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Mikki Arlene Ealey
Mikki Arlene Ealey NONE Mikki Arlene Ealey is a mother, author, CEO, and senior court office assistant. She is dedicated to healing the world and helping others reach their potential through her writ...
Ready Set Go: 30 Days of Motivation to get you to the Next Level
Ready Set Go: 30 Days of Motivation to get you to the Next Level Mikki Arlene Ealey 9780692827765 Nonfiction Mz Social Butterfly Small Press Mz Social Butterfly Small Press Ready Set Go is a 30 Day Mo...
Mikki Kendall
Mikki Kendall 0000000496148631 Mikki Kendall is a renowned writer, speaker, and blogger who has contributed to numerous publications and has been featured on various media outlets discussing race, fe...
The Stone Thrower
The Stone Thrower Jael Richardson 9781554987528 Fiction Groundwood Books Anansi Press African-American football player Chuck Ealey grew up in a segregated neighborhood of Portsmouth, Ohio. Against all...
Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot
Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot Mikki Kendall 9780525560548 Nonfiction Viking Books Penguin Random House A potent and electrifying critique of today’s feminist movement anno...
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 ...
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...
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 2017 Black Pack Party @ Clyde Frazier’s May 31, 2017
The 2017 Black Pack Party @ Clyde Frazier’s May 31, 2017 Troy Johnson Article 11th Annual Black Pack Party We are hosting the 11th Annual Black Pack Party on the evening of Wednesday, May 31st. It w...
Love Don’t Live Here Anymore
Love Don’t Live Here Anymore Paige Turner Book Review Randy, the main character in Denene Millner and Nick Chiles "Love Don’t Live Here Anymore" reflects on his marriage: "What ...
Mikki Kendall and A. D’Amico
Mikki Kendall and A. D’Amico MULTIPLE Sure, I'll need the author bio details to create a meta description.
Bestselling Books, The Top 25 Black-Owned Sites, New Books, and More
Bestselling Books, The Top 25 Black-Owned Sites, New Books, and More Troy Johnson Article Bestselling Books July – August 2017 Fiction titles outsold all other genres this period, led by the stren...
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...
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...
Amazons, Abolitionists, and Activists: A Graphic History of Women’s Fight for Their Rights
Amazons, Abolitionists, and Activists: A Graphic History of Women’s Fight for Their Rights Mikki Kendall and A. D’Amico 9780399581793 Nonfiction Ten Speed Press Penguin Random House A bold and grippin...
The Sunshine Queens
The Sunshine Queens Sherri Shepherd 9781400252732 Fiction Tommy Nelson HarperCollins Christian Publishing From Sherri Shepherd, this energetic and fun story celebrates female friendships and shows you...
Queens of the Resistance Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Queens of the Resistance Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Brenda Jones and Krishan Trotman 9780593189856 Nonfiction Plume Penguin Random House Part of the four-book Queens of the Resistance series, saluting s...
Thief in the Interior
Thief in the Interior Phillip B. Williams 9781938584176 Poetry Alice James Books Alice James Books Recipient of a 2017 Whiting Award for Poetry 2017 Kate Tufts Discovery Award Winner Nominated for the...
Happily May I Walk: American Indians and Alaska Natives Today
Happily May I Walk: American Indians and Alaska Natives Today Arlene Hirschfelder 9780684186245 Fiction Scribner Book Company Simon & Schuster, Inc. Explores the everyday life, culture, and preservati...
The Stone Thrower: A Daughter’s Lessons, a Father’s Life
The Stone Thrower: A Daughter’s Lessons, a Father’s Life Jael Richardson 9781771022057 Fiction Thomas Allen Publishers Thomas Allen Publishers A daughter discovers herself while uncovering her father’...
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 ...
The Prey of Gods
The Prey of Gods Nicky Drayden 9780062493033 Fiction Harper Voyager HarperCollins *WINNER: 2017 Compton Crook Award!*WINNER: 2017 RT Booklovers Award (Science Fiction)!*A Wall Street Journal "Summer R...
Love Don’t Live Here Anymore
Love Don’t Live Here Anymore Denene Millner and Nick Chiles 9780525946410 Fiction Dutton Books Penguin Random House Randy Murphy and Mikki Chance-Murphy are a contemporary couple whose marital bond is...
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...
Queens of the Resistance Elizabeth Warren
Queens of the Resistance Elizabeth Warren Brenda Jones and Krishan Trotman 9780593189863 Nonfiction Plume Penguin Random House Part of the four-book Queens of the Resistance series, saluting some of t...
Queens of the Resistance Maxine Waters
Queens of the Resistance Maxine Waters Brenda Jones and Krishan Trotman 9780593189870 Nonfiction Plume Penguin Random House Part of the four-book Queens of the Resistance series, saluting some of the ...
Queens of the Resistance Nancy Pelosi
Queens of the Resistance Nancy Pelosi Brenda Jones and Krishan Trotman 9780593189887 Nonfiction Plume Penguin Random House Part of the four-book Queens of the Resistance series, saluting some of the m...
