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Ashay by the Bay Sacramento Black Book Festival
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Ashay by the Bay
Ashay by the Bay Ashay by the Bay Ashay by the Bay Ashay by the Bay is located in Vallejo, California near San Francisco. Deborah Day, the Founder and CEO, started the company in 1997 and began selli...
Ashay by the Bay
Ashay by the Bay Ashay by the Bay Ashay by the Bay Ashay by the Bay is located in Vallejo, California near San Francisco. Deborah Day, the Founder and CEO, started the company in 1997 and began selli...
Deborah Day
Deborah Day 0000000066839686 Deborah Day, Founder and CEO of Ashay by the Bay, a publishing company specializing in African American and Multi-Cultural children's and adult books. Established in 1997...
David Covin
David Covin 0000000084071877 David Covin was a Professor Emeritus of Government and Ethnic Studies at CSU Sacramento and Past President of the National Conference of Black Political Scientists. He wa...
Geri Spencer Hunter
Geri Spencer Hunter NONE Geri Spencer Hunter is an award-winning writer and co-founder of The Sacramento Black Nurses Association. A retired nurse from Iowa, she has authored two novels and contribut...
Frederick K. Foote, Jr.
Frederick K. Foote, Jr. MULTIPLE Frederick K. Foote, Jr., born in Sacramento, California, experienced racial segregation in education before serving in the USAF. After retiring from the State of Cali...
Sacramento BlkLit Book Fest
Sacramento BlkLit Book Fest Underground Books and The Guild Theater Sacramento California The Sac BlkLit Book Fest is a one-day celebration of Black literature, culture, and community in Sacramento. T...
Mindful Messages
Mindful Messages Deborah Day 9780970404824 Nonfiction Ashay by the Bay Ashay by the Bay Mindful Messages skillfully scans complex social and issues through a poetic healing conscious and mindfully int...
Ashay by the Bay
Ashay by the Bay Vallejo CA The core of their mission is to uplift literacy and provide culturally relevant books for families, educators and schools.
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...
Blue Nile Press
Blue Nile Press Blue Nile Press Blue Nile Press http://bluenilepress.com Headquartered in Sacramento, California, BNP is an imprint of Path Press, of Chicago. BNP targets Black writers and the Black r...
Blue Nile Press
Blue Nile Press Blue Nile Press Blue Nile Press http://bluenilepress.com Headquartered in Sacramento, California, BNP is an imprint of Path Press, of Chicago. BNP targets Black writers and the Black r...
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...
Black Politics After The Civil Rights Movement: Activity And Beliefs In Sacramento, 1970-2000
Black Politics After The Civil Rights Movement: Activity And Beliefs In Sacramento, 1970-2000 David Covin 9780786442584 Nonfiction McFarland McFarland This important study posits a new way of understa...
Sacramento Book Festival
Sacramento Book Festival Shepard Garden & Arts Center Sacramento California
Latino Book & Family Festival (Sacramento)
Latino Book & Family Festival (Sacramento) Valley High School Sacramento California
Colette Bancroft
Colette Bancroft NONE Colette Bancroft is the book editor for the Tampa Bay Times since 2007, directs the annual Festival of Reading, and served on the National Book Critics Circle board. She holds E...
Indigo Moor
Indigo Moor NONE Indigo Moor, Sacramento's Poet Laureate, is a multi-talented writer with works ranging from poetry to plays. His award-winning books include Tap-Root and Through the Stonecutter’s Wi...
V.S. Chochezi
V.S. Chochezi NONE Dr. V.S. Chochezi is a multi-talented author, poet, artist, and professor, known for her work with Straight Out Scribes, a mother/daughter spoken word duo. She has published numero...
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...
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 ...
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...
Bay Area Book Festival
Bay Area Book Festival In Downtown Berkeley Berkeley California The Bay Area Book Festival is the primary project of the Foundation for the Future of Literature and Literacy, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit org...
Tampa Bay Noir
Tampa Bay Noir Colette Bancroft 9781617758102 Fiction Akashic Books Akashic Books “For too long readers have connected Florida Noir with the admittedly fascinating locales of Miami-Dade County, thanks...
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...
Frederick K. Foote, Jr. at the Sacramento Black Book Festival
Frederick K. Foote, Jr. at the Sacramento Black Book Festival Literary Events
Rushcutters Bay Books
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Rushcutters Bay Books
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Who You Wit’?: A Del Rio Bay Clique Novel (del Rio Bay Clique Novels)
Who You Wit’?: A Del Rio Bay Clique Novel (del Rio Bay Clique Novels) Paula Chase 9780758225849 Fiction KTeen Kensington Publishing Corp. Mina Mooney has a new worst enemy—her best friend… Summer is ...
So Not The Drama: A Del Rio Bay Clique Novel
So Not The Drama: A Del Rio Bay Clique Novel Paula Chase 9780758218599 Fiction KTeen Kensington Publishing Corp. In exactly one hour, eighteen minutes, and thirty-five seconds, Mina Mooney will be dip...
Mia E. Bay, Farah Jasmine Griffin, Martha S. Jones, and Barbara D. Savage
Mia E. Bay, Farah Jasmine Griffin, Martha S. Jones, and Barbara D. Savage MULTIPLE Mia E. Bay, Farah J. Griffin, Martha S. Jones, and Barbara D. Savage are renowned authors with significant contribut...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
(sittin’ On) the Dock of the Bay: A Children’s Picture Book
(sittin’ On) the Dock of the Bay: A Children’s Picture Book Otis Redding 9781617758508 Fiction Akashic Books Akashic Books Otis Redding and Steve Cropper’s timeless ode to never-ending days is given f...
