $1 Million+ advances at the Frankfurt Book ...
Night at the Fair
Night at the Fair Donald Crews 9780688114831 Fiction Greenwillow Books HarperCollins Step right up! Crews "(Freight Train)" gives young readers an open-ended ticket to the glittery goings-on after dar...
Fair Share Publishing
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B. Smith
B. Smith 0000000045066151 Barbara Elaine Smith (1949-2020) was a former fashion model and the first African-American woman on Mademoiselle’s cover. She also starred in TV commercials and served as a ...
Leire Salaberria
Leire Salaberria 0000000360451551 Leire Salaberria, born in Spain in 1983, is a Fine Arts graduate who specializes in Children's Illustration. She's exhibited her work globally and has been featured ...
4th Annual AA Children's Book Fair
4th Annual AA Children's Book Fair Troy Johnson Article Toni Trent Parker, member of Black Americans in Publishing, will produce her fourth annual African American Children's Book Fair on Saturda...
Beijing International Book Fair
Beijing International Book Fair Beijing China The BIBF - Beijing International Book Fair – is divided into several specific areas: The area of children’s books and comics, the field of in...
Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story
Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story Kevin Noble Maillard 9781626727465 Fiction Roaring Brook Press Macmillan Publishers ★ 2020 Robert F. Sibert Medal Award ★ 2020 AIYLA Picture Book...
Unworthy Republic: The Dispossession of Native Americans and the Road to Indian Territory
Unworthy Republic: The Dispossession of Native Americans and the Road to Indian Territory Claudio Saunt 9780393609844 Nonfiction W. W. Norton & Company W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. Finalist for the 20...
The Punta Gorda Literary Fair
The Punta Gorda Literary Fair Herald Court Breezeway and adjacent streets Punta Gorda Florida Literary events take place Monday through Friday, culminating in the big one—Saturday’s street...
Greater St. Louis Book Fair
Greater St. Louis Book Fair Greensfelder Recreation Complex in Queeny Park St. Louis Missouri Greater St. Louis Book Fair is one of the nation’s oldest, largest and most popular charity book sal...
Rocky Mountain Book and Paper Fair
Rocky Mountain Book and Paper Fair Douglas County Fairgrounds Castle Rock Colorado The Rocky Mountain Book & Paper Fair will have guest speakers who will discuss the Mystery genre. Once again we will ...
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...
Kentucky Book Fair
Kentucky Book Fair Alltech Arena at the Kentucky Horse Park Frankfort Kentucky About the Kentucky Book Fair: Since its inception in 1981, the Kentucky Book Fair has been connecting readers and authors...
London Book Fair
London Book Fair Olympia London London England The London Book Fair is the global marketplace for rights negotiation and the sale and distribution of content across print, audio, TV, film and digital ...
Queen City Book Fair
Queen City Book Fair Venue 8470 Charlotte North Carolina Queen City Book Fair (est. 2016 co-founders Quisha Dynae and Shmel Carter), warmly invite you to their fair! All local avid readers and anyone ...
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...
New York Antiquarian Book Fair
New York Antiquarian Book Fair Park Avenue Armory New York New York 2020 is the 60th Year This book fair is officially sanctioned by the Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association of America and the ...
When I See Me BIPOC Children’s Book Fair
When I See Me BIPOC Children’s Book Fair West Branch Library Dayton Ohio The When I See Me™ Children’s Book Fair is a joyful, high-impact literacy experience that helps children see themselves reflect...
Jonathan Escoffery
Jonathan Escoffery 0000000513239675 Jonathan Escoffery is an award-winning author, recognized with the 2020 Plimpton Prize for Fiction, a National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowship, and th...
Aleshea Harris
Aleshea Harris NONE Aleshea Harris, an award-winning playwright known for her epic western revenge play “Is God Is,” and her critically acclaimed work “What to Send Up When It Goes Down.” She's a rec...
W. Caleb McDaniel
W. Caleb McDaniel 0000000375916227 W. Caleb McDaniel is a History Associate Professor at Rice University and magister of Duncan College. His 2019 book, Sweet Taste of Liberty, won the 2020 Pulitzer P...
2020: The Year That Changed America
2020: The Year That Changed America Kevin Powell 9781735199740 Nonfiction Bowker Bowker 2020 is a year we shall never forget-not America, not the world. The tragic death of Kobe Bryant and his dau...