Queens Notes: Facts about the Forgotten Borough of Queens, New York
Queens Notes: Facts about the Forgotten Borough of Queens, New York Andrew P. Jackson 9781432754136 Nonfiction Outskirts Press Outskirts Press This book has interesting facts and information for visit...
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...
Carl Weber’s Kingpins Queens 2: The Kingdom
Carl Weber’s Kingpins Queens 2: The Kingdom Erick S. Gray 9781645564171 Fiction Urban Books Kensington Publishing Corp. From a murderous Bonnie and Clyde stirring up a hornet’s nest to a drug war and ...
Barbara A. Seals Nevergold
Barbara A. Seals Nevergold NONE Dr. Barbara A. Seals Nevergold, a Louisiana native based in Buffalo, NY, is a retired educator and activist, co-founder of the Uncrowned Queens Institute, and co-autho...
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...
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...
Michael R. Jackson
Michael R. Jackson 0000000023302176 Michael R. Jackson, a BFA and MFA graduate from NYU Tisch School of the Arts, is a renowned songwriter and playwright. Known for his work on musicals like 'Teeth',...
October Bestsellers, Award Winning Books, New Bookstores and More
October Bestsellers, Award Winning Books, New Bookstores and More Troy Johnson Article Bestselling Books September/October 2017 The fiction category was dominated by Sadeqa Johnson’s novel Second ...
Lynn Nottage
Lynn Nottage 0000000080050112 Congrats to Lynn Nottage: Winner 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Drama Lynn Nottage, a distinguished playwright and lecturer, is celebrated for her outstanding plays and awarded ...
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...
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...
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...
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. ...
Jamillah Lamb and David Lamb
Jamillah Lamb and David Lamb MULTIPLE David and Jamillah Lamb are the dynamic duo behind Between The Lines Productions, Inc. The couple co-authored the book Perfect Combination: Seven Key Ingredients...
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...
Queens: Portraits of Black Women and their Fabulous Hair
Queens: Portraits of Black Women and their Fabulous Hair Michael Cunningham and George Alexander 9780385514620 Nonfiction Doubleday Penguin Random House Crowns photographer Michael Cunningham and au...
Uncrowned Queens, Volume 4: African American Women Community Builders of Oklahoma
Uncrowned Queens, Volume 4: African American Women Community Builders of Oklahoma Barbara A. Seals Nevergold and Peggy Brooks-Bertram 9780972297745 Nonfiction State University of New York Press State ...
Uncrowned Queens, Volume 3: African American Women Community Builders of Western New York
Uncrowned Queens, Volume 3: African American Women Community Builders of Western New York Barbara A. Seals Nevergold and Peggy Brooks-Bertram 9780972297721 Nonfiction State University of New York Pres...
Uncrowned Queens, Volume 3: African American Women Community Builders of Western New York
Uncrowned Queens, Volume 3: African American Women Community Builders of Western New York Barbara A. Seals Nevergold and Peggy Brooks-Bertram 9780972297714 Nonfiction State University of New York Pres...
When We Ruled: The Rise and Fall of Twelve African Queens and Warriors
When We Ruled: The Rise and Fall of Twelve African Queens and Warriors Paula Akpan 9781639368877 Nonfiction Pegasus Books Pegasus Books Discover the reigns of twelve African queens and warriors from a...
Carl Weber’s Kingpins Queens
Carl Weber’s Kingpins Queens Erick S. Gray 9781645563693 Fiction Urban Books Kensington Publishing Corp. It’s 1999, and Sincere has finished his tour in the United States Army. He’s come back home jus...
Miss Wayne & The Queens Of DC
Miss Wayne & The Queens Of DC T. Styles 9780982391341 Fiction Cartel Publications Cartel Publications Miss Wayne from the Essence Best Selling novel Black and Ugly and Black & Ugly as Ever returns in ...
March 1, 2017 Newsletter — Book Award Announcements, New Books, and More
March 1, 2017 Newsletter — Book Award Announcements, New Books, and More Troy Johnson Article New Books Coming Out March 2017 Helene Cooper tells the amazing of story Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, leader o...
May 2017 Newsletter: Bestselling Books, New Books, Author Info, and Much More
May 2017 Newsletter: Bestselling Books, New Books, Author Info, and Much More Troy Johnson Article Our May Newsletter is Generously Sponsored by Amistad Bestselling Books Bestselling Books: M...
Black Writers Dominate the 2017 Pulitzer Prizes
Black Writers Dominate the 2017 Pulitzer Prizes Troy Johnson Article Back in January of this year, I took the time to try to figure out how many Black writers have won Pulitzer Prizes in the six ...
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...
The Spring Book Festival
The Spring Book Festival Wayne Curry Sports & Learning Center Landover Maryland The Spring Book festival, a celebration of the written word, is held each May. The 2017 Festival is the 3rd annual event...
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...
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...
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 ...
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 ...
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-...
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...
Jennifer Baker
Jennifer Baker NONE Jennifer Baker is a publishing professional, host of the Minorities in Publishing podcast, and contributing editor to Electric Literature. She advocates for diversity in the indus...
How is African American Literature Really Doing?
How is African American Literature Really Doing? Troy Johnson Article For those in the business of Black books in America, this is a common question; “How is African American Literature Doing?” Some...
