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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...
Christopher D. Burns
Christopher D. Burns NONE Christopher D. Burns, from Memphis, served in the US Navy as an electrician before becoming a QA analyst and basketball coach. He wrote his first book after an injury halted...
San Diego Writers, Ink
San Diego Writers, Ink San Diego Writers, Ink San Diego Writers, Ink
San Diego Writers, Ink
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Right Where I Left You
Right Where I Left You Julian Winters 9780593206478 Fiction Viking Books for Young Readers Penguin Random House “Some books are downright fun, and Right Where I Left You is one … Winters sends a quiet...
San Diego City College Book Fair
San Diego City College Book Fair University of Southern California Los Angeles San Diego California
SDSU Writers’ Conference
SDSU Writers’ Conference San Diego Marriott Mission Valley Hotel San Diego California shut down after 34 years Whether you’re a beginning writer or a published professional, the San Diego Sta...
A Year in Ink, Volume 4
A Year in Ink, Volume 4 Jericho Brown and Laurel Corona 9780979920448 Poetry San Diego Writers, Ink San Diego Writers, Ink Forty-two writers are represented in this fourth anthology from San Diego Wri...
William H. Grier and Price M. Cobbs
William H. Grier and Price M. Cobbs MULTIPLE William H. Grier, ex-chairman of Psychiatry at Meharry Medical College & professor at Wayne State University, resides in San Diego. Price M. Cobbs is a Ps...
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...
Marvel’s Black Panther
Marvel’s Black Panther Brenda M. Greene Book Review The 2016 San Diego Comic-Con was a memorable moment for independent researcher and writer Todd Steven Burroughs. Burroughs begins Marvel’s Bl...
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...
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 ...
Faith Ringgold
Faith Ringgold 0000000078615604 Faith Ringgold was a multi-disciplinary artist and professor emeritus at the University of California, San Diego. Known for her work in painting, writing, and sculptur...
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...
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...
Rafael López
Rafael López 0000000430746276 Rafael López is a renowned illustrator of NYT bestsellers and award-winning books. He's won Pura Belpré medals and other prestigious awards, including the Tomás River...
Reggie Brown
Reggie Brown NONE Reggie Brown is a San Diego-based artist and illustrator with a corporate graphic design background. His debut picture book, Santa In The City, was published by Dial Books in Novemb...
Sellout
Sellout James W. Lewis 9780982719305 Fiction The Pantheon Collective (TPC) The Pantheon Collective (TPC) Winner of the 2011 International Book Awards!African-American fictionFinalist of the 2011 Globa...
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...
San Juan Noir
San Juan Noir Mayra Santos-Febres 9781617752964 Fiction Akashic Books Akashic Books "Santos-Febres and 13 other contributors of Puerto Rican heritage take full advantage of San Juan’s wide range of di...
Tear the City Down
Tear the City Down Andre Hardy 9781538777480 Fiction Grand Central Publishing Hachette Book Group This debut novel from a former NFL player is a hard-hitting, heart-wrenching crime novel that brillian...
Keith Mallett
Keith Mallett 0000000033964456 Keith Duncan Mallett, born in 1948, is a prominent artist trained in New York City. He spent 15 years as the in-house artist for Frontline Art Publishers and now works ...
Comic-Con International
Comic-Con International San Diego Convention Center San Diego California Comic arts conference, anime, and fim screening .
Raissa Figueroa
Raissa Figueroa NONE Raissa Figueroa, based in San Diego, is a renowned illustrator who enjoys beach-combing for treasures. She has illustrated numerous children's books, including “Oona” by Kelly Di...
Renee Swindle
Renee Swindle NONE Renee Swindle, a California native and author of several novels, is known for her bestseller 'Please Please Please'. A University of California English graduate, she also holds an ...
Matt De La Peña
Matt De La Peña 0000000439804364 Matt de la Peña, a New York Times Bestselling author, has written six young adult novels and award-winning picture books. He received his MFA in creative writing fro...
Tomi Adeyemi
Tomi Adeyemi 0000000464681757 Tomi Adeyemi, a Nigerian-American author and creative writing coach, is known for her debut West African YA Fantasy novel “Children of Blood and Bone.” A Harvard graduat...
Bernadette Baillie
Bernadette Baillie NONE Bernadette Baillie, a Filipina American writer and speaker, grew up in a sports-loving family, selling signature athlete shoes. A graduate of Pepperdine University, she worked...
Erin E. Adams
Erin E. Adams NONE Erin E. Adams, a first-generation Haitian American writer/theatre artist, is an award-winning playwright and actor. With degrees from Brown University, The Old Globe/University of ...