Tampa Bay Black Authors Expo
Tampa Bay Black Authors Expo The Portico Tampa Florida The TBBAE grew from a desire to showcase the diverse literary talent that is alive and well in the greater Tampa Bay area. By creating the only e...
Tampa Bay Black Authors Expo
Tampa Bay Black Authors Expo Tampa Florida The TBBAE grew from a desire to showcase the diverse literary talent that is alive and well in the greater Tampa Bay area. By creating the only expo dedicat...
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. ...
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...
Murder in Montego Bay: A Gripping Crime Mystery Packed with Twists
Murder in Montego Bay: A Gripping Crime Mystery Packed with Twists Paula Lennon 9781804051856 Fiction Joffe Books Joffe Books Palm trees, white sandy beaches and a perfect turquoise sea. Jamaica’s Mon...
Murder in Montego Bay
Murder in Montego Bay Paula Lennon 9781909762411 Fiction Jacaranda Jacaranda Introducing crime-fighting duo Jamaican Detective Raythan Preddy and Scottish lawman Detective Sean Harris set in the pictu...
Memory at Bay
Memory at Bay Évelyne Trouillot 9780813938097 Fiction University of Virginia Press University of Virginia Press Winner of the prestigious Prix Carbet—an award won by such distinguished authors as Mary...
The Rhythm of the August Rain: A Novel
The Rhythm of the August Rain: A Novel Gillian Royes 9781476762401 Fiction Atria Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. Shad Myers, the lovable bartender and town sleuth of Largo Bay, hunts down clues to a woma...
The Goat Woman of Largo Bay: A Novel (A Shadrack Myers Mystery)
The Goat Woman of Largo Bay: A Novel (A Shadrack Myers Mystery) Gillian Royes 9781451627411 Fiction Atria Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. The Goat Woman of Largo Bay begins the detective series featuring...
Flipping the Script (Del Rio Bay Novels)
Flipping the Script (Del Rio Bay Novels) Paula Chase 9780758225863 Fiction KTeen Kensington Publishing Corp. It’s junior year at Del Rio Bay High, and from near and far, the guys are taking center sta...
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...
Kathy Lynne Marshall
Kathy Lynne Marshall NONE Kanika Marshall is an Afrocentric artist and author based in Sacramento, creating beautiful sculptures and pottery inspired by ancient cultures. She also writes genealogy bo...
David Covin on the Sacramento Black Book Fair
David Covin on the Sacramento Black Book Fair Literary Events
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...
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...
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...
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, ...
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...
Larry Lee, President of The Sacramento Observer
Larry Lee, President of The Sacramento Observer Author Interviews
Staajabu
Staajabu NONE Staajabu is a multi-talented poet, activist, and Straight Out Scribes member from Philadelphia, now based in Sacramento. She is a mother, U.S. Air Force veteran, health advocate, prison...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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 ...
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...
Jeff Carroll at the Tampa Bay Black Heritage Festival
Jeff Carroll at the Tampa Bay Black Heritage Festival Literary Events
Tampa Bay Black Heritage Festival - The Authors
Tampa Bay Black Heritage Festival - The Authors Literary Events
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...
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...
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. ...
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 ...
Tampa Bay Times Festival of Reading
Tampa Bay Times Festival of Reading University of South Florida, St. Petersburg St. Petersburg Florida Book. Music. Authors. Food.
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...
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...
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-...
Toward an Intellectual History of Black Women
Toward an Intellectual History of Black Women Mia E. Bay, Farah Jasmine Griffin, Martha S. Jones, and Barbara D. Savage 9781469620916 Nonfiction University of North Carolina Press University of North ...
Patricia A. Saunders
Patricia A. Saunders NONE Patricia A. Saunders, an author from Connecticut, now based in San Francisco, began her writing journey after her mother's passing. She released her first book in 2012 and i...
The Cottage on Pelican Bay
The Cottage on Pelican Bay Brenda Jackson 9781335458124 Fiction Canary Street Press HarperCollins Sometimes one hot night simply isn’t enough. Two years ago, Zara Miller found herself heartbroken a...
The Sea Grape Tree: A Novel (A Shadrack Myers Mystery)
The Sea Grape Tree: A Novel (A Shadrack Myers Mystery) Gillian Royes 9781476762388 Fiction Atria Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. Set in a sun-kissed Caribbean paradise, this third book in the Shad detect...
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...
Little John Crow
Little John Crow Ziggy Marley and Orly Marley 9781617759802 Fiction Akashic Books Akashic Books After being abandoned by his animal friends, Little John Crow must come to terms with what it means to b...
The Secrets of Paradise Bay
The Secrets of Paradise Bay Devon Vaughn Archer 9781601627018 Fiction Urban Renaissance Urban Renaissance Former international model Ivana Kendall-Lancaster gives it all up to marry the love of her li...
That’s What’s Up!: A Del Rio Bay Clique Novel
That’s What’s Up!: A Del Rio Bay Clique Novel Paula Chase 9780758225825 Fiction KTeen Kensington Publishing Corp. Mina Mooney is about to discover that when you’re at the top, the only place to go is ...
Don’t Get It Twisted: A Del Rio Bay Clique Novel
Don’t Get It Twisted: A Del Rio Bay Clique Novel Paula Chase 9780758218612 Fiction KTeen Kensington Publishing Corp. Mina Mooney’s parents are killing her social life. It’s time to fight back… Mina’s...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...