The First Step: How One Girl Put Segregation on Trial
The First Step: How One Girl Put Segregation on Trial Susan E. Goodman 9780802737397 Nonfiction Bloomsbury USA Children's Books Bloomsbury Publishing 2017 Orbis Pictus Honor Book2017 Jane Addams Peace...
Tyehimba Jess
Tyehimba Jess 0000000044353175 Congrats to Tyehimba Jess: Winner 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry Tyehimba Jess, a Detroit native, is an award-winning poet and professor. His first book, Leadbelly, won ...
March 28, 2017 Newsletter — Book Recommendations, News, Contests, and More
March 28, 2017 Newsletter — Book Recommendations, News, Contests, and More Troy Johnson Article Top 120 Children’s Books from the Past 50 Years Our list of the Top 120 Children’s Books published ove...
Hilton Als
Hilton Als 0000000106528066 Congrats to Hilton Als: Winner 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Criticism Hilton Als, an associate professor of writing at Columbia University, is an award-winning author and critic...
Hoop Queens
Hoop Queens Charles R. Smith Jr. 9780763635619 Nonfiction Candlewick Press Candlewick Press "Young basketball fans will have a hard time keeping still… . A great choice to energize poetry units." — BO...
New Books February 2017, Book Reviews, Events, and More
New Books February 2017, Book Reviews, Events, and More Troy Johnson Article New Books Coming Out February 2017 Piecing Me Together by Renée Watson A timely and powerful story about a teen gir...
Donna Drew Sawyer
Donna Drew Sawyer NONE Donna Drew Sawyer, author of Provenance, has a rich background in arts administration, advertising, and public relations. A New Yorker with over three decades of experience in ...
We Made the World: Five Centuries of Queens, Warriors, and Other Foremothers
We Made the World: Five Centuries of Queens, Warriors, and Other Foremothers Kovie Biakolo 9780063242562 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins Make Way: Five Centuries of Black Women Who Made the World tra...
Sugar Town Queens
Sugar Town Queens Malla Nunn 9780525515609 Fiction G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers Penguin Random House From Los Angeles Times Book Prize Award winner and Edgar Award nominee Malla Nunn com...
Uncrowned Queens, Volume 1: African American Women Community Builders of Western New York
Uncrowned Queens, Volume 1: African American Women Community Builders of Western New York Barbara A. Seals Nevergold and Peggy Brooks-Bertram 9780972297707 Nonfiction State University of New York Pres...
Eva Tremaine
Eva Tremaine NONE Eva Tremaine, a Queens native and prestigious IT Manager, is a versatile self-published author known for her books Unstable and Seven Again. She explores multiple genres and enjoys ...
July 25, 2017 Newsletter - Includes the Most Critically Acclaimed Books of the Last 40 Years
July 25, 2017 Newsletter - Includes the Most Critically Acclaimed Books of the Last 40 Years Troy Johnson Article May – June 2017 Bestselling Books Children’s books outsold all genres for the...
Troy Johnson: Literary Activist of the Year 2017
Troy Johnson: Literary Activist of the Year 2017 Troy Johnson Article On June 10, 2017, I had the fortune of being honored with the Literary Activist of the Year Award, which was presented to me ...
April 18, 2017 Newsletter: New Books, Vote for Your Favorite Author, and More
April 18, 2017 Newsletter: New Books, Vote for Your Favorite Author, and More Troy Johnson Article AALBC.com Congratulates all the Winners of Pulitzer Prizes in the Letters and Drama Categories Fict...
Chanelle Benz
Chanelle Benz 0000000498007138 Chanelle Benz is a recognized author, known for her short stories published in various outlets. She won the O. Henry Prize and her 2017 collection was hailed as one of ...
Carl Weber’s Kingpins: Queens 3
Carl Weber’s Kingpins: Queens 3 Erick S. Gray 9781645566564 Fiction Urban Books Kensington Publishing Corp. It’s War of the Worlds in the New York hoods. Nasir returns home two years later after the ...
Black Diamond Queens: African American Women and Rock and Roll
Black Diamond Queens: African American Women and Rock and Roll Maureen Mahon 9781478011224 Nonfiction Duke University Press Books Duke University Press Books African American women have played a pivot...
Melvin Dixon
Melvin Dixon 0000000110291356 Melvin Dixon, a respected professor at Queens College, City University of New York, was renowned for his work on African and African-American literature. He authored nov...
Mazaradi Fox
Mazaradi Fox NONE Mazaradi Fox, born Jamal Green, was a childhood friend of 50 Cent and a prominent figure in Queens, New York. Known for his love of cars and “dum out” lifestyle, which he often refl...
Noel Hankin
Noel Hankin NONE Noel Hankin, founder of The Best of Friends, Inc., pioneered disco nightlife in NYC, paving the way for the disco explosion of the '70s. A retired executive from Moët Hennessy USA a...
Andrew P. Jackson
Andrew P. Jackson 0000000045924849 Andrew P. Jackson (Sekou Molefi Baako) served as Executive Director of Queens Library’s Langston Hughes Community Library and Cultural Center in New York from 1980...