Olivia Duchess
Olivia Duchess NONE Olivia Duchess is an illustrator and creator of picture books. She was shortlisted for the 2020 World Illustration Award and received honorable mention for the FAB Prize 2017-2020...
Bologna Children’s Book Fair
Bologna Children’s Book Fair Plaza Costituzion 6 Bologna Italy Founded in 1964 The Bologna Children’s Book Fair is the most important international event dedicated to the hildren’s publish...
Magical Mirrors Book Fair
Magical Mirrors Book Fair Sankofa Video Books & Cafe Washington District of Columbia Magical Mirrors Children’s Book Fair features books full of images and imaginations of children of the Africa...
African American Children’s Book Fair
African American Children’s Book Fair Reginald F. Lewis Museum Baltimore Maryland Children and families can enjoy a fun-filled day exploring kids’ literature about African Americans while meetin...
The Noisy Classroom
The Noisy Classroom Angela Shanté 9781513262925 Fiction West Margin Press West Margin Press Silver Medalist, 2020 Wishing Shelf Book Awards: Books for 6-8 Year OldsWinner, 2020 American Fiction Awards...
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, which celebrates stories from...
Max Rodriguez
Max Rodriguez NONE Max Rodriguez is the founder and publisher of QBR/The Black Book Review, one of the nation’s premier publications dedicated to books by and about people of African descent. ...
Sacramento Black Book Fair
Sacramento Black Book Fair The Historic Center of Oak Park Sacramento California This historic two-day book fair and celebration will include a panel discussion among our featured authors, book signin...
Thessaloniki Book Fair
Thessaloniki Book Fair The Helexpo Exhibition center Thessaloniki Greece Thessaloniki International Book Fair will feature an expanded cultural events including themed highlights, book presentations, ...
Deesha Philyaw
Deesha Philyaw 0000000401543576 Deesha Philyaw, co-author of Co-Parenting 101, is known for her notable work on race, parenting, gender, and culture. Her writing has been featured in renowned publica...
Amy Watkins
Amy Watkins NONE Amy Watkins, an award-winning author and physician, is known for her fictional works addressing social issues. A former Navy physician, she now practices family medicine in Virginia....
Genesis Begins Again
Genesis Begins Again Alicia D. Williams 9781481465809 Fiction Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. “Reminiscent of Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye—New York Times 2020 Winner of The...
Many Thousand Gone: An American Fable
Many Thousand Gone: An American Fable Ronald Fair 9781598537635 Fiction Library of America Library of America Rediscover this gripping 1965 novel about race in America—set in a rural corner of Mississ...
t’ai freedom ford
t’ai freedom ford NONE t’ai freedom ford is a NYC high school English teacher, Cave Canem Fellow, and award-winning poet. She has been published in numerous reviews and anthologies, and is an editor ...
Naomi V. Dunsen-White
Naomi V. Dunsen-White NONE Naomi V. Dunsen-White is a children’s book author and editor focused on promoting diversity and representation in children's literature. She utilizes her background as a fo...
Kinder Spirits: Children Helping Children in the Fight Against Hunger
Kinder Spirits: Children Helping Children in the Fight Against Hunger Vicki L. Hubbard 9780595135424 Nonfiction iUniverse Author Solutions Kinder Spirits is a childrens book catered for children of al...
Anika Malone
Anika Malone NONE Anika Malone, author of the acclaimed “10 Minutes Past Too Late”, is celebrated as a fresh voice in contemporary fiction. She has participated in notable book events across the Unit...
The Soulful Chicago Book Fair
The Soulful Chicago Book Fair 61st Street from Cottage Grove to King Drive Chicago Illinois The Soulful Chicago Book Fair is a FREE, outdoor, celebration of literacy and literary arts found throughou...
Candice Iloh
Candice Iloh NONE Candice Iloh, a Nigerian-American author & dancer in Philadelphia, is a Howard University alumna & 2019 Kimbilio fellow. She holds an M.F.A. from Lesley University. Her novel, Every...
Jerald Walker
Jerald Walker NONE Jerald Walker is a distinguished author known for his memoirs and essays, with recognitions like the 2011 PEN New England Award for Nonfiction and honors from the National Book Awa...