Julian Mims
Julian Mims NONE Julian Merrell Mims was born in Los Angeles, California, in 1979, the eldest son of Anthony Ronald Mims, a college football coach, and Virginia Mims, an elementary school teacher. ...
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...
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...
Latino Book & Family Festival (Oceanside)
Latino Book & Family Festival (Oceanside) MiraCosta College Oceanside California In most recent years MiraCosta College has been the host of the Festival in the North County San Diego. This year [2025...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
Cynthia Freeman Gibbs
Cynthia Freeman Gibbs NONE Cynthia Freeman Gibbs is a Michigan-born author, MBA holder, and former Merck Pharmaceutical corporate worker. She launched her writing career in 2016 and published her boo...
Arlington R. Callies
Arlington R. Callies NONE Arlington R. Callies, born and raised in San Antonio, Texas, is an author, experienced AAU Basketball and Track coach, and real estate broker. He has written a book about AA...
San Jose Firesign Press
San Jose Firesign Press San Jose Firesign Press San Jose Firesign Press
San Jose Firesign Press
San Jose Firesign Press San Jose Firesign Press San Jose Firesign Press
Help Keep the Country's Oldest Black-owned Bookstore Open
Help Keep the Country's Oldest Black-owned Bookstore Open Troy Johnson Article Editor's Note (posted May 8th 2014): Marcus Books of San Francisco Evicted Sign the petition to help save the sto...
Nathan Hare
Nathan Hare 0000000116200187 Dr. Nathan Hare, known as “the Father of Black Studies,” was the first coordinator of a black studies program in the US. Despite being fired for his role in a student-led...
N. K. Jemisin, Genevieve Valentine, Eric San Juan, Zaki Hasan, and Stephen H. Segal
N. K. Jemisin, Genevieve Valentine, Eric San Juan, Zaki Hasan, and Stephen H. Segal MULTIPLE "N.K. Jemisin, Genevieve Valentine, Eric San Juan, Zaki Hasan, and Stephen H. Segal are renowned authors r...
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. ...
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 ...
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...
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...
San Antonio African American Book Festival
San Antonio African American Book Festival Second Baptist Community Center San Antonio Texas
San Miguel Writers’ Conference & Literary Festival
San Miguel Writers’ Conference & Literary Festival Hotel Real de Minas San Miguel de Allende Mexico Learn from expert keynotes and faculty that include contemporary writers, award-winning authors, tea...
Glodean Champion
Glodean Champion NONE Glodean Champion is a multifaceted artist, educator, and coach based in Monterey, CA. She is a published author, whose work explores themes of sexuality, gender, and African Ame...
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...
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, ...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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-...
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...
Marcus Books of San Francisco Evicted—Should We Care?
Marcus Books of San Francisco Evicted—Should We Care? Troy Johnson Article Back in the the summer of 2013, I joined the fight to help save Marcus Books. My motivation was not solely limited to savin...
The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L’Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution
The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L’Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution C.L.R. James 9780679724674 Nonfiction Vintage Penguin Random House A classic and impassioned account of the first revolution in...
George McCalman
George McCalman NONE George McCalman is a San Francisco-based artist, graphic designer, and creative director. He runs McCalman.co studio, teaches graphic design at California College of Art, and wri...
Blow
Blow K’wan and Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson 9781416540601 Fiction Gallery Books/G-Unit Simon & Schuster, Inc. NO GOING BACK Prince, Killa-E, Daddy-O, and Danny grew up together in the projects, moving c...
The Making of Dr. Truelove
The Making of Dr. Truelove Derrick Barnes 9781416914396 Fiction Simon Pulse Simon & Schuster, Inc. A teen boy invents a smooth alter ego in his quest to win back his ex-girlfriend in this funny, off-b...
Jonah Winter
Jonah Winter 0000000028122430 Jonah Winter, an award-winning author of 25 non-fiction picture books, is known for his bestsellers like Diego and Here Comes the Garbage Barge!. His works, including ac...
Multicultural Book & Family Festival
Multicultural Book & Family Festival California State University San Bernardino San Bernardino California
David Washington
David Washington NONE Dr. David Washington decision to write a graphic novel stemmed from his dissatisfaction with the lack of diversity in the superhero genre. He hoped to provide his children with ...
The Festival Of San Joaquin (Macmillan Caribbean Writers)
The Festival Of San Joaquin (Macmillan Caribbean Writers) Zee Edgell 9780230029910 Fiction Macmillan Caribbean Macmillan Publishers Marina, cleared of a murder charge for taking the life of her brutal...
Action: The Nuyorican Poets Cafe Theater Festival
Action: The Nuyorican Poets Cafe Theater Festival Miguel Algarin 9781417719655 Poetry San Val San Val From New York’s hottest showcase for new poets, playwrights, and performers comes a dynamic collec...
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...
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...
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 ...