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...
The Top Cities for Readers of African American Literature
The Top Cities for Readers of African American Literature Troy Johnson Article AALBC.com assessed the relative strengths of almost 300 American cities, to determine which ones are best able to provid...
World of Nothing: Two Novellas
World of Nothing: Two Novellas Ronald Fair 9781299883673 Fiction Harper & Row HarperCollins Fair’s third major work of fiction, World of Nothing (1970), is a pair of novellas. “Jerome,” his most exper...
The Top Cities for Readers of African American Literature
The Top Cities for Readers of African American Literature Troy Johnson xtopcities Nonfiction AALBC.com African American Literature Book Club Out of Print — Look out for a Future Edition The African A...
Wade Hudson
Wade Hudson 0000000067647969 Why I Publish Children’s Books Wade Hudson, born in 1946, is an author, journalist, and civil rights activist. Known for his children's books promoting positive Afri...
Baku International Book Fair
Baku International Book Fair Baku Expo Center Baku Azerbaijan Baku Book Fair exhibition is an outstanding event that offers an opportunity for its participants to set the tone for publishing in the re...
Guadalajara International Book Fair
Guadalajara International Book Fair Combined Book Guadalajara Mexico English and Spanish Book fair.
Sharjah International Book Fair
Sharjah International Book Fair Sharjah United Arab Emirates The Sharjah International Book Fair is one of the showcase events of the Government of Sharjah and, with a history spanning 34 years, this...
John Murillo
John Murillo NONE John Murillo is a renowned poet and professor known for his works “Up Jump the Boogie” and “Kontemporary Amerikan Poetry.” He's won numerous awards including two Larry Neal Writers ...
Honoree Fanonne Jeffers
Honoree Fanonne Jeffers 0000000021030293 Honoree Fanonne Jeffers is a renowned poet known for her work on culture, religion, history, and family. With five books to her name, including the acclaimed ...
Kirbyjon H. Caldwell
Kirbyjon H. Caldwell NONE Kirbyjon H. Caldwell is a former bond broker and MBA holder from Wharton School of Business who turned to religion, growing a 25-member congregation into an 18,000 member me...
Khadijah Z. Ali-Coleman
Khadijah Z. Ali-Coleman NONE Khadijah Z. Ali-Coleman, Ed.D., is the Executive Director at the Hurston Wright Foundation, former Director at Montgomery Community Media, and a successful playwright who...
Florida Antiquarian Book Fair
Florida Antiquarian Book Fair St. Petersburg’s Historic Coliseum St. Petersburg Florida This is the oldest and largest antiquarian book fair in the Southeastern United States, and one of the lar...
The Bronx Book Fair
The Bronx Book Fair PS 078 Anne Hutchinson School Bronx New York The Bronx Book Fair will partner with the Bronx Youth Empowerment Program. Backpacks with supplies will be given to students. Join with...
OE Book Fair
OE Book Fair Oxford Exchange Tampa Florida Oxford Exchange launched the Book Fair, in 2015, to provide an open platform for local authors to connect with the community face-to-face, and occurs annuall...
Madrid Book Fair
Madrid Book Fair Madrid Spain Book fair that takes place withn the patronage of the Spanish publishers union.
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 Paperback Book Fair
Black Paperback Book Fair Iroquois Park Louisville Kentucky Black Paperback Book Fair highlights and supports black writers in Louisville Ky. The event is hosted in Iroquois Park and provides a nurtur...
Hargeysa International Book Fair
Hargeysa International Book Fair Hargeysa Somaliland 12th Hargeysa International Book Fair took place July 20 - 25, 2019, Hargeysa, Somaliland
Buffalo Small Press Book Fair
Buffalo Small Press Book Fair Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum, Porter Hall Buffalo New York The BSPBF is a 2-day event that features lots of great ancillary events & readings. The schedule for ...
Cairo International Book Fair
Cairo International Book Fair Cairo Egypt Cairo International Book Fair celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2019.
Kakwasi Somadhi
Kakwasi Somadhi NONE Kakwasi Somadhi Kakwasi is a seasoned writer and educator with an MFA in creative writing from Goddard College. She made her debut with the novel “Coming Forth by Day.” Besides t...
Migrated Writers
Migrated Writers Troy Johnson Article Migrated Writers 17th Annual Celeb.of Black Writing A Report From The Field More Bios. The Sight of the 360 Event 4th Annual AA Children's Book Fair AA C...
Tulisoma South Dallas Book Fair
Tulisoma South Dallas Book Fair Dallas Texas Tulisoma, Swahili for “we read,” is a community-based literary festival promoting literacy and the arts in the South Dallas/Fair Park area. Fo...
Buenos Aires Book Fair
Buenos Aires Book Fair La Rural, Predio Ferial de Buenos Aires Buenos Aires Argentina The fair is devoted to the publishing industry and updating professionals to the latest development in the indust...
The Women Could Fly
The Women Could Fly Megan Giddings 9780063116993 Fiction Amistad HarperCollins Reminiscent of the works of Margaret Atwood, Shirley Jackson, and Octavia Butler, a biting social commentary from the acc...
Evette Dionne
Evette Dionne NONE Evette Dionne, a black feminist writer and editor-in-chief of Bitch Media, is renowned for her work on race, gender, and culture in top publications. A former educator, her acclaim...
Tommye Blount
Tommye Blount 0000000497978952 Tommye Blount is a Cave Canem alumnus and acclaimed author of 'What Are We Not For' and 'Fantasia for the Man in Blue', which was recognized by the National Book Awards...
The Oxford Handbook of Children’s Rights Law
The Oxford Handbook of Children’s Rights Law Jonathan Todres and Shani M. King 9780190097608 Nonfiction Oxford University Press, USA Oxford University Press Children’s rights law is a relatively young...
New List! Best-Selling Children’s Books
New List! Best-Selling Children’s Books Troy Johnson Article We've Just Added an Additional Category to Our Popular Best Sellers List—Children’s Books! Over the years, there has always been a gre...
Black Books Galore! Guide to Great African American Children’s Books about Girls
Black Books Galore! Guide to Great African American Children’s Books about Girls Donna Rand and Toni Trent Parker 9780471375265 Nonfiction Wiley Wiley "Offers a wonderful overview of literature with b...
Participating Authors 2021 African American Children's Book Fair
Participating Authors 2021 African American Children's Book Fair Literary Events
After Life: A Collective History of Loss and Redemption in Pandemic America
After Life: A Collective History of Loss and Redemption in Pandemic America Rhae Lynn Barnes, Keri Leigh Merritt, and Yohuru Williams 9781642598292 Nonfiction Haymarket Books Haymarket Books After Lif...
Whispers From Mother Earth; Celebrate the Skin You’re In
Whispers From Mother Earth; Celebrate the Skin You’re In Maryam Khalifah 9781963981049 Fiction Fair Share Publishing Fair Share Publishing Whispers From Mother Earth; Celebrate the Skin You’re In feat...
Patricia A. Bridewell
Patricia A. Bridewell NONE Patricia A. Bridewell is an award-winning author, nurse practitioner, and educator who began her writing career in 2005. She has published four novels and contributed to se...
Dani McClain
Dani McClain NONE Dani McClain is a writer specializing in race and reproductive health. She contributes to The Nation and Type Media Center, and her work has featured in numerous outlets. She has pr...
Alyssa Reynoso-Morris
Alyssa Reynoso-Morris NONE Alyssa Reynoso-Morris is a queer Afro-Latinx/e writer, mother, and community organizer from The Bronx. She currently resides in Philadelphia and has been recognized with mu...
Hog Butcher
Hog Butcher Ronald Fair 9780810129887 Fiction Northwestern University Press Northwestern University Press It’s summer on the South Side of Chicago, and ten-year-old boys Earl and Wilford are frequentl...
The Weather and Women Treat Me Fair: Stories
The Weather and Women Treat Me Fair: Stories Percival Everett 9780874830132 Fiction August House Publishers August House Publishers The Weather and Women Treat Me Fair is a collection of short stories...
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
New Kid
New Kid Jerry Craft 9780062691200 Fiction HarperCollins HarperCollins Class Act, the follow up to New Kid will be published in October. AALBC will be the first to reveal Class Act’s, cover on February...
Sheila Williams
Sheila Williams 0000000498379628 Sheila Williams, an Ohio-born author and University of Louisville graduate, has published five books, including the popular 'Dancing on the Edge of the Roof'. She con...